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What a Wonderful World!, Vol. 2

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Viz really did a smart thing in releasing both volumes of this series at the same time. I enjoyed being able to read both volumes at the same time & I liked being able to compare characters & scenes at the same time. I can safely say that this will be one of the manga that improves with each reading as I notice the small details in each chapter.

This second volume is much like the first- a collection of small vignettes from various characters. Some of the characters reappear for a second or third chapter, some are background characters who show up as a more major character in their own chapter. Each chapter has it's own poignancy, but the one that sticks out in my mind the most is one about a porn magazine worker (he's sort of like an editor/photographer/everything type of worker) who wonders if he's really doing right by his infant daughter & tries to do the best he can to avoid being like his supervisor.

There's much more to this series & I liked how at the end much of the series was tied together. The ending is a bit strange, I will warn you & a bit ambiguous. But then, that's one of the great things about this manga & much of Asano's work. He makes the manga a bit more interactive by letting you the reader come to your own conclusions about what just happened, what their motives were & what ultimately will be everyone's fate.

Like I said in the review for the other volume- the only flaw of this series is that it may be overlooked by manga fans looking for something slick & overproduced. If this manga isn't one of the best examples in it's genre(realistic drama), I really don't know what is.