Solanin by Inio Asano Asano wrote Solanin when he had just graduated from college. It is a document of the transitional time between leaving education and entering the real world. Asano said he "was feeling a bit insecure about my ability to succeed as a manga artist and whether I would be able to continue to draw manga that were true to myself . In my anxiety and impatience, I felt that all I could do in my manga was try to get a true depiction of the times as experienced by my generation." I remember this time well. I remember beginning my final year at university with a sense of dread. Since 5 years old, I had known what was coming next. Infant School, Junior School, Secondary School, College, University ... but then what? For the first time in my life I did not know where I was going to be the following year, or what I was going to do. This beautifully drawn manga depicts Tokyo and the lives of a group of friends in that very position. E...