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Writing as a pretty big Chainsaw Man fan, Look Back is another emotional story from Fujimoto. While I already have Goodbye Eri, I had it in English, and so Look Back was one of the first books in Japanese that I finished, aside from a few Chainsaw Man volumes. While I didn't get some of the vocabulary, the grammar was pretty easy and I could understand it well enough to understand the plot and characters.

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jesusbinkssays

June 23, 2024

Entertainment

WHAT WAS THAT

some publishing vocab i didn’t know but mostly pretty easy ! vocabulary-wise. not like. emotionally (泣)

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furubisusays

July 21, 2023

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A short and sweet story about making art and growing up.

Wonderful story and at 1 volume only it is short and sweet and totally worth reading. No furigana but the language used is relatively simple, as the story takes place in everyday life. Mostly telling the story through visuals, the text is minimal which helps make it easier to read.

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Tillerdsays

May 9, 2023

Language Learning

Entertainment

Good story

If you want to test your kanji reading with out furigana this is the perfect place to start. It’s not too long and all the kanji is what is used often in writing. Not too hard of a read.

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micsays

July 21, 2024

Now has a movie adaptation

https://learnnatively.com/movie/60217a0977/

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Jintorsays

April 18, 2024

A poignant and touching short that is surprisingly readable at lower levels. Language used is mostly at the elementary or junior high level, with the most difficult parts being later news reports and similar in-universe documents (websites, comments etc) which don't need to be read thoroughly to get the gist. As with a lot of Fujimoto's work, much of the storytelling is purely visual and he absolutely excels at it - meaning that it's easier than you might think to read an Eisner-nominated manga!

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kallistosays

March 29, 2022

This wasn't too much of a challenge language-wise, besides a couple of new words relating to art and manga. A highly recommended, moving story.

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salponrated

June 19, 2025