Saturn Apartments volume 1

Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1 by Hisae Iwaoka
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Mitsu follows in the footsteps of his father and becomes a window washer at the Saturn Apartments, the Dyson ring surrounding Earth that houses all of humanity...

Saturn Apartments is my first encounter with slice of life manga and I have to say I dug it. Mitsu's father died years earlier and upon his graduation, Mitsu chooses to follow in his footsteps. Saturn Apartments follows Mitsu on the job, learning about his father from his former co-workers and encountering interesting characters, like Mr. Tanuki, the dolphin breeder, and Sachi, an inspector that lives on the surface of the ring.

For a manga with almost no action, Saturn Apartments was a riveting read. The artwork was surprisingly detailed at times and Mitsu's journey into discovering his father and his place in the world was an oddly touching tale. I'll be picking up the subsequent volumes. Four out of five stars.

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