Summer Wars, Part 1
Kenji Koiso is a high school student with a crush on a kendo club beauty, Natsuki Shinohara, and a knack for mathematics. His aptitude with numbers earns him a part-time working maintenance on the global virtual reality world, OZ. One day, right before summer vacation, Natsuki asks Kenji to do...
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Kenji Koiso is a high school student with a crush on a kendo club beauty, Natsuki Shinohara, and a knack for mathematics. His aptitude with numbers earns him a part-time working maintenance on the global virtual reality world, OZ. One day, right before summer vacation, Natsuki asks Kenji to do her a favor -accompany her to her great-grandmother's 90th birthday celebration deep in the Japanese countryside. As Kenji tries to find his footing amongst the boisterous and tightly-knit Jinnouchi clan, receives a mysterious email with a long code and the message: "Solve me." Little does Kenji know what solving that code could lead to...Based on the award-winning and top-selling animated film by Mamoru Hosoda!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781939130150 (1939130158)
Publish date: October 22nd 2013
Publisher: Vertical
Pages no: 354
Edition language: English
Series: Summer Wars (#1)
I watched the movie prior to reading this and absolutely -loved- both medium. I would compare this with the likes of Hayao Miyazaki and his work. It has a lot of the same themes that you'd find in Miyazaki's works: an underlying element and deeper message, a "fantasy" world or mythical world that "c...
I really enjoyed the Summer Wars movie, so when I saw the manga adaptation at the book store I knew I wanted to check it out. This volume does not disappoint: it has the same slightly odd and wacky slice-of-life feel as the film, but with a bit more of focus on the relationship between Kenji and Nat...