The epilogue can be considered an ambiguous closure to a series that had a somewhat happy ending. Meiko then notes that while her life is now dull, she’s content with living her life as a future mother to the end. She wonders about what she and her friends were trying to chase with their freedom in their ‘20s. In the end of the chapter, Meiko comments about the period she went through with her then-boyfriend, Taneda Shingo, who was killed in an accident. Her best friend, Ai, is still around, while two of her former band mates, Kato and Billy, are still performing in shows. She has a new boyfriend named Yuki and is pregnant with his child. To sum up Chapter 29 (the original manga ended in 28 chapters), Meiko Inoue, the female lead, is going through life in her ‘30s. I want to talk about it because at some point in our lives, we often look at our younger years with some criticism. I wrote about the manga many years ago and enjoyed its take on what it means to have freedom as you get older.Īn epilogue chapter was released 11 years later in Japan and also in English 10 years after the original VIZ Media release. Way before Inio Asano became one of the most recognized, loved and respected mangaka today with hits like Goodnight Punpun, Girl on the Shore, and Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, he published a 2-volume series on a young adult couple trying to make something of their lives with music called Solanin.
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