The Garden of Words
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All Info
Genres
Romance, Seinen, Psychological, Drama, Slice of Life
Summary
- A schoolboy who skips class to sketch shoe designs meets a woman who is drinking her problems away
- On a rainy day, the woman gives the young boy a message from a poem, and it starts their destiny
- A love drama revolving around the traditional Japanese word for "love"
Description
Can a poem save your life? Words are powerful. Insults and rumors can derail a career; a bit of encouragement can give someone the strength to pursue their dreams. When a high school boy skipping class to sketch shoe designs and a taciturn woman drinking a morning beer meet in a Tokyo park, they say little, but the woman bids farewell with an ancient tanka poem. Will the boy figure out the poem's meaning and its corresponding response before it's too late?
Authors
Characters
Takao Akizuki
main
Yukari Yukino
main
Other Facts
Published
2013
Serialization
Afternoon (Kodansha)
Original Publisher
Kodansha
English Publisher
Vertical
Where to read
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