Shimeji Simulation 1

It's hard to describe my relationship with this series. I read it all in a late night binge after reading through the author's previous work, Girls Last Tour, the evening before. It is one of those works that you can feel will stick with you for a very long time. A definitive series of a particular moment in ones life. That is to say, it is a stupendously good series. Like any series, it has its flaws, but they are minuscule compared to the whole. Surrealist, thought-provoking, deeply moving, breathtaking background art, idiosyncratic character design. Just a phenomenal piece of art that has a lot on its mind, but is never too overbearing in its ideas (at least not for me); It is a slice of life after all, even though, the slices it gives you, get increasingly bizarre.