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Silver Spoon, Vol. 1 (2011)

by Hiromu Arakawa(Favorite Author)

4.19 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

4091231802 (ISBN13: 9784091231802)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Shogakukan

series

Gin No Saji

review 1: Ahh Hachiken! This manga gives insight into Japan's agricultural sector through the eyes of a boy from the city. A lot of Hachiken's views are similar to mine when it comes to livestock and animals in general. I'd love to hear my father's views on the topics brought up in the manga as he grew up on a pig farm. If nothing else, this manga is entertaining and all the characters are relatable in one form or another.
review 2: This is Hiromu Arakawa's new series about a boy who doesn't know much about farming and yet attends a school all about it. It's a brave turn from magic and action, which is what she is famous for with Full Metal Alchemist. Although I couldn't help but compare the two, I fell in love with Silver Spoon as I progressed.Silver Spoon isn't really ... moreanything special. It's slice-of-life and doesn't have much of a plot. It's simple, unlike FMA. But Yugo, the main character, has a strange way of drawing me in. I can relate to him, being a city kid with barely any knowledge and experience in rural life, and he asks the questions I would have asked in his place. I didn't even know where the egg comes from until I read this. It came from the anus. Yeah. Silver Spoon is a fun way of knowing new things.I'm also not the active, exercising type so I feel his pain upon seeing his classmates able to keep up with the back-breaking work of farming and yet be able to do other stuff that uses up a lot of energy. His lack of direction in life reminds me of my own and it's heartening to see him slowly find it (I have yet to find my direction...).The setting is laid out well, the school is interesting in its own way, and the characters are great (some of them remarkably look like characters in FMA).I'm still a new fan so I don't know whether it'll stay this way but so far I'm enjoying it.In fact, I might take agriculture after my current course if my parents are okay with it thanks to this! less

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