Week 3


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Gekiga

For week three I decided to read Cigarette Girl. Just from appearances, it looks award and earnest. Kind of reminds me of something out of the "As Told By Ginger" style. I love it when art is just as awkward as the message its trying to convey. 
I relate to how grandma bosses our two protagonists around, simultaneously helping them out here and there but complaining and judging them along the way. 
I love this slice of life approach to the stories, I feel like I just jumped into their world.  indie film. Each chapter tells quiet stories of people interacting in each others lives and the solitude and isolation that can be felt even in a crowd of people. 
This gives you a perfect look inside the awkward in-between stages of becoming and being an adult. 
In reference to Fransis Chicote's log about cigarette girl, I agree that some of the stories and relationships in them can get a little hard to decipher, especially how a majority of the women - okay pretty much EVERYONE looks awfully similar. But hey, its a style choice. I can't say much for myself because I have that same problem. 

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