Umibe no Onnanoko
A Girl on the Shore

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If it's an Inio Asano work, I will recommend it.

Umibe no Onnanoko (a girl by the shore), is a story about two misguided children with impending pains from the past, or maybe even the present, that find solace in a non committed "casual-sex" relationship. However, as the two generally grow closer, they also grow distant from one another in unison. They both want something that the other can't give. However, despite this, they continue meeting, finding comfort in their meaningless relationship.

While the story may be a little more grotesque than what you're used to, this story successfully highlights a very prominent issue in ... society, one that we're even seeing a lot more of today: children, adults, people in society in general, are misguided. Finding solace in the most miniscule of things: whether that be sex, social media, drugs, etc. You name it. It's very sad to see, and Inio Asano does a very good job at capturing this feeling.

Whether or not you have a direct interest in this kind of issue, I still highly suggest that you all read this manga. Inio Asano does a very good job at making the reader think, contemplate. You may even spot an issue that you resonate with that gives this series a completely different meaning than what I interpreted.

The elusive insecurities of adolescence are an ever-popular area of exploration, and supposed relatability, although all of that is entirely dependent on the author's ability to reinforce their characters as emotionally symbolic individuals. At a glance, Asano's subject matter is somewhat accessible, depicting acts of intimacy through the lens of a trauma-induced need for a companion. Nevertheless, his composition of such dramatic trappings isn't as thematically potent as a topic of this nature would benefit from. Naturally, the ages of the cast holds a major role in this narrative obstacle, limiting the story's directional complexity. However, that's hardly a justification for the lack of momentum, the inherent aggregation ... of ideas in a piece of fictional writing. More specifically, the characterization here is underwhelming, and of course, the length of the manga plays a part, but not allowing the reader to gradually immerse themselves in interaction is a disadvantage. It's worth wondering why the two leads interact at all or any character for that matter, exhibiting baseless aggression and simply ridiculous instances of misguided intensity in the narrative's atmosphere. 

In a sleepy seaside town, there exists resentment for an invisible entity, a burning rage toward the idea of being confined to the same realities. Asano's portrayal of the community's dissonant relationships and imminent suffocation is a far more intriguing concept, barely touched upon in the final few chapters. Creating a parallel harmony between the location, disillusioned youth, and their sexual experimentation would be borderline novel. The latter has become a representative feature of this manga, perhaps for the wrong reasons. The scenes of intercourse are not erotica or even meant to be cases of character arousal, and I say that to emphasize the difficulty of capturing a depressive mutual relationship, regardless of the type of explicit acts or the ages of participants. That itself is the strongest merit of Umibe no Onnanoko, even if the provocative expressions are dictated by impulse rather than believable curiosity. In a town this small, around people this familiar, one's sense of self comes into question, and the desire for physical or emotional validation is rampant.

this manga was practically just porn straight porn the ending was even more atrocious that what i was looking at do not recommend this book it is nothing like any of his other works which are 129 times better. most of the book was just sex scenes between middle school children its rweally not something nice as they are underage and sexualises them of course sex scenes have their meanings but these however i felt did not i could not work out how they meant anything and the story would have been better off without them.

the plot was not something that gets you hooked and ... was confusing at times.