Art is something to live for. In the world of Inio Asano, life is never-ending suffering, and the things we pursue are what make it worth living. This comes through during the concerts in Ozanari-kun, where music fans from all generations scream "I'm so happy to be alive!"
The characters in this story constantly face miseries, and yet it's their work that makes other people face their miseries. As small a thing as one's favorite band getting back together can justify an entire troubled existence.
Ozanari-kun is a rare manga that utilizes color. Not full color drawings, but tints akin to playing Pokemon Red on a Game
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 Alternative TitlesJapanese: おざなり君 InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 39
Status: Finished
Published: 2008 to 2011
Serialization:
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Asano, Inio (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #186792 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #5655
Members: 3,823
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Aug 19, 2018
At the moment, only 307 people on MAL have read Ozanari-kun and 58 are reading it right now.
And that's a shame, because Ozanari-kun is a hidden gem. What's most jarring, at first glance, is the art style. The deranged Osomatsu-kun-esque character designs, which Asano Inio uses for joke characters in some of his other manga, are used here for every single character, and coupled with the often surreal backgrounds, they don't exactly make this manga accessible to people who aren't used to this sort of thing. I, personally, love it, though. The same story could've been told with "normal" art, but that would just lessen the impact ... 
Nov 24, 2024
Ozanari-kun – Spoiler Free – Mixed Feelings
TLDR Overall: 4/10 Disclaimer: due to the nature of this work – a collection of short stories of a gag manga –, my normal parameters of Story, Art, Characters and Enjoyment with a weighted average won’t be applied. Instead, a global overview will be offered. This is Inio Asano at his most experimental work (aside from Nijigahara Holograph): he experiments with visuals – and with terrific success – with the format of a gag manga. With all due honesty, Asano doesn’t quite work the same way outside of his genre: depressive slices of life with full-fledged characters that are believable and likeable ... |
