Hayashi Seiichi

Pretty pictures, but dialogue so sparse as to be meaningless. I found this graphic novel hard to understand. It seemed to be about a highly artistically sensitive comics artist in a failing relationship -- failing because he was unable to commit. There were a few other characters apart from the main couple but they were never really introduced. Too much was left to this reader's imagination.

I agree with another reviewer that stated, "This is comics as mood and not as story..." That pretty much sums up in toto exactly how I felt about this work. Lots of angst with almost no narrative structure to speak of.

Curious side effect: After reading this book, I spent the rest of my evening singing along to old 90's R&B songs. Dru Hill, Silk, Xscape, Something for the People....