As the current grad quarter comes to a close, so does my reading marathon. Though I still have a few more Fiction Fridays ready to go, they will once again become far less frequent than they've been during the past few months. It was great to be forced to read so much YA fiction over these past few weeks and I'm glad I was able to share them with you all. For the past few weeks, I concentrated on Graphic Novels, which was a good excuse to read a bunch that had been sitting on my To-Read list for a long time, including this one which I bought several years ago with the intention of reading it right away. Enjoy.
(Viz, 2011)
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In the future, the entire Earth has been declared a nature
preserve and humans have taken to living in a manmade structure orbiting 35,000
kilometers above the surface. The structure consists of three levels of
apartment complexes, with the wealthy inhabiting the top, sunlit floor and the
lower classes living on the dingy bottom floor where it is too risky, and far
too expensive to ever clean the windows. After graduating junior high, Mitsu
goes to work in the guild responsible for cleaning the windows on the
structure, the same job his father did before a tragic accident sent him
spiraling down to the surface. The work is dangerous, but Mitsu continues with
it, hoping he might uncover some secret about his father’s accident. During the
course of his work, the windows give him a glimpse into the private lives of
the Saturn Apartments’ many inhabitants. Mitsu learns that people are a lot
like the window, and that there is much to discover if one looks below the
surface.
Amazing art and very interesting, subtle story. I can't wait to read Vol. 2, which is sitting on my shelf.
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