[...] for a long while, this is a pretty good place to pause. While waiting, readers may want to try Solanin for its treatment of a similar storyline. [...]

[...] enjoying Solanin, I was curious about Inio Asano’s next translated work. The two-volume What a Wonderful [...]

“I had bought it originally because it was quite large for it’s price tag and didn’t have a volume number on the side (it’s so hard to find a manga that ISN’T part of a series) and was just floored with what I found inside.”

Speaking of manga (and manhwa and manhua) that aren’t part of series, I’d also highly recommend:

Orange by Benjamin
Love Song by Nishi Keiko
Domu : A Child’s Dream by Otomo Katsuhiro
Too Long by Park Hee Jung
Nothing but Loving You by Sakurazawa Erica
Walking Man by Taniguchi Jiro
9 Faces of Love by Wann
Déjà-Vu : Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter written by Youn In-Wan and drawn by several people

Here are some other single-volume manga and manhwa I’ve read:

X2 by Akira Shouko
SOS by Ashihara Hinako
Mijeong by Byun Byung-Jun
The One I Love by CLAMP
Samurai Legend written by Furuyama Kan and drawn by Taniguchi Jiro
A,A’ by Hagio Moto
Devil in the Water by Hatsu Akiko
Line by Kotegawa Yua
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms by Kouno Fumiyo
Beautiful People by Mihara Mitsukazu
Sweat & Honey by Okazaki Mari and Hiratsuka Motoaki
Calling You written by Otsuichi and drawn by Tsuzuki Setsuri
The Missing White Dragon by Park Young Ha
Between the Sheets by Sakurazawa Erica
The Rules of Love by Sakurazawa Erica
Hotel Harbour View written by Sekikawa Natsuo and drawn by Taniguchi Jiro
The Voices of a Distant Star by Shinkai Mokoto
Aquarium by Tanuguchi Tomoko
Miss Me? by Taniguchi Tomoko
Kinderbook by Takahama Kan
Wild Com. by Tamura Yumi
The Push Man and Other Stories by Tatsumi Yoshihiro

I had bought it originally because it was quite large for it’s price tag and didn’t have a volume number on the side (it’s so hard to find a manga that ISN’T part of a series) and was just floored with what I found inside. Beautiful, simple story and perfectly detailed art. One of my favorite manga of all time.

[...] Biased Manga) Connie on vol. 5 of Slam Dunk (Slightly Biased Manga) Johanna Draper Carlson on Solanin (Comics Worth Reading) Shojo Flash on vol. 20 of The Wallflower (Shojo Flash) Lorena on vol. 1 of [...]

Meanwhile, I just noticed something that reminded me of IGN’s problem a while back. Someone else already knew somewhat better in 1913 about who can get into the so-called “geek” hobbies:

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3691

Little Wars : (A Game for Boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys’ games and books) By H. G. Wells

“‘LITTLE WARS’ is the game of kings–for players in an inferior social position. It can be played by boys of every age from twelve to one hundred and fifty–and even later if the limbs remain sufficiently supple–by girls of the better sort, and by a few rare and gifted women. This is to be a full History of Little Wars from its recorded and authenticated beginning until the present time, an account of how to make little warfare, and hints of the most priceless sort for the recumbent strategist…”

It’s the difference between this and perhaps an Adrian Tomine story.

[...] Solanin, a single-volume telling of how a group of young adult friends make key life decisions. [...]