I like it, it pretty nice, I think, I like it probably, a little
Tsukumizu's "Shimeji's Simulation" follows story of Shimeji-chan (Shijima Tsukishima) a girl who spent last 2 years in her closet before starting high school. Spending so much time in isolation really affects the way you perceive environment and she really wants to keep for herself. People feel safer with stuff that is familiar to them. Also 2 shimeji mushrooms grew on her head, but she shrugs it off, after all she spent so much time in cramped space.
Girl from the same class - Majime-chan wants to make friends with her but she is pushed away. But she doesn't give up easily, seems like she really really wants to befriend Shimeji and does her best. They fit well with each other but making friends is really complicated. Matter of fact all of this is quite complicated. Oh, and Majime has a fried egg on her head.
From the beginning manga shows that there are bizarre stuff in this world, like mushrooms and eggs on people's heads. It really eases reader into this distinct world.
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Visual presentation is awesome.__
Environments look great, character's important features are clearly presented. The author sometimes breaks 4 panel format to breathe more life into a page, I feel like it's always thought out choice and only adds to character of the work. Such usage of manga format gives more weight to more important moments. But sometimes it made it a little bit harder for me to follow order of text bubbles and who is saying them. Overall artwork is joy for reader's eyes.
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Manga brims with creativity in every aspect.__
Little well thought out jokes are everywhere and they are heartwarming. The world overall is build in such way that allows for creativity of the author to shine even more. Characters are so diverse and it's a joy to get to know them better and interactions between them helps to understand their individualism. And they are just so relatable and create a cozy feeling in a sense (and I got really attached to them, like never before). It's just on another level of creativity in my opinion.
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I like philosophy, a lot even. It's one of the top things in my top favorite things.__
I like to think, ponder, wonder etc. and I think that this work really is good for that, it questions stuff and it leaves space for interpretation and reflection (space which I enjoyed). Sometimes it took extra time for me to understand but that's okay, stuff don't need to be perfect to be perfect. (Maybe it needs to be imperfect to be perfect.) Also: I cried
Sometimes people say that they would like to completely forget about something so they could experience it for the first time again, but personally, I would never want Shimeji's Simulation to not be a part of me ever again. It was really impactful.
