Comments of Byousoku Zero Mile

Boy (Taichi) is adopted by an older man (Kanda) for sentimental reasons, develops his own sentimental attachment to the river bank where he was adopted, then meets a stranger (Zama) at the same riverbank who tells him the place will be the construction site for new housing. It's a story that's nominally about family and loneliness and, to crib from Evelyn Waugh, that moment you are looking for love and open that low door in the wall that others have found before you, that moment you realize other people in lives are just forerunners for the person you will end up falling in love with.

But actually the story just is sort of disappointingly disjointed. Zama and Kanda's similarity never really goes anywhere. You never get a sense of who any of the characters are, especially not Kanda. Zama develops complexity in the last chapter only because of the plot, so who he was before the story and meeting Taichi, who knows? and Taichi develops a backbone of mysterious origin, so one can only Hand of God say that he learns and grows from his experiences.

The art is fine, lovely and wispy, and it's not like anyone really does anything too stupid or unreasonable. It's just a story that has preemptively labeled itself as poignant, but doesn't really do anything but gesture in the direction of meaning.

Taichi has a sentimental attachment to a beautiful spot by the river, which he is about to lose forever as a dam is slated for construction over it. There, he meets Zama, the man who will change his life.

the story, such as it is, is non existent. I wanted to know what happened to his parents. I wanted more from their story. Basically, they met, hooked up, 3 years later et again, and are now in a relationship.

While the art is lovely, the story doesn't make a lot of sense and has a lot of coincidences, (aka lazy writing contrivances).

Okay but not great.

Tbh im a bit lost in the middle of this story. _(:з」∠)_

Nice, slow and lovely.

ending was confusing but i think they ended up together?

Nice story ig? Didn't inspire me much...
A kiddo who loves to sit by the riverbed, and a man who wabts to do construction works there, that way ruining the view.

Too innocent for me

Just no chemistry

Nice but somwthy is missing

mmm ok that was something

very slow pace sort of left me with an empty feeling

It's not bad but Story is very plain and feelings don't come across well

really like it

I think I may have read this already, but I love it, and I hope theres more..^_^

i really liked this kind of manga. beautiful simple stories