ソラニン [Soranin]

Inio Asano's Soranin is a poignant two-issue series from Shogakukan that captures the drifting uncertainty of post-college life in mid-2000s Japan. Written and illustrated entirely by Asano, it follows a group of friends grappling with mundane jobs, creative ambitions, and the quiet weight of growing up. This compact, emotionally raw story matters as a defining early work from a creator who would become a leading voice in slice-of-life manga, distilling a generation's restlessness into just two issues.