English releases on file: Oct 28, 2014 – 2020.
The Garden of Words
The manga adaptation of Makoto Shinkai's acclaimed anime film. Can a poem save your life? Words are powerful. Insults and rumors can derail a career; a bit of encouragement can give someone the strength to pursue their dreams. When a high school boy skipping class to sketch shoe designs and a taciturn woman drinking a morning beer meet in a Tokyo park, they say little, but the woman bids farewell with an ancient tanka poem. Will the boy figure out the poem's meaning—and its corresponding response—before it's too late? "Shinkai has been hailed as the next Miyazaki, and his dreamy mindscapes often equal or surpass the anime maestro in breadth of detail and depth of emotion." —Variety
- Volumes
- 2 in the canonical sequence
- English packaging
- 2 books, 3 releases
- Also known as
- Kotonoha no Niwa, 言の葉の庭
Editions
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Kodansha edition
Kodansha · 1 book in reading order
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