Sakana

May 14, 2016 6:40 AM

Sakana is a slice of life, romantic comedy (a sli-li-rom-com if you will) that takes place in a giant fish market in Tokyo, Japan. Our intrepid heroes must do battle with unruly seafood and THEMSELVES!!! in order to find love, inner peace, and a paycheck. By Madeline Rupert
posted by rebent (5 comments total)

I love the manga-inspired artwork, and the concept is terrific . . . but, wow. This is a very liberal take on the way Japanese fishmongers communicate with each other, and the language they use. It almost reads best when you pretend they're not speaking Japanese.
posted by Gordion Knott at 8:43 AM on May 14, 2016

how do japanese fishmongers communicate with each other?
posted by andrewcooke at 9:15 AM on May 14, 2016

Something kind of like the Victorian Language of Flowers, only using unsalable fish parts.
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:09 AM on May 14, 2016 [5 favorites]

"Imagine that Hamilton were being presented as the way people actually talked back then."
posted by DoctorFedora at 3:26 PM on May 14, 2016

I'm on strip #15 and I'm liking this so far, with the requisite suspension of disbelief about the setting. But, wow, I just peeked at the latest strip and it's already up to #355! It's nearly three in the morning here and I must resist the urge to binge-read the rest...
posted by Spinda at 2:59 AM on May 15, 2016