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Questions are good things. They are there to get to know others and to find the common ground with each other, with the people we want to love. Well, I would think that the biggest thing I need to learn is to love myself. I think at least. I like lists, I make lists, mainly about anime and manga that I want to read and watch. And sometimes about American books too. My life does revolve around things that I consume. And I do not know if I am fine with that. I would like to fancy myself that I like philosophy, but in truth, I like the idea of philosophy. In the sense, philosophy means the love of knowledge, because we cannot know everything. So we need to start with things that we do not know, even though there are many famous figures in philosophy, I do not want to read from them. Because the biggest thing that I do not know if myself. And, as I am right now, I am more interested in filling the emptiness in me, if that makes sense. But I like questions. So, I went out and looked for que...

Familia! [manga review]

Familia! is made by Sou, serializes in Comic Avarus a magazine published by Mag Garden, and it was published in 2010. "Winner of an Award of Excellence in the Monthly Comic Avarus manga awards during November 2010." - myanimelist.net

Score: 9/10

Kotaro Kazama, Yumeno Haibara and Shuu Koganei are Bambi's bodyguards, even though they never see the need to do any bodyguarding. Right now they are working to get enough money for Bambi, who likes spending money. Bambi himself is working as a designer. Their relationship is complicated. Bambi is a shut-in, however, someone from his past comes around and it is up to the three of them to save him until it is not too late. However, the three of them are not quite your average bodyguard.

The art style is good, the characters are beautiful and their design gives back their characters. Yumeno is kind and naive with big features, Shuu is more rugged and serious, and you can see him being the one to pick more fight with Bambi about his spending habits. And finally, Kotaro, who is kind has an equally kind looking design with his glasses.

The story is enjoyable. Familia! is a short one-shot that is heartwarming if I need to describe it in any given way. My biggest problem is that this is something, again, that I would like to see in a longer format since Bambi is just as much of an interesting character and his interactions with these three is interesting and enjoyable.

[Spoiler: The twist in the story comes from learning that Bambi, before this was a scientist who made drugs and mechanics for an underground organization that comes back to take him out. What they don't know is that Bambi right now has bodyguards who are not human. The three charming main characters are androids made by Bambi and they come out on their own will to protect him, even after them getting into a fight.]


Trivia: [Spoiler: The end of it is really heartwarming since this is what gives the manga its title, that the four of them become a strange family. My little disappointment comes from this, since you kind of get the state before they had actually developed into a family and nor really seeing them as one just yet. Since it is not really clear that they are a family just after they confirm it themselves. Their banter can look like the banter between family members, but it also can read as people who are just really close, closer than a normal boss and employee.]

[Spoiler: I actually like that Bambi takes on the role of a father. It would be an interesting character dynamic between him and the other three of them. I would really like to see what the four of them would get around, it would be a good slice of life with sci-fi elements.]

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