So do I recommend this really short, Avant Garde, indie masterpiece? YES. The transient humor in the manga for example, due to clever illustrations and simple dialogues, is presented in a way that doesn't get lost on you. Albeit the fact that the only real takeaway from the manga is to appreciate the trivial things around us, it still holds up as an enjoyable, memorable experience solely because of how it's presented. What really seals the deal is how surreal these situations play out, and just how absurd the solutions are (if any). In every chapter the protagonist is introduced to some vague, ambiguous situation pertaining to these thoughts. In short, An Invitation champions the thoughts that pops up spontaneously in your daily routine, and you're incapable of retaining them later on - testament to their insignificance. Every second chapter there's an excerpt from the author although they're unrelated to the story in the manga, they help understand the themes of it. Since it disregards conventions other manga (or anime) pertains to, the basis of comparison is taken away therefore it's pretty hard to score it (which I

The manga basically disregards any and all conventions so it's a tough task assigning a genre to it. Each chapter in the book(?) is seemingly random in the sense that none of them are exactly related: do not seem to follow a linear storyline. It follows a high school aged protagonist of indeterminate gender. Panpanya's Kani ni Sasowarete, An Invitation by a Crab in English, is a short manga or essentially a book comprising of 18 chapters in total. I hope those that are reading this can determine whether or not this is for you by what I have said.

It is for those that have gotten bored of your usual manga fare. It is for those that aren't afraid to buy a book because it looked interesting. I would say this book is for those with an interest in works that aren't bound by conventional wisdom. I can do is score it vaguely and say what kind of person I think would enjoy this so-o. I can't score it conventionally because the product isn't made conventionally. Most manga I can come up with a score based on feeling and be confident in it but this isn't your normal manga. I find it hard to review something like this in a conventional way. The stories in this book are nonsensical and confusing, but ultimately interesting. Invitation from a crab is a collection and exploration of these thoughts.

Most thoughts have an easily discernible meaning and purpose to them, but sometimes you'll have a strange thought with an unknowable origin that will probably be forgotten just as easily as it was created.

An Invitation from a Crab by panpanya