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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
ジョゼと虎と魚たち
8.12(3K votes)
Ranked #689Popularity #2636
chapters
11
volumes
2
Status
Finished
Published
Jan 6, 2020 to Oct 6, 2020
Authors:Emoto, Nao, Tanabe, Seiko
Drama
Worth Reading? — Global Verdict
8.8/10
Average Review Score
100%
Recommend It
4
Reviews Worldwide
International Reviews
jpxavowwgamer
Recommended
9
So, that's my review of Josee to Tora to Sakana-tachi (sorry for my bad english) I won't talk about the story, that's my opinion about the manga Let's go! In my opinion this manga is really good, this can move you, the two main characters have their each problems, one wants to go Mexico to study and one have difficults in the legs, and it's very good how they meet each other and how do they get to know each other and how the secundary characters interact with the main characters. The art is good and beautiful, the art also can show to us the emotions of thecharacters and how it can be a good example of a manga that really need to have a movie.
So, my score for this manga is 9/10, because it moves me and makes me want so much watch the film.
A youth romantic drama with themes of growing up, the story focuses on college student Tsuneo and dreamer Josee, who lives her life stuck in a wheelchair. Josee—named after the heroine in Françoise Sagan's Wonderful Clouds—spends most of her days reading and painting until by chance she encounters Tsuneo, and decides it's time to face the real world.
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9,569 Members
10
It is a very short review, since it is a very short work, and the objective is to try to bring more reasons for interested people to bring more, that is, spoilers. I'll skim over a sentence or two, but nothing will get in the way of your further reading. Commenting on Josee should always start by stating the obvious. There's nothing special here, it's a short, simple, melancholy novel that barely matches the standard of any cheap novel in its chapters. This is a type of manga where the opinion of those who are there is never very divided, after all, everything is narrated ina brief way, and that does not avoid the pattern that we see directly in the novels. And that's the point. Josee manages to be interesting because it is just another work that narrates sad events, followed by much love and happiness for the characters. It is a typical manga for those who want a very simple romance narrative, but great in its way of being.
Josee to Tora talks about dreams, about a shy girl, insecure, limited by her disability, always being kept at home never, but with love for art and all that a maritime environment has to offer, even seen it.
It is about someone who has infinite desires and curiosities about the unknown, a dream to follow, but who feels unable to fulfill it because “not being able to climb the steps of a ladder”, but who finds himself saved by someone else.
Josee to Tora's brief narrative always focuses on making his concept of difficulties explicit. We all have dreams, but we feel incapable of realizing them for whatever reason, and that inevitably, both protagonists stumble, and think about giving up, which they just don't do because they have each other as motivation.
Josee is simple, cliché, and it sends a message that we've already gotten married to watching, but even so, the standardly melancholic narrative holds you, where you quickly empathize with the characters' situation, and hope for the best in the end.
It's a novel where all the time it chooses to show the melancholy of the characters, at the same time it presents how they run away from it only by deepening their relationship.
I actually absurdly recommend this manga, since I hope you don't expect anything revolutionary, but the abuse of the simple, but in such an interesting and brief way.
6 found helpfulMar 28, 2022
flick_ty
Recommended
8
Decided to read this due to twitter discourse, and let me tell you, twitter moment. This manga is great- also based on what I've seen from the movie, the art style is gorgeous in both forms. The main female lead is not a submissive lady with a disability who gets taken advantage of or treated like a baby- she has sass, personality and troubles. The author has actually built her with a personality that isn't just disability, or the worse alternative, the "wishing and wanting to be without disability." I found it interesting that the male lead has a period where he gets to facewhat she finally faces, and finally sees how hard it would be to try and achieve your goals whilst being treated like garbage by the world around you. It is short, I wish it was longer, but it is a manga for a movie so of course can't be that long. Would strongly recommend, and it is a quick read so again, not gonna have to sacrifice your life just to try and get through it.
1 found helpfulJun 5, 2025
Supernitpicker
Recommended
8
For some reason, around the time this dropped, Josee had a random revival. It was a Japanese short story from the 80s. Made into a serious live-action film in the early 2000s. All of a sudden, 2020 hits and it had a manga run, anime film (which both directly follow each other), and a South Korean adaptation all dropping the same year. I don't know why it had all this activity all at once, but if the core of the story is what was faithful, I can see why it would have some kinda spotlight in time. It has the disability angle, which has manydifferent appeals (anything from Diving Bell and the Butterfly to Children of a Lesser God). Something about intense hardship has this almost innate sympathy from general audiences. For me, I was interested because it's in the slice-of-life genre. I've been about that for a couple years now.
Though heavier than a typical day in the life anime/manga, it contains the appeals nonetheless. It has drama, but we also see the characters' relationship front and center. The experience goes back and forth between lighthearted following-the-characters-everyday-life to tragedy. Pretty well actually. The manga and anime never get so heavy that it becomes a depressing experience. Which would fit. But, for what they both go for, they accomplish going between tones pretty well.
The relationship is really cute. It's one that feels earned and built up to. They do a bit of suffering to get there. I also enjoy the side characters. A minor issue with some slice-of-lives is that characters can start to sound interchangeable, especially if they're background. Here, each one is distinct and talks in their own way. There's a lot of character to it in general.
Now, it does succumb to some melodrama. Things get so heightened that it recalls those other inspirational hardship stories, where things get sappy. Not every dramatic beat fully works. I'm a little mixed on the major third act change the lead goes through.
On the whole, it's a beautiful and properly heart tugging story. I think both lead characters have a romance that can be rooted for and it ultimately picks you up and makes you feel good. Glad I hit both the film and manga (which are almost surgical with how similar they are to each other). It's funny. My brother has the manga lent from a friend for the past few years, and I've read it before he has.
