I think the strongest point of solanin was its relatability. It’s a story of people in their early 20s trying to find their way through life, revolving around the classic debate of the hard, uncertain or easy, stable path, whether it's in their career or romance. In other words, the fear of following your passion. To me, the story is nothing special, but that’s the whole point, the characters, plot, world is nothing unique, and Asano wanted it that way. I think he wanted to make a manga people could fully relate to, even at the deficit of entertainment, to impact them in a wayother works could not. That is the métier of Inio Asano’s work, he will put realism over everything.