Big fan of Taiyo Matsumoto here, but Tekkonkinkreet was kind of a letdown for me. The artstyle, drawings and so are still really good, but at the same time they seem too european without a personal soul. The narrative was probably the main flaw of this manga, I don't really understand what Matsumoto wants to convey, and I'm not saying what he want to tell or what story, since in his case he is not someone who creates impressive stories but feelings, emotions, beautiful moments and so, more related to poetry than narrative. But in this case I don't really find that narrative nor poetry (justin small moments).

It has a feeling of being in your childhood and seeing and thinking like in that era, maybe a boy under 13 or so could like something like this, and if he does then props; maybe I can't connect with that mental frame anymore.