And here are a few doodles from when I learned that Hiromu Arakawa, a cartoonist known for her popular high-drama action-adventure series and a huge influence of mine, had started a new comic, this one about kids at an agricultural high school.
I wrote a little Tumblr post about how Arakawa manages to convey the same interesting, mature, thoughtful messages in both Fullmetal Alchemist and Silver Spoon, despite the genre, scope, and story of the two being completely different. In a way, both stories talk about the power of nature and humans' successful - and unsuccessful - attempts to harness its power. You can see it if you compare the first page of both comics - it's a pretty interesting comparison.
Not to mention Arakawa always enjoys exposing the typical shonen manga tropes and twisting them ever so slightly. It's great for a laugh.
They're whispering his name through this disappearing land
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