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zhaep  ·  3670 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 8th Occasional Give Me A Quote From Something You've Been Reading Lately

    'My great grandfather, Mansaku, brought the child home with him. But the child wouldn't suckle at his wife's breast. It wouldn't even drink rice broth. But when they offered it sap from the tree, it drank that.'

    'Mansaku, his wife and their children showed the baby love and affection like she was a member of their family. But she aged much more slowly than the other children. After ten years, she was still a baby. And she would only drink sap from the tree. Thirty years passed and both Mansaku and his wife passed away. Saho was only a toddler at the time.'

Vol 7 of the gorgeous, meditative, surreal and grotesque manga Mushishi by Yuki Urushibara

  ~my 1st 'give me a quote'




lil  ·  3670 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for joining. I find "give me a quote" from something you've been reading opens up amazing new worlds - like the manga you just quoted.

zhaep  ·  3670 days ago  ·  link  ·  

thanks for the welcome 🙏 , hubski seems like a great community (not to mention beautifully implemented platform) . an oasis in what these days mostly seems like a world wide wasteland