#YOUTUBE ANTIQUE BAKERY KOREAN MOVIE SERIES#

To my untrained eye, they seem to occupy character molds that are very particular to manga and a familiarity with (and fondness for) those would probably help. Whether they work for you or not is probably a matter of taste (hawhaw). As such, I think for those who enjoy more plot-based works, the episodic feel of the first couple of volumes would be hard to get into - it is after all difficult to become emotionally invested in these character who only appear very briefly - and the charm of the main quartet at the Bakery is relied upon to carry the momentum of the reader's interest. The first two volumes spend a lot of time depicting the everyday running of the eponymous bakery, revealing the personal back stories and personalities of the characters who work there only in small snippets as they go about baking and selling mouth-wateringly described pastries for their customers, who actually initially feature as the main focal points around which the manga's mini story arcs revolve.

#YOUTUBE ANTIQUE BAKERY KOREAN MOVIE SERIES#

So this was my first foray into the BL genre of manga and I think it's probably a fairly sedate place to start given how little time is actually spent detailing the love lives of the main gay male character, much to the benefit of the series in my opinion. The first two volumes spend a lot of time depicting the everyday running of the eponymous bakery, revealing the personal back stories and HAHAHAHA DANCING IN THE RAIN OH GOD MY EYES WTF WAS THAT ETCETC HAHAHAHA DANCING IN THE RAIN OH GOD MY EYES WTF WAS THAT ETCETC Okay. But its one of those stories that can stick with you I think and is still an excellent experience to have. If you're looking for something straight forward and not as realistic to life then I can see how Antique Bakery might not be for you or, even if you read it, you might not think it was so wonderful at first. And because this is a story revolving around cake (it is a bakery after all) she doesn't shy away from incorporating the food itself as a character its the medium and reason for ever single character in the series to come together. Some of her panels will have no words but you just get the solid sense and feel for what's happening. She's one of those super rare artists when dealing with manga or comics of any type where she uses expressions and her art itself to show emotion and tell plot. Yoshinaga-sensei is spectacular at showing emotions in her artwork.

Then there's the food and emotion in the series. It also covers side characters to a degree who are customers of the bakery and you get a realistic feel for what its like to work in such an environment and be exposed to certain parts or 'snapshots' of people's lives.

The four main characters all become important to each other in their own ways and help each other, whether directly or indirectly, with each of their pasts or personal issues without those issues being the sole focus of the series. It also covers their interactions and relationships in a very realistic way because there's no happy endings or perfect turnouts but just how these characters deal with life. Its essentially one of those stories that takes what seems to be a set of characters that would never be together and finds reasons for their paths to cross. This series has won awards, been translated into multiple languages, spawned an anime series, a live action series, and a two part movie. It also covers their interactions and relationships in a very realistic way because there's n Antique Bakery is one of those series that can be hard to describe accurately but reading it is an experience.

Antique Bakery is one of those series that can be hard to describe accurately but reading it is an experience.

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