Hikaru Nakamura

Saint Young Men, Vol. 1

renee badenoch

This was given to me as a Christmas gift with the assurance I would love it, and oh boy did I ever! Saint Young Men is a bunch of slice-of-life portraits of two men living in Tokyo and struggling to pay rent--Oh yeah, and the men are Jesus and Buddha while on sabbatical from heaven. Saint Young Men is mostly just a gentle buddy comedy. One of my favorite bits was when Jesus and Buddha started a stand-up comedy duo and it was revealed that Jesus had been writing bad puns for their routine in heaven before they came down to earth. The dynamic between Jesus and Buddha is very sweet. Buddha is the more practical, cautious one, and Jesus is the carefree and wild one. They both bring out the best in each other and each comic tends to end with a warm sense of care they have for one another. Five stars!

Saint Young Men, Vol. 1

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