Bonjour Philippine

The man of her dreams is coming So Nanako is very excited She cleans her room which she doesnt usually do and even puts up some flowers to wait for him Then Takano arrives The story is set in a oneroom flat and depicts a slightly dry and modern love story The protagonist Nanako seems to be very fussy about music but the authors sense of rhythm also pervades the whole story The timing of the dialogue the use of sound effects and the tempo of the story are all exquisite The title comes from a French word game in which a boy and a girl share two seeds of fruit and say bonjour philippine to each other the next time they meet