Inio Asano is one of the best new manga creators, hands down. What a Wonderful World!, begun in 2002 when he was all of 22 years old, was his first published work. As a collection of short stories connected by a handful of recurring incidents, this debut work lacks the complexity of his graphic novels Nijigahara Holograph and Solanin. Nevertheless, the trademark Asano elements are here: effortlessly naturalistic art, a fascination with drifting young people who aren't quite sure what to do with their lives, and a cynical perspective on the harshness of the world leavened by moments of whimsy and fantasy.