Story about Kikujiro no natsu / Kikujiro / 菊次郎の夏 / 菊次郎的夏天
A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely ...
A young, naive boy sets out alone on the road to find his wayward mother. Soon he finds an unlikely protector in a crotchety man and the two have a series of unexpected adventures along the way.
Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro hardly seems the ideal companion for little Masao who is determined to travel long distances to see the mother he has never met. Their excurion to the cycle races is the firt of a series of adventures for the unlikely pair which soon turn out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tear with a wide array of surprises and odd ball character to meet along the way.
