Saint Oniisan is slice-of-life or divine-life, tale of Jesus and Buddha as they try to experience the modern world, in this case, Japan. The manga places a funny twist on religion, attitudes, culture and customs in Japan through the eyes of Jesus and Buddha.
You see Jesus and Buddha experiencing Asakusa, public baths, theme parks, and the internet. Throughout the manga, we get a little history of their divine greatness only to see their apparent insignificance in modern Japanese society. Suffice to say, before people can recognize that they're actually Jesus and Buddha, people think of them as someone who looks like Johnny Depp or a guy with a button on his forehead. For real.
Saint Oniisan received the 2009 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Short Work Manga.
Nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award (2009).
Chaosender69 on May 23rd, 2019 at 02:35 UTC »
There was a scene where they were in the sauna and the yakuza mistook Jesus to be the scion of a yakuza boss
MurderSheScrote on May 23rd, 2019 at 01:21 UTC »
The animation is hilarious and gives a surprisingly good view of daily life in Japan despite the characters. They’re just viewed as “friendly foreigners.”
voidxleech on May 22nd, 2019 at 23:57 UTC »
you look hard enough, you can find a manga about anything.