MOYASIMON: TALES OF AGRIGULTURE, is a manga with intelligence and humor. Written by Masayuki Ishikawa, it centers on Tadayasu, a young man from a rural family, along with his best friend Kei. Tadayasu has the power to see and communicate with bacteria of all kinds. This comes in handy when the two friends go off to an agricultural college in Tokyo. After all, bacteria are everywhere.
As soon as they enter the college, Tadayasu and Kei encounter bootleggers, smelly buried seals, initiation rites, yogurt, filthy dorm rooms, and angry grad students.
By the end of this first volume you will know how to brew your own sake, and how different bacteria figure into the fermentation process, so its an informative book as well as entertaining.
The drawings of the different bacteria forms are so cute, I just fell in love with this book and I look forward to volume 2! ( )

Cute, although I don't know how much it would appeal to people who aren't already interested in fermentation. But thankfully I am ;). ( )