I am a big fan of Gudetama, aka the Lazy Egg, and feel this kawaii anthropomorphic being is not only my spirit animal but is also a great way to relay the message about the importance of mindfulness to a wider audience. Gudetama: Mindfulness for the Lazy is a short graphic novel or comic featuring different vibrant, eye-catching scenes in which our favourite sarcastic yolk whose only wish is to be left alone to nap under his comforting bacon blanket, presents a wise and straightforward motto to live by - ”don't be a butt”.

Gudetama’s friend Nisetama, who resembles a grown man wearing a yolk yellow bodysuit, encourages him to embark on an adventure around the city to learn many simple yet valuable lessons. The lessons include the importance of staying in the moment, mindfulness on social media, how to empathise with others, compassion, setting boundaries, time management, respecting yourself and others, self-care, self-love, organisation, mental health, how to be more selfless and fearless and cutting negative influences out of your life.

Wook-Jin Clark’s illustrations are the perfect accompaniment to the sequences, and its useful but basic advice cuts out the noise and filler and presents the scenarios in a humorous and easily understandable fashion for both adults and children alike. Colourful and engaging, this 48-page book reminds us that it’s important to listen to others, but also to yourself, and understand other people's feelings. Be yourself, live in the present, and treat others as you would like to be treated. Highly recommended.

I love the quirky illustrations - Gudetama is so cute, I could look at pictures of him all day.

The stories of the comics are a bit uneven. Some are funnier than others, and some are a bit bland. The title of the book is Mindfulness for the Lazy but the connection to mindfulness is not always obvious to me.

Some of the jokes seem to be meant for adults and some of the stories seem educational for the kids so it's hard to decide who to recommend this book for. Maybe it doesn't matter: Adults can read it for the kids and they can both agree that Gudetama is very very cute.

In a world full of noise, it is so much more challenging to be mindful and to live in the present. This comic may have started a bit silly and almost childish for me but I found a number of really useful advice and reminders of things that should have been basic but I tend to forget a lot.

I can easily see this as a big help to young people that are just starting to explore the world and meet new acquaintances. It can be pretty overwhelming to be online 24/7 and to have all this information, all these possible connections to anyone in the world. It’s a constant feed of ever-changing moods and memes. It is very easy to get sucked into a hive mind–which oftentimes can be more dangerous than beneficial. The act of mindfulness will save us from this struggle.

This is a very cute and fun read, I would recommend this to anyone who loves Gudetama or Sanrio characters. The artwork was too cute and

This book is absolutely adorable! Great for kids and teens but anyone could easily enjoy it! I love the theme of Mindfulness and it's really great as well at bringing some sensitive topics to light.

Gudetama: Mindfulness for the Lazy is absolutely a self-help sort of book, a how-to guide for mindfulness. This could have been super boring, but the artwork is colorful and engaging and there were intertwining storylines that made it much more enjoyable to read.

Plus, when Wook-Jin Clark said ‘mindfulness for the lazy’, he meant it. There’s no big reveal or secret truth about mindfulness, nothing that requires more that a couple of seconds and some forethought to implement. All of these steps are simple and clear cut.

This was an informative read in an enjoyable format, and I really recommend this to anyone who is looking to learn more about mindfulness, loves Gudetama, or is just looking for a fun read.

•Character development- 4☆
• Story Plot- 3☆
• Side characters- 3.5☆
• Flow of the story- 4☆
• Overall - 3.5☆

Japanese culture has been in my life ever since I was a kid. Sanrio and Studio Ghibli are the first two names that come to my mind if I think of cartoons and famous characters.
Gudetama is something quite new for me, as I usually relate my childhood to Hello Kitty and Spirited Away.
This short graphic novel is a guide for someone who needs to see the world from another perspective and wants to be more positive even though life isn't always great.
The illustrations are fine, it feels like watching a cartoon, so it is obviously perfect for kids. It can teach them to be more kind towards others and accept themselves.

The colors in this book are SO bright and fun. I've always thought that I didn't like mindfulness, but this informative book showed me that it's meditation that I do not like, and there is more to mindfulness than meditation.

This was seriously adorable yet also gave me some fresh ideas for how to be more mindful on a day to day basis, such as thinking a little more about how to approach social media or contacting someone on a sensitive topic (taking a moment to reflect on how I would feel if I received that message, am I sending it in anger or with a cool, calm head etc). I loved the animations and honestly, I feel like Gudetama, the egg yolk with a butt, is my spirit animal. All he wants is to be left alone and sleep, and yeah, I feel that.

This was very clear and easy to follow, however, though all the characters are adults and I think it is meant to be written more for adults, the language and writing was very childish, as if it was written for a younger audience. It did confuse me a little as I half expected the people to be a lot younger to reflect the writing and at times, it almost felt a little condescending-for example, when looking at time management, it is implied that using alarms and calendars will fix your issues and described it in a way that made me feel almost ashamed if I was still unable to be organised afterwards. I'm not saying it was deliberate, but I think at times, this would have been a better fit for a more juvenile audience, or the language be slightly more mature to reflect the adult audience.

Overall, this may only be 48 pages long and only took about half an hour to read through, but I have already referred back to it a couple of times since, either to show someone else one of the messages they give, or to use a technique or idea for myself, so I would definitely say it is a worthwhile read and does give a surprising amount of insight for such a compact book.

Mindfulness for the Lazy is a sweetly silly and surprisingly spot-on look at mindfulness and the meaning of life from an anthropomorphic lazy egg-yolk named Gudetama. Due out 6th April 2021 from Oni Press, it's 48 full color pages and will be available in hardcover format (unclear from publisher's media info, but the other books in the series are also available in ComiXology and ebook formats).

I love upbeat positive silly situational comics. These are very short 1-3 page vignette stories full of life advice with Gudetama and his buddy/helper/narrator Nisetama. The artist writer, Wook Jin Clark's work is frenetic and colorful in a good way. There were several of the stories which elicited a smile from me and at least one surprised chuckle.

Definitely a good choice for manga lovers, fans of comics, Sanrio fans, and 'just because'. I really loved the art and the cute (very silly) stories.

Three and a half stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

There are no words I can say to describe the cuteness of this comic! I have always been a Gudetama fan but this was funny and yet adorable and inspirtational!

A fun and cute comic about small acts of Mindfulness during the day. The art is very funny and charming to look at. The stories inside are short but perfectly understandable for kids and adults.
I loved it since it was such a sweet read and can be recommended to almost everyone!

I have never heard of this cute little egg and i am so happy to have run into it. Iit made a self help book that more enjoyable and encouraging

I finished this on the bus and <3 SO FREAKING ADORABLE
I love gudetama so much and these drawings were uwu
This is a short comic/graphic novel of compiled short stories of gudetama and others being taugh various mindfulness stuff and a lot of reallly good lessons. AMAZinG ARt SkILLS!
Seriously though, this would be sooooo good for little kids. It's adorable and such a good way to teach simple lessons. AHHHH ADORABLE
I highly highly recommend this!!

(even though I'm not a parent, I kind of want to read Gudetama: Parenting for the Lazy now XD)

again, this was so adorable and everybody needs to read this.

Was a short comic, like it was meant for younger kids. Art was good quality and the theme was primarily about him being a time traveler and being his lazy self while being mindful and kind to others. Cute if you like him or his stories, or eggs!

Gudetama is an adorable character and the graphic art and emotion of this book are strong points. Hopefully the humorously illustrated examples and checklist at the end will make this a helpful read for many.

I’m not sure what audience this is intended for as the examples seem like early 20s/starting adulthood, but the information and voice seems quite a bit younger than that.

I read and received this book for free through the publisher and NetGalley. Thank you so much! The opinions expressed in this review are my own.

"Let's be the change we want to see in the world".

I previous read, reviewed, and loved Gudetama: Surviving the Holidays so to come across Gudetama: Mindfulness for the Lazy, I knew I wanted to read it right away. This graphic novel is an adorable and funny read about Gudetama learning how to be mindful on a daily basis. I find the tips to be helpful such as setting personal boundaries around others, mindfulness on social media, changing our wording to prevent misunderstandings, and so much more. I find the tip about how words aren't enough and how the act of showing up makes the difference. It is a tip I still need to work on and there are plenty of tips in the graphic novel that readers can learn from too.

If there's anything that can be improved on, the illustrations should have a clearer way to end a section of a comic. Otherwise, this is a graphic novel suitable for young adults and beyond.

Book: Gudetama: Mindfulness for the Lazy
Author: Wook- Jin Clark
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Description:
Mindfulness takes a lot of mental energy to wrap your brain around. Gudetama is here to help you become a better person...sort of.

Empathizing with others, understanding your feelings, learning to be selfless. These all sound like really hard things to do! Well fear not, come along with Gudetama who’ll guide your way to learning things and more. Living selflessly is something many struggle with. Don’t worry, Gudetama does too, and wants to join you on your journey in finding the wonders of mindfulness.
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🌼 The book was really short and sweet. In just 48 pages it discusses the basics of being mindful of yourself and others.
🌼 It tells how to cope with the daily stress and tensions in a mindful way
🌼 For me it was love at first sight with Gudetama. Such a cute, lazy character 😂.
For those who don't have much or any idea regarding this- Gudetama : It’s hard to tell at a glance, but Gudetama is an egg yolk with a butt crack. It’s a fictional character of sorts, one with limbs but no fingers or toes. It has a mouth but no obvious teeth. It has thighs but no visible joints, a head but no neck. Its eyes look like sesame seeds. It has no gender.Gudetama can talk (in short sentences), move (more like wiggle), emote (only pain), and breathe (particularly when it sleeps). Though it can do these things and has the potential for more, it would rather not. Each new day is one more chance for Gudetama to experience life on the lowest setting, and its ultimate pleasure is in doing nothing.Any effort at all is synonymous with pain. The only thing worse than effort is the effort required to complain about said effort. Gudetama is the Tony Robbins of doing nothing. You can be idle at everything, if you just set your mind to it.(too much information 🤭)
🌼 The book had several topics but the flow wasn't distracted. The illustration were the best part.
I absolutely love GUDETAMA now!

Not quite sure who the audience is for this book, but it's definitely not me!

The concept of an other worldly 'advisor' who can guide you in becoming more at one with things seems solid, but the advice being given seems just too glib and unrealistic. Maybe for someone younger and less cynical it might work, but the scenarios don't really seem to be targeted at that age group.

The illustrations are quite nice, but again, not sure who they'd really appeal to.

I love Gudetama! This graphic novel was adorable and really informative. It discusses mindfulness in simple terms and is a great guide for to learn from. I think it would be particularly useful for young kids and teens, however I’m in my mid-twenties and definitely learned a few tips to alleviate some of the stresses of everyday life!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.