Wash It All Away Manga Volume 6 Ends on Quite a Cliffhanger

What’s Happening

Listen up: Thoughout the Wash It All Away manga, there are hints that there’s something up with Wakana Kinme’s past and that it might be traumatic in some way.

But, typically the slice-of-life nature of the series is at the forefront. It’s rare for her past to be too much of a focus, rather than an aside that happens between other moments involving townsfolk and events. (wild, right?)

But, so of Kinme cleaning ending up on socials, volume 6 of the series offers the biggest hint that we’re about to Anime Featured Wash It All Away Manga Volume 6 Ends on Quite a Cliffhanger By Jenni Lada Image via Square Enix Thoughout the Wash It All Away manga, there are hints that there’s something up with Wakana Kinme’s past and that it might be traumatic in some way.

The Details

Recommended Videos Editor’s Note: There will be spoilers for the cliffhanger and last story at the end of volume 6 of the Wash It All Away manga below. We know there are secrets to Wakana’s past in Wash It All Away that even she isn’t aware of, as there have been teasers since the first volume .

It starts she doesn’t recall anything that happened to her as of two years ago, and she’s just been living at Kinme cleaners, working there, and going “Wakana Kinme” since. In that volume, it establishes that she’s deadass fearful of thunderstorms, and there’s also a flashback that suggests she was sobbing, depressed, and at her lowest point when she first came to Atami.

Why This Matters

In the third volume , there’s a suggestion that her past might also be connected to Hatsushima. But all of these moments are fleeting. They suggest past trauma via over-the-top responses and panic to certain triggers.

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Key Takeaways

• We see dissociating when it comes to a place that might be familiar to her, even though she doesn’t recognize it.
• There was never any interaction with anyone who might prompt memories of that past.

The Bottom Line

There was never any interaction with anyone who might prompt memories of that past. That changes with volume 6, as it marks the first time we actually see someone who knew the person Wakana was before her arrival in Atami and setting up shop at Kinme.

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