Last Quarter Vol. 02

Last Quarter Vol. 02

A supernatural mystery of two star-crossed lovers from the creator of Nana!

Struggling to adapt to life with a new mother and sister after her father’s remarriage, Mizuki meets a blue-eyed man playing guitar on the street in Shibuya and is powerfully drawn to him. How far will she go to see him again?

Mizuki is trapped in a crumbling mansion, bereft of memories except for the time she spent with Adam. Hotaru and her friends have been working from her fragmentary recollections to discover what happened. Will Mizuki be reunited with Adam?

Biographical Notes:

Ai Yazawa is the creator of many popular manga titles, including Nana, one of the best-selling shojo series of all time. Nana won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shojo category in 2003, and a live-action movie adaptation was released in 2006.

American readers were introduced to Yazawa’s stylish and sexy storytelling in 2002 when her title Paradise Kiss was translated into English. Some of her other works include Neighborhood Story and Tenshi Nanka Janai (I’m No Angel). Last Quarter had a live-action movie adaptation that released in 2004.

Title Notes:

This is a story that takes place somewhere between dream and reality.

Series has a similarities with the anime movie Paprika where the film follows a battle between a “dream terrorist” who causes nightmares by stealing a device that allows others to share their dreams.