Origin by Boichi Vol. 04

Origin by Boichi Vol. 04

From the renowned artist Boichi comes a gorgeous and shocking hard-boiled sci-fi classic!

If I don’t do something, everyone’s going to die.

Origin arrives in Kyoto with Mai and Dr. Fermi, only to find the director of AEE’s A.I. Institute recalcitrant at best—but that’s the least of their worries after Origin’s robot brother GON shows up and goes on a merciless rampage! Committed to protecting Mai but unable to reveal his true identity, Origin must make a deal with the mysterious “data-mind” Y in order to find a way out of this lethal ordeal!

Biographical Notes:

Mu-jik Park aka Boichi originally from Seoul, began as a Korean manhwa artist before turning to Japanese-language manga in 2004. Intending to be a manga artist from his childhood days, Boichi majored in physics in college as preparation to draw science fiction works, and also to learn the technology of performance and imaging.

Boichi is best known for being the artist of One Piece: Ace’s Story and Dr. Stone. He is also known for being the author & artist of Origin, Sun-Ken Rock, and Hotel, He won multiple recognition for Gran Guinigi 2011 – Best Short Story for It was all for the tuna, in Hotel (Panini Comics), Shogakukan Manga Awards 2019 – Shōnen Category for Dr. Stone (Shueisha), Japan Media Arts Festival 2019 – Manga Grand Prize for Origin (Kodansha).

Title Notes:

An original story from the illustrator of Dr. Stone

Announced at Anime NYC 2022, with great reaction from fans!

More details on Boichi:

Boichi Twitter account

Publisher’s Twitter account

Publisher’s Twitter account