Origin by Boichi Vol. 06

Origin by Boichi Vol. 06

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

“Boichi crafts a smart futuristic thriller with an interesting premise and delivers it with skill. Recommended.” – Otaku USA

I know what you really are—!

As he demolishes one identical GON-BOT after another, ORIGIN’s own body is slowly but surely brought to the brink. But even when the massive GON PRIME bursts onto the scene wielding unimaginable destructive power, ORIGIN exercises his newfound will to prioritize protecting Mai Hirose over his own survival. Physical power isn’t everything, though—and the knowledge of GON PRIME’s true identity might just give ORIGIN the edge he needs!

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

More works by Boichi

Publisher’s Twitter account