Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Deluxe Edition) Vol. 02

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Deluxe Edition) Vol. 02

TIME THAT FLOWS LIKE SILK THROUGH YOUR FINGERS.

Alpha the android takes a short vacation from the café and travels to Musashino to shop and visit with her new friend, Kokone. At the shore, Takahiro searches for the Osprey, and Makki meets her for the first time. The sun goes down and another childhood day falls away forever. Chapters 25-52 of this beloved manga classic are collected here in English for the first time.

Biographical Notes:

Hitoshi Ashinano is a manga creator from Japan, best known for Kabu no Isaki, Kotonoba Drive, and the award-winning Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (which was adaptated into anime). He is also known for being the author & artist of Kotonoba Drive, Kabu no Isaki, Kumabachi no Koto, PositioN, and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. Most noted for Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, for which he won Afternoon magazine’s Four Seasons Award for debut works and the 2007 Seiun Award for Best Science Fiction Manga.

Title Notes:

The series won the 2007 Seiun science fiction award for Best Manga in Japan. Despite never being officially released in English in North America, the series has been praised in publications including The Comics Journal and the academic journal Mechademia.

400+ pages each, oversized with pantone and spot gloss finishing on covers.

Seven Seas will publish the entire series in 5 omnibus volumes, once every 3-4 months.

This Adult title has crossover appeal with YA audiences (rated Teen 13+).

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