Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Deluxe Edition) Vol. 04

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Deluxe Edition) Vol. 04

THE AIR AS THICK AS SYRUP, MINUTES MELT AWAY.

The world festival is over, and the sun is setting on the days of humanity. Alpha returns home to her quiet café, richer by a few treasured friends and memories. She wanders with Kokone and they surrender themselves to the syrupy air, letting their time melt and fuse into one. We hope you enjoy chapters 83-111 of this beloved manga classic available in English for the first time. Please come again!

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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