- Lily Catts
- Oct 17, 2012
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Show me the way to you
(Heavy Metal)
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Yokohama Shopping Trip / Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
After unspecified disasters: the oceans are way higher, somethings taken a good chunk out of Mt. Fuji, and the population is drastically reduced--humanity is in its twilight years. YKK tells the story of Alpha, an android who runs a small coffeshop in an out of the way coastal town in Japan.
It's good.
It's really good. It might be one of my favorite things I've read in print, in fact. Its slow and languorous pace might not be for everyone, but if you think you might enjoy a fairly unique spin on the end of the world with some wonderful drawings you should give this one a look.
It's unlicensed and can be read at this link
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a cute robot playing a gekkin, by herself--forever.
YKK is one of my favorite manga ever. It evokes the Japanese sentiment of mono no aware, which means "sadness at the passing of things". Alpha is a robot, which basically means she's immortal. She lives in a world where humanity is on the decline (the reasons for which isn't important), and she'll most certainly outlive them. The manga is wistful, but never overly sentimental about this. I wouldn't mind the world ending like this.
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