Abstract

The reality of this world, as seen through the eyes of an author that has spent years illustrating women. This comic portrays a young couple that has high hopes for their unborn child. The wife, only days away from giving birth, learns of an incident that occurred to a little girl. Her pure and innocent belief in the future is shaken. With the wife now in a state of shock, will the gap between the young couple continue to grow and lead them further apart?

Author’s Information

Manga artist and assistant professor at Tsukuba University, Faculty of Art and Design. She debuted with Bakudan to Ribon ("A Ribbon and a Bomb") in 2011 (Sansai Books). In 2012 she released Sunny Sunny Ann! (Kodansha) and received the 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize New Face Award. The same was published in French in 2018 and was officially selected for the 2019 Angoulême International Comics Festival.