Fantagraphics is proud to welcome the great Inio Asano (Solanin, What a Wonderful World ) to its acclaimed literary manga line. Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. When the body of Arie Kimura s mother is found by this tunnel s entrance, next to apparently human traces, the legend seems to be confirmed. Is the end of the world coming? In order to appease the wrath of the beast, the children decide to offer it a sacrifice: The unfortunate Arie, whom they believe to be the cause...

Als die süße Aiko in Punpuns Grundschulklasse kommt, strömt die Pubertät in seinen Körper. Doch durch die Gewaltausbrüche seines Vaters und eine psychisch labile Mutter, muss er schnell feststellen, dass er allein mit seinen Sorgen ist. Selbst sein imaginierter Freund "Gott" ist eher Balast als Hilfe.

Longing for Something Bigger
From the Eisner Award-nominated Inio Asano, creator of Solaninand Nijigahara Holograph, comes one of his most challenging works yet; an intense teen romance set in what may at first glance be one of the sleepiest places in Japan.
When Koume and Keisuke s relationship begins to take shape, it is apparent that they are both searching for something. Maybe Keisuke wants something more than a kiss from the fair Koume. Maybe Koume is looking for someone better than Misaki, the localplayboy. But what they find in each other over the course...