Don''t miss this moving, critically acclaimed classic manga (which inspired the anime) about an android running a coffee shop in a slowly dying Japan--published in English for the first time in oversized omnibus editions! In a future Japan, long after an environmental catastrophe, Alpha the android runs a small café in a seaside town. As she wonders if her absent owner will ever return, she stands witness to the twilight of humanity with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar. Alpha and her fellow residents enjoy the melancholy beauty of life, even as the end approaches. Savor chapters 1-24 of this beloved manga classic in English for the first time, in this deluxe five-volume set.

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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).

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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.

Zusammenfassung
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.