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16th Manga Division Jury Selections

25ji no vacances

ICHIKAWA Haruko [Japan]

Outline

Otome, who works at a laboratory researching deep-sea biospheres, takes some time off from her job to meet her younger brother, Kotaro, for the first time in quite a while. On the seashore at one o’clock in the morning, she suddenly reveals that her body has been eroded by shellfish. In addition to the title story, this second volume of works by ICHIKAWA Haruko includes “Pandora ni te” and “Tsuki no soshiki.