© 2021 Minami Kitamura

25th Manga Division Jury Selections

GOOD-BYE HELLO WORLD

KITAMURA Minami[Japan]

Outline

This collection of nine short science fiction stories (serialized stories in the Japanese edition of the tech-culture magazine WIRED and two new stories) is the debut manga work of the creator, who is an illustrator and animation artist. Using currently feasible technologies such as AR, VR, MR, and AI, it depicts a world in a “possible future” under the themes of the decline of humankind, environmental pollution, pandemic, and euthanasia.