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 Arié, whom they believe to be the cause of the curse, is shoved into a well that leads to the Nijigahara tunnel ― an act that in turns pushes Komatsuzaki, the budding thug who has carried a torch for Arié for a while already, entirely over the edge. When the body of Arié Kimura’s mother is found by this tunnel’s entrance, next to apparently human traces, the legend seems to be confirmed.
Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. Fantagraphics is proud to welcome the great Inio Asano (Solanin, What a Wonderful World!) to its acclaimed literary manga line.
(Oct.In this manga, acclaimed cartoonist Asano tells a complex, oblique tale about how an tense atmosphere, symbolized by proliferating butterflies, lead schoolchildren to “sacrifice” a fellow student, and how that act impacts various characters across two timelines. Is titled ironically, but its message to aimless and depressed young people is a positive one, told without preaching, and the artwork and strong storytelling make this another standout. His teens' navel-gazing thoughts are prone to platitudes, but much less so here than in Solanin Asano's artwork is very attractive, frequently interspersing all-black panels with the characters' inner thoughts in white text. Like many of the book's protagonists, the girl overcomes her death wish, but hers is the most triumphant victory in the volume. In “A Town of Many Hills,” a bullied teen believes a talking crow is a death god encouraging her to commit suicide. Some of the characters are more likable than others in two related shorts, appealing punk rocker Horita gives up his dreams of becoming a rock star to put on a suit and tie, only to recant later in the book. If anything, the short story format makes Asano's mopey protagonists far more sympathetic. With more short stories about sullen teenagers and 20-somethings. Asano's beautifully drawn anthology follows up his Harvey and Eisner–nominated Solanin
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