MOTHERS is Kusahara Umi’s debut English title, collecting and translating 15 years worth of self-published short stories developed on themes of love, family, and loss. A debut short story collection of heartfelt, emotional manga 15 years in the making. For josei & seinen comics lovers.

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Currently available to preorder order here, while available preorders will receive a special bonus print when the book ships. We expect to start shipping preorders by / during the second week of April.

Here is a description of the book: Stylistically intermingling themes of gentrification and rebirth within the setting of a classic yakuza crime drama, Children of Mu-Town follows the course charted by youths of an aging residential housing complex who are struggling for their lives: burdened by financial issues, peer pressure, and uncertain futures, ensnared in the clutches of organized crime, they are searching for a way to survive. When a municipal renovation project seems to offer a future of stability for their dilapidated town, the mysterious and far-reaching consequences that their actions set into motion may leave Juichi and his friends with no option but annihilation…..

A stunning modern “tenement masterpiece” manga, Mu-Town is a story of small town gang intimidation, escalating immigration tensions, political intrigue, and the yearning desperation of youth.

208 pages • General Literature • Manga

Please see our preorder listing for more information about this title, as well as more pictures of the book. We have also arranged to run an exclusive preview through Solrad online magazine which you can read here.

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Announced on social media earlier this year, the publication date for Ripples has finally arrived. It is available as either a print or a digital version, or you can pick up both through a special bundled option. We also arranged for a limited print run of a special RISO edition of the book with Cold Cube Press.

The “standard” version is a softbound 6×9 book with linen paper covers, while the RISO version is a slightly smaller format sporting soft touch covers, alternate cover art, and is printed in Light Teal with a spot Red color.

This is a sparse and dream-like work, from an exciting new artist working in the Japanese small press indie manga scene, which dwells on memory and family, and follows ambiguous figures that stride through the snowy lands adjacent to the realm of the dead. Ripples explores the processing of grief, and how cyclical mechanisms of human emotion map out a geography of memory inextricably intertwined with the natural world from which we spring. Prepare to be absorbed in a work unlike any other coming out now.

Ripples is translated from the Japanese by Anna Schnell.

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Glaeolia is a large trim 7×10 in, 250+ page RISO-printed anthology featuring a deluxe soft-touch cover laminate. This book collects stories of singular beauty and breathtaking originality from a group of twelve indie artists.

Contributing artists include: Arantoochika (@arantootika), Hiuchi tana (@hiuchitana), Kawakatsu Tokushige (@old_schooooool), Masumura Jūshichi (@masumura17), mogcom (@mogra16), Moriizumi Takehito (@moriizumii), Morita Rui (@moritarurib), Okuda Akiko, Onta Niwako (@pyonnurila), Shinnosuke Saika (@toshoneko), Yamakawa Naoto (@emikanta), and Yosomachi (@yososoyo).

The stories selected for Glaeolia include self-published works (dōjinshi), as well as works drawn from indie manga magazines & mainstream publishers. This book will release in a limited numbered print run of 300. There will be two separate listings available: A standard listing listing for the book at 25$ and a limited listing which will allow ordering a specific # from books 1–20. Each of the copies numbered 1-20 will feature an edge dye/stain on the text block. Additionally, they will be hand-stamped, and signed by one of the series editors on the limitation page. We expect it to become available for direct order on our online shop early March soon. More will be announced as the release period draws near.

The ordering period has been announced! We have high confidence the books will arrive soon and have set the ordering period to open Monday May 25 2020 at 6 pm PST (see link for important details!) The books will be available to order through these links: standard, limited.

Thank you all so much for your support! The book is now sold out! We are working on more ways to make Glaeolia available for readers in the future. In the meantime, please look forward to our other forthcoming titles.

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