みかこさん（５）

みかこさん #5

by Machiko Kyo

それぞれが通う予備校が近くにあったことで、公園でランチを一緒に食べたみかこと緑川。それを偶然ナオが見てしまったことにより、緑川とナオは少し気まずくなってしまう。一方、自分の気持ちがわからなくなったみかこは、カトーくんに「距離をおきたい」と告げる。受験が迫る高校生活最後の冬、4人の青春が、それぞれに熱を帯びる。

Genres: Manga

144 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 23, 2012

About the author

Machiko Kyo (今日マチ子, Kyo Machiko) is a Japanese cartoonist and illustrator from Tokyo. She was born in 1980 and graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts.
Her daily one-page manga blog Sennen Gaho started in 2004 and was published as a book in 2008, attracting much attention. Among her comics are the slice-of-life series Mikako-san (2009-2013), the WWII drama Cocoon (2010) and the post-apocalyptic Mitsuami no Kami-sama (2011-2013). The latter was adapted into a short animated film in 2015 by the studio Production I.G., winning more than twenty awards around the world. In 2014, Machiko Kyo received the 18th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award.
In addition to manga, she is also involved in a wide range of illustration and essay projects. Her war-themed picture book Ichigo Sensō received the 2015 Japan Cartoonists Association Award's Grand Priz. Her other illustration books include Essential, Distance and From Tokyo.