かみまち 上

かみまち [Kamimachi] #1

by Machiko Kyo, 今日マチ子

名門学校に通う高校1年生のウカは、母親の束縛に耐えられず、ある日、家を飛び出してしまう。「ママのことは嫌いになりたくない。でも、ママの顔をみたくない」。ウカは街で知り合った大学生カゲロウの家に泊まり、もう一人の家出少女・ナギサと出会う。ナギサから、今夜泊めてくれる人を探す「神待ち」のやり方を教えられ、家出を続けるウカ。そして「神の家」に辿り着く。

248 pages, Paperback

First published August 23, 2023

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.