みつあみの神様 (ヤングジャンプコミックスDIGITAL)

by Machiko Kyo, 今日マチ子

叙情派・今日マチ子が物語るもうひとつの、3.11以降の世界──。　海辺にぽつんと佇む一軒家には「あの日」からひとりになったみつあみの女の子が住んでいる。　洗濯バサミや枕たちが一日中かしましくおしゃべりしていることを知らずに──。　時代の空気感をリアルに描き出す今日マチ子が未来への願いをこめて綴る希望と再生の物語。

Kindle Edition

Published July 16, 2013

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.