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by Machiko Kyo, 今日マチ子

「あなたを殺したい」―――人間の力を超え、コピーロボットの中に宿り始める独自の意志。今日マチ子が描く、初めてのエロティック・SF・ホラー! 大学の研究室でクローン技術の研究をするユウは、引っ込み思案で、恋愛も片思いどまりの冴えない女子大生。“理想の自分"をつくるため、ついに実験で自分のコピーロボットをつくりだし、奇妙な友情で結ばれる。しかしコピーは次第に独自の意志を持ち、殺意が芽生えてゆく。これは避けられないことなのか――。

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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.