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by Machiko Kyo, 今日マチ子

この子が生まれたら私の世界は変わる■瓦礫の中、ひとり空を見上げる少女の身体に小さな命が宿る。今日マチ子が描く、震災のあとを生きるということ。■震災で父をなくし、母の行方も分からず、瓦礫の山となった街で生きる少女・ユキ。大きなお屋敷の主人にひきとられ、実子の百合子と共に娘のように可愛がられるが、やがてユキの妊娠が発覚し――。

Comic

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.