ぱらいそ（書籍扱いコミックス）

by Machiko Kyo, 今日マチ子

神様に守られた場所にある、アトリエ「ぱらいそ」で絵画を学ぶ少女たち。戦況が悪化していく中で、厳しい現実に絡め取られないように、それぞれの天国を探し求める。『cocoon』『アノネ、』に続く、少女×戦争×ファンタジーシリーズ三部作完結編。

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.