Children of the Sea , Vol. 1
By Daisuke Igarashi; Daisuke Igarashi (Illustrator)
(VIZ Media LLC, Paperback, 9781421529141, 320pp.)
Publication Date: July 21, 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Paperback, Paperback
Categories: Manga - Fantasy
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R to L (Japanese Style). When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora. They were raised by dugongs and hear the same strange calls from the sea as she does.Ruka's dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are only distantly aware of what the children are experiencing as they get caught up in the mystery of the worldwide disappearance of the oceans' fish.
Daisuke Igarashi is an award winning manga creator who begin his career in 1993. His series Witches received the Excellence Prize at the 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival and Little Forest was nominated for the 2005 Ozamu Tezuka Cultural Award. He is currently working on Children of the Sea for Ikki magazine.
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