Hisae Iwaoka

Story: 6 / 10
Characters: 5
Setting: 8
Art: 7

Also known as the volume that made me grudgingly accept and even like Makoto. Chapter 33 made itself one of my favorites for performing such a feat. Also, all my Kageyama and Sachi feels (although not at the same time). I suddenly crave some Sachi/Aki fanfiction, as terrible as that seems.

Dear Hisae Iwaoka: please stop playing with my heart, man. I love Mitsu so very very very much. He is really the heart of this series. And I would totally buy one of those egg glasses. What a beautiful, poignant sci-fi manga. I am eagerly awaiting the next volume, so don't delay it please Viz!

Oh wait, it's a Sig Ikki title, of course it'll be delayed somehow :(

A surprising sci-fi/slice-of-life manga about a young boy who washes windows in a space suit. The art is sparse but lovely. Iwaoka has done a great job creating this future Earth where humanity lives suspended above the Earth and natural sunlight is for the rich. Can't wait to read more of this series.