Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. A few years have passed since the disaster.
One night, Saki Irie, a sophomore in high school, meets a mysterious man who saves her from being tangled up with some insolent people.
Lured by the lights in the middle of the Kitakami River, the girl arrives at a mysterious cafe.
The coffee served there is a mixture of the joys and sorrows of life.
Ishinomaki native Akio Tanaka's latest work about his hometown after the earthquake and tsunami.
River End Cafe has finished publishing and it has 86 Chapters. It is also Known as: リバーエンド・カフェ, River End Cafe
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Seinen , Music
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On his way back from a business trip, the protagonist decides on a whim to take a train back to his old hometown. The moment he pays respects to his mother's grave in the transformed town, he is transported back to a summer when he was still in junior high school, only with all his middle-age consciousness, knowledge and abilities intact.
On this journey across time, he understands for the first time the burdens born by his father, and his mother's tears. This is the kind of fantasy manga were made for, executed by an artist of great talent. This is a serious, delicate, and ultimately moving time travel variation. (From Manga-Sketchbook)
A Distant Neighborhood has finished publishing and it has 16 Chapters. It is also Known as: 遥かな町へ, Harukana Machi-E
