Collecting a handful of self-published shorts along with a mix of serialized stories and essays, panpanya's English-language debut mixes art styles and narratives from a range of genres.
 
If you are ever fortunate enough to see a crab strolling through your neighborhood, please follow its lead. By slowing down to a crab's pace and looking around and about in this world, you too may discover life's many mysteries that are hidden in plain sight. 
(Source: Denpa)

panpanya’s debut one-volume work.
 
Ashizuri Suizokukan is a recompilation of panpanya’s Ashizuri Suizokukan and ASOVACE series, which were independently published in 2010 and 2011, respectively. It includes a collection of newly written travelogues and an abundance of color pages.
 
Ashizuri Suizokukan was published by Ichigatsu to Shichigatsu on August 30, 2013.
 
1. Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館) 
2. The Complete Shopping District (完全商店街) 
3. Board Game (すごろく) 
4. A New Universe (新しい世界) 
5. Innocent World (イノセントワールド) 
6. A Dream I Had on April 17th, 2012 (二〇一二年四月一七日の夢) 
7. Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館) 
8. The City of the Dead (冥途) 
9. Sputnik (スプートニク) 
10. Untitled (無題) 
11. Creatures of the Machine Age (マシン時代の動物たち) 
12. Ashizuri Aquarium (足摺り水族館) 
13. A Fish For You (君の魚) 
14. Ending Theme (エンディングテーマ) 
(Source: Natalie, translated) 
Note: Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award.

I thought I could keep moving forward, but in an unexpected instant, I’ve lost myself in the gaps of this vast universe. Where have I seen this, this landscape that doesn’t exist? Right over there, in a time that will never come to pass. Welcome to the world of panpanya.
 
The 22 chapters of Makura Uo, which include stories like Ame no Hi (Rainy Day) and Gomi no Sakebigoe (The Cries of Trash), were either serialized in the special web edition of Hakusensha’s Rakuen Le Paradis magazine or published as doujinshi. Included are entries from panpanya’s diary as well as annotations from the author herself.
 
(Source: Hakusensha & Natalie, translated)

Four page manga about a girl at a train station.

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