A Distant Neighborhood / 遥かな町へ Series by Jirō Taniguchi

Who hasn't dreamt of going back to childhood? But who has actually made the journey? Hiroshi Nakahara is a forty-something salaryman returning to Tokyo from an intense business trip. He is tired and somewhat hungover as he boards his train at Kyoto's enormous station. He awakens to discover he is traveling back to the town of his upbringing, not Tokyo. Memories of his mother surface and he realizes he has the same age as her when she died... moreWho hasn't dreamt of going back to childhood? But who has actually made the journey? Hiroshi Nakahara is a forty-something salaryman returning to Tokyo from an intense business trip. He is tired and somewhat hungover as he boards his train at Kyoto's enormous station. He awakens to discover he is traveling back to the town of his upbringing, not Tokyo. Memories of his mother surface and he realizes he has the same age as her when she died. Arriving in Kurayoshi he is drawn through his distant neighborhood to the cemetery and his mother's grave. Here, under a late afternoon moon, he is transported back into his 14 year-old body and life whilst retaining all the character and experience of the adult. Will he change his past or be forever condemned to relive each painful moment? That fateful day his father disappeared without explanation, the death of his mother ... would he ever see his wife and daughters again? Master manga-ka Taniguchi at his most powerful with the art individually reversed to western style by craftsman Fr?d?ric Boilet. Volume 2 due in September. less

You can go back .. moreYou can go back ... but should you? Who hasn't thought about reliving their past, correcting perceived mistakes, changing crucial decisions? Would it better your life? Or would your altered actions prove more harmful? In the first volume, one man was given the chance to find out when 48 year old business man Hiroshi Nakahara was suddenly catapulted back to his life as a 14 year-old but with all his adult faculties intact! But what will reliving his past change? As he readjusts to high school life again he is reminded that the fateful day his father disappeared for good is rapidly approaching. Surely this time, knowing it was going to happen, he would be able to prevent it. This closing volume will show you what you can change! Master manga-ka Taniguchi at his most powerful with the art individually reversed to western style by craftsman Frederic Boilet. less

A RETURN TO CHILDHOODWho hasn't dreamt of going back to childhood? But who has actually made the journey? Hiroshi Nakahara is a forty-something salaryman returning to Tokyo from an intense business trip when he is catapulted back into his fourteen year-old life and body whilst retaining all the character and experience of the adult.Will he change his past or be forever condemned to relive each painful moment? That fateful day his father disappeared without explanation, the death of his mother . moreA RETURN TO CHILDHOODWho hasn't dreamt of going back to childhood? But who has actually made the journey? Hiroshi Nakahara is a forty-something salaryman returning to Tokyo from an intense business trip when he is catapulted back into his fourteen year-old life and body whilst retaining all the character and experience of the adult.Will he change his past or be forever condemned to relive each painful moment? That fateful day his father disappeared without explanation, the death of his mother ... would he marry his childhood sweetheart and never see his wife and daughters again?Master manga-ka Tanigucji at his most powerful with the art individually reversed to western style by craftsman Frederic Boilet. less