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Description
From Seven Seas:
In a future Japan, long after an environmental catastrophe, Alpha the android runs a small café in a seaside town. As she wonders if her absent owner will ever return, she stands witness to the twilight of humanity with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar. Alpha and her fellow residents enjoy the melancholy beauty of life, even as the end approaches.
Note: Won the 2007 Seiun Award for Best Manga.
In a future Japan, long after an environmental catastrophe, Alpha the android runs a small café in a seaside town. As she wonders if her absent owner will ever return, she stands witness to the twilight of humanity with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar. Alpha and her fellow residents enjoy the melancholy beauty of life, even as the end approaches.
Note: Won the 2007 Seiun Award for Best Manga.
Type
Manga
Related Series
N/A
Associated Names
Escale à Yokohama
Quiet Country Cafe
YKK
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō
Yokohama Shopping Blog
Yokohama Shopping Log
Yokohama Shopping Trip
Поездка за покупками в Иокогаму
ヨコハマ買い出し紀行
横滨购物纪行
橫濱購物紀行
카페 알파
Quiet Country Cafe
YKK
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō
Yokohama Shopping Blog
Yokohama Shopping Log
Yokohama Shopping Trip
Поездка за покупками в Иокогаму
ヨコハマ買い出し紀行
横滨购物纪行
橫濱購物紀行
카페 알파
Groups Scanlating
Latest Release(s)
v.1 c.0 by Habanero Scans over 8 years ago
c.Epilogue by Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Manga Scanlations over 17 years ago
v.11 c.103 by MangaProject over 18 years ago
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c.Epilogue by Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Manga Scanlations over 17 years ago
v.11 c.103 by MangaProject over 18 years ago
Search for all releases of this series
Status
in Country of Origin
14 Volumes (Complete)
10 Volumes (Shinsouban, Complete)
10 Volumes (Shinsouban, Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
Yes
Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1 (OVA 1) / Vol 7 (OVA 2)
Ends at Vol 3 (OVA 1) / Vol 9 (OVA 2) Both abridge and dramatizes only selected events
Ends at Vol 3 (OVA 1) / Vol 9 (OVA 2) Both abridge and dramatizes only selected events
User Reviews
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou by G. Zeus
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User Rating
Average: 8.8 / 10.0 (801 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.71 / 10.0
Bayesian Average: 8.71 / 10.0
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Last Updated
January 11th 2024, 10:05pm
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Genre
Categories
Category Recommendations
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
Kino no Tabi - The Beautiful World (Novel)
Mushishi
Usagi Yojimbo
Position (ASHINANO Hitoshi)
Kino no Tabi - The Beautiful World (Novel)
Mushishi
Usagi Yojimbo
Position (ASHINANO Hitoshi)
Recommendations
Author(s)
Artist(s)
Year
1994
Original Publisher
Kodansha (1995, 2009)
Serialized In (magazine)
Afternoon (Kodansha)
Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Seven Seas (4 3-in-1 Volumes - Ongoing)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #592 (+92)
Monthly Pos #1082 (+221)
3 Month Pos #1667 (+128)
6 Month Pos #2022 (+280)
Year Pos #2467 (+142)
Monthly Pos #1082 (+221)
3 Month Pos #1667 (+128)
6 Month Pos #2022 (+280)
Year Pos #2467 (+142)
List Stats
On 957 reading lists
On 1679 wish lists
On 1595 completed lists
On 99 unfinished lists
On 520 custom lists
On 1679 wish lists
On 1595 completed lists
On 99 unfinished lists
On 520 custom lists
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Top slice of life manga
by Deva
March 15th, 2010, 5:16pm
March 15th, 2010, 5:16pm
Rating: N/A
Well this is probably the ultimate slice of life manga out there but except that there isn't much to it.
If you are into this kind of genre you won't find many better mangas.
... Last updated on March 15th, 2010, 5:22pm
If you are into this kind of genre you won't find many better mangas.
... Last updated on March 15th, 2010, 5:22pm
How depressing,
by Papaver
March 12th, 2010, 5:49pm
March 12th, 2010, 5:49pm
Rating: N/A
but very good. It's.. a happy story, more bittersweet, but when it ended I think I mourned for the dying world a bit. So many unanswered questions (the mushrooms are positively creepy), but I suppose that's just the way it works.
.. I think I want to cry.
.. I think I want to cry.
this manga sucks
by kiron216
October 25th, 2009, 12:30pm
October 25th, 2009, 12:30pm
Rating: 6.0 / 10.0
It doesn't progress and isn't even close to insightful. Theres no romance no action just a lot of plot points that give the illusion of development. Theres no comedy either or characters the audience can identify with. The artwork is decent but that's about it. This manga is worthless.
serene
by hamburgers
June 8th, 2009, 5:41pm
June 8th, 2009, 5:41pm
Rating: N/A
^ the above is the word that seems to best describe this series. It is simply impossible to get worked up while reading this.
It reads like the diary of an exceptionally sweet and gentle young lady, full of emotion, insight, empathy, and wonder. We the readers are able to grasp at an easygoing, simple life, in which we take our time to appreciate the details. This may be the most realistic work of sci-fi I have ever read.
The attention to minor details is one of the things I really enjoyed about this series, from the very beginning. The mangaka's ability to ingrain such detail into the scenery with such a simplistic style of artwork, is simply astounding. The mangak seems to mimic Tolstoy's style of painting a picture that allows one to see the whole picture quite easily through the minute details.
One thing I must say is that I get bored easily, and the pace of this series was just too slow for me to handle. Nothing ever really 'happens', but are our lives really that eventful? I suppose that's the point, to an extent, and I've redefined my scope of 'slice of life' using this series as a baseline. Boring? Mebbe. Relaxing? Quite, if you're not too impatient.
If you decide to start reading this, don't rush through the read. This series is not meant to be read in a hurry; its Sunday afternoon reading material. A slow, leisurely pace is what you want here, one that matches the lifestyle of the characters in the series.
... Last updated on October 19th, 2009, 8:12pm
It reads like the diary of an exceptionally sweet and gentle young lady, full of emotion, insight, empathy, and wonder. We the readers are able to grasp at an easygoing, simple life, in which we take our time to appreciate the details. This may be the most realistic work of sci-fi I have ever read.
The attention to minor details is one of the things I really enjoyed about this series, from the very beginning. The mangaka's ability to ingrain such detail into the scenery with such a simplistic style of artwork, is simply astounding. The mangak seems to mimic Tolstoy's style of painting a picture that allows one to see the whole picture quite easily through the minute details.
One thing I must say is that I get bored easily, and the pace of this series was just too slow for me to handle. Nothing ever really 'happens', but are our lives really that eventful? I suppose that's the point, to an extent, and I've redefined my scope of 'slice of life' using this series as a baseline. Boring? Mebbe. Relaxing? Quite, if you're not too impatient.
If you decide to start reading this, don't rush through the read. This series is not meant to be read in a hurry; its Sunday afternoon reading material. A slow, leisurely pace is what you want here, one that matches the lifestyle of the characters in the series.
... Last updated on October 19th, 2009, 8:12pm
Truly a masterpiece of story and art!
by Kamugin
May 2nd, 2009, 5:49pm
May 2nd, 2009, 5:49pm
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou is one of the best mangas I ever read. How can a story can be so simple and yet so enchanting? In essence this is a manga about the passing time of life and the small yet precious moments that fill it. I was hooked since the beginning by two or three chapters I found on the Web long time ago and awaited anxiously for each chapter release over the years and even purchased the original Japanese print. Ashinano Hitoshi's work is a visual poem replete of beauty and sensibility!
Never thought Post-Apocalyptic world would be this beautiful
by Guest
November 29th, 2008, 5:27pm
November 29th, 2008, 5:27pm
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
What would you think if you heard the word 'Post-Apocalypse'? meteor shower?, nuclear wasteland?, hurricanes?, new york covered with snow?, suicide virus?, machine army?(with sunglasses), zombie army?, or 4th Bush administration?
it's obviously different take on what Al Gore said. The place where the characters live was a big city once, but the big city part is drowned, maybe because Gore landed a jet in the arctic, melted its ice.
the story is about a humanoid robot left alone in a cafe by her owner, facing day-to-day life in almost deserted post-apocalyptic village, making friends, learning a thing or two; don't expect any romance(there's hints tho) or action here.
nothing sad here, but i almost cry when it's ends, and i never cry to mangas before, even sad one, maybe because you grew love with every characters, even to those who just passed briefly every scenes, making it very hard to say farewell to them, and prove the power of character development over cheesy sad lines.
but the ending is frigginly amazing; times passed, the earth, once a festive of humanity, plagued by greed and lust for power, grew quieter each seconds passed, with less and less people around. maybe if post-apocalyptic future is this beautiful, i don't mind living in one.
the art isn't very good, but in a strange way, frigginly beautiful, helped by the narrative, poetic approach of the story, i can almost feel the winds blowing, the smell of the grasses in the morning, the cold, freezing temperature in winter nights, or the hot and sweaty days in summer...
i also see it as criticism on how we face Global Warming. the characters in this manga, which is the possible reflection on how might our descendants live, just live their day-to-day life without pointlessly whining that someday, earth will kill them all. Gore said they would be blaming us for this, would they?
and the night of humanity, may it be a peaceful age.
... Last updated on December 1st, 2008, 4:06am
it's obviously different take on what Al Gore said. The place where the characters live was a big city once, but the big city part is drowned, maybe because Gore landed a jet in the arctic, melted its ice.
the story is about a humanoid robot left alone in a cafe by her owner, facing day-to-day life in almost deserted post-apocalyptic village, making friends, learning a thing or two; don't expect any romance(there's hints tho) or action here.
nothing sad here, but i almost cry when it's ends, and i never cry to mangas before, even sad one, maybe because you grew love with every characters, even to those who just passed briefly every scenes, making it very hard to say farewell to them, and prove the power of character development over cheesy sad lines.
but the ending is frigginly amazing; times passed, the earth, once a festive of humanity, plagued by greed and lust for power, grew quieter each seconds passed, with less and less people around. maybe if post-apocalyptic future is this beautiful, i don't mind living in one.
the art isn't very good, but in a strange way, frigginly beautiful, helped by the narrative, poetic approach of the story, i can almost feel the winds blowing, the smell of the grasses in the morning, the cold, freezing temperature in winter nights, or the hot and sweaty days in summer...
i also see it as criticism on how we face Global Warming. the characters in this manga, which is the possible reflection on how might our descendants live, just live their day-to-day life without pointlessly whining that someday, earth will kill them all. Gore said they would be blaming us for this, would they?
and the night of humanity, may it be a peaceful age.
... Last updated on December 1st, 2008, 4:06am
Perhaps too good!
by gjoerulv
September 18th, 2008, 9:48pm
September 18th, 2008, 9:48pm
Rating: N/A
I don't see any reasons for anyone not liking this. If you are looking for action, drama, heavy romance and shit you should look somewhere else though. This is the perfect slice of life story.
The most amazing story.
by NightSwan
August 28th, 2008, 6:00am
August 28th, 2008, 6:00am
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
It passed so fast...
Lovely stories, accompanied by beautiful backgrounds...
Alpha is the reflection of the human kind, their memory, and that their being will not be forgotten...
Very peaceful pacing. As others said, no action, no crazy fights, nothing over the top, just quite.
It was both relaxing and heart thumping with it's beauty and peaceful melancholy...
Nobody in the story complains about the world. They live in happiness, acceptance and in peace.
It might seem boring to people. But it is a slice of life manga after all.
Alpha is a simple, yet amazing character. As said in the manga "she doesn't know how special she is"...
Probably one of my favorite characters of all time. A being that sees the beauty in everything, and makes every scene so breathtaking...
I think, this is one of those things that you must read.
... Last updated on March 24th, 2009, 9:53am
Lovely stories, accompanied by beautiful backgrounds...
Alpha is the reflection of the human kind, their memory, and that their being will not be forgotten...
Very peaceful pacing. As others said, no action, no crazy fights, nothing over the top, just quite.
It was both relaxing and heart thumping with it's beauty and peaceful melancholy...
Nobody in the story complains about the world. They live in happiness, acceptance and in peace.
It might seem boring to people. But it is a slice of life manga after all.
Alpha is a simple, yet amazing character. As said in the manga "she doesn't know how special she is"...
Probably one of my favorite characters of all time. A being that sees the beauty in everything, and makes every scene so breathtaking...
I think, this is one of those things that you must read.
... Last updated on March 24th, 2009, 9:53am
Sublime masterpiece
by sleekie
July 8th, 2008, 8:56am
July 8th, 2008, 8:56am
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
Seems kinda superfluous adding another 'zomg this is awesome' comment to the list...but honestly, YKK really is THAT good. All the 10/10 is there for a reason....this is a masterpiece. If you haven't read this, you are doing yourself a serious disservice. I've been reading since I was 4 and this is easily one of the best works I've ever come across in 30 years.
Incidentally, tracking down the releases may need a little search-fu. It is worth every moment spent doing so.
Incidentally, tracking down the releases may need a little search-fu. It is worth every moment spent doing so.
Beautiful beyond words
by G. Zeus
March 2nd, 2008, 2:41am
March 2nd, 2008, 2:41am
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou is one of those works wherein few words are used yet so much is said. The art complements the subtle text in creating an evocative and nostalgic atmosphere, allowing the reader to experience mono no aware in its purest form.
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