From Fantagraphics:
Tokio discovers a phantom island named Barbara. Then there's a mysterious and missing geneticist, an eccentric clergyman, a grieving grandmother granted temporary youth, a psychologist killed by a freak tornado. Hagio offers a sci-fi explanation for these seemingly random paranormal elements and makes it all matter with believable characters in complex and subtle relationships.

Note: Won the Japan SF Grand Prize in 2006.