Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

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.

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

横滨办货纪行

横滨购物纪行

카페 알파

Groups Scanlating

N/A

Latest Release(s)

N/A

Status in Country of Origin

14 Volumes (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

User Reviews

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou by G. Zeus

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User Rating

Average: 8.8 / 10.0 (830 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.71 / 10.0

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Last Updated

November 21st, 2025 8:10pm PST - 3 weeks ago

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Genre

Mystery Sci-fi Seinen Slice of Life Supernatural
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha (1995, 2009)

Serialized In (magazine)

Afternoon (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Seven Seas (5 3-in-1 Volumes - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #1254

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3 Month Pos #2567

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6 Month Pos #2891

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Year Pos #3146

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Arguably the finest slice of life story to have ever been told

by Summerfield
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I have read manga for 20 years and about 10 years ago I got my hands of this manga series. It completely change my entire perspective on what I seek today when I read. The very simplistic theme and nature of the art and story is something that I to this day have not found anywhere else. And while simplistic it gave me a very profound nostalgic and wistful feeling which I can not entirely explain. It is in my opinion one of the great manga works of my generation and arguably the finest slice of life story to have ever been told.

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A TRUE MANGA MASTERPIECE

by cecropiamoth
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Why do I think I know this manga is something rare? Look how many people have loved it, and yet how often they can't say exactly why.

That is the mark of a masterpiece in any narrative art: There is something mysterious about the story that transcends the usual genre, tropes, and story-forms of that art. Or maybe another way of saying this is that the author has managed to touch some universal need or essence within us that we didn't even know we had.

I like manga a lot, even though I'm a relic of the era of print-only literature. For that reason I never thought I would ever find in manga anything to equal or even approach novels like "The Stars My Destination", "The Lord of the Rings", or several other great stories I can't ever forget.

I'm thrilled to have been proven wrong by Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou.

... Last updated 4 years ago

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amazing...

by namu76
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

When I first stumbled upon this, I couldn't help but being amazed by the author's imaginative future....
It was made in 1994! Wow! And I was oblivious about stuff like global warming and the polar's ice being melt until year 2000 or so (by then, I was still in grade school so maybe it couldn't be helped...but...oh, well). How could he had known?! Japanese sure are fearsome fellows....

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strange but wonderful

by myyinfatuation
13 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I love stories with children, especially seeing them grow up, so the contrast between takahiro and Alpha was achingly bittersweet for me.

At the beginning of the series I found It was a very care free story about every day life in this strange world in the perspective of a very human like robot, but as the years passed and Alpha and those around her aged and matured, I found myself oddly sad. It was a wonderful read but left me with an odd feeling when I finished. Not dissatisfaction exactly but I just really wish i could have seen more of the world as Alpha grew.

it really is a wonderful series, and odd things will really move you, scenes, little phrases,

definitely a recommended read

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It is my new favorite!

by ListeningDaisy
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

I loved reading this! It was so calm and peaceful. While reading this, I was able to let go of my stress and sink into the story of Alpha's life. I really enjoyed the art work, and the story provoked feelings of nostalgia within me. It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it was certainly mine. It also had a nice end, which I appreciate. I certainly recommend it!

... Last updated 13 years ago

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World at the evening

by monkry
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

World at the evening. For me, that's the background world in this manga.
Calm. IMO, that's the most-describing word for this manga.
IMO, the background for this manga is kinda scary. World that will end, just a few people left...
But the plot and story itself is hearwarming, and the artwork is soothing.

Well, though there are heartwrenching scene at this manga, IMO it's

When Takahiro would go to the city, where Alpha said something like "It's so fast". She meant the time. It's kind of heart-wrenching for me, because the time of the people around her is moving, while her time won't. She will, always, see people goes...
Actually I want to see her ended up with Takahiro, but the author goes real, and... I'm kinda disappointed, but IMO, it's ended like that is not a bad thing :)

... Last updated 14 years ago

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Bliss

by Zoro
14 years ago

Rating: 8.9 / 10.0

Ahh. With the right music and the right setting, reading this series is like being free. Don't read it too fast, but keep the pages turning fast enough to be swallowed up into Alpha's world. Extraordinary penmanship and direction, the author knows how to use every aspect of the general concept of manga without using too much dialogue. Because with too much dialogue the reader can get confused, but without enough the reader wouldn't know what to make of it.

Not a trace of Malice or Vengeance or anything else you'd expect a premise to have in order to make top rank (e.g Berserk or Monster). But it just goes to show that a series can go nowhere but still have a desired destination. And after all, it just seems blissful.

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Excellent

by Auwx
14 years ago

Rating: 9.5 / 10.0

I believe this is as good a slice of life manga will ever get. It is the ultimate slice of life : it is slow, there is nearly no plot, but the author manages to make a story that would usually seem dull exceptionally beautiful and enchanting. (I could sum up the plot in like 3 lines for the wwhole 140 chapters).
All the characters rae good, they go about there lives and stop sometimes at cafe Alpha where you can take a break.

My favourite character is Kokone, but there is none you can dislike. Even if they can have weird faces.

Anyway, the main point is : you like slice of life mangas, read this one, it is a must. If you can't stand them stay veeeeeeery far away. There is absolutely nothing for you here.

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A Postive Post-Apocalyptic world

by stardruid
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

This manga is about a positive take on an Post-Apocalyptic world in ever sense. While a Apocalypse might have come people are still alive, the world is still green, and nature is alive. The series follows the bio-android (though it never calls her kind that, just "robot") Alpha as she watches over the Cafe her owner left her before going on a trip.

It might be slow paces but the story is rich, the world detailed. And despite other calling it the twilight of mankind the cities that exist are rich with people, children and life. As the twilight end, a new dawn begins.

There might not be as many of us as the once was but people are still alive, still having children, but going back to a more villiage sytle (be it with technology) life. We've just returned to a smaller population, with a style of life the world can sustain, leaving much of the world to return to Nature.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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Achingly beautiful

by Rallymodeller
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

The story may be slow-paced, but you get a true feel for the characters and setting. Some things, like the mushrooms and the chunk missing out of Fuji-san, are never truly explained but for this story that's just OK (Robert Heinlein once said that over-explaining can ruin a story). This manga is sort of like postcards from the future, showing the pace of life and little else but does not suffer for it.

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