Bokyotaro

A manga about a Japanese man who awakens five hundred years into the future after a malfunction in his cold sleep machine. Stuck in an abandoned post-apocalyptic world, he decides to try and travel from Iraq back to Japan.

This is Yoshihiro Yamada‘s current series and I’ve been really enjoying it. What sets apart this post-apocalyptic story from all the others is this twisted sense of logic the current society has adopted. Human decedents are not vicious cannibals but simple folk who have adopted a lifestyle devoid of material wants. The catch is they participate in brutal hunting rituals against deadly feral animals to prove themselves. I love this contrast that the main character struggles to adapt to.

I really think Yamada has a talent for sci-fi stories. His canceled Dokyoboshi was also really good. Fingers crossed this one lasts a while.

~dakazu