Tropic of the Sea

Tropic of the SeaSeries: Tropic of the Sea Author: Kon Satoshi Item Type: Paperback Imprint: Vertical Comics Release Date: 09 17 2013 ISBN: 9781939130068 Yosuke's family has a strange tradition once every sixty years they receive an egg from a mermaid. When the egg matures his family dutifully returns it to the sea, where the whole process is then repeated. In exchange for this favor, the mer people bless his coastal town with bountiful catches of fish and calm seas.

Series: Tropic of the Sea

Author: Kon Satoshi

Item Type: Paperback

Imprint: Vertical Comics

Release Date: 09/17/2013

ISBN: 9781939130068

Yosuke's family has a strange tradition - once every sixty years they receive an egg from a mermaid. When the egg matures his family dutifully returns it to the sea, where the whole process is then repeated. In exchange for this favor, the mer-people bless his coastal town with bountiful catches of fish and calm seas.

But as a commercial development encroach on the sleepy seaside village and Yosuke's father is lured away from tradition towards modern prosperity, and turns the egg into a tourist trap, what will happen to the promise their family made to the mermaids generations ago?

Tropic of the Sea Satoshi Kon's first feature length manga, includes a dozen black and white art plates from his original release, along with a 5-page essay written by Kon in 1999 detailing his transition from the manga industry to the animation business.