Saturn Apartments: Saturn Apartments

Hisae Iwaoka

Aug 2011 · Saturn Apartments Vol 1 · Sold by VIZ Media LLC

About this ebook

Far in the future, humankind has evacuated the earth in order to preserve it. Humans now reside in a gigantic structure that forms a ring around the earth, 35 kilometers up in the sky. The society of the ring is highly stratified: the higher the floor, the greater the status. Mitsu, the lowly son of a window washer, has just graduated junior high. When his father disappears and is assumed dead, Mitsu must take on his father's occupation. As he struggles with the transition to working life, Mitsu's job treats him to an outsider's view into the living-room dioramas of the Saturn Apartments. -- VIZ Media

Ratings and reviews

Wow! I haven't read this series yet. This manga is about a young man, who is shy and timid about doing space for the first time. A young man, a boy named Mitsu. The main protagonist in this series is something I can look up and relate to.

About the author

Hisae Iwaoka is the creator of several one-shot manga, including Hana Boro (Flower Cookies) and Shiroi Kumo (White Clouds), both of which were serialized in IKKI magazine. A noted artist and illustrator, her installations have been displayed internationally in the group show "Tokyo Girls Bravo," curated by Takashi Murakami. Saturn Apartments is her most recent series.