En-chan Chi

Drawing with lines that combine the expressive and kinetic energy of Yuichi Yokoyama’s neo-manga with a stylistic looseness and freshness, and a fascination for the interplay of the domains of human and nature often portrayed in the works of Gao Yan and Tsung-Hsien Xue, Arisaka establishes herself as working in a completely modern idiom. (Source: Glacier Bay Books) *Note: The English edition credited only Ayumu Arikawa of Saigo no Shudan as the author.*

Ten years in the making. The author's first manga work, self-published last year and sold out in an instant, now makes its commercial debut with substantial additions!! A sudden natural disaster struck. Five-year-old En-chan's time had reverted to infancy. Drooling freely and driven by curiosity, En-chan moves, En-chan eats. With the immense power of her tiny body, she creates a new world—. This work is a story that summons back from the depths of memory the “origin” of life that everyone once touched. Amidst the daily challenges of childcare, the author took up a pencil and captured, one after another, the unknown vistas unfolding through growth and the mysteries that precede words. With each turn of the page, the ebb and flow of “creation” and “destruction,” brimming with unseen freshness, transcends the boundaries of our vision and emotion through the artist's touch, reversing how we perceive the world. Into the gaps of loosened consciousness, a soft, nostalgic sense of return will flow, tracing each reader's own memories. (Source: Torch, translated) *Note: Originally published as a web manga with the full volume self-published in 2025. This edition is new and heavily revised with over 60 new pages more than the previous edition and more than double the pages of the original web release. The English release is based on the web edition.*