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.
- ISBN10 1939130069
- ISBN13 9781939130068
- Publish Date 17 September 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Vertical Inc.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 236
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781939130068