Tropic of the Sea
Kaikisen
海帰線
6.70
Rank:#14272
Popularity:#2002
Type
Manga
Chapters
7
Volumes
1
Published
Mar 26, 1990 to Jun 18, 1990
Status
Finished
Synopsis
Yosuke Yashiro's family has a strange, unique tradition—once every 60 years, they receive an egg from a mermaid where it sits protected in a shrine. After the egg matures, the family dutifully returns it to the sea, and the process is repeated. In exchange for this favor, the merpeople bless their coastal town with bountiful catches of fish and calm seas.
However, commercial developers encroach on the sleepy seaside hamlet and Yosuke's father is lured away from tradition toward modern prosperity, turning the mermaid's egg into a tourist trap. What will happen to the promise their family made to the mermaids all those years ago?
Included one-shot:
Volume 1: Summer of Tension
Background
Kaikisen was published in English as Tropic of the Sea by Vertical Inc. on September 17, 2013. It was also released in Italian by Star Comics on August 1, 1998.
