By Mitsuhashi Kotaro. Published by Glacier Bay Books. Softcover, 144 pages, Monochrome, 2022. by Mitsuhashi Kotaro. Published May June/July 2022, Glacier Bay Books A5 144 pages. printed in blue ink.2 color cover with foil accent.Collects the authors’ various short stories from new indie manga anthology Suika Toko no Tane.Introducing seven works with a unique, dreamy style. The Karman LineNight and VoiceBlue MomentDream of SandHalf Star SkyIntermodulationSpecimen Room of Existence as well as an afterword and two texts. Kotaro’s works pulse with a vibrant curiosity and subtle beauty. The figures in these stories exist in a place that is simultaneously unearthly and deeply known. Toeing up to, circumscribing, and traversing the wavering boundaries at the edge of imagination, these comics are a both a visual revelry and simultaneously a respectful, even somber, introspection into what it means to be human.