Don't miss this moving, critically acclaimed classic manga (which inspired the anime) about an android running a coffee shop in a slowly dying Japan--published in English for the first time in oversized omnibus editions!
In a future Japan, long after an environmental catastrophe, Alpha the android runs a small caf� in a seaside town。 As she wonders if her absent owner will ever return, she stands witness to the twilight of humanity with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of her moon guitar。 Alpha and her fellow residents enjoy the melancholy beauty of life, even as the end approaches。 Savor chapters 1-24 of this beloved manga classic in English for the first time, in this deluxe five-volume set。