City 4 - by Keiichi Arawi (Paperback)

About the Book

First published in Japan in 2018 by Kodansha, Ltd., Tokyo.

Book Synopsis

From the creator of nichijou comes a new slapstick comedy series about a penniless college student who moves to a town filled with bizarre people. This reckless girl will be the one who eventually sets the city in motion.

Niikura chases after the cat that ran off with her precious pendant, and Nagumo quickly follows, determined to discover whatever secret Niikura has stashed away inside--when suddenly she is whisked away to a mysterious tower where she must conquer a series of challenges or be honored with a most sumptuous feast... wait, what?
And so the residents of the CITY take part in revelries...

About the Author

Keiichi Arawi (1977-) is a professional comic artist and illustrator. Originally from Gunma, Japan, he was raised in the city of Maebashi. By the time he was 19 he entered the world of comics drawing short stories for Media Factory's Comic Flapper (My Neighbor Seki, 7 Billion Needles). While his first series KazeMachi was short-lived it caught the attention of one of the bigger publishers in Japan, Kadokawa Publishing.

His short "Nichijou" won Kadokawa's 22nd ACE Award for New Artists and by November 2006 Nichijou was regularly serialized in Kadokawa's flagship magazine Shonen Ace. Nichijou has since then sold more than a million copies and has seen cartoon and video game adaptations.