Tropic Of The Sea av Satoshi Kon

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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.<br><br>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?<br><br><i><b>Tropic of the Sea</b></i> 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.