CHIISAKOBEE TP VOL 01

A quirky, poetic manga about the attempt of a young, gruff carpenter to save the family business – wrapped in a warm-hearted found-family drama and a tender romance. The series is complete in just four volumes.

After a fire burns down the family business and claims his parents' lives, the heir and master carpenter Shigetsugu vows to rebuild the struggling company in the spirit of his father's words: "No matter how much times change, what matters is compassion and devotion." Enter Ritsu, a housekeeper with no family, accompanied by children from an orphanage with nowhere else to go. So begins the dramatic, last-chance journey of a bearded carpenter trying to find his way.

This bold and ambitious reinterpretation of Shūgorō Yamamoto's classic historical novel Chiisakobee is brought to life by the bohemian linework of Minetaro Mochizuki.