Mariel Imari is a private eye trying to become a first-rate detective to be able inherit her late father's estate. For some strange reason, the... more>> mysterious thief Vecchio is taking an interest in her. As if that wasn't enough, her old friends at Interpol and her siblings make life more troubling for her. <<less

The year is 1967, and a young Japanese man is thinking about the future. On one side of the water, the war is raging in... more>> Vietnam; far away on the other side, the Apollo Project has just met with disaster as three astronauts die in a capsule fire. And here and now, on a long nighttime ferry ride back home, he will meet and fall in love with a mysterious young woman who carries a past deeper and more profound than his dreams and fears of tomorrow. Her name, she jokes, is no name--Emanon...and she can never be forgotten, any more than she can forget... <<less

Contains 12 chapters: 9 short stories, and 3 Miss China stories.... more>>

1. The Universe is so Vast and Wonderful!

2. Leaving One Night by the Light of the Full Moon

3. To Invoke the Stars

4. Little Melancholy

5. The Young Scientists' Club

6. See You Later, God Willing

7. Marsy in the Land of Time

8. Natsuko

9. The Young Scientist Club on Mars

10. The Melancholy of China

11. China's Wish

12. China Strikes Back

The Japanese edition collects all 12 chapters in one volume. The Spanish edition from Glénat released the full series in 3 volumes. The English edition from Dark Horse published only the Miss China chapters, first in comic format, then in one trade paperback. <<less