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Description

Illustration works drawn by the popular animator Yukiko Horiguchi under the name of Shiromizakana are now featured in the illustrator's debut commercial publication! The splendid hardcover edition, which was only available at event venues before, is now available for general release. It is a one-of-a-kind book in which the works were selected and arranged by the artist because they are "works that were drawn with analog art materials." Featuring approximately 210 works of book cover illustrations, collaborations, and original works, this expanded edition also offers around 10 new analog art works. This book also includes works that have been revised or specially created for this edition.

Creative Team

Description

This work, the second title in the Illustrative Storytelling Series , is from the illustrator tsukku, who is known for a Japanese-style worldview that somehow evokes a sense of nostalgia through depictions of "the ordinary and the mysterious" that combine youth and tales of supernatural deeds. Set in the fictional rural village of Kitsunegatsuka, this is the story of Yohei, a high school student and apprentice Shinto priest who encounters non-human beings. The title "Spirit Return" refers to the ritual of returning (in the sense of "sending back to their rightful place" and "purifying") gods (that is, mysterious beings) who are wandering with nowhere to go to their own realm.