Exclusive: Fantagraphics Previews Akane Torikai's Wandering Cat's Cage Manga

Fantagraphics ' new Takumigraphics imprint for East Asian comics revealed a preview of the English version Akane Torikai 's Wandering Cat's Cage ( Mandarin Gypsy Cat no Rōjō ) manga on Wednesday. The manga was previously scheduled for a May 26 release but is now slated for October 27.

In Akane Torikai 's Wandering Cat's Cage , it is the near future. Only a few women are still able to menstruate, and even fewer men will be born to them. Reproduction is limited to medical intervention controlled from on high, and the structures and lives of the past hold no weight: they are only hinted at through the remaining scraps of a world that no longer exists. Life can be good, though, if you fall in line, and the women of The City live bright, happy, tightly controlled lives. But complete obedience isn't for everyone. For the women across the river, who live in a rundown shantytown, viewing the opulence of the city from afar each night, life is different. It is humble, and often dangerous, but it is free. It is here that Sanada, a young acupuncturist, lives with the mysterious Reiho, the only male she's ever met, and who sells himself to the rich women who sneak across the river for something they've never experienced …The two form a small “family,” taking in other young women ousted from the city. But a real, living, breathing male might be too precious to leave to the shabby streets. When Reiho is kidnapped at gunpoint and taken to the breeding program in the city, Sanada must join with the other outcasts to try and rescue him, and learn the difficult truths of love, self-actualization, society, community, safety, and the future itself.

Jocelyne Allen is translating the manga, while Sarah Linsley is doing the lettering. Takumigraphics' release is in partnership with MSX: Mangasplaining Extra.

Torikai launched the manga in Kadokawa 's Da Vinci magazine in June 2017, and ended it in September 2018. Kadokawa published two compiled book volumes for the manga in November 2018.

Torikai made her debut as a manga creator in 2004. Her works include Sensei no Shiroi Uso (Teacher's White Lie), Jigoku no Girlfriend (Girlfriend from Hell), and Romance Bōfūiki . Torikai ended her Saturn Return manga in October 2022. Kodansha USA Publishing released Torikai's Sensei's Pious Lie ( Sensei no Shiroi Uso ) manga. The manga ran from 2013-2017.

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