Emanon wasn't the only series this year to focus on slightly mystical journeys. Vertical brought us another one from the creator of one of my guilty pleasures, Ran and the Grey World.
GO WITH THE CLOUDS, NORTH-BY-NORTHWEST (Hokuhokusei ne Kumo to Ike), by Aki Irie. First published in 2016 and first published in North America in 2019.
PLOT:
Kei Miyama is a seventeen-year-old Japanese boy with the magical ability to understand machines with just a touch. He uses this skill to help solve cases of missing items and lost people in the countryside of Iceland alongside his lusty French grandfather, his latest squeeze, and her ethereal niece Lilja. Now Kei faces his toughest case yet: to find his missing younger brother Michitaka.
