Telepathic Wanderers Volume 2

by Yasutaka Tsutsui (Creator)

Three months after her train acident, Nanase moves to the city, where she tries to blend into society and lead a normal life... but she soon realizes the challenges of getting lost in the crowd. So when she meets Henry, a fellow telepath, she discovers a kindred spirit who chooses Nanase as his new mentor.

Genres: Manga, Seinen, Graphic Novels

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 7, 2006

About the author

Yasutaka Tsutsui (筒井康隆) is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yume no Kizaka Bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari award, and the 1992 Nihon SF Taisho Award. In 1997, he was decorated as a Chevalier Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

His work is known for its dark humour and satirical content. He has often satirized Japanese taboos such as disabilities and the Tenno system, and has been victim to much criticism as a result. From 1993 to 1996, he went on a writing-strike to protest the excessive, self-imposed restraint of Japanese publishers.

One of his first novels, Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1967), has been adapted into numerous media including film, television and manga. Another novel, Paprika (1993), was adapted into an animated film by the director Satoshi Kon in 2006.

Reviews

[Allie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

[David Doel · Rating 4 out of 5]

These stories are turning out to be better than expected. Still not Isaac Asimov, but credible.