Thomas is a capable accountant, but his boss makes him cook the books. His friend, Usaji, offers to get him another job, but Thomas fears Ceylan will frame him for the missing funds if he leaves. His mother offers Thomas a sense of security in this out-of-control world. But what happens when she dies? And what is this new technology that allows people to relive their childhood memories?
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WRITTEN BY MIKI MAKUSA
ART AND COVER BY BEN BOURGET
When digital dreams turn into nightmares . . .
Single
and awkward, Thomas works as a boring accountant job for a seedy
company that makes sex dolls in a gigantic, lonely megalopolis.
Manipulated by his crooked boss and ridiculed by his colleagues, when
his mother dies, his life turns upside down. Shaken by this tragedy and
encouraged by his friend, he decides to test Live Memorium, an illegal
technology that offers its users the ability to relive their childhood
memories and act differently within them. Once inside the machine,
Thomas can see his mother again and change the course of certain events
that led to his deep trauma. He becomes more confidence in real life and
reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, but in the process, loses
touch with reality. It is the beginning of a self-destructive spiral,
where the virtual world and the real world become one . . .
A
dystopian tale with a cyberpunk flavor, in the tradition of the great
seinen sci-fi manga, this captivating story questions our relationship
with technology and the solitude and emotional distress of our urbanized
society. Halfway between Domu, Akira, and Black Mirror, Live Memorium
tells a unique and dizzying tale, illustrated in elegant, Otomo-like
lines.
$24.99 | 208 PGS. | BLACK & WHITE | ON SALE MARCH 25, 2026 | |
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