City of Light
ひかりのまち
Drama
Slice of Life
Synopsis
On a sunlit hill sits a town nicknamed the city of light, though its glow hides a bleak underside. Tasuku, a young boy, works there as a 'messenger' for a shadowy group that arranges suicides over the phone. Around him drift other youths scraping by: Satoshi jumps from one odd job to the next, Momoko was abandoned by her prostitute mother, and Hoichi runs shady errands while dreaming of buying the whole town and turning it back into the country village where he was born. These linked short stories trace their tangled lives.
FormatManga
Chapters9
Volumes1
StatusFinished Airing
SeasonSpring 2004
Publisher
Sunday Gene-X
FormatManga
Chapters9
Volumes1
StatusFinished Airing
SeasonSpring 2004
Publisher
Sunday Gene-X
City of Light
ひかりのまち
Drama
Slice of Life
On a sunlit hill sits a town nicknamed the city of light, though its glow hides a bleak underside. Tasuku, a young boy, works there as a 'messenger' for a shadowy group that arranges suicides over the phone. Around him drift other youths scraping by: Satoshi jumps from one odd job to the next, Momoko was abandoned by her prostitute mother, and Hoichi runs shady errands while dreaming of buying the whole town and turning it back into the country village where he was born. These linked short stories trace their tangled lives.