#Abi Umeda

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Children of the Whales | Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau – Chapter  3 ✷ Memories Twinkling in the Sky  

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Children of the Whales Vol.23 (end)

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Some Children of the Whales art I have saved. I'm asbolutely in love with how visually stunning this series is.

It's a brilliant manga, please give it a read if you can. Highly recommended.

Art by Umeda Abi

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Children of the Whales Volume 2 (Story & Art by Abi Umeda)

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(via CHILDREN OF THE WHALES)

In un mondo ricoperto totalmente da deserti, una piccola popolazione vive a bordo di un'immensa isola fluttuante, la Mud Whale, che naviga il mare di sabbia.

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Finally giving this a shot!

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I AM SCREAMING I KNOW TJIS IS SO LATE BUT VOLUME 20 IS IMMACULATE JENDDNDYB I AM IN AWE ABI UMEDA YOU ARE WONDERFUKL

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Glassy Garden

Sceneries of the heart

The harsh and muddy white hydrangeas scar my ankles whilst I run, forcing myself a path; soaked from the heavy rain and sealing their petals from the rest of the world, their heart is as unapproachable as mine.

It is my desire to view the pure sky – not this chalk-covered horizon – one last time before I am washed away by this seemingly never-ending rain since the polarity between me and these discolored flowers are the roots they prolong, giving them the strength to withstand this cloudburst, unlike myself. And so, nothing will be left once I am swept away, for I possess nothing worth preserving.

As my thoughts proceed to enter a void from which they can nevermore return, crystal-like strings emerge, to pull me along the flower trail until my eyes gaze upon a shimmering jet-colored crust, laying its golden core bare and showing me the hidden warmth left inside my being, luring desires and feelings into this earthly sphere I had forgotten I deserve to have. Its white-black staircase leads me to the world I’ve always longed to see but not once revealed itself to me.

This instrument of light with its strings of fate and stairway beyond boundary is my echo, either returning the soft sobs of my soul or the quiet chuckles of my heart. Therefore, responding to my feelings in a manner even the person most dear to me never could. My melodies of love remain at no time unanswered; this device of transmission treats me as I treat it.

With my changing emotions, the environment which unfolds itself before my very eyes mirrors the scenery of my heart.

The silky white Chinese bellflowers graze my ankles whilst I stroll along the garden path; illuminated by the warm rays of sunlight and in full bloom, their threadlike stems of golden dust can nearly be mistaken for radiating stars, relishing the pleasant day as much as I am.

Autumn has become summer and loneliness has become happiness. Those were the landscapes of my heart that will continue to blossom if I continue to live.

copyright regarding the text

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KUJIRA no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau[クジラの子らは砂上に歌う]

[engshoujosei]

Children of the Whales

23 volumes (when completed in English).

Licensed by Viz Media.

Chakuro is the 14-year-old archivist of the Mud Whale, a nigh-utopian island that floats across the surface of an endless sea of sand. Nine in ten of the inhabitants of the Mud Whale have been blessed and cursed with the ability to use thymia, special powers that doom them to an early death. Chakuro and his friends have stumbled across other islands, but they have never met, seen, or even heard of a human who wasn't from their own. One day, Chakuro visits an island as large as the Mud Whale and meets a girl who will change his destiny. Note: Nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2017.

Related Series

Kujira no Kora wa Sajo ni Manabu (Spin-Off, not licensed)

Status in Country of Origin 

23 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Adapted to Anime

Award-nominated Work

Curse/s

Death of Loved One/s

Desert

Elaborate Art Style 

Genocide

Island/s

Limited Lifespan

Lost Civilizations

Mass Murder/s

Murder/s

Mysterious Location

Romantic Subplot

Special Ability/ies

Violence

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Children of the Whales | Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau – Chapter  4 ✷ Toes of the Emissary

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Children of the Whales Vol.22

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This is a short story from the manga Children of the Whales by Abi Umeda. It appears at the end of volume 7 but you don't need to have read any of the manga or know the plot to understand it. It's such a beautiful story that makes me so emotional. Trigger warnings for injury and mentions of death and torture. You can read this manga for free here.