The End of the World With a Shiba Inu Is a Gentle Apocalypse Walk
The sale highlights how a manga born from a rejected Shiba Inu pitch found its audience online, turning an apocalypse into a relaxed daily walk.
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The Amazon Manga Weekend Sale, running September 4-6, features works getting buzz from word of mouth with 50% points back on all volumes. Among them is Yu Ishihara's 'Sekai no Owari ni Shiba Inu to', a full-color manga about a high school girl and her talking Shiba Inu walking through a post-apocalyptic world. The series, complete in four volumes, started as a Twitter post that drew 300,000 retweets.
The Amazon Manga Weekend Sale, from September 4 to 6, offers 50% points back on all volumes of selected works, and this installment spotlights titles gaining attention through word of mouth. Yu Ishihara's 'Sekai no Owari ni Shiba Inu to' is a full-color travel manga where a high school girl and a talking Shiba Inu named Haru wander a ruined city after humanity has vanished. They encounter dogs, animals, and mysterious beings, yet their days stay relaxed and philosophical.
Ishihara originally pitched a Shiba Inu manga that got a lukewarm editor response, so he posted it on Twitter, now X, where it accumulated 300,000 retweets and led to a print edition. He says ideas often come during walks with his own dog, sometimes staying out until a punchline arrives. The complete series runs four volumes.
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