Kabu no Isaki

Kabu no Isaki
Cover of volume 1, from left to right: Kajika, Isaki and Shiro (standing)
カブのイサキ
Manga
Written byHitoshi Ashinano
Published byKodansha
ImprintAfternoon KC
MagazineMonthly Afternoon
Original runJune 25, 2007 – November 24, 2012
Volumes6

Kabu no Isaki (Japanese: カブのイサキ; lit. 'Isaki of the Cub') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano. It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine from June 2007 to November 2012.[1][2]

Kabu no Isaki shares many characteristic hallmarks of Ashinano's style: fascination with aeronautical themes; a setting in the future; a setting on and around the Miura peninsula; a vision of Japan that is isolated and nostalgic; and a natural world full of mystery that the protagonists explore with a sense of wonder. As such there are many parallels with Ashinano's previous work Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou.

Plot

Isaki (イサキ) is a young aircraft pilot who flies a Piper Super Cub. The Cub is owned by his neighbour Shiro (シロ), and Isaki often flies errands for her as a way to pay for his use of the plane. Shiro's younger sister Kajika (カジカ) is also capable of flying the plane and occasionally accompanies Isaki on his journeys.

The story is notable for distortions in the scale of the world, which is ten times bigger than normal. This number is both explicitly mentioned, and is also depicted by geographical features that exist in reality being ten times larger in the story. Certain other features of the world are also gigantic, such as the Tokyo Tower which is described as 3333 meters tall (ten times larger than in real life). The plants are also gigantic, up to roughly 100 times larger than normal, although most are normal-sized. As is typical with Ashinano's stories, no explanations are given for the distortions, so the reader is left to wonder along with the characters.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano, Kabu no Isaki was first published as a one-shot in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on June 25, 2007.[3][4] The series was picked up in September that same year, and was a bimonthly feature in the magazine until October 2009.[5] It was published every month from February 2010 onward, before concluding on November 24, 2012.[2][6] Kodansha collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from October 23, 2008,[1] to January 23, 2013.[2]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1October 23, 2008[1]978-4-06-314534-2
2October 23, 2009[7]978-4-06-314586-1
3September 22, 2010[5]978-4-06-310694-7
4April 22, 2011[8]978-4-06-310747-0
5March 23, 2012[9]978-4-06-387802-8
6January 23, 2013[2]978-4-06-387863-9

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b c カブのイサキ（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 27, 2025. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d カブのイサキ（６） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 21, 2026. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  3. ^ 月刊アフタヌーン 2007年8月号 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on September 15, 2007. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  4. ^ "Contents". Monthly Afternoon (in Japanese). No. August 2007 issue. Kodansha. Table of contents. Archived from the original on March 8, 2026. Retrieved March 8, 2026. 待望の読み切り! カラーつき […] カブのイサキ
  5. ^ a b カブのイサキ（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 21, 2026. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  6. ^ アフタヌーン No.1　1月号　2012年11月24日（土）発売 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  7. ^ カブのイサキ（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 21, 2026. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  8. ^ カブのイサキ（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 21, 2026. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
  9. ^ カブのイサキ（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 21, 2026. Retrieved February 21, 2026.
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