“Two war orphans become friends under a Camphor tree. As adults—one a reporter, one a criminal—their lives intersect repeatedly, with the tree symbolizing their complicated bond.”
Ari to Kyojin
アリと巨人
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Two war orphans become friends under a Camphor tree. As adults—one a reporter, one a criminal—their lives intersect repeatedly, with the tree symbolizing their complicated bond.
Two young boys who are both orphans of the war become friends under an ancient Camphor tree. Later in life, one becomes a reporter and the other a criminal and their lives intersect again and again as that tree becomes first a symbol of their strained friendship, and then their salvation... (Source: MU)
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Ari to Kyojin begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 19 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 32m approx
- Published Mar 1961 – Oct 1962
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M42610 catalog