“1980s Puerto Rico: Boy seeks alien life, becomes assistant to "Witch of Oswald" astronomer, discovers decade-sleeping girl.”
Ihou no Oswald
異邦のオズワルド
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1980s Puerto Rico: Boy seeks alien life, becomes assistant to "Witch of Oswald" astronomer, discovers decade-sleeping girl.
Puerto Rico, 198X. Musashi Mamiya, a boy who dreams of encountering intelligent extraterrestrial life, pleads with the genius astronomer Aira Isaki to let him become her assistant. Aira is known as the "Witch of Oswald", and at her house he finds a mysterious "Sleeping Beauty" who's been asleep for 10 years. (Source: Takeshobo, translated)
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Ihou no Oswald begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 16 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 08m approx
- Published Apr 2018 – Oct 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M73540 catalog