Penguin Highway
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Penguin Highway

ペンギン・ハイウェイ

6.7
Ranked #14,775 · 761 readers · 2 favorites
Seinen Fantasy Sci-Fi
3 volumes · 12 chapters · 2018 - 2019
3 vols · 12 ches · 2018 - 2019

Synopsis

Fourth-grader Aoyama investigates mysterious penguins while navigating summer, science, and a crush on his dentist's assistant.

Schoolboy Aoyama is bright, inquisitive and a bit headstrong. He has a lot of brainwork to get busy with – after all, he'll be an adult in just a few thousand days. For the moment, though, he'll have to live life as a fourth-grader. Not that it's a bad life. Summer has arrived and school's nearly out. He has a crush on an intriguing older woman he's met at his dentist's office, who's coaching him in his chess game. And a colony of penguins has materialized in the middle of Aoyama's sleepy little town. Where on Earth – or elsewhere – did these waddling interlopers come from? Aoyama and his friends embark on a research mission, applying rigorous scientific methods and principles. Their discoveries, however, only lead to ever more puzzling wonders... (Source: Fantasia)

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