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Jihai Railway
is a SF Manga series by Toshimi Nigoshi that was serialized in B's LOG, Comic B's-LOG magazine (an Enterbrain publication) from April 2006 until January 2008. The series was collected in three tankōbon volumes. The English-language release was licensed by CMX Manga. It was published in English in 2009. Plot In the future, mankind has installed a ring around the Earth to prevent the disasters that come with the change of the Earth's magnetic field (the pole shift). This caused the appearance of the Magnetic Sea (''jihai''), where no living creature can exist, and the world fell to ruin. As mankind decreased in numbers, a new race of people with artificially set life spans was created with clone technology. This is the race of the workforce ‘Ravants’. Aoi is one such Ravant who bears a mark on his chest saying '18'. With only a little of his life span left, Aoi is searching for Arcline Cole, the enemy nation's war hero who killed his childhood friend. However, the true ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sci-fi
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has become popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
