Tropic of the sea, paperback/satoshi kon

Yosukes family has a strange tradition - once every sixty years they receive an egg from a mermaid.

When the egg matures his family dutifully returns it to the sea, where the whole process is then repeated.

In exchange for this favor, the mer-people bless his coastal town with bountiful catches of fish and calm seas.

But as a commercial development encroach on the sleepy seaside village and Yosukes father is lured away from tradition towards modern properity, and turns the egg into a tourist trap, what will happen to the promise their family made to the mermaids generations ago? Tropic of the Sea Satoshi Kons first feature length manga, includes a dozen black and white art plates from his original release, along with a 5-page essay written by Kon in 1999 detailing his transition from the manga industry to the animation business.