James Nicoll Reviews

2024’s Touring After the Apocalypse, Volume Six is the sixth tankōbon in Sakae Saito’s post-apocalyptic iyashikei manga. Touring has been serialized in in ASCII Media Works’ seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since September 2020. Amanda Haley’s English translation was published in 2025.

Having escaped an exploding volcano and a (sort-of) killer robot in Volume Five, Youko and Airi now ponder why they so relentlessly tour Japan’s ruins¹. What dreadful secret compels the pair?

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2023’s Touring After the Apocalypse, Volume Five is the fifth tankōbon in Sakae Saito’s post-apocalyptic iyashikei manga. Touring has been serialized in in ASCII Media Works’ seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since September 2020. Amanda Haley’s English translation was published in late 2024.

Mount Asama is part of a spectacular volcano complex. Post-apocalyptic tourists¹ Youko and Airi could hardly pass up the opportunity to see it in person. As Asama is an active volcano, and as the route the pair chose passes through a pocket of toxic volcanic gas, Mount Asama might be their final destination.

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2023’s Touring After the Apocalypse, Volume Four is the fourth tankōbon in Sakae Saito’s post-apocalyptic iyashikei manga. Touring has been serialized in in ASCII Media Works’ seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since September 2020. Amanda Haley’s English translation was published in 2023.

The world may be in ruins, humanity may very nearly be a memory, but that isn’t going to stop exuberant Youko and stoic Airi from visiting Japan’s many wonders.

Well, the wonders that were not destroyed during the Whatever It Was, or submerged under rising seas¹.

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2021’s Touring After the Apocalypse, Volume Three is the third tankōbon in Sakae Saito’s post-apocalyptic iyashikei manga. Touring has been serialized in in ASCII Media Works’ seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since September 2020. Amanda Haley’s English translation was published in 2023.

Youko and Airi are living the dream… if what one dreams about is touring Japan after an unspecified disaster has (almost) entirely eradicated the human population¹. Disaster tourism is a delightful experience.

Or it would be, if Airi didn’t keep falling into something like a coma.

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2021’s Touring After the Apocalypse, Volume Two is the second tankōbon in Sakae Saito’s post-apocalyptic iyashikei manga. Touring has been serialized in in ASCII Media Works’ seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since September 2020. Amanda Haley’s English translation was published in 2023.

The utter destruction of civilization¹ along with the annihilation of almost every living human is no reason tourism has to stop. So thinks Youko. Accompanied by (robot? android? cyborg?) Airi, Youko is touring Japan’s ruins.

What could possibly go wrong?

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2021’s Touring After the Apocalypse, Volume One is the first tankōbon in Sakae Saito’s post-apocalyptic Iyashikei manga. Touring has been serialized in in ASCII Media Works’ seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh since September 2020. Amanda Haley’s English translation was published in 2022.

Exuberant Youko and stoic Airi set out on an electric motor bike to tour Japan’s many wonders. Their guide? Digital photographs from Youko’s sister, who took her own trip long ago.

Too bad about the end of the world.

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