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The Credits Roll into the Sea Volume 2
  • Published: 3 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781506752143
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 168
  • RRP: $34.00
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The Credits Roll into the Sea Volume 2

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For the first time in English comes the critically acclaimed manga from John Tarachine, the author of Witch of Thistle Castle, that's perfect for fans of BL Metamorphosis!

How do you do, fellow kids? In hopes of writing realistic film dialogue, grandma Umiko goes barhopping and clubbing with her young art school classmates!

Motivated by the mysterious young Kai to enter art school and become an aspiring filmmaker, Umiko’s first attempt at a movie gets a less than rousing response from her instructor, who critiques the dialogue she wrote as not reflecting how young people actually talk. Saying that a director needs to strike a balance between their intended vision and what the audience will perceive, he suggests to Umiko that the problem isn’t her objectivity, it’s the 65 year old’s…lack of experience!

Invited to go out drinking by Yamaguchi, a classmate born in a different century, Umiko breaks out of her normal retiree routine, seizing the chance to learn how the youth of today socialize. She may be able to handle her beer and the beat on the club floor…but she gets much more social interaction than she bargained for when she overhears in the restroom Yamaguchi drunkenly confess their love to Kai!
  • Published: 3 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781506752143
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 168
  • RRP: $34.00
Categories:

Praise for The Credits Roll into the Sea Volume 2

The Credits Roll Into the Sea has been nominated twice (in 2025 and 2023) for the manga Grand Prize category of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, awarded by the Asahi Shimbun, sometimes considered the “New York Times of Japan.” Other Tezuka Grand Prize nominees in this category that have been released in English are SPY X FAMILY by Tatsuya Endo, Oshi no Ko by Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari, and Tokyo These Days by Taiyo Matsumoto.

In 2022, The Credits Roll Into the Sea was one of the ten series nominated for that year’s Manga Taisho Awards, an award chosen by a poll of bookstore staff. Other series nominated that year for the Manga Taisho that have been released in English are Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto, Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu, On the Movements of the Earth by Uoto, and The Darwin Incident by Shun Umezawa.

Together with Look Back, The Credits Roll Into the Sea topped the 2022 Kono Manga ga Sugoi!, an annual reference guide compiled by a survey of professionals working in the manga and publishing industries. The Credits Roll Into the Sea was chosen as that year’s #1 manga recommended for women; Look Back was the #1 manga recommended for men.