Manga You Should Be Reading: ‘The Country Without Humans’

Here’s a new entry in the ‘Manga You Should Be Reading’ series I started here at BNP about singular manga series that I spotlight and elaborate on. I aim to write about manga series that are highly acclaimed, manga series that are finally getting anime adaptations, and hopefully manga that will move you the way that they have moved me. At heart, with these entries–major spoiler free–I hope to give you a good feel of the series and why it is so loved and/or poured over. This is a manga series that I consider a hidden gem that really surprised me with the depth of its narrative and extremely detailed artwork in regards to mechanical beings. My friends, you should be reading the ever-intriguing Country Without Humans!!

The Country Without Humans  Story and Art by: IWATOBINEKO Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment Available Formats: Print Ongoing or Completed: Ongoing (3 volumes as of June 2023) Localization Team: Deniz Amasya (Translator), Robert Harkins (Letterer), Kim Kindya (Adaptation)  Leighanna DeRouen(Proof reading), Jenn Grunigen (Editor) What is this Manga About:

Page from Volume 1 of The Country Without Humans published by Seven Seas Entertainment

Shii finds that she is the only human left in a city inhabited by nothing but machines. She awakens and is on the run from terrifying machines suited for combat and hunting. As she flees the eerie and unfamiliar streets, she has a fateful encounter with a mechanical golem named Bulb. While the golem is…