Back to Japan #[nn]

A lone traveler stands beside a heavily loaded motorcycle, gazing out over a sweeping, sun-dappled landscape of winding rivers and rolling green hills — an image that practically hums with the quiet anticipation of a long road ahead. Published by Nathan in 2022, *Back to Japan* is a French bande dessinée brought to life by Mélusine Mallender, Laure Garancher, and Clémentine Fourcade. The cover alone promises an intimate, unhurried journey — the kind of story where the landscape is as much a character as the traveler crossing it.