ロボ・サピエンス前史 [Robo Sapiensu Zenshi]

Set in a near-future Japan, this two-issue series from Kōdansha explores the dawn of artificial consciousness through the lens of everyday life. Artist and writer 島田虎之介 brings a quiet, humanistic touch to the story, focusing on the subtle, often melancholic interactions between people and the first generation of self-aware robots. Rather than a spectacle, it’s a thoughtful, character-driven meditation on what it means to build a mind—and what it might ask of us in return.