Touring after the Apocalypse volume 2 - Sakae Saito

 I enjoyed the first volume of this series, one I discovered rather accidentally, and so I picked up volume 2 and see how the story continues.

So time for more touring and sight seeing in Japan... after an apocalypse razed it completely!

 

And the first stop of the tour takes us to all to known Akihabara, as Youko and Airi follow the mysterious radio signal they picked up at the end of the first volume, looking for other survivors of the disaster.  Indulging themselves in taking pictures with costumes found in an abandoned Cat Maid cafe, they discover the animals of the nearby precint's zoo have migitated into the Akiba area, even encountering a tiger close by.

 

But when they locate the place of the transmission, they find out it is an AI that is playing the music and making the programmes, created by the last DJ of the station as his legacy.  Not wanting to make this for nothing, they attach speakers to the system so the nearby area, including the animals, can enjoy the music now as well, before moving on with their roadtrip.  As they stop at the Tone Canal for some laundry and all, and Airi telling Youko she likes travelling more then the shelter, a strange feeling becomes Youko as she sees how big the full moon looks on the night sky.

Travelling onwards to Chiba, they arrive in Kisarazu as they suffer from a flat tyre.  When a serious storm hits, they race to safety, making it barely in time, yet Youko keeps having a strange feeling.  Sheltering in Umihotaru, Youko dreams of how the place used to be, but when they wander the place it all matches, down to a coin she dropped under a vending machine in her dream.  When a horde of famined rats appear, they need to make a run for it, but as they escape Youko receives a phone signal for just an instant, seeing there is a message from her sister.  But as she curses for having immediatly lost the signal, Airi seems to have short circuited and topples over...

And that concludes the second volume of this series, and one I must say I really like so far.  Soon I'll be reading volume 3 for sure and see how this develops!