Touring after the Apocalypse volume 6 - Sakae Saito

 After the events of volume 5, it's time to see how the girls go on with their roadtrip through a ravaged, post-apocalyptic Japan.

 

And until now, we still don't know what happened, or if there are any other humans around bar Youko...

 

Following the Ororon line, there is a flashback of the girls in the shelter, right before they set out into the world.  They attend online classes, and Youko is scolded while Airi is commended for healthy living habbits.  And then they receive the Serow, and the door is opened to leave the shelter...

 

Back in the present day of their journey, they travel to Iwaki, where they want to visit the Ammonite center.  Here they go out to dig up some fossils themselves, but Youko also wants to see if they can find Inassie, a mysterious monster rumoured to live in Lake Inawashiro.  Once they arrived at the lake, they look for a boat to repair.

 

After "shopping" in a hardware store, they repair two small boats to set out on the lake.  Youko falls asleep while trying out hers, dreaming of how the lake used to be, and now she actually seems to talk to someone in her dream, which is a new experience for her.  Her line catches bait, dragging her along as Airi sets out in pursuit in a pedalo boat.  It turns out to be a huge fish, but as it breaks surface, Inassie appears and snatches it away, leaving the girls with the big head of the fish to grill.  At the campfire, they reflect the encounter, but never see the beast again, though shadows under the water surface hint at a wholy different story...

 

Their journey continues, taking them in the direction of Aizu and Nagaoka.  Stopping at a roadside station in Aizu, they find some flares in abandoned cars and decide to make their own fireworks festival in Nagaoka.  Driving through the paddyfields, making them decide to forage for some rice based food, Youko tries sake for the first time, resulting in her passing out very, very drunk.  "Luckily" immortalised by Airi on a video on their cellphone.  Later she gets a vision of the festival, and as they find a truck filled with fireworks set it up to launch it.  But only a single arrow actually works, but this draws the attention of a fighter jet...

 

Who is piloting this, where does it come from?  Hopefully we get some answers in volume 7!