Hybrid Child (manga)

Nakamura, Shungiku (or Shungiku Nakamura?), writer and illustrator. Hybrid Child. Japan: Seiji Biblos / USA: Digital Manga Publishing, 2005. Wikipedia entry identifies the work as "a one-shot Japanese manga [...] licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing [...] which released the manga through its imprint, June, on August 16, 2006. A drama CD was released by Marine Entertainment in 2005. An OVA adaptation of the manga was announced as being in development in 2011."[1]

Volume includes several short stories about The Hybrid Child as "an amazing android that can grow if it is lavished with enough love and care from its owner. Neither fully machine nor fully human, the various Hybrid Child models develop strong emotional bonds with their owners.[2]

To be perhaps compared and contrasted with, but not confused with, the novel Hybrid Child

RDE, finishing, 23Nov20