Comic Market 86: Maigo Tsuushin 迷子通信 / Mel Kishida

Death, taxes, natsukashii

If it's calm, nostalgia-inducing, and more kawaii than ero, it's Mel Kishida.  The master's latest melbook effort, for C86.

Comic Market 85: Maigo Tsuushin / 迷子通信 / Mel Kishida

Your osananajimi awaits therein

Nobody does natsukashii like Mel Kishida, and while the artist's work output seems to have slowed down from the salad days of the Arland trilogy of Atelier PS3 games and Heaven's Memo Pad and such, Kishida has earned the right to only have to remind us twice annually of his S-Class skills.  So shall they be on display at Comiket 85 with the release of the 16-page, full-color melbook., which looks to be another charming array of original character designs made of a mix of 90% kawaii, 10% ero.  

Comic Market 84: Maigo Tsuushin / 迷子通信 / Mel Kishida

Poolside with the Master of Non-Ero Natsukashii

Mel Kishida is one of those rare artists whose fame is directly tied to their lack of erotic works--no artist emphasizes the kawaii part of ero-kawaii quite like Kishida, and no doujin-ka does more with a reader's imagination than he.  Maigo Tsuushin's Comic Market 84 release, melbook.2013.summer, will surely carry on the tradition in high style.