My Name Is Shingo
Japanese manga series
My Name Is Shingo (Japanese: わたしは真悟, Hepburn: Watashi wa Shingo) is a Japanese science fiction manga by Kazuo Umezu. It was serialized in Big Comic Spirits between 1982 and 1986, with its chapters collected in 10 tankōbon volumes. While best known for his horror manga, Umezu desired to minimize the horror and dedicate Shingo to exploring concepts of god, consciousness, and the metaphysical.
The manga is licensed in English by Viz Media.
Summary
Satoru Kondō (近藤悟) is the 12-year-old son of a factory worker. Marin Yamamoto (山本真鈴) is the 12-year-old daughter of a diplomat. The two meet by chance during a field trip to the factory to see the new industrial robots (which resemble Unimates), and they fall in love. They sneak back into the factory at night, and again encounter one of the robots, "Monroe". They begin to visit regularly, teaching Monroe katakana and inputting data about themselves.
However, Satoru's father loses his job and his family falls apart, while Marin's father is sent to the UK for work, ripping the two apart from each other.
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