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With summer vacation only weeks away for many teens across the country fireworks and beaches are on the minds of many. And even with the pressures of a country on their backs, the same can be said for the teens in Kou Yaginuma’s Twin Spica.

In this seventh volume of Twin Spica, at a time when the pressures of school appeared to be at their least strenuous, the gravity of the past pushes one finalist to the brink. An unexpected revelation and some time in solitary confinement opens the floodgates to doubt and desperation as the Tokyo Space School challenges Asumi and her classmates with what may be its ultimate test.

“Twin Spica is a wonderful appearance-of-age tale about people dedicated to something superior than themselves. The characters get richer and more complex as the tale develops. Along with Asumi, our vision of the world she lives in expands, too.” —Manga Village

At the halfway point through our release of Kou Yaginuma’s highly-regarded debut series, we ask readers to take a break from the heartfelt slice-of-life drama and dig a little deeper. As is standard with a Vertical property there is always more beneath the surface, and Twin Spica is no exception.

In the sixth volume of Twin Spica, a re-entry simulation leads to a minor calamity as disorientated heads, hearts, desperately search for one another in the darkness. And then after a few unsuccessful flight simulations, a string of chance encounters trigger a string of melancholy moments steeped deep in the history of Asumi’s home town; which may finally reveal the mysterious truths behind the Tokyo Space School’s most enigmatic student’s, Marika Ukita.

An About.com 2011 Manga Readers Award nominee, Twin Spica continues to inspire readers with a unique brand of narrative that is well-deserving of a galaxy’s worth of praise.