[JAP] Dr. Stone volume 1

by Weaper

Dr. Stone volume 1 in Japanese

Published by Shueisha, Dr. Stone volume 1 is available in Japan starting today July 4th, 2017.
It is 192 pages long for a price of 432¥ (approx $3,9 USD) and contains chapters 1 through 8 (see Table of Contents).

And now, a word by Boichi-sensei:

While I was working on <Dr. Stone> chapter 19, I received the first volume of <Dr. Stone> Tankoubon from Shonen Jump editing department!!

It was an unspeakable moment!

This is the first tankoubon of <Dr. Stone> that I have ever received!!! The very first volume!!!

This tankoubon contains a pamphlet about my other work <Origin>!!!

You can read some sample pages from Origin chapter 1.

And here’s the cover illustration of Dr. Stone volume 1!

I hope <Dr. Stone> becomes a manga that everyone loves!

Thank you all so much!

– Boichi

One day Taiju build his courage to confesses to the girl he loves. The sky then is suddenly filled with a strange light turning to stone everyone it touches.

After thousands of years trapped in stone, he breaks out of his shell and starts to explores the world until he finds his old friend Senku who was freed from his stone state half a year ago.

He intends to team up and bring back the now lost human civilization starting by investigating the true nature of the light that turned them all to stone thousands of years ago and how to fix the situation.