BUMP OF CHICKEN Collaborates with Award-Winning Manga 'Kimi to Uchuu o Aruku Tame ni' to Celebrate 1 Million Copies
Inuhiko Doronoda's popular manga Kimi to Uchuu o Aruku Tame ni (To Walk the Cosmos with You) has marked its third anniversary of serialization and surpassed a cumulative circulation of 1 million copies. To celebrate these milestones, a special collaboration video featuring the popular Japanese rock band BUMP OF CHICKEN's classic track "St. Elmo's Fire" will be released on July 7, the day of the Tanabata Star Festival. The announcement has already generated massive buzz across social media. The manga is a heartwarming and realistic human drama focusing on characters who struggle to fit into mainstream society but clumsily yet determinedly find their own pace. Readers have expressed deep empathy, with many noting how the journeys of protagonists Uno and Kobayashi make adults reflect on how to create a more accommodating world. The emotional depth has led countless readers to binge-read the series, often moved to tears. Fans have flooded social platforms with congra...