A, A’

The story A, A’ raises a troubling question: How would you feel if your lover died – and was replaced by a clone? Could you recreate your relationship with someone who was physically exactly the same but didn’t share any memories of your life together?In 4/4, teenaged Mori flunks out of an ESP training program. But when he meets Trill, a beautiful Unicorn, his latent abilities begin to blossom…In X+Y, Hagio uses science fiction to explore questions of gender and sexual identity. Time has passed, and once again, Mori finds himself inexorably attracted to a member of the unicorn race – but this unicorn is male… and so is Mori. Note: X+Y won Seiun Award in manga category in 1985.