Darwin Jihen

Synopsis

From Kodansha: The Animal Liberation Alliance, an eco-terrorist organization, rescues a pregnant chimpanzee from an animal testing lab only for it to give birth to a half-human, half-chimpanzee “humanzee” named Charlie! Fifteen years later, Charlie’s human foster parents are finally ready to send him to a normal high school, where he makes his first friend: a human girl named Lucy. In the meantime, however, the ALA’s stance has become ever more extreme, and now they’re here to drag Charlie into their terrorist plot. Won the: - 25th Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award for Manga 2022 - 15th Manga Taishou Award in 2022 - French 17th ACBD's Prize "Asie de la Critique" in 2023 - 50th Kodansha Manga Awards for Best Manga in 2026 Nominated for: - 47th and 48th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in 2023 and 2024 - Japan Society Manga Awards in the Best New Manga category in 2024 Official Japanese: - [Comic Days](https://comic-days.com/episode/13933686331668847368) - [Shounen Magazine](https://pocket.shonenmagazine.com/title/01844/episode/352211) [Official English](https://kodansha.us/series/the-darwin-incident/)

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