is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Morning since September 2019.
Plot After a calamity causes Earth to enter an ice age, Taro Maizuru and his family evacuate to Basra, Iraq, where they temporarily enter artificial hibernation in an underground shelter until the ice age ends. Some time later, Taro wakes up to find the entire shelter abandoned. To his horror, he discovers that 500 years had passed, and his family are all dead after their hibernation machines failed. Without any companions or money, Taro begins his long trek across the world to Japan in search of a purpose in his life.
Publication Written and illustrated by , Longing for Home started in Kodansha's manga magazine Morning on September 5, 2019. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes, with the first one released on December 23, 2019. As of July 22, 2026, 15 volumes have been published.
In August 2024, Kodansha began publishing the series in English on its K Manga digital service.
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Reception Alongside Blue Period, Longing for Home ranked fifteenth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2021 for male readers. The manga was nominated for the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2022. It was nominated for the 48th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2024.
See also Hyouge Mono, another manga series by the same author
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