"Sorry—I know you must've been lonely. Don't worry. I won't keep you waiting long..."

Maruyama, Nagasaki's pleasure district—where the music of shamisens mingles with the language of foreign lands. From artist Kan Takahama comes a tale of love and death: a beautiful courtesan, a man on his deathbed, and their secret past...

Chou no Michiyuki was published digitally in English as Flight of the Butterflies by Media Do International/LEED on January 9, 2018, and in print in Spanish by Ponent Mon on October 13, 2015, in French by Glénat on April 5, 2017, and in German by Carlsen on August 1, 2017.