History Manga / YokohamaKaidashiKikou

* FlyingDutchman: The ''Tarpon'', an orbital craft stuck circling the Earth because everywhere it could have landed has either been destroyed or swallowed by the rising sea levels. It circles the globe, switching north-south hemispheres every 6 years. Its overall purpose has either been lost to time or classified to only a few certain people still alive.

* {{Fanservice}}: Almost completed {{averted|Trope}}, despite the prominently cute, female cast. The {{OVA}}s cut loose a bit, but are still notably restrained.

* GiantFood: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While not truly giant, certain foods grow to sizes far beyond how they are in the real world. While on her year-long walkabout, Alpha at one point is given a persimmon as big as her head, and someone else offers to roast her a chestnut that's almost as big.

%%* RobotGirl: Alpha, Kokone, and Maruko.
* SceneryPorn: ''Entire chapters'' may go by [[SilenceIsGolden with hardly a word spoken]].

* StaticStunGun: Kokone has a pistol which fires "9mm electroshock rounds". She understands that they leave a scar, but we never see her fire it. It's not that sort of series.

** Maruko is really jealous and spiteful toward Alpha at first, due to jealousy over Kokone's friendship with her and her being in a picture Nai took, which was the first contact she'd had with him in some time.

Despite the setting, the tone of the series is decidedly calm and low-key, and it's really a SliceOfLife tale about Alpha, the people she interacts with, and the friends she makes. Entire chapters can go by with little to no dialogue, and [[SceneryPorn much is given to simply portraying this future world]] and the mysteries it contains.

* GaiasLament: {{Played with}}. Starvation isn't an issue for anyone, and fruits and fish are plentiful, but grain-based agriculture seems to be very sparse due to a lack of available land for farming caused by the rising oceans. Alpha is once paid for an odd job with a persimmon bigger than her head, and in ch. 3 Uncle has plentiful watermelons, but in a later chapter Ayase meets up with another barracuda keeper who shares some rice with him for a meal. Ayase is shocked to see actual rice, saying it's been so long that he can't remember what it tastes like, but he surprises the other keeper by giving him some vials of soy sauce. The other keeper reacts with the same astonishment, implying that soybeans are just as rare as rice.

* JumpScare: In ch. 60, Maruko spots Kokone making a delivery, sneaks up behind her, and yells out. Kokone isn't just scared, she pulls the gun she's carrying and almost shoots Maruko, but breaks down crying when she realizes who it is. Maruko is equally startled but realizes that it's part of Kokone's training as a messenger and doesn't hold it against her.

* MementoMacGuffin: Café Alpha serves as both Alpha's day job and a treasured reminder of her connection to her owner, both for the anticipation of waiting for whatever customers might appear and the nights they'd spend sitting together there and talking. Its loss rattles her deeply, although she is able to pull herself together and use

The manga was serialized from 1994 to 2006 in the {{Seinen}} magazine ''Afternoon''. It was also adapted into four {{OVA}} episodes by Creator/AjiaDo; the first two were released in 1998, and the second two (subtitled as ''Quiet Country Café'') were released in December 2002 and March 2003. A French publisher, Meian, is [[https://twitter.com/Meian_editeur/status/1352639698850750470 releasing the volumes in French]] under the name ''Escale à Yokohama'' ''(Stop at Yokohama)''. After many years with no official English translation, Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-16/seven-seas-licenses-yokohama-kaidashi-kikou-raise-wa-tanin-ga-ii-manga/.182715 picked up the license]], and is releasing the manga as five omnibus volumes, with the first released in August 2022.

* BigStormEpisode: Ch. 62 revolves around a typhoon bearing down on the coastal area near where Alpha's house is located. She holes up with Uncle, listening to the radio broadcasts from the meteorological plane, and returns home once the storm's blown through, only to find that the section of her house that had been turned into Café Alpha has been destroyed.

* GaiasLament: {{Played with}}. Starvation isn't an issue for anyone, and fruits and fish are plentiful, but grain-based agriculture seems to be very sparse due to a lack of available land for farming caused by the rising oceans. Alpha is once paid for an odd job with a persimmon bigger than her head, and in ch. 3 Uncle has plentiful watermelons, but in a later chapter Ayase meets up with another barracuda keeper who shares some rice with him for a meal. Ayase is shocked to see actual rice, saying it's been so long that he can't remember what it tastes like, but he surprises the other keeper by giving him some vials of soy sauce, which he reacts to with the same astonishment, implying that soybeans are just as rare as rice.

* {{Arcadia}}: The setting mostly consists of quiet countryside; the few areas that even approach being urban, such as Yokohama and the area where Kokone works, are heavily encroached upon by nature. The people are generally good-hearted and life is generally peaceful and easy. This is especially significant with the knowledge that the world is as it is due to some sort of catastrophe and that humanity is winding down like a clock.

* BrainComputerInterface: The robots not only transmit information to each other through their tongues, they can interact with and control machines via connection cords they hold in their mouths. Director Alpha uses such a connection to tap into the ''Tarpon''[='s=] sensors and feel as though she's flying. In ch. 38, Alpha uses a similar connection to work the remote control for Sensei's flying craft, but the interface goes far deeper than Sensei was expecting, as Alpha seems to bond to the machine and is traumatized somewhat when she's disconnected.

* MiddleOfNowhereStreet: The story takes place principally in a town so desolated and isolated its population consists of a mere handful of people, and even traveling a limited distance towards or away from town is considered a major endeavor. Furthermore, most lines of communication don't work, requiring either air drops or a personal courier for mail delivery, and for the latter option [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman humanoid robots]] are preferred as they're better able to cope with the conditions.

** Maruko is really jealous and spiteful toward Alpha at first.

* OneGenderRace: {{Subverted|Trope}} - there ''were'' male androids, but almost all of them died out due to an unidentified design flaw. Throughout the series, we only ever even hear of one survivor.

* RecurringDreams: Alpha has a recurring dream in which she is flying, her arms transformed into wings. One of the manga's many mysteries is whether or not she actually is flying and doesn't realize it, as the first time this is shown, it's after she's tried a drink made from milk and [[BlandNameProduct Kahloa]] (a double whammy since [[CantHoldHisLiquor she's a lightweight with booze]] and [[IDoNotDrinkWine animal proteins make her sick to her stomach]]) and she somehow travels from the café to Uncle's gas station a few kilometers away.

** Alpha experiences some wanderlust herself, and since business at the café is so slow, she often has plenty of time on her hands to travel wherever the whim takes her. At one point she takes an entire year off to travel.

** At some point prior to the start of the story, Alpha's owner took off to explore the world, leaving Alpha in charge of the cafe.
** Alpha experiences some wanderlust herself, and since business at the cafe is so slow, she often has plenty of time on her hands to travel wherever the whim takes her.

At an unspecified point in the future, humanity is slowly winding down due to a global climate shift and drastically-risen oceans which have submerged coastal cities everywhere. Amidst this is a small caf&eacute south of Yokohama, run by a RobotGirl named Alpha Hatsuseno. While she's cheerful and friendly, her owner left her alone to travel the world, she rarely sees customers, and her nearest neighbors are kilometers away, so her life is usually lonely and quiet. That is, until another robot shows up to give her a camera, beginning a journey of self-discovery and new awareness of herself and the world around her.

RobotGirl Alpha Hatsuseno runs a café outside Yokohama, nearly deserted after a catastrophic flood, implied to have been part of a longer chain of disasters. Soon, another robot comes with a delivery of a camera, beginning... [[SliceOfLife well, not much, really]]. Don't let [[EnergyWeapon her gun]] fool you; it's a pretty laid-back series. Perhaps very little happens, but then it's not about things happening. This is a manga series that gives you something to think about, and time in which to do it. After all, there's all the time in the world.

Written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano, ''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou'' (''Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip'') is a slow, quiet vision of the peaceful decline of humanity. The manga was serialized from 1994 to 2006 in the {{Seinen}} magazine ''Afternoon''. It was also adapted into four OVA episodes by Creator/AjiaDo; the first two were released in 1998, and the second two (subtitled as ''Quiet Country Café'') were released in December 2002 and March 2003.

A French publisher, Meian, is [[https://twitter.com/Meian_editeur/status/1352639698850750470 releasing the volumes in French]] under the name ''Escale à Yokohama'' ''(Stop at Yokohama)''. The manga had no official English translation for many years, but Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-16/seven-seas-licenses-yokohama-kaidashi-kikou-raise-wa-tanin-ga-ii-manga/.182715 announced that they licensed the series]], and are releasing the manga as five omnibus volumes, with the first released in August 2022.

%%* WalkingTheEarth:
%%** A facet of the central plot is Alpha's owner doing this.
%%** Alpha does a little of it too.

* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: Human characters have normal hair colors, but robots have hair in more unusual shades. Alpha has green hair and Kokone's is light purple; Maruko's is reddish brown, which wouldn't be out of place elsewhere but stands out in Japan. It's implied to be an in-universe case of ColourCodedForYourConvenience, as it's highly likely that robots were designed like that on purpose [[AndroidIdentifier to distinguish them from humans]].

RobotGirl Alpha Hatsuseno runs a cafe outside Yokohama, nearly deserted after a catastrophic flood, implied to have been part of a longer chain of disasters. Soon, another robot comes with a delivery of a camera, beginning... [[SliceOfLife well, not much, really]]. Don't let [[EnergyWeapon her gun]] fool you; it's a pretty laid-back series. Perhaps very little happens, but then it's not about things happening. This is a manga series that gives you something to think about, and time in which to do it. After all, there's all the time in the world.

Written and illustrated by Hitoshi Ashinano, ''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou'' (''Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip'') is a slow, quiet vision of the peaceful decline of humanity. The manga was serialized from 1994 to 2006 in the {{Seinen}} magazine ''Afternoon''. It was also adapted into four OVA episodes by Creator/AjiaDo; the first two were released in 1998, and the second two (subtitled as ''Quiet Country Cafe'') were released in December 2002 and March 2003.

* GaiasLament: {{Played with}}. Starvation isn't an issue for anyone, and fruits and fish are plentiful, but grain-based agriculture seems to be very sparse due to a lack of available land for farming caused by the rising oceans. Alpha is once paid for an odd job with a persimmon bigger than her head, and in ch. 3 Uncle has plentiful watermelons, but in a later chapter Ayase meets up with another barracuda keeper who shares some rice with him for a meak; Ayazse is shocked to see actual rice, saying it's been so long that he can't remember what it tastes like.

* {{OVA}}: Adapted not as a television series but as a pair of two-episode video releases with the title ''Quiet Country Cafe''.

* POVCam: Chapter 30 puts the reader into the place of a customer who's returning to Cafe Alpha after a long time, seeing their perspective as Alpha greets them, serves them a cafe au lait, and talks with them off and on into the evening before the "customer" departs. This customer is familiar enough with Alpha to know that she can't drink a cafe au lait herself, that she has quite the sweet tooth, and that she always makes her customers feel like they're right at home.

* ShownTheirWork: For the most part the geography is very well researched (not surprising since Ashinano is from Yokohama) right down to the specific building identified as ''Cafe Alpha'' having been located in real life, right where the manga said it would be (it's currently a private home).

* POVCam: One chapter essentially turns the reader into a customer to Cafe Alpha, seeing their perspective as Alpha greets them, serves them a cafe au lait, and talks with them off and on into the evening before the "customer" departs.

* FirstPersonPerspective: One chapter is through the eyes of a customer to Cafe Alpha, with Alpha serving them a cafe au lait and talking with them off and on into the evening before the customer departs. Interestingly, Alpha seems to recognize this person and they're familiar with her enough to ask if she's been able to drink a cafe au lait yet (which she admits she hasn't) but she never addresses them by name.

* GaiasLament: {{Played with}}. Starvation isn't an issue for anyone, and fruits and fish are plentiful, but grain-based agriculture seems to be very sparse due to a lack of available land for farming caused by the rising oceans. Alpha is once paid for an odd job with a persimmon bigger than her head, and in ch. 3 Uncle has plentiful watermelons, but another character later freaks out over being given a handful of rice, claiming it's more than he's ever seen in his entire life.

* MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad: One of Alpha's favorite pastimes is to tour the countryside on her scooter. The manga devotes several chapters to this, some of them with no dialogue, simply showing Alpha driving and the sights she sees along her journeys.

* UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: The Kamasu carriers are essentially homeless wanderers who [[WalkingTheEarth travel wherever the urge takes them]], using their Kamasu (strange creatures resembling an eagle-sized flying fish with insect legs and a lizard-like head) to hunt for fish as their main food source and taking odd jobs here and there to earn money for other necessities.

* FloodedFutureWorld: Due to an environmental shift whose details are largely unrevealed, sea levels have risen dramatically, [[SunkenCity submerging a great many coastal cities]] completely and rendering many roads and highways partially to completely impassible.

* UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: The Kamasu carriers are essentially homeless wanderers who [[WalkingTheEarth travel wherever the urge takes them]], using their Kamasu (strange creatures resembling an eagle-sized flying fish with insect legs and a lizard-like head) to hunt for fish as their main food source.

* SleepCute: Ch. 29 has two instances with Takahiro and Makki that are exaggerated for humor. In both, Takahiro has a weird dream that ends with a huge pillbug laying on top of him, which is revealed to be Makki awkwardly sprawled across him snoozing.

* FuroScene: In one chapter, Alpha and Takahiro share a hot bath after both get soaked in a storm. It's an awkward moment for both. Later, Alpha enjoys a nice, relaxing bath after a few days wandering in the wild.

* SleepCute: Ch. 29 has two instances with Takahiro and Makki that are exaggerated for humor. In the first, Takahiro nods off while reading, has a weird dream that ends with a huge pillbug laying on top of him, and wakes to find Makki awkwardly sprawled across him snoozing. They hang out for the rest of the day, then decide to go to bed. Makki snuggles up next to Takahiro as they nod off, but ends up in pretty much the same way as before, with Takahiro again dreaming of a huge pillbug on top of him.