A, A' [A, A Prime]

Moto Hagio’s A, A’ weaves intimate, emotionally charged tales set in a world where a new human variant—Unicorns—lacks the full spectrum of human emotion, prompting profound questions about love, identity, and connection. Through interconnected short stories, Hagio explores how relationships might endure when memory, feeling, and selfhood are no longer shared. With quiet intensity, these narratives examine the fragile boundaries between the real and the replicated, the familiar and the alien, all through the lens of shojo romance and speculative depth.