Japanese magazine Famitsu has revealed that the sci-fi game Detroit: Become Human is getting a spin-off manga. Tokyo Stories, the official name of the entry, focuses on Japan, where it will follow the life of an idol android named Reina.
According to Dengeki Online, the author Saruwatari Kazami and illustrator Moto Sumida are working on the manga and will be supervised by developer Quantic Dream. However, it is not an adaptation to the original story but a spin-off.
In this universe, people are far more accepting of androids at first, with one even serving as an entertainer. An idol, Reina, is the manga’s main character, and her story seems like it's sunny.
Nonetheless, as in the original video game, the conflict begins when androids develop consciousness and humans get tired of losing their jobs to these robotic beings, causing a revolution in the country.
Androids with the same appearance and intelligence as humans, or more than humans, will take on various tasks in society on behalf of humans. In contrast to the rise of anti-android forces in the United States, the android idol Reina became very popular in Japan and showed a bright future for android operation.
However, emotions such as anger, jealousy, madness, and greed start developing in the Androids, along with the dissatisfaction of human beings who were deprived of their profession also emerges.
Meanwhile, a "mutant" android that creates "will" and "emotion" by itself has appeared, contrary to the given role. Free-willed mutant androids begin a revolution in Japan.
Famitsu revealed the manga through the magazine's official Twitter account. They stated that the manga is being distributed on COMIC BRIDGE starting July 22nd. The original story transpires in Tokyo in 2038.
『DETROIT BECOME HUMAN』初の公式コミック『DETROIT BECOME HUMAN TOKYO STORIES』が7月22日より“COMIC BRIDGE”にて配信
— ファミ通.com (@famitsu) July 20, 2022
2038年の東京が舞台。アンドロイドアイドル“レイナ”に焦点を当てたオリジナルストーリーが展開する#デトロイト
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Unfortunately, for now, Tokyo Stories will be available exclusively in Japan, and there are no plans, at the moment, for an English translation. Let's hope that it will later reach the West.
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