Midnight
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Genres
Shounen, Drama, Slice of Life, Tragedy
Summary
- Each night in Tokyo, Shinya Mito picks up a variety of passengers in his customized taxi
- His passengers have their own stories to tell and Shinya helps them navigate through their hardships
- Follow the nightly taxi driving of Shinya Mito as he meets and helps many people in his taxi
Description
Midnight is the story of a taxi driver named Shinya Mito (whose name is literally Japanese for "mid" and "night") and his various passengers, each of whom he helps in various ways. Shinya drives a taxi as a way to earn money for the treatment of a young woman named Mari, whose brain was injured sometime earlier as the result of an accident Shinya was responsible for causing. The taxi Shinya drives is equipped with a fifth wheel which makes the car more maneuverable under any kind of road conditions.
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Published
May 2, 1986 to Sep 18, 1987
Serialization
Shounen Champion
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