Traveling through time comes with baggage…

Flung into the outer reaches of space and separated from his father, Saburo finds his newest adventure is…getting a job digging up and collecting scraps? He might be among company, but as the saying goes, those who don’t work won’t eat! As he settles into his new space life, old feelings for Kyoko and dreams of normalcy haunt him. As if that isn’t enough, there are secrets hidden underneath the piles of scrap he’s digging through…dangerous secrets…

A space-faring, time-defying adventure awaits in The Pipe Machine!

An ongoing 6-volume series in Japan, first released in 1991!