The “Missing Pieces” series, which allows readers to compare the first magazine publications with Osamu Tezuka's own revised tankoubon editions, has previously had releases of Black Jack and Mitsume ga Tooru, both of which received great acclaim.
 
This time, as part of the series, we present Hi no Tori: Missing Pieces - Boukyou-hen compiling the "Boukyou (Nostalgia)" arc of Hi no Tori—which underwent particularly extensive revisions—and its related work, the “Hagoromo (Robe of Feathers)” arc. The “Boukyou” arc and the related “Hagoromo” arc, revised three times over the years, show astonishingly bold alterations—from minor details like dialogue changes, character deletions, and art style revisions, to major structural overhauls—revealing Osamu Tezuka's relentless creative drive.
 
Experience this historic endeavor up close.
 
(Source: Rittorsha, translated)

"All things are born and all things die. That is the law of heaven." According to legend, the Bird of Fire called the Phoenix is the eternal spirit of life, death and rebirth. She oversees the cycle of reincarnation and the rising and falling of civilizations and species. Those who can obtain her blood will be granted eternal life, while to others she can grant infinite wisdom, or eternal suffering. Throughout history, from the dawn of civilization to the extinction of the human race, those human souls touched by the Phoenix have hunted her over and over in multiple reincarnations, and their actions in one life determine or reflect the sins and sufferings of other lifetimes. (Source: Anime News Network) Note: This is an incomplete series due to Tezuka's death.

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