Baobab #3 returns to the structure of the first issue, split between two
ongoing and (seemingly) unrelated stories set a century ago. In the first part
of the book, young Hiroshi's ailing grandmother tells him that she will die
soon, and that his future will be in his nation's capital: Tokyo. It's the
beginning of his new life for Hiroshi, and the end of his childhood. Then, turn
to the continuing story of two young, struggling South American cartoonists.
Celestino is still living in his native Parador where, on the eve of World War
I, a right-wing military dictatorship is growing in power and viciousness, even
destroying the printing presses of the paper for whom he works. Even in this
darkness, some light emerges: Celestino receives his first few fan letters from
readers, and embarks on a romance with his publisher's daughter.
