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Planetes

Makoto Yukimura1999

Spacepunk
Lunapunk

Space travel

Through Spacepunk

Space-debris collectors in 2075, the garbage crews of orbit. The most grounded working-class space story in manga.

Through Lunapunk

Space-debris collectors in 2075 dream of the Moon and beyond. Adjacent: working-class orbital SF, but it treats space as a workplace and the Moon as a dream worth chasing.