About

Salt & Lantern is the official reading home of the series by Rin Aoki. Mio keeps the lighthouse on a coast that the sea swallowed long ago. When she finds a lantern that only burns in total darkness, it leads her down into the drowned kingdom her grandmother never talked about, where the people who vanished with the old city are still waiting for someone to bring the light back. A gentle fantasy adventure about courage, family secrets and the sea.

Salt & Lantern is an original fantasy manga written and drawn by Rin Aoki. It follows Mio, a fifteen-year-old lighthouse keeper's apprentice, as she discovers that the kingdom beneath the bay is not as dead as her village believes.

The series mixes quiet slice-of-life moments in a small fishing town with exploration of a flooded city full of strange markets, singing bells and people who remember the world before the tide rose. Each chapter is drawn by hand and released weekly on Mondays.

If you enjoy stories like coming-of-age adventures, found family and mysteries that unfold slowly, this series is for you. Start from chapter 1 and follow the light.

Who runs this site

This site is operated by Lantern Press with the written permission of the rights holder. New chapters are published here as they are released.

Contact

Questions, feedback or business enquiries: hello@saltandlantern.com.