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<blockquote>''This article is about the 2008 novel. For the franchise as a whole, see [[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou]]. For the 1994 manga, see [[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Manga)]]. For the 1998 OVA, see [[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (OVA)]]. For the 1996 audio drama, see [[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou 1 (Audio Drama)]].''</blockquote>

[[File:Novel-cover.jpg|alt=The cover Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Novel: Seeing, Walking, Being Glad. Depicting an Alpha and Sensei.|thumb|''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Novel: Seeing, Walking, Being Glad'' Japanese cover]]
''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Novel: Seeing, Walking, Being Glad'' ([[wikipedia:Japanese_language|Japanese]]: 小説　ヨコハマ買い出し紀行─見て、歩き、よろこぶ者─) is a novel based on [[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou|''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou'']], written by Teriha Katsuki ([[wikipedia:Japanese_language|Japanese]]: 香月 照葉) and illustrated by [[Hitoshi Ashinano]]. It was published by [[wikipedia:Kodansha|Kodansha]] on 23 October 2008. The novel features an original story, set many years after the events of the manga, and details how an android named Omega leaves his home in search of [[Cafe Alpha]].

==Publication Information==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|Original Title
|小説　ヨコハマ買い出し紀行─見て、歩き、よろこぶ者─
|-
|English Title
|''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Novel: Seeing, Walking, Being Glad''
|-
|Writer
|Teriha Katsuki ([[wikipedia:Japanese_language|Japanese]]: 香月 照葉)
|-
|Illustrator
|[[Hitoshi Ashinano]] ([[wikipedia:Japanese_language|Japanese]]:  芦奈野 ひとし)
|-
|Publisher
|Kodansha
|-
|Release Date
|October 21, 2008
|-
|ISBN-10
ISBN-13
|4063733262
978-4063733266
|-
|Chapters
|8 (plus prologue, afterword, and [[Chapter 141|manga chapter]])
|-
|Page Count
|217 (excluding manga chapter)
|}

==Premise==
<blockquote>In a town where many people once lived, only Omega, an android, and his creator, Ufumi, remain. Omega, now all alone, sets out for a country in the east to find another android who welcomes visitors with delicious coffee. Eventually, Omega arrives at Cafe Alpha... 

Set in the future, long after the original story, Omega sees the world through the memories of Alpha and opens the door to another "Yokohama Shopping Trip". A journey of walking and seeing the world.<ref>https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4063733262. Synopsis translated from the Japanese.</ref></blockquote>

==Main Characters==
[[File:Omega.jpg|alt=An illustration of Omega by Hitoshi Ashinano from the title page of the novel. Depicts a blue-haired boy with a bag in his hand standing outside.|thumb|An illustration of Omega by [[Hitoshi Ashinano]] from the title page of the novel]]
'''<big>Omega</big>''' <big>(オメガ)</big><blockquote>Protagonist of the novel and an original creation of the writer, Teriha Katsuki. A young, male android that leaves his home on a journey to find [[Cafe Alpha]].</blockquote>'''<big>[[Alpha Hatsuseno|Alpha]]</big>''' <big>(アルファ)</big><blockquote>The main character of the [[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou|''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou'']] manga on which the novel is based.</blockquote>

==Notes==

*The novel has not been officially translated into any other languages.
*[[Sensei's Mark]] is used as a [[wikipedia:Section_(typography)#Flourished_section_breaks|section break]] throughout the novel.
*Excluding the cover and title page images, the novel contains five black and white illustrations by Ashinano.
*The novel also contains [[Chapter 141]] of [[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou|''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou'']], which had not been published in [[tankōbon]] form at the time of the novel's publication.<ref>[[Chapter 141]] was later included in volume 10 of the second edition of [[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou|''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou'']].</ref>

==References==
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==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20220426022010/https://www.reddit.com/r/YKK/comments/ub7ejh/ive_read_the_yokohama_kaidashi_kikou_novel_and/ Reddit post] with details about the novel and its publication. Archived from [https://www.reddit.com/r/YKK/comments/ub7ejh/ive_read_the_yokohama_kaidashi_kikou_novel_and/ the original] on April 26, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2023.