High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 12 Days is a debut original English-language manga written and illustrated by June Kim. Based partially on a story told to Kim by a stranger, 12 Days began during Kim`s sophomore year of college as a method of coping with the end of a relationship. After moving on emotionally with her break-up, she stopped developing the comic, only to revisit it years later. Kim resumed work on it in early 2005 and finished in the middle of August 2006. 12 Days focuses on Jackie Yuen, who decides to drink the ashes of her former lover for twelve days in beverages as a way to cope with her grief over her death. Tokyopop published 12 Days in North America on November 7, 2006, to generally positive reviews. Critics praised the manga for its mature portrayal of grief and relationships, and its realistic artwork, although the choice of print for the dialogue was considered distracting.