There aren’t many manga artists with an asteroid named after them, but Japan’s Lynn Okamoto is one of them (it’s 49382 Lynnokamoto). Here on Earth, he is best known for the Elfen Lied manga series, which ran for 107 chapters in Weekly Young Jump between 2002 and 2005 and was adapted into a successful anime series. Okamoto’s work since has included Nononono, Brynhildr in the Darkness, Kimi wa Midara na Noku no Joo, and his current series, Parallel...