R to L (Japanese Style). It turns out that the Friend's plan to destroy the
world was dreamed up long ago by a gang of boys playing “good guys against bad
guys”…And now, the only one who can stop this diabolical plot from
succeeding is the one who came up with it–Kenji!Kenji races home and picks up
the newspaper: sure enough, the mystery microbe has hit London. He thinks back
over everything that has happened and what he and his childhood friends dug up,
and is forced to face the unbelievable truth–someone really is putting into
motion the story Kenji made up as a child, and people are dying because of
it!
Author Biography
Naoki Urasawa has been a highly recognized and successful manga artist for more
than twenty years. Creator of popular series such as 20th Century Boys and
Yawara, Urasawa has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including
the first Japanese Media Art Festival Manga Award of Excellence, the Osamu
Tezuka Culture Award in 1999, and the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award. Naoki
Urasawa's Monster has thrilled and entertained well over 25 million readers
in Japan.