This is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world! As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organization bent on world destruction. As adults, someone is now turning their fantasies into reality!
Reads R to L (Japanese Style). This is the story of a gang of boys who try to save the world! As boys, Kenji and his friends came up with a bunch of stories about an evil organization bent on world destruction. As adults, someone is now turning their fantasies into reality!
It appears that Kanna's ambitious gamble has paid off as the leaders of the
local Thai and Chinese mafias agree to both call a truce and offer to back her
up. This doesn't sit too well with Yukiji, though, who is furious that Kanna
would risk her life in such a brazen way. But one thing seems certain: when it
comes to fighting the Friends, there's no limit to how far Kanna will go.
Meanwhile, Koizumi Kyoko begins following Kanna in an attempt to tell her about
everything she learned while at Friend Land. Her behavior, however, does not go
unnoticed by the Friends, and a menacing dream navigator suddenly appears to
inform Kyoko that she will need to go to Friend World for further reeducation.
Luckily for Kyoko, there are no immediate spaces available, but will she have
enough time to get help from Kanna and Yoshitsune before her number is
called?
Author Biography
Naoki Urasawa's career as a manga artist spans more than twenty years and has
firmly established him as one of the true manga masters of Japan. Born in Tokyo
in 1960, Urasawa debuted with BETA! in 1983Â and hasn't stopped his impressive
output since. Well-versed in a variety of genres, Urasawa's oeuvre encompasses
a multitude of different subjects, such as a romantic comedy (Yawara!
AÂ Fashionable Judo Girl), a suspenseful human drama about a former mercenary
(Pineapple ARMY; story by Kazuya Kudo), a captivating psychological suspense
story (Monster), a sci-fi adventure manga (20th Century Boys), and a modern
reinterpretation of the work of the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka (Pluto: Urasawa x
Tezuka; co-authored with Takashi Nagasaki, supervised by Macoto Tezka, and with
the cooperation of Tezuka Productions). Many of his books have spawned popular
animated and live-action TV programs and films, and 2008Â saw the theatrical
release of the first of three live-action Japanese films based on 20th Century
Boys. No stranger to accolades and awards, Urasawa is a three-time recipient of
the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award, a two-time recipient of the Osamu Tezuka
Cultural Prize, and has received the Kodansha Manga Award. Similarly, Monster
has been nominated three times for the Eisner Award in America. Urasawa has also
become involved in the world of academia, and in 2008Â accepted a guest teaching
post at Nagoya Zokei University, where he teaches courses in, of
course, manga.