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The Shogakukan Manga Award winner comes to Dark Horse! A mentally unhinged manga artist witnesses the beginning of a zombie outbreak in Tokyo, and he's certain of only two things: he's destined to be the city's hero, and he possesses something quite rare in Japan-an actual firearm! These special omnibus volumes will collect two of the original Japanese books into each Dark Horse edition. Having escaped being eaten by his zombie girlfriend and torn apart by his infected co-workers, Hideo Suzuki continues to head away from civilization and the bloodthirsty hordes taking over Japan. Contains I Am a Hero Japanese volumes 1 and 2. It has the slow buildup of a psychological horror manga, but when the zombies hit, they hit hard, and the manga accelerates into volumes-long fight-or-flight sequences that seem like they'll never stop. "I Am a Hero is probably the greatest zombie manga ever. The monstrous ZQN creatures begin to take over Taiwan.
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loltashenrech?
Seeing everything unfold through a different culture also makes it a good read, although the beginning could be a bit of a struggle for non manga readers because of it: in particular untranslated foods, honorifics, and a Buddhist chant that don't make immediate sense without knowing cultural context (and, for me, it was surprisingly off-putting reading from right to left after decades of muscle memory). The characters are extremely well designed and the art in general is life-like and gorgeous, although it may be hard to appreciate because this book is physically MUCH smaller than I would expect (see picture) so make sure you know what to expect when you buy.
Bianca Landaverde
There are a couple of occasions where this is annoying, like seeing a corpse on one page and not knowing for sure who it is until much later and the (otherwise brilliant) series of 2 page spreads mentioned in the product description is much detracted from having the huge spine indent obscuring the middle of the images (which would be much less noticeable in a larger book). The cover arrived with a slight crease along the top and two of the corners (both frontal) have super-slight bending/peeling.
Jean Franco CZ
Amazing manga story is not like the same thing with all zombie stories. In any event, I've heard a lot of great things about the story so I'm eager to start reading this evening.
Autumn
That being said - it's always a risk when having softcover books or other items delivered and it's not the fault of the seller necessarily (trusting it isn't anyway). One thing it is helpful to know before beginning is that Hideo, the protagonist, is pretty messed up before the apocalypse even starts so take him as an unreliable narrator to avoid confusion.
Taking place in the, surprisingly underused, most interesting part of the zombie apocalypse - the moments immediately before and during everything going to s*** - this book is a surprisingly fresh take on the genre. It is cool to see a common guy, actually the kind of guy you are sure that will die at the very beginning Other than that I'd recommend it and will be getting the next omnibus along with the third when it comes out.
There is a Translator's Notes section at the back(front) but that's no substitute for fully knowing what's going on as you read it. The pages themselves are in great condition.
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