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3, Street of Mysteries explores the fantastical-poetic vein that has forged Mizuki's reputation in Japan. The stories contained in this series hold in common the obsessive ideas of immortality and of life after death. Skillfully blending a range of black humor, drama, and questions of morality, Mizuki shows once more his profound understanding of the human soul.
(paraphrased from Astiberri)Genre(s): Horror, Seinen, Supernatural
Updated Time: Oct 26, 2016
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Youkai are specters who have lived in the human world since the dawn of time. They often rest peacefully in their dwelling places, until humans rouse them by inconsiderate actions. Kitaro is a young youkai boy who wants to help humans and youkai live in harmony, and he fights to protect humans from the enraged youkai who lash out at them.
Note: Cover image is from the Bunkoban series.Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Shounen, Supernatural
Updated Time: Mar 02, 2022
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Anthology of Mizuki's Garo stories.
Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Historical, Seinen
Updated Time: Oct 29, 2016
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Autobiographical tale in which Mizuki narrates the memories of his childhood in the decade of 1930, in Sakaiminato, a small coastal town at the southwest Japan. With nostalgia and tenderness, the mangaka narrates his first years of life within a modest family, the fights with his friends,the school and his first loves. The title character of the book, NonNonBa, is an old mystical and superstitious woman by which Shigeru discovers the world of yokai, supernatural beings and grotesque bestiary of medieval Japanese. Won Best Album at the 2007 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
Genre(s): Drama, Supernatural, Seinen, Slice Of Life, Historical
Updated Time: Apr 27, 6000
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“War and Japan”, a short work in the style of Showa-shi, originally published in 1991 in Shogaku rokunen-sei (Sixth Grader), a leading edutainment magazine for young readers.
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Updated Time: Mar 25, 2024
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