Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis (Novel)

Perfect Blue Novel

THE ORIGINAL NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE CULT CLASSIC FILM BY SATOSHI KON

Kirigoe Mima is in the third year of her career as a pure and innocent pop idol. Feeling like something big needs to change, she plans to give her image a major update. When the new Mima is revealed–complete with a sexy outfit and a risqué photo book–one of her most obsessive fans refuses to accept her transformation. To restore Mima to the innocent girl of her debut, he puts a terrifying plan to action that throws her life into chaos and mortal peril.

Biographical Notes:

Yoshikazu Takeuchi is a Japanese writer of fan guides and novels, as well as a radio co-host. His work Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis was the basis for the 1997 Satoshi Kon anime film Perfect Blue and a 2002 live-action film titled Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete. Perfect Blue: Kanzen Hentai was published in English as Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis by Seven Seas Entertainment under the Airship imprint on February 6, 2018.

The psychological thriller novels deal with the haunting price of fame. Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis is the novel upon which Satoshi Kon based his Perfect Blue animated film, focusing on pop idol Mima Kirigoe’s move into an acting career and the sinister forces around her–including a trail of shocking murders–that push her into her own fragmented reality. Perfect Blue: Awaken from a Dream has a completely separate plot, for readers eager for more psychological drama from Yoshikazu Takeuchi.

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