Dementia 21 Box Set

Dementia 21 Box Set. A two-volume custom slipcase set featuring the devilishly funny, absurdist adult manga stories by Shintaro Kago, one of the most transgressive and experimental of Japan’s manga auteurs.

Dementia 21 Box Set. Devilishly funny, absurdist adult manga stories about a sprightly home aide tasked with caring for a series of eccentric patients.

Arthritic superheroes! Supernatural old biddies! Zombie caretakers! Mind-controlling dentures! Senile Santa! When plucky young Yukie Sakai is hired as a home aide, little does she know what surreal, absurd, and grotesque adventures are in store for her. Dementia 21 is one of the most outrageously satirical comics ever created, written and drawn by Shintaro Kago, one of the most transgressive and experimental of Japan’s manga auteurs.

This limited-edition slipcase contains the complete two-volume set of this engrossing manga series.

Biographical Notes:

Shintaro Kago is a manga artist who has gained a cult following for his transgressive work marked by horror, sci-fi, psychedelic erotica, and a keen sense of the grotesque.

His comics include Fraction (2009), Super-Dimensional Love Gun (2019), and Dementia 21 (2020, also includes Dementia 21 Box Set). He lives in Tokyo.

Quotes / Reviews:

Praises for Dementia 21 Box Set

“[His manga isn’t] horror manga, it’s more of a ‘HOLY S@!* THIS IS THE COOLEST CRAZIEST WEIRDEST ART EXPERIMENT I’VE EVER SEEN’ manga.” — Juxtapoz magazine

“Showing influences from Salvador Dali to Katsuhiro Otomo, the combination of Kago’s precise, expressive, and kinetic line work with his wacky storytelling is at turns engrossing and repulsive. Mature fans of unconventional manga will appreciate the surreal spiral of body horror, tragicomedy, and dark humor.” – Publishers Weekly

“Charming, hilarious, and thought-provoking. Dementia 21 proves that Kago is a cutting satirist with a deft touch for black comedy.” – Broken Frontier

“As much as I admire Kago’s oddness as a writer, his artistic pen is even sharper. [His characters] retain a realistic edge that intensifies their horror-tinged universe.” – PopMatters

Title Notes:

Kago is an innovative cartoonist: he’s expanding the borders of genre, like his peer, Suehiro Maruo.

Absurdist, surreal manga is trending as readers grow up: as evinced by the success of Ito’s Smashed.

Horror short stories are particularly well-suited for the comics medium. Comics can access a special subjectivity and can do things that movies and prose can’t.

Manga, especially horror manga (Dementia 21 Box Set), is having a banner year, and driving bookstore sales.

More details on Shintaro Kago:

Shintaro Kago’s Official Website

Shintaro Kago’s Twitter Page

More works by Shintaro Kago