Gannibal Vol. 02

Gannibal Vol. 02

Officer Daigo Agawa’s gotten more than he’d bargained for out of an official assignment to the remote mountain village Kuge. What began as a hopeful fresh start for his family has quickly turned into a nightmare. Spurred by the appearance of his disappeared predecessor’s daughter, Agawa has vowed to get to the bottom of mysterious happenings within the village, all seemingly linked to the extensive and domineering Koto family.

However, the Koto family does not take Agawa’s suspicions lightly, and they launch a two-pronged assault on the police officer. While Agawa confronts the Koto family on their turf, a contingent of the clan has gone to confront Agawa’s wife and child in their home. What do they have planned? And can Agawa escape his own predicament in time?

A terrifying thriller series rich in tension and suspense, Gannibal is a masterpiece of horrific manga. Featuring magnificent drawings by Masaaki Ninomiya, and a story that keeps things gripping and chilling throughout.

Biographical Notes: 

Masaaki Ninomiya is a Japanese author / artist who wrote and illustrated Gannibal. It was serialized in Nihon Bungeisha’s Weekly Manga Goraku magazine from October 2018 to November 2021, and published in thirteen volumes. A television drama adaptation premiered in December 2022.

Title Notes:

Gannibal is 14-volume critically acclaimed horror manga by originally released in Japan by Nihon Bungeisha, which has been published in the following countries: France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, Czech, Turkey, Brazil, Korea, and Thailand… now comes to the USA for the first time from ABLAZE!

Set in a fictional village in the mountains of Japan. Daigo Agawa, a resident police officer who has been recently assigned, is warmly welcomed by the villagers at first, but he gradually becomes aware of an anomaly of the village and begins to suspect that’The people in this village are eating people’.”

A terrifying and thrilling title, for fans of Junji Ito and manga horror fans!

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