Tsugumi Project Vol. 02

Tsugumi Project Vol. 02

In this acclaimed, postapocalyptic action manga, a soldier named Leon is taken from his family on a trumped-up charge and dropped into a suicide mission to recover a dangerous weapon from a deadly place, a place ruled by huge, irradiated, mutated monsters–a place once known, 200 years ago, as Japan. One of the scant pieces of information they have is the weapon’s codename: Tsugumi.

This gory, mysterious story, which has already thrilled readers in Japan and France, is an action-suspense epic in the vein of classics like Blame!, Spriggan, and AKIRA.

Condemned prisoner Leon continues his journey through the ruins of Tokyo in search of TORATSUGUMI, a mysterious weapon from ages past. Though mutated monsters lurk around every corner, Leon never thinks twice about abandoning his mission; it is his only hope of seeing his wife and child again.

Fortunately for Leon, not everyone in Old Japan is out to kill him. He now has two unlikely allies in the form of Tsugumi, a bird-legged girl with inhuman strength, and Doudou, a fellow prisoner and one-time underground boxer. Leon will need all the help he can get, as his search for clues about the ancient weapon soon brings him face to face with creatures out of nightmare.

Biographical Notes:

ippatu’s manga debut, Tsugumi Project, was first published in France before being picked up for publication in Japanese and English by Kodansha.

Title Notes:

Ippatu realizes a lush, detailed dystopian Japan that will remind readers of classics like AKIRA and Blame!

The soldier seeking a dangerous piece of technology who encounters a mysterious girl who communes with monsters will remind readers of classic Miyazaki anime Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke as well as TV classics like Blood+ and Blue Submarine No. 6.

This is the second series, after Beyond the Clouds, to be picked up by Kodansha for global publication after development by ki-oon, a French publisher working, working with a Japanese author.

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