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Akira, Vol. 2

by Katsuhiro Otomo · 1985 · 301 pages

Part of the Akira: 6 Volumes series

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The science fiction tale set in 2019 in Tokyo after the city was destroyed by World War III, follows the lives of two teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, who have a consuming fear of a monstrous power known as Akira.

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Genre
science fictiondystopiacyberpunkpost-apocalypticfantasy
Themes
artsurvival
Setting
futurejapantokyoasia
Mood
action packeddark
Subject
science
Audience
adultpicture books
Length
medium · 301 pages
Form
graphic novelsmanga

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