Akira, Vol. 4

by Katsuhiro Otomo · 1987

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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.

Genre
science fictioncyberpunkpost-apocalypticdystopiafantasy
Themes
childhood
Setting
Japan
Mood
dark
Audience
picture booksadultyoung adult
Length
medium · 394 pages
Form
graphic novelsmanga

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