Nijigahara Holograph (GN)

Release date: 2014-03-05
Suggested retail price: $29.99
Age rating: 17+

SKU: 9781606995839
ISBN-10: 1606995839 1606995839
ISBN-13: 9781606995839 9781606995839

Description:
Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. When the body of Arie Kimura's mother is found by this tunnel's entrance, next to apparently human traces, the legend seems to be confirmed. Is the end of the world coming?

In order to appease the wrath of the beast, the children decide to offer it a sacrifice: the unfortunate Arie, whom they believe to be the cause of the curse. Arie is shoved into a well that leads to the Nijigahara tunnel - an act that in turns pushes Komatsuzaki, the budding thug who has carried a torch for Arie for a while already, entirely over the edge.

This is only the beginning of Nijigahara Holograph, which takes place in two separate timelines and involves the suicidal Suzuki; Higure, his stalkerish would-be girlfriend; their teacher Miss Sakaki, whose heavily bandaged face remains a mystery; and many more brothers, sisters, parents, co-workers, teachers, aggressors and victims who are all inextricably linked to one another. Ten years later, all of them have to live with what they've done or suffered through.

Story and art by Inio Asano.

(added on 2014-01-07, modified on 2014-01-07)

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