SHUZO OSHIMI
blood on the tracks #1
Ordinary middle school student Seiichi Osabe receives love and care from his mother Seiko.
Until one summer an incident changes the family dynamic forever.
This is a story of a mother's love that has gone too far....
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #2
His mother has done the unthinkable...and now Seiichi must decide if he will be complicit. But before he can even catch his breath, what remains of his sense of self is smashed to pieces by her next shocking act...
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #3
Seiichi's family begins to fall apart in the wake of his cousin's accident, but nothing compares to the mental and emotional torture he undergoes as he tries to maintain some sense of self in the face of his mother's manipulations. Torn by his love for her, Seiichi is pushed to the breaking point and finds himself unable to speak, both literally and figuratively.
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #4
Unable to process the horrifying events of the past few months, Seiichi's anger, fear, and frustration boil over. But even as he is haunted by the memory of his mother's hands around his throat, he finds his voice again thanks to his classmate Fukiishi. Their puppy love provides a tenderness he has been missing, but it quickly comes under threat from his mother's insane jealousy...
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #5
Encouraged by Fukiishi to stand up for himself, Seiichi exploded in a moment of rage, telling his mother Seiko, I don't need you--the first rebellious act of his young life. Now Fukiishi has offered him sanctuary in her room, hidden from her father and away from the watchful eyes of his own parents. But as Seiichi fumbles toward sexual awakening, his mother's specter is never far from his mind...
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #6
Beset by mental images of his mother, Seiichi flees from Fukiishi's embrace and returns home. Safety and reconciliation aren't the only things that await him there, however.
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #7
Shigeru has finally awakened from the coma he's been in since Seiko pushed him off the cliff--but he remembers nothing of the incident, nor does he even recognize his assailant. Rather than setting Seiko's mind at ease, however, this only serves to disturb her further.
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #8
Seiichi's outburst has brought him and his mother closer together, but also served to deepen his aunt's suspicions. It's only a matter of time before the truth comes out...and before Seiichi's psychic tension erupts into violence!!
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #9
Seiichi's aunt and uncle have arrived to confront Seiko, and the truth has come out at last. The lies--and his family--are falling apart, and Seiichi is left to pick up the pieces...
But as he shakes off his mother's influence and faces police questioning, a shocking revelation about his past emerges!!
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #10
His mother finally in custody, Seiichi is questioned by police and recovers a memory of being thrown off a cliff just like Shigeru. He begins to free himself from his mother's spell, and even rekindles his relationship with Fukiishi...
But even as Seiichi's heart fills with new hope, a strange visitor comes to him in the night--?!
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #11
Shigeru's midnight visit leads Seiichi back up the hill where his mother dropped him as a child...and as events begin to fold in on themselves like the layers of his psyche, Seiichi starts to see the past through Mommy's eyes...
With one symbolic act, Seiichi can finally free himself of his mother's malign influence--but is this a nightmare, or is it all too real?!
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #12
Up on the hill, Seiichi's encounter with Shigeru merges with his own experience of being cast away by his mother, Seiko--and in that moment, he kills Shigeru in order to kill himself, a sacrificial rite to permanently sever his connection with his mother. Taken into custody, Seiichi feels only relief...
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #13
It's been 20 years since his mother told Seiichi that she renounced motherhood, since she thanked him for being a killer, since he tried to strangle her there in the courtroom--and somehow he made it through. Living alone, working the night shift at a commercial bakery, barely speaking to his father, Seiichi's life is solitary and empty, and he likes it that way. But nothing lasts forever...
The grand preface is over--and now the real story begins!!
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #14
Seiichi is back home for the first time in ages to inter his father's remains in the family grave. After that, he'll be finished, nothing left to hold him in this world...until he happens to bump into Fukiishi, resurrecting all the feelings he had buried along with his past--
Will Seiichi finally find peace in death? Or will the specters of the past keep him here against his will...?
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
blood on the tracks #15
Having finally found himself free to end it all, Seiichi is pulled back from the brink by a telephone call from the police: "We have your mother in protective custody."
Facing Seiko for the first time in twenty years, Seiichi finds an old woman who neither recognizes him nor seems to fully recognize herself. And yet, during their strange reunion, her memories return. Seiichi's rage erupts, but he cannot bring himself to strike the woman who plagued his thoughts all these years. And later, the feelings in his heart draw him inexorably back to her side...
Thus begins their long, long night together--and Seiichi gets his first glimpse into the true source of the darkness within his mother.
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
Femme Fatale: The Art of Oshimi
Commemorating twenty years of manga, FEMME FATALE showcases of all of the full color artwork from New York Time's Best Selling artist Shuzo Oshimi. Featuring cover art, posters, promotional materials and never before translated comics, this is a definitive compilation of character art from one of the best known manga artists in the 21st Century. Concept art and promotional illustrations from FLOWERS OF EVIL, INSIDE MARI, DRIFTING NET CAFE and BLOOD ON THE RAILS are also included giving readers a deeper look into Oshimi's processes and artistic mind. This collection also includes dozens of never before published in English comic pages that are a must have for Oshimi completionists.
Price: £21.99
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New
Flowers of Evil Complete Edition #1 - 4
Following the adventures of a lonely bookish teen struggling to find his identity through Baudelaire's poetry, until two girls - a beauty and a bully - help him find true love and friendship. Edgy, intense, and romantic, THE FLOWERS OF EVIL has been a reader favourite. This new edition will give fans a chance to reconnect with Kasuga, Saeki, and Nakamura as it explores the issues of bullying, loneliness, individuality, and identity.
Price: £83 now £75
Rating: Mature
Condition: New
Happiness #1
A supernatural story of sexual awakening, growing up and suburban vampirism. Happiness follows a dorky boy who is attacked by a girl in an alley. She sucks his blood and gives him a choice: life or death. He chooses life, but finds himself nearly overwhelmed by a new thirst and a fascination with the necks of his classmates…
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
Happiness #2
Happiness follows a dorky boy who is attacked by a girl in an alley. She sucks his blood and gives him a choice: life or death. He chooses life, but finds himself nearly overwhelmed by a new thirst and a fascination with the necks of his classmates…
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Rating: Mature
Condition: New
HAPPINESS #3
Happiness follows a dorky boy who is attacked by a girl in an alley. She sucks his blood and gives him a choice: life or death. He chooses life, but finds himself nearly overwhelmed by a new thirst and a fascination with the necks of his classmates…
Price: £10.99
Rating: Mature
Condition: New
HAPPINESS #1 - 10 [complete]
A supernatural story of sexual awakening, growing up and suburban vampirism. Happiness follows a dorky boy who is attacked by a girl in an alley. She sucks his blood and gives him a choice: life or death.
He chooses life, but finds himself nearly overwhelmed by a new thirst and a fascination with the necks of his classmates…
Price: £110 now £90
Rating: Mature
Condition: New
INSIDE MARI #1
College dropout Isao Komori wakes up one morning to find himself in the body of a high school girl, Mari Yoshizaki. How did this happen? Where is his body? And who exactly is this girl and what of the soul who previously inhabited the body he is possessing?
Price: £12.99
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New
INSIDE MARI #2
It is becoming clear to Isao and Yori that finding Mari is going to take more time than expected. As the two continue their search they'll have to cooperate, despite their contrasting personalities, to preserve Mari's social life.
Price: £12.99
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New
INSIDE MARI #3
Mari’s life is starting to fall apart. She’s fallen out with her friends, teachers and family. So, with few clues as to where she has disappeared to, Isao and Yori turn their focus on the man currently living in the Komori apartment.
Price: £12.99
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New
INSIDE MARI #4
Komori’s apartment has led them to a dead-end. Yet, after days without a reasonable lead to Mari’s whereabouts, one finds them. Mari has called home! Where has she been? Why has she disappeared? And why did she decide to make contact now?
Price: £12.99
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New
INSIDE MARI #1 - 9 [complete]
College dropout Isao Komori wakes up one morning to find himself in the body of a high school girl, Mari Yoshizaki. How did this happen? Where is his body? And who exactly is this girl and what of the soul who previously inhabited the body he is possessing?
Price: £95 now £75
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New
shino can’t say her name
High school can be a stressful time for many young people. The change means a new commute, new friends, new courses…new teachers. For Shino Oshima the change could have meant an opportunity to blossom into adulthood. Unfortunately, things go wrong on her first day - she fails to even say her name during her homeroom introduction. From then on Shino is a part-mute part-stuttering mess. Ostracized and afraid she struggles to find her place in this new world... But thankfully for her, she finds her voice through music and some unexpected new frienemies.
Price: £10.99
Rating: Teen
Condition: New
sweet poolside
A charming story of two middle-schoolers that have a close shave with love. Two middle school swimming club students have problems on opposite ends of the spectrum: Toshihiko Ota is troubled by hairlessness and bullied by his peers, while Ayako Goto garners attention for being too hairy. One day Ayako approaches Toshihiko with a crazy request... will he shave her body hair for her? A perfect example of Oshimi's unique blend of the sweet and the perverse, this is ultimately an innocent, charming love story.
Price: £10.99
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New
WELCOME BACK ALICE #1
From the creator of Blood on the Tracks, comes his latest work tackling adolescence with a gender bender twist... Yohei, Kei and Yui are childhood friends and things get complicated when Yohei witnesses Kei and Yui in an intimate moment. But when unexpectedly Kei moves away and returns a few years later to reunite in high school, he seems to be a bit different.
Price: £10.99
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New
WELCOME BACK ALICE #2
From the creator of Blood on the Tracks, comes his latest work tackling adolescence with a gender bender twist... Yohei, Kei and Yui are childhood friends and things get complicated when Yohei witnesses Kei and Yui in an intimate moment. But when unexpectedly Kei moves away and returns a few years later to reunite in high school, he seems to be a bit different.
Price: £10.99
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New
WELCOME BACK ALICE #3
Yohei, Kei and Yui are childhood friends and things get complicated when Yohei witnesses Kei and Yui in an intimate moment. But when Kei unexpectedly moves away and returns a few years later to reunite in high school, he seems to be a bit different.
Price: £10.99
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New
WELCOME BACK ALICE #4
From the creator of Blood on the Tracks, comes his latest work tackling adolensence with a gender bender twist... Yohei, Kei and Yui are childhood friends and things get complicated when Yohei witnesses Kei and Yui in an intimate moment. But when Kei unexpectedly moves away and returns a few years later to reunite in high school, he seems to be a bit different.
Price: £11.99
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New
WELCOME BACK ALICE #5
Yohei, Kei and Yui are childhood friends and things get complicated when Yohei witnesses Kei and Yui in an intimate moment. But when unexpectedly Kei moves away and returns a few years later to reunite in high school, he seems to be a bit different.
Price: £11.99
Rating: Older Teen
Condition: New