Tekkon Kinkreet / Black & White (Japanese Edition)
by Taiyo Matsumoto
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Author: Taiyo MatsumotoCompiler: Andrew McKeon
Editor: Elisabeth Kawasaki
Editor: Annette Roman
Editor: Jason Thompson
Translator: Lillian Olsen
Designer: Amy Martin
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published); Japanese (Published)
Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN: 1421518678
Number of pages: 624
Publisher: VIZ Media, LLC
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Book Review: books like this give manga a good name
Summary: 5 Stars
I am pretty picky with the manga I read, because in general I think the stories are just crap... and the art is often times... well generic boring manga (at least most of the stuff that makes it to America). But Black and White is truly a gem. The line work in the art is so beautiful and contoured and slightly haphazard. It is hard to imagine a better style of art to tell this dark and childish story. It is whimsical and violence rolled into a big katamari of wonderful manga!!
So if you are the type who occasionally dabbles in manga and are on the fence about this, then: definitely check this one out.
And if you already love manga, well then also read this because it is awesome.
Summary of Tekkon Kinkreet / Black & White (Japanese Edition)
Orphaned on the mean streets of Treasure Town, lost boys Black and White must mug, steal and fight to survive. Around them moves a world of corruption and loneliness, small-time crooks and neurotic police officers, and a band of sadistic yakuza who have plans for their once-fair city. Can they rise above their environment? Surreal manga influenced by European comics.Tekkonkinkreet is a play on Japanese words meaning "a concrete structure with an iron frame," and it suggests the opposing images of concrete cities against the strength of imagination.
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