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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN num: 9781595329141
ISBN number: 1595329145
Label: TokyoPop
Manufacturer: TokyoPop
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 232
Printing Date: January 10, 2006
Publishing house: TokyoPop
Release Date: January 10, 2006
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Studio: TokyoPop
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The end of everyone was just the beginning...Returning home by train after a class trip, Teru Aoki takes a most frightening ride inside a mountain tunnel. When the train derails, nearly everyone aboard is killed. Amidst the bloody carnage, Teru discovers two survivors--but salvation is far from their grasp. As they try to dig out from the wreck in order to come up with a plan to stay alive, the lack of light and food, combined with the stench of death and decay, will lead one member of the group down a dark and demented path. And with sudden, violent earthquakes shaking the tunnel, escaping to the outside world may lead them to an even greater danger...
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In the very first volume in Minetaro Mochizuki's horror manga series, high school student Teru Aoki boards a train with his friends on their return from a class field trip. But in an instant, the ride takes a tragic turn. Before he knows it, Teru seems to be the sole survivor of a major accident. Not only that, but the derailed train is trapped in a sealed tunnel. As Teru tries to cope with the lack of food and light, the smell of decaying bodies, and a searing heat while awaiting rescue, he discovers two more survivors. But one has been knocked unconscious and the other is scared out of his wits. As these three try to work together and survive, it's not long before the strain of the situation takes its toll on one teen--with disturbing results.
Classified as an action/horror manga, "Dragon Head" has very little action to speak of, at least in this very first volume. But the horror and suspense of the story builds up at a steady pace. Aside from using the bodies and the fleeting sanity to a satisfactory effect, it is the darkness and the silence that demonstrates one of the greatest fears a person can have--the fear of the unknown, the paranoia slowly sinking in. All that fear building up inside you until it finally erupts into an inexplicable fury. Such a concept is a result of neither a lack of effort nor of originality. Such is true horror.
This comic is rated OT for Older Teen: Adult Language, Adult Situations
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When I very first picked this one up I did not have the highest of expectations for it, but once I got into it I was hooked!
It's a thriller-esque manga about an accident on a subway that leaves three teens stranded and unable to know whether they will survive or not, escape or not, etc.
It kept me well entertained and managed to creep me out a bit as well.
I recommend this for anyone looking for a light thriller manga.
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'Dragon Head' was a pleasant suprise in the manga section of my local comic store. Its grungy and moody toned cover-art stood out on the shelf, contrasted amongst school-girl outfits, giant shiny eyes and colorful robots.
I picked it up on a recommendation from IGN, and have not been dissapointed.
The references to 'Lord of the Flies' and 'Battle Royale' aside, this series is fast growing into a thoroughly gripping and entrancing window into a human mind when met with frightening pressures. Mochizuki wisely chooses three teen protagonists, juxtaposing their wildly swinging and confused hormones and self-identity with the terrifying reality of their entrapment in the subway tunnel, surrounded by the rotting bodies of their dead classmates and teachers.
The artwork isn't amazing, though it has been steadily improving through the very first four volumes, and more than succeeds in depicting the moodiness or the fear and confusion of the situation and its characters. There are some moments of technical beauty in terms of page composition, which shows the extent to which the author/artist has considered the flow of his work.
At times certain themes or ideas are repeated, but this does not detract from the impact of the read.
Volume 2 is even more disturbing and captivating, and so far the series is just getting better and better.
One to watch. Recommended.
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A school trip ends up in disaster as... well... nobody knows! This interesting, horror manga novel was introduced to me at the bookstore. While pacing through, I came along the book I had been waiting to read, and nearby, Dragon Head 1 sat. I began to read, and a couple days later, bought it for the cheap price of $9.99.
An amazing thumbs up to this amazing author and illustrator, Minetaro Mochizuki. I can't wait to buy #2!
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