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  • Published: 5 December 2023
  • ISBN: 9781647293017
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $26.99

Blood on the Tracks 15



From the creator who brought you notable works such as The Flowers of Evil, Happiness, and Inside Mari, comes his latest suspense drama centering on the theme of a toxic parent.
Dive into this latest thriller by master storyteller, Shuzo Oshimi.

"..if you enjoyed Oshimi's previous work with "Flowers of Evil", and you enjoy dark storylines with twisted characters, you'll no doubt enjoy "Blood on the Tracks"! Recommended!" - Neo Tokyo 2099

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.

  • Published: 5 December 2023
  • ISBN: 9781647293017
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $26.99

About the author

SHUZO OSHIMI

At only 30 years of age, Shuzo Oshimi is already considered a seasoned veteran of the Japanese comics community. Winner of the most important comics awards for newcomers, the Tetsuya Chiba Award in 2001, Oshimi has been penning quirky slice-of-life dramas now for a decade for major manga publishers such as Kodansha and Futabasha. Raised in the slow laid back hills of Gunma, in mid-eastern Japan, Oshimi wished to someday escape his community for bigger pastures. Living solely off of comics and books, he is a man of words and that shows in his very humanist stories. While he has drawn nine series in the past decade, Oshimi's star began to climb just recently in 2008 with the release of his first hit Drifting Net Cafe. This horror-themed homage to the legendary Kazuo Umezzu work, Drifting Classroom, was adapted into a live action series and propelled Oshimi onto an international stage. He would soon reach new heights in 2009 with his most recent series Flowers of Evil. In 2010 and 2011, the property quietly landed on numerous must read lists and has helped revitalize the shonen genre.

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Praise for Blood on the Tracks 15

"Shuzo Oshimi is a manga artist who is not afraid to play with your feelings." -Turnaround Blog

"A skilled writer and artist with a knack for grounded yet bizarre horror, his unique brand of horror largely consists of bizarre reality to raising tangible issues and important questions about life and identity." - Comicsverse

"..if you enjoyed Oshimi's previous work with "Flowers of Evil", and you enjoy dark storylines with twisted characters, you'll no doubt enjoy "Blood on the Tracks"! Recommended!" - Neo Tokyo 2099