Japan (1992 manga)

Japan (ジャパン) is a Japanese manga written by Buronson (author of Fist of the North Star) and illustrated by Kentaro Miura (author of Berserk). It was published in the Hakusensha magazine Young Animal in 1992[2] and licensed in English by Dark Horse Comics and released on August 24, 2005.[3]

Japan
The cover of Japan
ジャパン
GenreAction[1]
Manga
Written byBuronson
Illustrated byKentaro Miura
Published byHakusensha
English publisher
MagazineYoung Animal
DemographicSeinen
Published1992
Volumes1

Plot

A yakuza, in love with a TV reporter, comes to Barcelona, Spain, where she is making a reportage on what is the foreigners' idea of the Japanese people, and how Japanese people see themselves; during her speech, she makes a parallel between modern day Japan and the ancient Carthage, saying that the Carthaginians were wiped out by the Romans because of the same attitude Japanese people have nowadays, and because economic superiority brings war, and in the end loses to military strength. Suddenly there is an earthquake, and the ghosts of the Carthaginians bring the group (the two yakuza, the TV reporter and some university students) to the future, when the sea level has increased and all the islands which compose the Japanese archipelago have been submerged; the Japanese people have thus emigrated in the other countries, and they are now scattered around the world, and in particular in Europe, where after the cataclysm a dictatorship has been established, they have become slaves and bandits. Japan is long gone, and Japanese people are lost and oppressed; but among the newcomers, desperate of what they learn, the yakuza, who mostly wishes to protect the woman he dearly loves, has a dream: Japan can be refounded, if the Japanese people come together to fight for it.

References
  1. "Japan TPB". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Thompson, Jason (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. New York: Ballantine Books & Del Rey Books. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
  3. Dark Horse staff. "JAPAN TPB". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved October 12, 2014.


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