Children of Mu-Town
By: Masumura Jūshichi ; designed & edited by Emuh Ruh ; translation by rkp ; lettering by Tim Sun
Contributors: Ruh, Emuh, designer, editor; Sun, Tim, letterer
Edition: English edition
Publisher: Glacier Bay Books
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781953629036
Subjects: Gentrification in literature; Yakuza; Social life and customs; Comic books, strips
Description: Stylistically intermingling themes of gentrification and rebirth within the setting of a classic yakuza crime drama, Children of Mu-Town follows the course charted by youths of an aging residential housing complex who are struggling for their lives: burdened by financial issues, peer pressure, and uncertain futures, ensnared in the clutches of organized crime, they are searching for a way to survive. When a municipal renovation project seems to offer a future of stability for their dilapidated town, the mysterious and far-reaching consequences that their actions set into motion may leave Juichi and his friends with no option but annihilation..... -- Publisher website
Notes: Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format

Translated from the Japanese