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BACKGROUND AND |
ENVIRONMENTAL FORWARD.
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TO PENAL SERVITUDE,
YEARS T0 BE
DETERMINED, FOR
THE CRIME OF
PROFESSIONAL
NEGLIGENCE
RESULTING
IN DEATH.
 ORIGINAL STORY AND
SCRIPT: EIJI OTSUKA

YOU'RE
WRONG! |

CHARACTER
DESIGN AND
DRAMATIZATION
ASSISTANCE :
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YOSUKE
KOBAYASHI.
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 ITS THOSE
DISMEMBERED
BODY CASES,
ISNT IT?

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SAYS...

YOSUKE
KOBAYASHI?
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aka
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SURE...HUH,
CHIZUKO?
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SORRY!

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be? /
Diet a Fe NXpene s:
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 WAS THE W%
POINT TO
MAKE HER
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MUSICAL EFFECT MADE BY BOTTOM PANELS: KA

 \ eeHIS AIM IS THE
ERADICATION OF
THE INTELLECTUAL
ELITE, AND IF
WE DO NOT

WITH THE
MULTIPLE ASSAULT
AND MUTILATION
MURDERS
TARGETING
YOUNG WOMEN
THIS PAST
MONTH...
£ a
REMAINS OF A
WOMAN WERE
FOUND TODAY,
WHICH POLICE
AH! |
y ‘

\YTHEY FOUND
' YESTERDAY'S
<, TODAY? THAT
WAS PRETTY
FAST! A PRESS
CONFERENCE WAS
HELD THIS AFTERNOON
AT THE TOKYO
| METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WHERE
A SPECIAL TASK
FORCE HAS BEEN ,
"SET UP.
POLICE HAVE
ESTABLISHED
THAT THE FELONY
WAS COMMITTED
BY THE SAME
PERPETRATOR.
A
 GOTTA
CATCH THE
NEWS!
SIGN: MUTILATION MURDERS SPECIAL TASK FORCE
La | TOKYO
METROPOLITAN
POLICE
DEPARTMENT.

7 \N AMERICA,
EVERY SINGLE
CRIME IS da
LIKE A BIG ; reed
: Wy) KILLING OFF THE

at Ng aa CHINESE CULTURAL
REVOLUTION...

Vetting’

IF SOMETHING LIKE
THAT HAPPENED HERE,
YOU'D.BE THE FIRST

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
[S$ FOR PEOPLE
WHO PASS THE TOP
\_ EXAMS...RIGHT, MR.
—SASAVAMA?
es

_
MAGAZINE COVER: MURDER CASEBOOK / THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CRIMES
THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD / |49 / 500 YEN / LUCY MONOSTONE
OF THE METRO
POLICE STATION
FOR AN UPDATE
ON THE
 WHAT TOGUCHI IS
SAYING IS RIGHT.
YOU'VE GOTTA BE
QUICK WITH THIS
PROFILE, OR
WE'RE IN TROUBLE,
SASAYAMA!

DATING A |_| >

DETECTIVE |
i HEY! i ot av NAW...WELL,
{ ae YT HAVEN'T
SOMETHAE dam |F SY HEARD FROM MY
HERE FOR f'n = GIRLFRIEND IN A
YAl \s
Oy ip THINGS'VE BEEN
100... A"\ REALLY HECTIC
LATELY, MAYBE.
 IF A CAREER
LIKE THAT WAS
THE REAL DEAL,
I WOULDN'T BE
HERE. I DIDNT
COME OUT OF
TOK' 70
UNIVERSITY OR

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SOME KIND OF Q
PSYCHOLOGICAL A mes AX \RUNS
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IT INDEPEN- -—
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ITS A
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ieee MONEY!
| ax ‘Sen _N
*PROFILING: CREATING A DATABASE OF CRIME SCENE PATTERNS AND MOTIVES BASED ON INFORMATION
FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS AND INTERVIEWS, FROM WHICH A BASIC CRIMINAL IMAGE IS FORMED.
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- MUST BE
SOME KINDA

IT SAYS
THE
SENDER’R'S
HISASHI
SHIMAZU..
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FUCHU PRISON.
OF “KAZUHIKO
AMAMIYA’...AS
WELL AS
YOSUKE
KOBAYASHI.
 ACCORDING TO THE

THE PEOPLE rTM MENTALLY

TOPDONT WANT MYose
se ea
ACTIONS.

THIS CASE. oe
DISORDER IS

IS SERIOUSLY
UNDERSTAFFED,
RIGHT? SO YOU
COME HERE
EVERY ONCE IN
A WHILE TO
 YOSUKE
KOBAYASHI...
HE DIED...

DAY...
ALONG WITH
THAT GUY
SHIMAZU.

BUT IF
WE CAN
THAT YOU HAVE
DISSOCIATIVE
IDENTITY |
DISORDER", WE |
CAN GET YOUR /
» SENTENCE
DUCED...
y

*“DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISOR

 YOU...
| REALLY ARE
 CANNIBAL. NN

BUT BASICALLY, Nf) XO |THE victims Are

THEY'RE THE aa ALL QUITE FLESHY.
PARTS...
AND THERE'S je 7 oo THE
THE PARTS THAT
WERE TAKEN OUT
ABSOLUTELY NO = ON ‘* OF THE CORPSES
INTEREST IN THE 3 ARE MISSING,
GENITALS. ; THE CHEEKS BUT...
AND TONGUE...
ITS DIFFERENT
FOR EACH
 i i 1 : ae a! Sie

ae 1
LON— ain nr
Tip
—
;P=. = ae ee \
——
——|

WELCOME
\ BACK!

! You OUGHTA
DO YOUR OWN
PROFILES AT
LEAST...IT'S
YOUR JOB,
ISN'T IT?
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ea
sa nw
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y Y4 THE
/ ’} PERPETRATOR'S
, 1 DIET IS
PROBABLY
RESTRICTED DUE
TO ANOREXIA,
BULIMIA, OR
SOME OTHER
REASON.

ANYWAY, ¢
ITS POSSIBLE
THEY'RE SEEING
A DOCTOR
ABOUT THE
PROBLEM.

INCREDIBLE!
ITS ALMOST
A WASTE
HAVING YOU
LOCKED UP
IN HERE...
 SO THE
RUMORS ARE
 YEAH, BUT IF
I 00 THEM,
THEY'LL BE
WAY OFF
THE MARK.
{
7 _ USED MY
oa PROFILES, WED
HAVE FALSE
ACCUSATIONS

YOU KNOW,
BIG ON LIFE re ON; THIS KINDA
EXPERIENCE. | S THING REALLY
-I DONT ; \ P
KNOW HOW TO
INFER PEOPLE'S
FEELINGS OR

APPARENTLY, HE
GETS OUT ON
PAROLE NEXT MONTH.
FROM NOW ON, YOU
60 TO SEE HIM
A YOURSELF. AFTER
\ ALL, YOU SORT
OF KNOW HIM,
\ DONT YOU? 4
THISLL V7
THE LAST \y
TIME IT DO
ANY FAVORS
FOR YOU
AS A
COWORKER.
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treat IT TRUE YOURE|
QUITTING, As
 HMPH!
OKAY, THEN.
PERHAPS WE'LL
MEET AGAIN IF

IN HERE...
THE MYSTERY
OF KAZUHIKO
AMAMIYA...
 ALONG!!

I'M SORT
OF A
JOURNALIST, TAPES TO
YOU KNOW? & GOVERNMENT
\ AUTHORITIES!
a

\V FID
CELEBRATE
YOUR RETURN V \N
TO CIVILIAN
LIFE. \ wuRy
 KOBAYASHI,
60
AROUND! 4 | THIS'S
M1) JUST LIKE
ACOP |
SHOW!!

WN
NAY
\ NM
LN
 NOTHING
TO DO
WITH YOU!!
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‘ 2y WAS BESIDE
ASS MYSELF! IT
FUCKING PISSED
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COLON
alt

\ LIKE MY ESET?
tte ONE I MADE
| OUTTA YOUR
ny | GIRLFRIEND?!
Mn
a IMs (he
INSANE... (_puaphyovr
DOPAMINE on
ENDORPHINS,
SEE?

YA KNOW, I WANTED TO
WHEN T Was. |)TEAR
TE.
OFF THAT
MAKING (T...BO¥, ||MASKYOU J
WAS IT EVER WEARING TRYIN’
TURNIN’
ME ON!
I CAME
7 INSIDE HER
THREE
TIMES!! /

57
 [XY

WHEN I KNEW.
YOU AN’ ME,

|| |
TWH
i;
5
THEN WHEN
I DID A BIT

YOU'RE JUST
ACTING LIKE
A GOODY
TWO SHOES
DETECTIVE!

YOU'RE REALLY
A PSYCHO
MOTHERFUCKER
WHO LOVES
KILLING! JUST
LIKE ME, RIGHT?!
 THIS'S
THE KINDA \ys
PERSON
YOU ARE! /

c AIN f
, IN THE ASS? | jg
=, JUST KILL | &
EM.

SOME GIRL
YOU WANNA
FUCK? JUST
RAPE HER.

Y-

\ SACCHARIDES. LS
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SWITCH! x 4

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BASS
N
 I WENT TO
ALL O° THAT
TROUBLE TO
KEEP HER
ALIVE...
AN YOU
KILLED
HER!

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LAUGH 0°
YOURS...IT
GETS ON MY
FUCKIN’
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OKAY, FINE.
7
TLL LEAVE | |
YOUR HANDS SYA KOBAVASHIII
KAZUHIKO... / Sy cove

HEH HEH!
HE’S ALKEADY
LONG GONE.

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THE ONE
WHO KILLED
SHIMAZU WAS
NEITHER THE
KOBAYASHI
NOR THE
wlT WAS AMAMIYA
A THIRD PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY...

~ fh.
Se ee — —s a pee
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REGULATIONS FOR THOSE MEETING PAROLEES
1, GROUPS OF FAMILY AND/OR GUARANTORS MEETING
PAROLEES ARE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN THREE
PERSONS. ONLY ONE PASSENGER VEHICLE IS PERMITTED,
ANY ADDITIONAL ENTRANTS ARE PROHIBITED.
2. PLEASE WAIT QUIETLY TO AVOID DISTURBING NEARBY |
RESIDENTS.
3. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM BEHAVIOR WHICH MAY DISTURB
PASSING PEDESTRIANS AND TRAFFIC,
4, PLEASE PROPERLY DISPOSE OF CIGARETTE BUTTS,
EMPTY CANS, BOTTLES, BOXES, PAPER, AND OTHER
GARBAGE.
5. AFTER RELEASE, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ANY LOUD
GREETINGS OR CHEERING ON FACILITY GROUNDS.
6. PLEASE LEAVE THE FACILITY GROUNDS PROMPTLY
AFTER RELEASE. IN ADDITION, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT
ANY VIOLATION OF THE REGULATIONS LISTED MAY
RESULT IN DELAY OF RELEASE, SUSPENSION OF RELEASE,
OR REMOVAL OF VIOLATORS FROM THE GROUNDS.

FUCHU PRISON
eee KAZUHIKO
AMAMIYA...
 WHERE
AM I TAKING
YOU TODAY. |
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MULTIPLE
PERSONALITY
DISORDER?
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COURSE.

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HO
SRAM
 HE'S TAKING
LOOK! ADVANTAGE HE'S BEEN
HE'S OF THE WAKE ON OUR ASSES
PEDALING LEFT BY EVER SINCE
STANDING | OUR SIRENS WE LEFT T
STATION!
p UP... \, TO FOLLOW
Do ‘US!

OH, ITS
TOGUCHI.
HIM! FORGET
HIM! JUST
LEAVE HIM BE.
HE'S ALWAYS
4 DOING THIS...
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RESEARCH

THE
DESKS AND
STUFF ARE
SUPPOSED
TO ARRIVE
TOMORROW.

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THE DEPARTMENT ~/
NOW TO TELL
THEM WERE UP IV(, OKAY
AND RUNNING...AND /) G00D.
TO TAKE CARE /}
OF SOME OTHER
BUSINESS.

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TA
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A\WKWNASMA\Y\\\\ YOU DON'T WANT

i! I \\\\} ME GOING ALONG...
ANA \\
\ AS | BEING SEENWHO WITH
SOMEONE JUST
WYN GOT OUT OF
WD PRISON COULD
_\ CAUSE PROBLEMS
\ FOR YOUR NEW
BUSINESS. 7

83
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FOR YOU TO
USE FOR
YOURSELF. 4

NO...NO
PROBLEM.
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NOT TOO OILY,

BUT AT THE
SAME TIME SO
TONGUE. /
AND SMOOTH AND /
SEASONED SENSUAL! / HK}

SPICE TO
COMPLIMENT
THE MEATS
FLAVOR! /ji

JOB! ON
THE JOB!
 MISS
TANABE,
YOUR LUNCH \=::
BOXES ALWAYS + .
LOOK SO :
VERRRY
DELECTABLE!

MANAGER
SHIMA.
 TOMOYO
TANABE... ment YOU ALWAYS
CORRECT? i BRING LUNCH
GOAT, FROM
HUH? ITS HOME...
MY FIRST

WARRANT
FOR YOUR |
ARREST. /

87
7 YW
PS,
 REPORTS
INDICATE THAT
THE SUSPECT
CUT PIECES

A PIECE
OF ONE OF
THE VICTIMS HAS
ALREADY BEEN
RECOVERED
FROM A
CONTAINER IN
THE FRIDGE
OF THE
FA, SUSPECTS
[Pee APARTMENT...
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HIGH SCHOOL

SECOND. IM
COMING UP!
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ARE YOU? A
ROBBER?
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IT SEEMS
LIKE YOU'RE
THE ONE
WHO SCORED |
THE BIG SCOOP.
AM I RIGHT? |

NO, NO, NO!

IT WAS ALL
 I
WONDER...
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2 |TAKA LATE ALREADY?!
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 THE GIRL WHO
KILLED HERSELF
TODAY, WAS
REGISTERED
WITH THEM... /
 A,
YOU DIDN'T
HAVE TO COME
ALL THIS WAY
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SHAPED BRUISE OF LEFT EYER

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HAS BARCODE-SHAPED BRUISE@

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AND COMMON CAROTID.
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HEY? IT SAYS
THAT THERE'S
THING THAT A
MAN-MADE | \
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us IN THE WHITE
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TOGETHER ITS,
LIKE, TOTALLY
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file #BANK TODAY WHERE
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SATURDAY!
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} THERE ARE
STILL NO CLUES
WHATSOEVER
AR ’ AS TO THE
Pa eda Z PERPETRATORS

BUT IT SURE %
SEEMS LIKE

SORRY ABOUT
THIS, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, GETTING
SOMEONE WHO'S
QUIT TO COME
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REPLACEMENTS
FOR THOSE
FINGERS SHE
LOST IN THAT

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SOME YEARS 160,

MACHI RECEIVED
A PACKAGE WITH
THE
VICTIM, MACHI
A BOMB IN IT
ISONO, LOST ecrraned
THE RING METRO POLICE
AND LITTLE DEPARTMENT.
FINGERS
OFF HER
LEFT HAND.
112
 LATE,
AREN'T YA? | Fe
MR.
RENOWNED

GUESS SO, ee ee
BUT THAT'S er Re | ,
WHAT KEEPS k ay ee Sb “SH LIKE YOURE *
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 AFTER
THE THING
WITH TOMOYO

BUT
USING MY
PEOPLE'S
GONNA
COST YOU. /
 THIS WAS
DISCOVERED
TODAY AT
SIX IN THE
MORNING.

IT WAS FOUND
BY NAOKAZU
YANAGIDA, AGE
THIRTY-ONE,
HO WAS
$P0
\. TRYING TO DIG /~
SOMETHING
GOD. WHAT
KIND OF NERVE

A CORPSE AND
THEN BURY THE
WHOLE THING?

/ .90U FIGURE
SOMETHING
a= <==< WELL
. s ow

=
MASTERPIECE
I GOT OF YOU
THAT TIME eo

116
 I THINK

AUTOPSY.

THEY'VE BEEN
GROWING
THERE.

WR,
PFN 50 IT's
Pa wat?! THE
CRIMINAL
JUST LIKE “pA PLANTED SEEDS
IN A HUMAN
BRAIN AND
MADE FLOWERS
BLOOM OUT
OF IT?!

yaa
ALSO,
‘ YOU CAN SEE
BUNCHES OF
SIMILAR FLOWERS
GROWING THERE...
 FORGET IT.

FIGURE
SOMETHING

THE
FLOWERS
WERENT
PLANTED
IN THE
BRAIN AFTER
DEATH...

BEFORE.
 WE'VE GOT A ‘Yai
SINGLE PIECE OF ame
1D FROM THE
FIRST VICTIM'S Vex
PERSONAL EFFECTS. TITS
IT LOOKS LIKE A
MEMBERSHIP
CARD TO A
VIDEO STORE OR
SOMETHING.

PARTIAL NAME...
O\ oh) “TOMO...KOBAYASHI’...
THAT'S ALL WE
 AND IF
YOU DIG
THEM UP...

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120
 IN OTHER
WORDS, THE
POSSIBILITY EXISTS
THAT THOSE
MISSING PERSONS
GROUPED INTO THE
SAME CATEGORIES

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FIGURED IT OUT. >
ITS A MEMBERS
CARD FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BOTTLE KEEPS

THEY
WERE ALL
THE RAGE
UNTIL
RECENTLY.

125
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SAME AS A
RESTAURANT...
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 It’s been
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went up in flames,
every scrap of material
that could have
given us hints to his
contacts or hideouts
has turned to ash.

173
 SHINII
NISHIZONO,
IF YOU
WILL!

172
Kazuhiko Amamiya...
there hasn't been
any word on him,
either, since the
day before Ueno
blew up his

175
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four more “human
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THAT'S been discovered
ONLY AFTER
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BUILDINGS buildings
that Ueno
designed...

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Ueno isn't
the only
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disappeared...

HE'S PROBABLY
LIVING IT UP
IN RUSSIA OR
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flower, just like all
the previous victims,
planted at one of
his own buildings.
178
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EYE BANK REGISTRATION No. 23654

KAZUHIKO AMAMIYA

SS S .
the Earth in which a certain percentage construct a world in which dead bod-
of people, we must assume, are killed, ies actually functioned as dead bodies,
but not a single one of those dead | thought that | would not be able to
bodies is shown. Taking this limiting convey what | wanted to. Bearing this
approach with comics’ vocabulary—to in mind, once it has been completed,
portray “death” in this way—as one | will not object to any criticisms made
would expect, “death” then becomes about any of the contents of the work.
no more than symbolic. That is all I'll say.
My immediate goal was not simply (Translation by Kumar Sivasubramanian)

to depict corpses. Only, if | didn’t first

 AF TIE Riwo
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hen “Multiple Personality Detec-
tive Psycho” began serialization,
there were some concerns voiced by
Kadokawa Shoten, the publisher of
the magazine in which it was carried,
about the depictions of dead bodies in
the work. | would like to put down, for
the record, some of my personal views
on this subject for those who might be
reading our manga for the first time.
The publisher's concerns were
whether or not the instructions for the
representations of dead bodies that |,
as the author, had included in my scripts
and script supplements were suitable for
a shonen manga magazine. Since this
issue ties into one of the central themes
of the work, | won't go into detail here,
but it was precisely because it was
going to appear in a shonen manga
magazine that | decided to write scripts
in which “corpses” were the center of
visual expression. The question of how
to represent a dead body in manga so
it is not merely symbolic—it is an ever-
present problem which even | myself as
a critic have come up against in writing
such books as Sengo manga no hyou-
gen kuukan (Representational Space in
PostWar Manga). Whenever some di-
saster occurs in media such as comics,
animation, or video games, the sym-
bolic depictions of death become a
target of criticism. We can just call this
unfair, seethe about it, and let it slide.
But in science fiction comics, for ex-
ample, we see events depicted above
61: We “see and hear” those musical 153.3: One of Miwa’s friends says,
sound effects again, as a conflicted "| went to bed with New Lash on last
"Yosuke Kobayashi” loses control to the night. Are they longer?” New Lash is
ruthless “Shinji Nishizono” personality. a brand of mascara that's supposed to
make your lashes longer.
98.3: “But I’m Miwa! 168 cm!”
Miwa’'s about five feet, six inches 154.3: “Hey, Mister Anamiyaaa!” Now
tall, still shorter than “Amamiya*— controlled by another personality that
and this bothers her. doesn't recognize or remember meet
ing Miwa (possibly the “Kiyoshi Murata"
121.1: " . . . the first victim's personal personality—more on this next volume),
effects.” Where did these personal ef Miwa gets snubbed.
fects come from? We can assume that
at least some victims were buried with Afterword: Eiji Otsuka also writes Dark
the clothes they were wearing when Horse Manga's The Kurosagi Corpse
captured. Delivery Service. In his afterword for
Kurosagi volume 2, Mr. Otsuka dis-
125.2: “I's a members’ card for people cusses his feelings about death, detail
who have bottle keeps here.” In a bot ing some very personal moments from
tle keep system, the customer pays for his life. He writes about “. . .readers
a whole bottle of liquor up front, drink: being desensitized to corpses and zom-
ing from it with each visit. bies from pop culture . .." and how he
hopes to restore a sense of fear and
awe for the walking dead in his work,
 H i Nb Qi bud
MPD-PSYCHO VOLUME1 NOTES

Contents and title pages: For those of inside “Kobayashi/Amamiya.” As a

you who have the original Japanese musical effect equivalent, we chose to
editions of MPD-Psycho, you'll note that use the English "“KADOOM.” Pay at
in the case of character names (and tention to the sound—it usually means
we'll eventually have quite a few to something!
juggle and remember), we've chosen
to run family surnames last, to match 26.1: Tokyo University, known as
the story dialogue and caption text. "Todai,” is considered to be Japan's
This is done not only for readers new fo top school.
manga who may have difficulty keep-
ing track of heroes, villains, and the 28.1: “It's a cold delivery. Seal or
many personalities that emerge in the signature, please.” Personal seals or
mind of “Kobayashi/Amamiya," but name stamps are more common than
also for the sake of consistency in our signatures in Japan, for all purposes.
English-language edition translations
and design pages. 33.2: Fuchu Prison is one of the largest
prisons in Japan.
Pages 20 and 21: In a very creative
use of sound effects, the bottom of 38.2: Machi asks “Carnival . . . 2"
page 20 and the top of page 21 com- because “Amamiya” uses the English
bine to make the Japanese “DOKUN" word “cannibal” in the original Japa-
sound, For our English-language edi- nese edition, and this confuses her.
tions, we looked ahead in forthcoming
original volumes and. saw that this 48.1: Kikuo Toguchi isn't trying to be
effect comes up offen—in different tude by addressing her as “Miss Ma-
circumstances, in different sizes, and chi." In Japanese society, it's normal—
not always in this large, innovative even for professional women—to be
manner. It will come to signify (not called by their first names while men
always, but often) personality changes are called by their last.
S atfs4 %

PUBLISHER : MIKE RICHARDSON

EDITOR : PHILIP SIMON
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT : RYAN JORGENSEN
COLLECTION DESIGNER : SCOTT COOK
ART DIRECTOR : LIA RIBACCHI
Special thanks to Carl Gustav Horn, Michael Gombos,
Takashi Miike, and Jonathan Quesenberry.

English-language version produced by DARK HORSE COMICS.

MPD-PSYCHO : VOLUME 1]
© EWI OTSUKA OFFICE, SHO-U TAJIMA 1997
First published in Japan in 1997 by KADOKAWA SHOTEN Publishing Co., Ltd.,
Tokyo. English translation rights arranged with KADOKAWA SHOTEN Publish-
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and incidents featured in this publication are either the product of the author's
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Uncut and uncensored, MPD-PSYCHO is presented in all of its controversial

~and unflinchingly grotesque glory! This is the original manga that inspired the
shocking Japanese television series of the same name, and it’s sure to take
you on a longer, darker journey into madness. With its absurd twists, scifi
touches, and inventive torture scenes, you'll be mesmerized by the plethora
of odd conspiracies and case files found in Eiji Otsuka and Shou Tajima’s
uncontrollable, urban horror show.

In MPD-PSYCHO, Volume 1, Yousuke Kobayashi—a seemingly innocent

police detective—is pushed into a complex tempest of interconnected
- deviants and evil forces. Earning praise for Otsuka’s consistently audacious
plotlines and Tajima’s clean, arresting art style, MPD-PSYCHO is a nihilistic
masterpiece for daring, discerning readers.

This collection is translated into English but oriented in its

right-to-left reading format, as originally published.

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