{"product_id":"tsugumi-project-1-9781646517893","title":"Tsugumi Project 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this acclaimed, postapocalyptic action manga, a soldier named Leon is taken from his family on a trumped-up charge and dropped into a suicide mission to recover a dangerous weapon from a deadly place, a place ruled by huge, irradiated, mutated monsters--a place once known, 200 years ago, as Japan. One of the scant pieces of information they have is the weapon's codename: Tsugumi. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis gory, mysterious story, which has already thrilled readers in Japan and France, is an action-suspense epic in the vein of classics like \u003ci\u003eBlame!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpriggan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAKIRA\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnter a land of monsters and buried secrets. A land once known as...Japan. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than two centuries have passed since Japan was devastated by nuclear war. Cut off from the world, the island is now a place of terror and mysteries: wonders of science some believe best forgotten, monuments to a bygone era of human decadence, and irradiated monsters ready to tear apart any humans foolish enough to set foot there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter being wrenched from his family and falsely convicted, a French soldier of fortune named Leon finds himself on a cargo plane to Japan. He and his fellow convicts are given one year to locate a powerful weapon from ages past--a weapon known only by the codename TORATSUGUMI--in exchange for their freedom. But what is the true nature of this weapon, and how is it connected to the taloned, half-human girl who swoops in to save Leon? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lushly drawn, post-apocalyptic action manga for fans of \u003ci\u003eAKIRA\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHell's Paradise: Jigokuraku\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Reach Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eippatu's manga debut, Tsugumi Project, was first published in France before being picked up for publication in Japanese and English by Kodansha.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kodansha Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635394744594,"sku":"9781646517893","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f80b08fd-9678-408d-a068-78c31b386b8e.jpg?v=1732842785","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tsugumi-project-1-9781646517893","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}