![]() From plutocratic Taipei and apartheid South Africa to backwater Syria and metropolitan Osaka, ambition and desire beckon "normal men" to behave uglier than any beast as we examine the true worth of human beings through and beyond appearances. While he ends up traveling the world to discover what it takes to be cured of such a disease, a conspiracy back home attempts to explain away his absence. Said to have been the personal favorite of the artist, who held a degree in medicine, and surprisingly attentive to Christian themes and imagery, Ode to Kirihito demolishes naive notions about human nature and health and likely preconceptions about the comics master himself.Ī promising young doctor, Kirihito Osanai visits a remote Japanese mountain village to investigate the source of the latest epidemiological mystery. Osamu Tezuka () was a Japanese manga artist, animator, producer and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Told by a master storyteller, this can easily become a tome readers will take up again and again. A promising young doctor, Kirihito Osanai visits a remote Japanese mountain village to. ![]() Yet Monmow Disease, a life-threatening condition that transforms a person into a dog-like beast, is not the only villain in this shocking triumph of a medical thriller by manga-god Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka has certainly earned his title and Ode to Kirihito will amaze those who have yet to read anything by Tezuka while reaffirming those familiar with his work. Read Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka available from Rakuten Kobo. ![]()
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