{"title":"Minetaro Mochizuki","description":"\u003cp\u003eMinetaro Mochizuki crafts graphic novels that delve deep into human experience, blending intense drama with intricate storytelling. His works often explore themes of survival, societal tension, and personal resilience, presented through a distinctive and immersive art style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect gripping narratives where characters confront extraordinary challenges, set against vividly realised settings. Mochizuki's storytelling invites reflection, combining suspense with poignant moments that linger long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dragon-head-1-by-minetaro-mochizuki-9781647294946","title":"Dragon Head 1","description":"The end of everyone was just the beginning... Minetaro Mochizuki's classic 90s head-trip disaster manga is now in print!\n\nThe end of everyone was just the beginning... Minetaro Mochizuki's classic 90s head-trip disaster manga is now in print!\n\nEXPERIENCE THE MIND-BENDING MASTERPIECE LIKE NEVER BEFORE\n\nThe end of everyone was only the beginning...\n\nTeru and his high school class are returning from a field trip when a catastrophic something derails their train, burying them in a tunnel and killing nearly everyone aboard. Among the hellish heap of mangled bodies Teru discovers two survivors, but their nightmare has only just begun. Trapped in unending shadow with sudden, violent earthquakes shaking their sanity, the three must find a way to escape to the outside world and make it back home-if home still exists...\n\nAn award-winning, terrifying tour de force by Minetaro Mochizuki, the manga giant whose seminal story Hauntress first introduced the horrors of stalking to the Japanese public and who penned the manga adaptation for Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs, this gripping spinechiller digs deep into the darkness lurking just beneath the surface of society and the bloody cost of survival amidst apocalyptic ruin.","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288425611500,"sku":"9781647294946","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3cc617fea7fe4b1c8d8bfc96a056cf74.jpg?v=1770632031"},{"product_id":"dragon-head-2-by-minetaro-mochizuki-9781647294953","title":"Dragon Head 2","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe end of everyone was just the beginning... Minetaro Mochizuki's classic 90s head-trip disaster manga is now in print!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst all odds they escape the abyss, only to find even greater darkness...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTeru and Ako finally escape the tunnel, but the mystery of whatever caused their horrible train crash only deepens when they find nothing but ruins, abandoned buildings, and unending gloom above ground. Soon, however, they see suspiciously human-like shadows slinking about and chase after them in a last-ditch effort to find someone—anyone—else alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut even friendly faces conceal their own darkness, and sometimes the people we implicitly trust can turn out to be the most dangerous of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed author Minetaro Mochizuki first broke into the world of manga with his short story \u003cem\u003eTadatada Honobono Heart\u003c\/em\u003e (A Simply Lovely Heart), which in 1984 won the Chiba Tetsuya Award for newcomers, a distinguished prize named for the preeminent author of \u003cem\u003eAshita no Joe—Fighting for Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e. 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A touching series in just four volumes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a fire burns down his family business and claims the lives of his parents, the young heir and master carpenter Shigetsugu vows to rebuild the failing venture with his late father’s words in mind: “No matter how much the times change, what’s important is for our kind to have compassion and dedication.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then Ritsu, a housemaid with no relatives to rely on, comes rolling into his life with a group of children from a welfare facility who have nowhere to go, thus begins the dramatic last-ditch way-of-life story of a shaggily bearded carpenter!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis bold and ambitious reinterpretation of Shūgorō Yamamoto’s classic historical novel \u003ci\u003eChiisakobee\u003c\/i\u003e is brought to life with the full flourish of Minetaro Mochizuki’s bohemian brush!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48241003823340,"sku":"9781419786280","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781419786280-chiisakobee-volume-1-1.jpg?v=1787929652"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/minetaro-mochizuki.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}