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人間昆虫記 [Ningen Konchūki]
Series · 2 books · 1970-2008

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人間昆蟲記 2

2008

そのやわらかな触手の中に、今度は大日本鋼機専務、釜石桐郎を捕えた十枝子。はたして彼女の狙いは!? むらがる男たちを次々と餌食にして、華麗な成長を遂げる女、十村十枝子の異様な生きざまを描く異色の人間ドラマ!
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The Book of Human Insects

1970

Toshiko Tomura is a genius; the darling of the intelligentsia. A modern-day Michelangelo, this twenty year-old is already an established international stage actress, an up-and-coming architect, and the next recipient of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize as Japan's best new writer. Her actions make headlines in the papers, and inspire radio and television programming. And like many great talents, her troubled past is what motivates her to greatness. She has the amazing ability to emulate the talents of others. Toshiko is also the mastermind behind a series of murders. The ultimate mimic, she has plagiarized, blackmailed, stolen and replicated the works of scores of talents. And now as her star is rising within the world of the elites and powerful she has amassed a long list of enemies frustrated by the fact that she has built critical and financial acclaim for nothing more than copying others' work. Neglected as a child, she is challenging the concepts of gender inequality while unleashing her loneliness upon the world as she climbs the social ladder one body at a time. One of Osamu Tezuka's most wicked tales, The Book of Human Insects renders the 70's as a brutal and often polarizing bug-eat-bug world, where only those willing to sell their soul to the masses and become something less than human are capable of achieving their wildest dreams

Authors

手塚治虫
手塚治虫
Author · 8 books

Osamu Tezuka 手塚 治虫(てづか おさむ、本名:手塚 治(読み同じ)、1928年 (昭和3年)11月3日 - 1989年(平成元年)2月9日)は、日本の漫画家、アニメーター、アニメーション監督。 大阪帝国大学附属医学専門部を卒業、医師免許取得、のち医学博士(奈良県立医科大学・1961年)。血液型A型。戦後日本においてストーリー漫画の第一人者として、漫画の草分け的存在として活躍した。兵庫県宝塚市出身(出生は 大阪府豊能郡豊中町、現在の豊中市)、同市名誉市民。

Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka
Author · 122 books

Dr. Osamu Tezuka ( 手塚治虫 ) was a Japanese manga artist, animator, producer and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion. He is often credited as the "Father of Anime", and is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during his formative years. His prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the father of manga" and "the God of Manga."

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