![]() ![]() ![]() This entails some macabre machinations–which, in characteristic Maruo fashion, Hitomi thinks up while having sex with a prostitute-that include a faked suicide and the disposal of Komoda’s corpse.įrom there Hitomi/Komoda wastes no time putting the main part of his plan into action, utilizing Komoda’s vast fortune to create an island paradise characterized by vast panoramic landscapes and stocked with various human oddities. Upon learning of the death of the fabulously wealthy Komoda, and old school chum, Hitomi conceives a diabolical plan: closely resembling Komoda in all particulars, Hitomi decides to become him. (Interestingly enough, the original Edogawa Rampo novella also made its English language debut in 2013, courtesy of University of Hawaii Press.)Īs related through Maruo’s highly fractured, surreal storytelling, it’s the story of Hitomi, a failed novelist residing in 1926 Japan. The English language version of this masterwork has been a long time coming-Last Gasp initially announced it back in 2010, followed by three years of frustrating delays-but it’s here at last, and turns out to have been well worth the wait. ARAHSI’S AMAZING FREAK SHOW, ULTRA-GASH INFERNO and many other sickies), this an absolutely stunning manga adapted from Edogawa Rampo’s 1926 novella THE STRANGE TALE OF PANORAMA ISLAND. Very likely the magnum opus of Japan’s ero-guro master Suehiro Maruo (of MR. ![]()
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