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| Vol.
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Kabuki
- CIRCLE OF BLOOD |
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Japan.
The future. A new age of corporate feudalism. The worlds
of business, organized crime, and politics now exist in
a delicate interdependence. Enter the Noh, a government
agency that secretly polices that balance of worlds.
Kabuki,
an operative of the Noh, becomes deeply affected by the
death of her mother and can only relate to the world through
the safety of a mask. She embarks on a quest to come to
terms with her family, history, culture, and her mothers
death
even if her personal crusade brings her in
direct conflict with the powers she serves.
A
mix of historical mythology, political intrigue, corporate
espionage, and familial duty, elegantly told through the
haunting lens of a child's fairy tale.
The
first chapter in one of the most critically acclaimed
comic series of the nineties. |
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A
young girl is affected by the death of her mother, and
can only relate to the world through a mask. Shaped by
a vision of the afterlife in which she believes she is
visited by her mother's spirit,she confronts her world
with a new sense of purpose.
In
a tale that alludes to the haunting traditions of the
Japanese Ghost story, KABUKI spans Japan's history and
future, explores the underworlds of organized crime, a
clandestine government agency, the WWII Comfort Women,
Japan's indigenous Ainu people, and a woman's quest to
come to terms with her family, history, culture, and the
death of her mother.
The
epilogue to Kabuki-Circle of Blood, Kabuki - Dreams is
a mix of Japanese mythology and a modern near death experience.
A Japanese woman dies, has a vision of the afterlife in
which she is visited by her dead mother, and then returns
to life with a new sense of resolution and purpose. The
story is told with a with fully painted artwork. |
| Vol.
3 |
Kabuki
- MASKS OF THE NOH |
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Kabuki,
an operative of the Noh, has disappeared. Her quest to
come to terms with her history has put her in direct conflict
with the powers she serves. The other Noh Agents are sent
to search for her. The trail leads the through a labyrinth
of corporate espionage, conflicting government agencies,
and the Japanese underworld.
Operatives
from a government agency in Japan shake down Japan's criminal
underworld in an effort to track down a rogue agent who
used to be their ally. |
| Vol.
4 |
Kabuki
- SKIN DEEP |
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A
woman whose face is horribly scarred finds herself in
an institution for "defective" government agents
where she is interrogated to find out if she ("Kabuki")
is hiding something to do with the nature of her scars
or if she is simply crazy. Isolated and psychologically
tormented, the only friend she ever had is found in a
mystery woman who sends her mysterious handwritten notes
that are folded into origami animals. She feels a new
sense of identity and self worth that someone can see
beyond her scars. But is it just another trick? |
| Vol.
5 |
Kabuki
- METAMORPHOSIS |
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In
an institution for defective government agents, a horribly
scarred woman faces a psychological showdown with her
interrogating analyst, meets the other "defective"
operatives, discusses the nature of Identity, Quantum
Physics, time, and the meaning of life. But can she escape
her captors before her former comrades track her down
to silence her?
A
very personal metaphorical tale of self Actualization
told in a diverse array of Art mediums, visual storytelling,
breath taking paintings, and poetic first person narrative
layered in subtext and Japanese culture. |
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