Blood on the Tracks, volume 1

Pages: 216
Published: 2020
Language: English

Seiichi's mother loves him very much, and his days pass with placid regularity. School, friends, even the attention of his attractive classmate Fukiishi. Until one terrible summer day, that all changes... Shuzo Oshimi (The Flowers of Evil) delivers his most unsettling work yet, the tale of a seemingly normal family suddenly swallowed up by the creeping horror of everyday life. Gorgeous art and an understated script only serve to heighten the tension as we watch Seiichi Osabe's life spiral into nightmare. --Back Cover

Prose complexity: 4/10

Dark Tense Atmospheric

Coming of Age

Manga Psychological Horror Psychological Thriller Comics

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Shūzō Oshimi (born March 19, 1981, in Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist and writer based in Tokyo, publishing primarily through Kodansha. He won the Tetsuya Chiba Award in 2001 and debuted professionally in 2002. He is best known for The Flowers of Evil (2009-2014), Drifting Net Cafe (2008-2011), Happiness (2015-2019) and Blood on the Tracks (2017-2023), works exploring psychological and coming-of-age themes, several of which have been adapted into anime, television dram...