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Duds Hunt

Duds Hunt

MangaThriller
Pages
174
Published
2002
Language
French

Synopsis

Nakanishi, a young ex-delinquent grinding through a dead-end sales job under an abusive boss, is tipped off by an online acquaintance about Duds Hunt — an illegal, no-rules manhunt played in the streets, where competitors track one another with handheld "pointers" and every captured pointer is worth 100,000 yen. What starts as an outlet for his frustration pulls him into an escalating spiral of adrenaline and violence in which the line between the game and real life dissolves.

Tetsuya Tsutsui's debut, a single-volume techno-thriller first self-published online in 2002. (Original Japanese title: ダズハント.)

Prose complexity
3/10

Vibe

DarkTenseGritty
Survival

Genres

Manga Thriller Techno-Thriller Graphic Novels Crime Psychological Thriller

About the author

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Tetsuya Tsutsui

Tetsuya Tsutsui (筒井哲也, born November 17, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist known for tense, socially charged thrillers. He debuted in 2002 with Duds Hunt, then serialized Manhole and Reset in Square Enix's Young Gangan. His breakthrough was Prophecy (Yokokuhan), run in Shueisha's Jump X from 2011 to 2013, which follows a police cybercrime unit hunting a masked man who posts videos foretelling his crimes; it was adapted into both a live-action film and a television drama in 2015. After discove...

Characters

NakanishiProtagonist

A frustrated young ex-delinquent salesman who is drawn into the illegal manhunt game Duds Hunt.

All characters in Duds Hunt

Frequently asked questions

  • What inspired the story in Duds Hunt?

    The author has stated that the narrative was directly inspired by the social environment and conditions of the society in which he lives in Japan.

  • Is this book part of a larger series?

    This work is a standalone title that serves as the debut series for the author.