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Prophecy, Part 2

Pages
210
Published
2015
Language
English

Synopsis

As Paperboy's fulfilled prophecies multiply and his following swells into a movement, Erika Yoshinaga's Cyber Crime Division digs into the person behind the newspaper mask — and into the grievances that turned an invisible member of society into a nationally watched avenger. The investigation narrows even as public sympathy tilts toward the very man they are hunting.

The second part of Tetsuya Tsutsui's Prophecy (Yokokuhan), a techno-thriller about internet vigilantism, anonymity and public rage. Published in English by Vertical Comics.

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

Erika YoshinagaProtagonist

An elite inspector heading the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Cyber Crime Division, leading the hunt for Paperboy.

PaperboyAntagonist

A man in a newspaper mask who posts videos announcing crimes against those he deems to have escaped justice, then carries them out — winning a growing online following.

All characters in Prophecy, Part 2