Ode to Kirihito, Part 1

By Osamu Tezuka

Book Overview

Fresh on the heels of the Black Jack series comes this medical-themed epic about the meaning and importance of life by manga god Osamu Tezuka. Kirihito Isanai is a young doctor who, after being sent to a remote village to study the outbreak of a new disease, contracts the illness himself and becomes estranged from his friend and fianc©e, who both set out on a mission to uncover the medical conspiracy behind the Monmow disease.The disease changes Kirihito's character and he begins to doubt the medical world. Now available in an affordable two-volume collection.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934287970
• ISBN13: 9781934287972
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Vertical
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.4" x 6.0"