“Decomposing corpse Yosuke Shinkai seeks identity while enduring horrific second death in Japanese horror manga's English debut.”
Living Corpse
怪奇! 死肉の男
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Decomposing corpse Yosuke Shinkai seeks identity while enduring horrific second death in Japanese horror manga's English debut.
Yosuke Shinkai is haunted by a past he cannot recall...and a body that is rapidly decomposing. He is a living corpse, unclear who he is or why he has been brought back to life only to suffer again a slow gruesome death. A grotesque and disturbing account of life after horrific death, told by Japan's undisputed master of horror manga, and appearing here for the first time in English translation.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 10 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 20m approx
- Published Jul 1986 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M10691 catalog