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“Keiichi Koike's anthology of ten diverse short stories spanning surreal, emotional, and experimental narratives.”
Heaven's Door
ヘヴンズ ドア
6.79
13,279 rank · 2,670 readers · 14 favorites
Seinen
Sci-Fi
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Keiichi Koike's anthology of ten diverse short stories spanning surreal, emotional, and experimental narratives.
A compilation of short stories by Keiichi Koike. 1. Knockin' on Heaven's Door 2. 3000 Leagues Searching For Mother 3. Lazaro Franco's Fourth Hour 4. The Fallen Samurai And The Sea 5. Loopa 6. Kenbo's Diary 7. Sponge Generation 8. By Plane 9. Horizon 10. Landed
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- 8 “Heaven's Door is a collection of bizarre and trippy short stories from Keiichi Koike (Ultra Heaven), who I consider to be a very underrated Sci-Fi author. The last few stories aren't as good as the...”
- 8 “"it feels like my brain got slurped threw a straw and spit out again" William Shakespeare Heaven's door is a collection of Sci-fi short Storys by author Keiichi Koike, he is not the most popular...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 10 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 20m approx
- Published Jan 2003 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M10890 catalog