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Brief Description:
"When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally--the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?"--Page 4 of cover.
Biographical Note:
Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and is the artist of the wildly popular SHONEN JUMP title Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei "New Hope" award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga award. Obata is also the artist of Arabian Majin Bokentan Lamp Lamp, Ayatsuri Sakon, Cyborg Jichan G., and the smash hit manga Death Note. All You Need Is Kill is his latest work following the hugely successful series Bakuman.
Marc Notes:
Based on the novel All you need is kill.;Reads from right to left in the traditional manga format.;Parental advisory: recommended for ages 16 and up;contains graphic violence, strong language, suggestive situations and some adult themes.;When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally--the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?--Page 4 of cover.;Rated T+, for older teen.;Translated from the Japanese.
Publisher Marketing:
When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally--the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?
Review Citations:
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Publishers Weekly 01/12/2015 (EAN 9781421576015, Paperback)
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School Library Journal 02/01/2015 pg. 111 (EAN 9781421576015, Paperback)
Contributor Bio:Sakurazaka, Hiroshi
Hiroshi Sakurazaka was born in 1970. After a career in information technology, he published his first novel,
Wizards' Web, in 2003. His 2004 short story, "Saitama Chainsaw Massacre," won the 16th SF Magazine Reader's Award. His other novels include
Slum Online and
Characters (cowritten with Hiroki Azuma).
Contributor Bio:Obata, Takeshi
Takeshi Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and first achieved international recognition as the artist of the wildly popular Shonen Jump title
Hikaru no Go, which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei "New Hope" Award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award. He went on to illustrate the smash hit
Death Note as well as the hugely successful manga
Bakuman and
All You Need Is Kill.
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