Seinen Dragon Head by MOCHIZUKI Minetaro

[Josef]

Dragon Head
By: MOCHIZUKI Minetaro
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Seinen, Tragedy
Serialized In: Young Magazine
Publisher: Kodansha

In the horror of witnessing so many classmates perish before his eyes in a violent train wreck, Teru discovers two survivors in the tunnel: Ako and Nobuo. But salvation from this bloody carnage is far from their grasp. As they try to dig out from the wreck in order to come up with a plan to stay alive, the lack of light and food, combined with the stench of death and decay, will lead one member of the group down a dark and demented path. And with sudden, violent earthquakes shaking the tunnel, escaping to the outside world may lead them to an even greater danger...

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Damn, what an exciting hidden retro gem by a mangaka that should be explored more.

 

[Gantzter127]

Re: [Featured] Dragon Head by MOCHIZUKI Minetaro

Loving it so far, I love this oldschool manga style. Very dark and violent just how I like it. Mochizuki Minetaro's the guy who wrote zashiki onna, love this guys work!

 

[Galactic Tomahawk]

Re: [Featured] Dragon Head by MOCHIZUKI Minetaro

Yessssssssss Dragon Head's amazing

One of my favorite survival/horror manga ever.

 

[Josef]

Re: [Featured] Dragon Head by MOCHIZUKI Minetaro

I am so eager to read more form this guy, damn, sadly not much of his work is scanned, though there can be gems like this found sometime. I got attracted by the art first, but then the story turned out to be just as good.

Contemporary seinen lack the kind of "other wordly" art style that these retro/psychological/horor seinen have.

 

[Gantzter127]

Re: [Featured] Dragon Head by MOCHIZUKI Minetaro

Somehow reminds me of both Uzumaki and Battle royale. Thanks for the post Josef K, really liking it!