All Rounder Meguru
2011-01-14
New Series by Hiroki Endo, about a young man training in Shooto style MMA.
Eden
2011-01-27
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Plot: In the panic surrounding a worldwide pandemic which kills 15 percent of the population and cripples many more, a secret organization, the Propater, topples the UN and seizes control of much of the world. A boy and a girl, raised in an abandoned virology research center, immune to the virus, are attacked by the Propater and escape. 20 years later the boy is the most powerful drug lord in South America. He aids his son from behind the scenes as he evades and eventually with the help of mercenaries from Nomad (some of them former Propater operatives) fights the Propater. As the plot develops focus shifts away from the main character and develops many sub-plots dedicated to terrorism, Human-improvement, the struggle of the developing countries and the power battles between the drug cartels and Propater.Based strongly on Gnostic mythology, all major characters are named after gnostic deities, and have analogous roles.Warnings: Eden contains a lot of very graphic violence and some sex scenes.
Endo Short Stories
2011-12-01
This collection is an amalgamation of work reflecting Hiroki Endo's philosophy and his outstanding ability to draw and tell stories.Volume 1:"Boys Don't Cry" - This one-shot talks about sexuality issues."The Crows, the Girl and the Yakuza" - A long, heavily philosophical piece about a homeless girl who lives among the crows in an empty warehouse and a wounded yakuza who hides from his enemies with her. 86 pages long."Because You're Definitely a Cute Girl" - This short story is about a girl who is into Jungian psychology, and she regrets the loss of her mother and elder sister as well as her invalid grandfather."For Those of Us Who Don't Believe in God" - A story about a group of college students putting on a play about a serial murderer in prison who holds a discussion with the sister of one of his victims. This story is heavy on philosophy and existential dialogue interspersed with bits of humor (Endo's typical short-story formula). This is a long story, weighing in at about 90 pages.Volume 2:"Hang" - A young girl asks her boyfriend to "take her to the end of the world." Here especially are overtones of EDEN--reality hangs on a silken thread."Highschool- Girls 2000" - This is about Master Endo himself. He shares his midlife-crisis at 30 with us, and the situations in an artist's life back at the beginning of his mangaka career..."Platform" (Parts 1 & 2) - The two-parter Platform tells of Takaguki, son of a powerful yakuza clan, who hates nothing more than his father's overwhelming power and his heritage...