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Countdown: Sex Bombs (Mangerotica) I was first attracted to Hiroyuki Utatane's work after exposure to his artistry in Seraphic Feather. I must admit that I experienced some trepidation while pursuing his other works, for it quickly became apparent that Utatane is, first and foremost, a hentai manga and doujinshi (fanzine) artist. Although I've never found pornographic Japanese comic books particularly appealing, I experienced quite a surprise in Countdown. The stories, while undeniably hentai, have surprising beauty and subtlety and are grounded in a deep and profound understanding of humor and human emotion and pathos. This sensibility extends not only to the lovely artwork, but to the dialogue as well, and it enriches stories that, by all rights, would otherwise have been valued solely for their ability to titillate. --an Amazon reviewer
Seraphic Feather
Volume 5: War Crimes
Seraphic Feather: Volume 6 Collision Course
Seraphic Feather: Dark Angel A buried alien starship on the dark side of
the moon is ready to give up its secrets, and those who want to harness its
incredible power draw in an ever-tightening circle of deception and death. The
key players: young paranormal Sunao Oumi, an unwilling participant in this
madness; M-ZAK, a beautiful and deadly U.N. super-agent; Kei Heidemann, Sunao's
long-lost - and assumed long-dead - love; and Apep Heidemann, Kei's brother, a
mysterious scientist with access to the otherworldly technology and in apparent
contact with the aliens themselves and their death-dealing sentinels, who
dispatch an armed-to-the-teeth elite U.N. strike team like so many toy soldiers.
And Apep himself may have unlocked more than mere secrets - he may have
transfromed into something more - much more - than human!
Seraphic Feather
Seraphic Feather Volume 3: Target Zone
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