Volume 4 · Kei I

Volume 4 · Kei I — from The Six Volumes (Kodansha · KC Deluxe · 1984 to 1993) in the Akira Manga Gallery. What you are looking at: Volume 4 · Kei I.

Kodansha · July 1, 1987 · Chapters 49–71 · Cover price ¥1,600 (about $10). Akira enthroned on a throne of broken concrete, red cloth spilling down the steps. Worshipped, silent, and only halfway through his own book. The film’s production began just after this volume, and the long silence followed.

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