Volume 5 · Kei II

Volume 5 · Kei II — from The Six Volumes (Kodansha · KC Deluxe · 1984 to 1993) in the Akira Manga Gallery. What you are looking at: Volume 5 · Kei II.

Kodansha · November 26, 1990 · Chapters 72–96 · Cover price ¥1,600 (about $10). Tetsuo’s body coming apart into cable and flesh, in greens. Readers waited more than three years for this volume while the film was made.

Shown here at its verified native size, 600×827 — the largest honest scan the Library holds for this cover.