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<b><b>A story of self-doubting youth from award-winning manga creator Minoru Furuya in his English debut series </b><i>Ciguatera</i><b>. </b></b><br><br><br>This coming-of-age tale from contemporary master Minoru Furuya centers on seventeen-year-old Yusuke Ogino a self-described loser whose only refuge from the bullying hell he experiences at school is his dream of freedom on a motorcycle. But the unexpected entrance of a beautiful young woman into his life threatens to upend his whole world forcing him to re-evaluate his relationships and even his sense of self.<br>Instantly relatable and painfully honest Furuya&#146;s manga blends pitch-black humor with pathos and the awkward realities of everyday life to produce a quintessential tale of youth. The meticulous yet uninhibited art swings from stark realism to laugh-out-loud caricature while nuanced characters and complex emotions help <i>Ciguatera</i> transcend the bounds of genre to take its rightful place as one of the great masterpieces of graphic storytelling.