Demon City Shinjuku: The Complete Edition

364 Pages·2011·2.74 MB·english

by  Kikuchi

Author’s Bio
Hideyuki Kikuchi was born in 1949 in the city of Choshi in Chiba Prefecture.
He graduated from Aoyama University. His debut novel, Demon City Shinjuku,
was published in 1982, followed by a creative outpouring that included Vampire
Hunter D, Demon City Blues, Youma Battlefront, Demon Physician Mephisto
and many more manga and novels. He is a member of the Japan Mystery Writers
Association, and is a well-known fan of science fiction and horror movies.
Artist’s Bio
After graduating from Musashino Art University in 1983 with a degree in oil
painting, Jun Suemi devoted himself to oshie, the traditional Japanese craft of
raised cloth art. He has gained a following for his book covers, book bindings,
and game character designs. In 1988, he received a “best artist” Nebula Award
(Japan) for his work in science fiction and fantasy.
Starting with his compilation of illustrations for the Wizardry game platform,
he has released Labyrinth (CD-ROM), The Guin Saga, Deep, Spirit, Witching
Moon and other art books and collections.

Demon City Shinjuku: The Complete Edition Demon City Shinjuku/Makai
Toshi Shinjuku Complete Edition (c) Hideyuki Kikuchi 2005. Originally
published in Japan in 2007 by ASAHI Shimbun Company. English translation
copyright (c) 2011 by DIGITAL MANGA, Inc. All other material (c) 2011 by
DIGITAL MANGA, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may
be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written
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situations featured in this publication to actual persons (living or deceased),
events, places, and situations are purely coincidental. All characters depicted in
sexually explicit scenes in this publication are at least the age of consent or older.
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Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi Illustrated by Jun Suemi
English Translation by Eugene Woodbury English Edition Published by:
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available Upon Request
First Edition: July 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-208-6
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Demon City Shinjuku
Prologue
The hour grew nigh.
It was the thirteenth of September, a night early in the opening decade of the
twenty-first century. In the police box near the entrance to Shinjuku station, a
young officer finished his paperwork, got up from his desk, and stretched
mightily.
A great feeling of relief flooded his body. The cop was clad in a reinforced
ballistic helmet and thick Kevlar vest. One way or another, he’d made it through
another day.
His eyes were drawn to the digital clock on the desk. Two fifty-nine in the
morning. The shopping district in front of the station was wrapped in darkness.
The stores had shuttered their doors and rolled up the sidewalks. The foot traffic
was sparse. Taxis were few and far between.
This time of night, the only hustle and bustle was in the direction of Kabuki-
cho.
Even so, there was no letting down his guard. In this town, anything cop-
related was bound to end up in somebody’s crosshairs, no matter what the time
of day. A terrorist or just a bunch of juvenile delinquents looking for a thrill
could come calling with a black market Tokarev semi-auto or handmade
grenades.
His mind flashed back to the night’s logbook: 29 injuries or accidents, 34
muggings, 23 robbery-assaults, 80 cases of larceny and 17 homicides. These last
three or four years had turned the new millennium into a real doozy.
Comparably speaking, though, it’d been a relatively quiet day.
He went outside to get a breath of fresh air. The cool night was an early
harbinger of fall. The stars twinkled in an unusually clear sky. A thought came