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Nagasawa Shiina is just an average 3rd year high school student until her parents' company goes bankrupt. In order to pay the bills, she sells herself into prostitution. At her first job, a mysterious masked man crashes the party... and it's someone she knows.Akumetsu is the story of Shou, a vigilante that's out trying to straighten the corrupt Japanese Government through terrorism with his "One man, One kill" code of action.

The salaryman's Iliad and Odyssey, with all the drama of company infighting, departmental transfers and office love. The eponymous hero started out as a thirty-four-year-old department chief, but as the series has continued, Shima has risen up the organization, being promoted to section chief, director and, sometime soon, president.

Hatsushiba Electric president Kiichi Nakazawa, who has been Shima’s mentor since Nakazawa was Shima’s boss in the sales division, transfers Shima to Hatsushiba Trading, the firm’s affiliate, to keep Shima from being involved in a factional power struggle that seems sure to erupt within the company when Nakazawa resigns from his post.Shima starts off as the representative executive director, making a deal with a wine producer in France. He flies between Japan, France and England to find the best wine and to sell cases at the best price possible. As always, Shima gets help from various ... More... Hatsushiba Electric president Kiichi Nakazawa, who has been Shima’s mentor since Nakazawa was Shima’s boss in the sales division, transfers Shima to Hatsushiba Trading, the firm’s affiliate, to keep Shima from being involved in a factional power struggle that seems sure to erupt within the company when Nakazawa resigns from his post.Shima starts off as the representative executive director, making a deal with a wine producer in France. He flies between Japan, France and England to find the best wine and to sell cases at the best price possible. As always, Shima gets help from various attractive women – his subordinate Kumiko, with whom he has had a long, ongoing affair; Kumiko’s mother, who has a broad network of rich people around the world; and a mysterious hostess at a cosy Shinjuku bar who knows who’s who in the wine business.NOTE: Published in dual-language (English and Japanese). Less...

Another story from the saga of Salaryman Shima Kousaku of the Hatsushiba Electric Company.This time Kousaku finds himself working at Hatsushiba's Chinese division, and, as usual, nothing is going smoothly. His superiors have different and incompatible ideas, romantic entanglements are complicated, he can't go to the video store without finding a ripoff of the latest Japanese video games, and political protests threaten to severely disrupt Hatsushiba's operations. Through it all, Kousaku keeps his head high and somehow manages to work for the company and retain human dignity.

Kachou Kousaku Shima is the first in a number of Japanese manga series about a fictional salaryman named Kousaku Shima, a Japanese white-collar worker who devotes his life to his company, Hatsushiba Electric. At the start of the long-running series, Shima Kousaku is a kachou, or section chief, of a huge conglomerate, Hatsushiba Electric. He is later promoted to buchou (division chief) and eventually promoted to manager and executive-director, at the end the president of comapny, and with each promotion the title of the series changed as well. And last it is "Shachou " Shima Kousaku, which m... More... Kachou Kousaku Shima is the first in a number of Japanese manga series about a fictional salaryman named Kousaku Shima, a Japanese white-collar worker who devotes his life to his company, Hatsushiba Electric. At the start of the long-running series, Shima Kousaku is a kachou, or section chief, of a huge conglomerate, Hatsushiba Electric. He is later promoted to buchou (division chief) and eventually promoted to manager and executive-director, at the end the president of comapny, and with each promotion the title of the series changed as well. And last it is "Shachou " Shima Kousaku, which means "President Kousaku Shima".Won the 15th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1991 (tied with Akujo). Less...

Another chapter in the ongoing saga of Salaryman Shima Kousaku.In this story about Hatsushiba Electric Company Salaryman Shima Kousaku, a new position sends Kousaku on trips all around the world, beginning with New York. But wherever he goes, nothing is ever simple. Even on a business trip, things don't always stay professional and even terrorist incidents strike close to home. Still, through it all, he does his best for Hatsushiba Electric and continues to rise above it all.

Left to himself at an early age in the slummiest parts of today’s Japan, Kiichi learns how to survive on his own. As a teenager, how can he adapt to a society whose rules he rejects? Unless he creates his own rules… Kiichi, a raw icon of strength and integrity, stands alone against the world’s injustice and becomes an unforgettable character.