Henshin (2015) (Digital) (BlurPixel-Empire)
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ken niimura
Transcript of Henshin (2015) (Digital) (BlurPixel-Empire)
ken niimura
henshin
2. kitty and me
3. last train
4. the bully bros
5. salieri
6. watermelon in summer
7. merci
8. lying is bad
9. par-tay
10. the victory sign
11. first snow
12. cat on guard
13. shut up
1. no good
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poop suy. YOU'LL 66 SETTINS
LOTS OF ATTENTION HEPE. YOU MISHT EVEN END UP WITH SEVEPAL TOKYO 60YFPIENDS.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. I HAD LOTS
COINS ON TOO, WHEN I WAS
YOUNS.
2. kitty and me
HI, I'M KEN, AND I MADE THIS COMIC.
BUT I COULDN'T AFFOPD IT, 50 I'C JUST WATCH CAT
VIDEOS ONLINE.
PEDA WAY TO DIVIDE AU
S: THOSE WHO CAM ONLY SO AT HOME.
A: THOSE WHO CAN
TAKE A DUMP ANYWHEPE.
a Few yeAt?s ASO, I WAS OUT IN THe
couNTpysioe...
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I DECIDED TO PUT OUT SOME FOOD AND WATEP,
EVEPy EVENINS.
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AND THEPE WOULD BE POOP IN THE SAME
PLACE AS ALWAYS.
XT'S LIKE TALKINS TO
A FPIEND IN A SECPET LANSUASE.
3. last train
4. the bully bros
NAOKI... CAN you
HEAP MEP THIS IS yout?
MOTHEP...
6E FPIENDLy WITH THEM.
AND DO NOT USE "IT.
IT'S FOP THE BEST, FOP ALL CONCEPNED.
CPAP..
I COULD SAVE THEM IF I USED "IT"...
BUT THEN THEY'LL FIND OUT, AND
MOM WILL KILL ME.
OUST A MiNUTer
5. salieri
POPMINS SOMETHIN©.
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THIS TIME, IT'LL BE A
MASTERPIECE.'
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6. watermelon in summer
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'rr.
-Mh
7. merci
WOULD GAY, ''ANYTHING
TO GET THE MESSAGE Aceoss."
8. lying is bad
AND DECIDED? iLO^TAYilNiTHIS SfCOUftte^HE' ?TCAM£jT O' LOVE.
WOPKED HAPD TO LAND A 006,
PLEASE TPY AND IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS
LIKE POP THIS PEPSON WHEN THEY PIPST APPIVED IN OAPAN.
6UT NO MATTEP HOW
HAPD HE TPIES, HE'S ALWAYS
CONSIDEPED A "POPEISNEP."
I UNDERSTAND HIS FEELINSS
9. par-tay
you SET TO DO THE ANNOyiNS
PACT.
60 WASH youp
HANDS.
©uess i'll HAVE TO MAKE
SOMETHIN© OUT OF NOTHIN©...*
Mwca.
you CAN TASTE EACH INSPECMENT.
GOOO OL' FASHION£0 CHICK PEAS 6 CHOPIZO OF yOPF
-400(5 CHICK PEAS COPIED OP CANNED? -aoos chopizo sausase
COP DOOS BEEF + PAPPIKA POWDEP TO TASTE? -IX LAPSE POTATO -IX SMALL ONION -IX CAPPOT -IX BAY LEAF -A DASH OF WHITE WINE -OLIVE OIL, TO TASTE -SALT 6 PEPPEP, TO TASTE
10. the victory sign
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11. first snow
12. cat on guard
LIKE THAT STRAY I LIKE IN PARTICULAR
THAT COMES INTO THE CORRIDOR.
MYSTERIOUS X HAVEN'T EVEN MET HIM YET.
d
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...BUT WHEN I think: about it..
13. shut up
jd <jS Sm
THANKS FOP
THE TeA IN IS NOW OEPAQTINS.
henshin - the end
words and drawings
ken niimura
editor
yumetaro toyoda
translation
ivy yukiko ishihara oldford
special thanks
chris butcher joe kelly
takeshi miyazawa miho ota
emma rios
HENSHIN. January 2015. Copyright © 2015 Ken Niimura. All rights reserved. Published by Image Comics, Inc. Office of publication: 2001 Center Street, Sixth Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704. “Henshin,” the Henshin logo, and the likenesses of all characters herein are trademarks of Ken Niimura, unless otherwise noted. “Image” and the Image Comics logos are registered trademarks of Image Comics, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means
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WRONG DIRECTION!
This is the BACK of the book!
This book has been printed in the
original Japanese format in order to preserve
the orientation of the original artwork.
Traditional Japanese manga starts in the
upper right-hand corner of the page and reads
from right-to-left as you move down the page.
A unique vision of Japanese life unfolds in HENSHIN, a collection of
thirteen short stories by Eisner and International Manga Award winner
Ken Niimura (I KILL GIANTS), presented in English for the first time. A “Henshin” means "transformation" in Japanese, and in all thirteen
stories, choices and events — whether momentous or seemingly
small — change the lives of people finding their way in modern Japan.
Niimura’s imaginative storytelling delves into the emotional
lives of his characters, from a kid with peculiar powers to a lonely
girl finding her way in the big city to a salaryman out on the town,
who all discover that change is the only constant in life.
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