From plutocratic Taipei and apartheid South Africa to backwater Syria and metropolitan Osaka, ambition and desire beckon “normal men” to behave uglier than any beast as we examine the true worth of human beings through and beyond appearances. Ode to Kirihito: New Omnibus Edition by Osamu Tezuka Paperback 34.

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