Akira c06

KATSUHIROOrOMO
BY KATSUHIRO OTOMO
CHAPTER 6
MY FRIEND, MY ENEMY
—
and putting a stop to
WHAT HAS old city
Trouble ensues, and both

ii.
GONE delinquents and resistance
BEFORE fighters again encounter
Number 26. Ryu attempts to

reassure the paranormal boy, but
Kaneda is anxious to punish
him for injuring Tetsuo. As
they argue, mysterious soldiers
pursuing Number 26 reach the
sceriG, armed and toady A
year 2030. The world
The is
is
rebuilding from World

ults
; ominous Colonel >

War III. In Neo-Tokyo. le covert operation
plans are being made to Ira Id the appears with a secret weapon-
Olympics in the "old city
— Number 27, a crippled para'
where, thirty-eight years before, normal child named Masani

the first of the bombs fell. Masani astonishes the
Kaneda and his friends, resistance fighters by addressing
teenage delinqjenis, make an Number 26 as Takashi. Kay
unauthorized motorcycle mn into and Ryu had previously assumed
the eld city to check out tne eia inai humoer 26 was the
site, Tfiey encounter a terrified Colonel's ultimate weapon
child, known only as Number the as-yet unseen paranoimal
26, possessing extraordinary giant code-named Akira.

"
irntic nbilities. During the Kaneda provokes a crisis by
[inter, the paranormal boy pretending to threaten Takashi,
:ly injures Tetsuo, ore of w/ho is exhibiting symptoms
idas close friends. Then, he of ding wilhdrawaj, Taka^i
vanishes. responds with telekinetic
The next night at Hanikiya. upheavals. Kaneda is again
a tough local dive, Kaneda separated from tiie resistance
attempts, unsuccessfully lo met; fighters, but he manages to
up a newcomer, Kay. In intercept and hide a pill meant
and her companion, Ryu. m forlakashi.who is recaptured
part of an underground ruuin by the Lo lone I's men.
tance group dedicated to t day, Tetsuo—who
learning what is happening in the following his accident was taken
to a hospital by soldiers- human weapon esrape him, the
reappears in school, seeminqlv Colonel goes to the school the
ail right. However, dumq Tetsuos next day to col led Tetsuo.
treatment, tlie Colonel has Under the treatments of the
luarned that the delinqoert has :
chiel medical officer,
great psychic potential Tetsuo begins to exhibit
Kaneda 'las a girlfriend in powerful psychic abilities.„and
the school inhrrrnary analyze the !o undergo great pain.
dmg iotendod for Takashi. It is Meanwhile, Kaneda, trying
similar in substance to pills to spy on the Colonel and learn
Kaiieda and his friends take, what is happening to Tetsuo.
but unbelievably concentrated re-encounters the members of
and powerful. the resistance, and is brought
Eager for aetion, Kaneda. back to their headquarters.
fetsno and tiergang head out :d by Ryu. lie de
for a mhk with their cliiof
rivals—the vicious Clown gii-no Kiyoko, a Jther

Amember of the Clowns
comers and begins to beat
Tetsuo. Kaneda and the rest ol
his friends rescue Tetsuo. who that Akira— who is asleep, and
astonishes them, first by expected to remain so for some
displaying an mcharactenstic time— IS going to awaken
bloodthirstiness. and then by in the near future. Meanwhile.
challenging Kancdasauthentit st.theTesistance.iiideaut
BeenmnECl notSjiei anew Haneia sntMunleis a ghost Eke'
apparition of himself, shoLting first atid when Ki
Akira's name. her, tliey are able to escape back
Whm soldiers enter tlie to the sefetv of Hanikiya
ce, Later, Ryu orders Kay to stay
Kaneda and Kay manage close to Kaneda and keep
soe to Harukiya, undercover. But these plans are
i barten 5S to complicated by the anival at the

bar of l^magata and Kaneda's
n, Tetsuo other friends, Kaneda is amazed
at their tales of Tetsuos new
th in his powers and bloodthirsliness.
Meanwhile, Ryu meets with

Nezu, a resistance leader, and
Ciown uano. Tetsuo uses his they share new evidence on

inninr! pnwers to slaugliter the scale of the Akira project.
5 wno oopose mm. He talces Aspy from the Colonels
control of thG gang, letting them
live in return furthe massive Harukiya hideout but lie is
amount,^ of dnjgs required to caught and left for dead by a
;iiiiV(M)ii ni;:iintiiiv resistance fighter.
Kaneda m inii to r r i I
in inn hpii tdiii as
the motorcycle lie left hfiliind II v net 5 I id Kay
when he "joined" the 'es si=:ni:p, ".id r,y ard Yamagata lead all
plurip Kav H I n ii |l I ji "he In :al sra:! gangs on a

I I
hI I Ht II to stop
'
I
Kji I :sil)ike Tctsim .JUL' the Clowns.
NEXT ISSUE: PLAYERS AND PRISONERS
OTOMO
GALLERY
ICatsuhiro Otomo introduced his graphic
Jaoanes? bi-weeklv. Youno Mamma
story saga of Akira in the
(now weekly), published by Kodansha Ltd. For many of
these serialized segments,new title paqe art was created.
Presented here sn
^/\ ost of these "Vbung Magazine pieces will be used
in time as color cover art for our Epic edition of Akira.
p
I leased as we are with the results presenting
tif
Mr. Otomo's work in color, we are also second-to-none in
admiring tlie strength and design dynamics of his art

blacl!-and-white and are liappy to have this space where
his material can be shown in a form closer to its
original presentation. In the future, along with art that

relates to Akira, we hope to acquaint our readers
with samples of Otomo's other comics and illustration.
p
^^mbat. In the warehouse districl of post-World War III Neo-Tokvo, a
showdowr is taking place. Two young men. once friends, are engaged in a struggle lo destroy ead
other. Kaneda. rehellious gang leader, has a magnum revolver plus his own wit and determination
as weapons. TelsuD, who recently took over the mLrderous Clown gang, has devastating psychic
powers. He has already used them to kill, swiflly, explosively. Fueled by drugs and madness, he is
ready to kill again. Hoping to save Kaieda in this unequal clash is Kay, agent of Ihe underground
resistance movement. Hoping to win over Tetsuo is the Colonel, head of a secret government
project that needs the youth's paranormal power to control a much greater threat on Ihe verge of
awakening .AKM
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KATSUHIROOrOMO

Trouble ensues, and both

GONE delinquents and resistance

BEFORE fighters again encounter

Number 26. Ryu attempts to

rebuilding from World

; ominous Colonel >

where, thirty-eight years before, normal child named Masani

26, possessing extraordinary giant code-named Akira.

rivals—the vicious Clown gii-no Kiyoko, a Jther

Tetsuo. Kaneda and the rest ol

i barten 5S to complicated by the anival at the

Meanwhile, Ryu meets with

Ciown uano. Tetsuo uses his they share new evidence on

plurip Kav H I n ii |l I ji "he In :al sra:! gangs on a

Mr. Otomo's work in color, we are also second-to-none in

admiring tlie strength and design dynamics of his art

original presentation. In the future, along with art that

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