Chicago

[kel aka gandy]

Chicago
1 :: Story
2 :: Creator
3 :: Volumes

 

[kel aka gandy]

Story

It is the middle of the 21st century and Tokyo is expanding more and more, filling Tokyo Bay with landfill to make room for the bursting population. But suddenly Tokyo suffers one of its greatest earthquakes, and the landfill liquefies, creating untold damage in the newly-made urban area. The members of Self-Defense Force Rescue Squad Four are sent to help. But what they dig up is a plot of murder and destruction--one that wipes out nearly the entire squad and leaves its two surviving members, the fierce Rei and her cool, handsome partner Uozumi, in a fight for their lives. There is only one place where they can find the work that keeps them alive, and the support so they can start uncovering the mystery that killed their squad: that's in the south-Shinjuku bar called Chicago. As the earthquake levels Japan's largest city and capital and leaves countless dead, rescue workers, Rei and Uozumi, search for survivors amidst the rubble of Bay District D only to find a mysterious string of dead bodies--bodies with bullet holes. Without warning, the pair is under fire from the air as a hail of gunfire rains down. Are these the killers, and if so, what is their purpose? Barely escaping with their lives, Rei and Uozumi discover that their squad is listed only as "collateral damage" and their records wiped clean.  

[kel aka gandy]

Creator

Yumi Tamura broke into the manga world with a bang, winning the 1983 Shogakukan Grand Prize for new artists. Since then she has gone on to write many extremely popular shojo manga stories such as the hit series Tomoe Ga Yuku (There Goes Tomoe), Ano Natsu Ga Owaita (That Summer has Ended), and X-Day. But the title that solidified her reputation as a top shojo manga artist was the breakthrough fantasy/action manga smash Basara. Always one to experiment in action/adventure formats, Chicago is Tamura's latest completed work.  

[kel aka gandy]

Volumes
Status in Japan :: complete at 2 volumes
Status in US :: 2/2 released

Volume 1: Book of Self
The members of Self-Defense Force Rescue Squad Four are attacked and murdered as they are sent to help. They start uncovering the mystery that killed their squad: with their first clue in the south-Shinjuku bar called Chicago. What they're digging up is a plot of murder and destruction—one that wipes out nearly the entire squad and leaves its two surviving members, the fierce Rei and her cool, handsome partner Uozumi, in a fight for their lives. There is only one place where they can find the work that keeps them alive, and the support so they can start uncovering the mystery that killed their squad: that's in the south-Shinjuku bar called Chicago.


Volume 2: Book of Justice
Rei, Uozumi and Shin are dispatched on an emergency rescue mission when a madman goes on a killing rampage, finally taking a group of students hostage at a snowy mountain resort. But what started as a routine rescue operation turns into a bitter reminder of childhood tragedy for Rei. Will the ghosts of the past come back to haunt her on the frigid slopes of the Japanese Alps?