Akira #1

This first volume of the black-and-white edition of Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark cyberpunk manga series, published by Glénat in 1999, collects the opening chapters of the story set in a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo. It introduces the troubled teenager Tetsuo Shima and his friend Kaneda, whose lives are upended after Tetsuo gains devastating psychic powers following a motorcycle accident. The volume lays the groundwork for the epic, darkly philosophical tale of government conspiracies, psychic warfare, and societal collapse that defined the genre.