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Author’s Note
Of all my stories set in Demon City, Maohden may be the one most devoted to the city itself. I don’t imagine that another one of my stories will be so dedicated to Shinjuku. The city here becomes a stage designed and constructed with my own pen. I have done my best to not subtract in the slightest from intricate qualities of the real thing.
The true protagonists in this story will always be those of you equally captivated by Shinjuku.
Author’s Bio
The publication of Makaiko in 1985 elevated Hideyuki Kikuchi to the ranks of bestselling authors.
He was born in 1949 in the city of Choshi in Chiba Prefecture. As a child, he dreamed of becoming a manga artist. While studying law at Aoyama University he participated in the campus’ “mystery and detective novel” club. After graduation, he published stories in doujinshi magazines and translated science fiction while working as a magazine reporter.
Hideyuki Kikuchi’s debut as a novelist came in 1982 with the publication of Demon City Shinjuku. He has since been unrivaled in his ability to create entertaining and compelling heroes.
About Maohden, Vol. I, the author happily complains, “The plot turns are coming one after the other, pushing the story in directions not even I
can predict.”
Maohden Vol. 1
Maohden vol.1 (c) Hideyuki Kikuchi 1986. Originally published in Japan in 1986 by SHODENSHA Publishing Co.,LTD. English translation copyright (c) 2012 by DIGITAL MANGA, Inc. All other material (c) 2012 by DIGITAL MANGA, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the copyright holders. Any likeness of characters, places, and situations featured in this publication to actual persons (living or deceased), events, places, and situations are purely coincidental. All characters depicted in sexually explicit scenes in this publication are at least the age of consent or older. The DMP logo is (tm) of DIGITAL MANGA, Inc.
Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi
Illustrated by Jun Suemi
English Translation by Eugene Woodbury
English Edition Published by:
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available Upon Request
First Edition: June 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-149-2
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Printed in Canada