Synopses & Reviews
• Switch is from Square Enix, the Japanese publisher of Fullmetal Alchemist and Final Fantasy.
• The famous naked ape duo also design posters, album covers, and phone cards.
• For fans of TV procedural dramas such as Miami Vice, CSI, SVU and NCIS
• The art's line work and use of blacks is reminiscent of Takeshi Obata’s artwork in Death Note.
• Authors maintain a website with updates and lots of artwork. Soon to be in English. www.naked-ape.net
• Existing U.S. awareness and a live-journal community
Kai Eto may look like a squeaky clean kid, but the Greater Kanto Narcotics Control Division's new investigator hides a violent alter ego and a dangerous past. Together with his stoic partner Hal Kurabayashi, Kai is assigned to track down and stop the distribution of a dangerous new drug--Dragon Speed.
The NCD is investigating a blackmail case involving a drug dealer who is proving impossible to pin down. In an effort to get any leads, the team begins to investigate the victim, office worker Yoshio Ito. Hal and Kai go undercover to infiltrate Ito's life, and find a twisted trail of dark secrets...
Synopsis
Kai Eto may look like a squeaky clean kid, but the Greater Kanto Narcotics Control Division's new investigator hides a violent alter ego and a dangerous past. Together with his stoic partner Hal Kurabayashi, Kai is assigned to track down and stop the distribution of a dangerous new drug--Dragon Speed.
The NCD is investigating a blackmail case involving a drug dealer who is proving impossible to pin down. In an effort to get any leads, the team begins to investigate the victim, office worker Yoshio Ito. Hal and Kai go undercover to infiltrate Ito's life, and find a twisted trail of dark secrets...
Synopsis
Can the Narcotics Control Division save the streets from drugs' invisible threat?
Kai Eto may look like a squeaky clean kid, but the Greater Kanto Narcotics Control Division's new investigator hides a violent alter ego and a dangerous past. With his stoic partner Hal Kurabayashi, Kai is assigned to track down and stop the distribution of Dragon Speed, a dangerous new drug. But Ryugen, the syndicate trafficking the drug, is almost impossible to infiltrate. Add street violence and a jurisdiction war with the Meguro Police, and poor Kai is in for some very long days at the office.
The NCD is investigating a blackmail case involving a drug dealer who is proving impossible to pin down. In an effort to get a lead, the team begins to investigate the victim, office worker Yoshio Ito. Hal and Kai go undercover to infiltrate Ito's life, and find a twisted trail of dark secrets...
About the Author
Naked ape is the collaboration of artist Tonomi Nakamura and writer Otoh Saki. The two women also design posters, album covers, and phone cards. Their other work includes Black tar and the futuristic crime thriller DOLLS.