Product Description
by Shin'ichi Sakamoto (Author), Shin'ichi Sakamoto (Illustrator), Michael Gombos (Translator)
Available in English for the first time comes the direct sequel to Shin'ichi Sakamoto's (#DRCL Midnight Children) manga series Innocent.
At the dawn of the French Revolution, a family of executioners will set in motion the events that will change the future! Charles-Henri Sanson reigns as the head of a family of executioners. His dreams of a world without execution have faded as the legacy of House Sanson takes precedence. His younger sister Marie-Joseph, stationed at the office of Versailles, lives free--unshackled by the precepts of society, jeopardizes the sanctity of that legacy. Following the death of her first love, Alain, she sets herself on a crimson-soaked path of vengeance and will stop at nothing to expose the murderer and overthrow the unjust system that cost him his life. This omnibus edition collects volumes 1-3 of the original Japanese manga series! Available in English for the first time! For mature audiences.Author Biography
Shin'ichi Sakamoto was born in Osaka, Japan, on July 19, 1972 and is a Japanese manga-ka. The work he began serializing in 2007, The Climber, won the Excellence Prize at the fourteenth Japan Media Arts Festival. In 2013, Innocent was a jury selection in the manga division at the seventeenth Japan Media Arts Festival. In 2014, Innocent was nominated for a Readers' Award for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. In 2015, Innocent was nominated and placed at seventh at the Manga Taishō. In 2024, #DRCL midnight children was named Best New Manga at the American Manga Awards.
