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Tokyo native Usamaru Furuya is considered one of the brightest artists in modern manga today. Upon graduating from Tama University for the Arts Furuya turned his attention to the world of comics making his debut in 1994 in the legendary magazine AX. Since then he has gone on to draw sixteen titles including the Lychee Light Club, Short Cuts and Genkaku Picasso. A Guest of Honor at the 2010 Toronto Comics Art Festival, Furuya is now captivating an international audience for his striking designs and his emotionally charged works.

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What made the original <i>No Longer Human</i> so great and what has been carried forward into this version is not just the fact that it has such an impact, but that it uses its impact to connect to things that haven t diminished with the passage of time...We are moved most profoundly by tragedy not because pain is more worthy of art than joy, but because it s loss (and, perhaps, the salvation and redemption that can come afterwards) that inspires use to reflect and understand far more deeply than simply winning... Great art, no matter how much sadness it encompasses, is exhilarating because it showcases people working at the top of their game. - <i>Genji Press Never have I read a manga which made me understand and feel what it meant to be no longer human...For a first volume, [<i>No Longer Human</i>, part 1]was beautiful and I loved it dearly to feel the need to write this. And how I wished it had garnered enough attention in Japan for it to merit some kind of award because personally, I felt Furuya deserved it...If darkness made me understand the other side of humanity, then I don t mind sinking deeper. - <i>Otaku Champloo

What made the original No Longer Human so great -- and what has been carried forward into this version -- is not just the fact that it has such an impact, but that it uses its impact to connect to things that haven't diminished with the passage of time...We are moved most profoundly by tragedy not because pain is more worthy of art than joy, but because it's loss (and, perhaps, the salvation and redemption that can come afterwards) that inspires use to reflect and understand far more deeply than simply winning... Great art, no matter how much sadness it encompasses, is exhilarating because it showcases people working at the top of their game. - Genji Press <br> Never have I read a manga which made me understand and feel what it meant to be no longer human...For a first volume, [ No Longer Human, part 1] was beautiful and I loved it dearly to feel the need to write this. And how I wished it had garnered enough attention in Japan for it to merit some kind of award because pers

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Tokyo native Usamaru Furuya is considered one of the brightest artists in modern manga today. Upon graduating from Tama University for the Arts Furuya turned his attention to the world of comics making his debut in 1994 in the legendary magazine AX. Since then he has gone on to draw sixteen titles including the Lychee Light Club, Short Cuts and Genkaku Picasso. A Guest of Honor at the 2010 Toronto Comics Art Festival, Furuya is now captivating an international audience for his striking designs and his emotionally charged works.

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