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Dragon Head 『ドラゴンヘッド』

Dragon Head is a manga published by Kodansha in their Young Magazine from 1995 until 2000. Written and drawn by Minetaro Mochizuki, it relates the journey of two young Tokyo high school students after a terrible accident on the bullet train as they return from their school field trip.
 
Following an earthquake that derails their train and leaves them trapped inside a tunnel, Teru and Ako must find a way to survive in a post-disaster world. Working together, they escape the tunnel only to be confronted with the harsh reality of the current state of Japan. 
 
In 1997, Dragon Head won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga and was adapted into a live action film directed by Jōji Iida in 2003.

Dragon Head can be purchased at retailers such as Amazon.com.

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