Kitaro is a fun, eerie romp into Japan's supernatural world.
--School Library Journal, YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens
The second in a seven-volume series of the best of Shigeru Mizuki's
Kitaro comics, designed with a kid-friendly format and price point!
Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon is the second volume in the adventures of
Shigeru Mizuki's bizarre yokai boy Kitaro and his gaggle of otherworldly
friends. These seven stories date from the golden age of Gegege no
Kitaro, when Mizuki had perfected the balance of folklore, comedy, and
horror that made Kitaro one of Japan's most beloved characters.
In Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon, Kitaro and his father, Medama Oyaji, face
off against one of their most powerful enemies--the self-styled Yokai
Supreme Commander known as Nurarihyon. Over the course of this volume,
Kitaro takes on the swamp-dwelling Sawa Kozo, the mysterious Diamond
Yokai, and the sea giant called Umizato, and wages a double feature of
battles against the bizarre Odoro Odoro. Finally, Kitaro journeys to
hell itself in the infamous and surreal story Hell Ride.
In addition to more than 150 pages of Mizuki's all-ages monster fun,
Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon includes bonus materials: Yokai Files that
introduce Japan's folklore monsters and a History of Kitaro essay by the
translator Zack Davisson. If you found the world of yokai fascinating
in The Birth of Kitaro, you will find even more to love in Kitaro
Meets Nurarihyon!