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Ode to Kirihito (manga)

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Alternative title:
Eulogy to Kirihito 
Kirihito 
Kirihito Sanka (Japanese) 
Oda a Kirihito (Spanish) 
Ode aan Kirihito (Dutch) 
きりひと讃歌 (Japanese) 
Genres: action , drama , psychological , thriller 
Themes: medical , religion 
Plot Summary: Two young doctors, the passionate and well-liked Osanai and the ambitious Tatsugaura, are both investigating the mysterious 'Monmo' diesease, found only in one remote village, which causes bizarre bone deformation, making its victims take on a beastlike appearance before their deaths. Osanai, caught between the allure of his urban medical world and the rural peace offered by the remote village, does his best to help the victims retain their humanity in the face of a medical establishment which views them only as guinea pigs and oddities. Meanwhile, Tatsugaura schemes against Osanai and tries to infect his rival with the disease in order to gain fame from researching the results. 
User Ratings: 84 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 20 votes (Eng:12, dub:5, sub:3)
 Excellent: 33 votes (Eng:19, sub:8, dub:5, raw:1)
 Very good: 17 votes (Eng:14, dub:2, sub:1)
 Good: 10 votes (Eng:9, dub:1)
 Decent: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 126 users, rank: #677 (of 6930)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.595 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.3551, rank: #317 (of 7783)
Weighted mean: 8.570 (Excellent−), rank: #407 (of 7783) (seen all: 8.60 / seen some: 7.54)
Bayesian estimate: 8.529 (Excellent−), rank: #53 (of 3529)
Number of tankoubon: 4 
Number of pages: 200 
Chapter titles: We have 20
Vintage:
1970-04-10 to 1971-12-25 
2004-08 (Spain) 
2005-09-14 to 2006-03-22 (France) 
Release dates: We have 11
Links: We have 1
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Japanese, World Manga Nominated for 2007 Eisner Awards (Apr 19, 2007)
Release List Update (Jun 8, 2006)
Vertical to Release Ode to Kirihito (Feb 13, 2006)
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eBook
    Ode to Kirihito (eBook) 2015-07-22 (from $11.99)
Graphic novel
    Ode to Kirihito (GN) 2006-10-24 (from $7.34)
    Ode to Kirihito - Part 1 (GN 1) 2010-03-30 (from $22.00)
    Ode to Kirihito - Part 2 (GN 2) 2010-03-30 (from $9.47)
    Ode to Kirihito: New Omnibus Edition (GN) 2022-05-03 (from $26.64)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Story & Art: Osamu Tezuka 
Publisher:
Daitosha (1974, 1986) 
Kodansha (1977) 
Mushi Production (1972) 
Shogakukan (1970, 1989, 1994, 2000, 2003) 
Japanese cast
(none)
English staff
English cast
Translation: Camellia Nieh 

Cover Design: Chip Kidd 
Production:
Hiroko Mizuno 
Shinobu Sato 
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Vertical 
French staff
French cast
Translation: Jacques Lalloz 

Adaptation: Patrick Honnoré 
Lettering: Anne-Sophie Royer 
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Akata/Delcourt 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation:
Ángel-Manuel Ybáñez (ECC Ediciones) 
Emilio Gallego Zambrano (Spain) 
(none)
Spanish companies
Publisher:
ECC Ediciones (Spain) 
Otakuland (Spain) 
Italian staff
Italian companies
Translation: Francesco Nicodemo 
Publisher:
Hazard 
J-Pop 
Italian cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Carlsen Comics 
German cast
(none)
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Publisher: Uitgeverij L 
Dutch cast
(none)

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