Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo, Volume 4

Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo #4

by Matsuri Akino

The nightmares associated with the pet shop operated by Count D. in Los Angeles have ceased in the several years since he left town, but someone by the same name just opened a new exotic pet shop in Tokyo.

Genres: Manga, Horror, Fantasy, Josei, Graphic Novels, Paranormal, Fiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2007

About the author

Matsuri Akino (秋乃 茉莉 Akino Matsuri), is a Japanese manga artist from Mitaka, Tokyo, now a resident of Yokohama. Her work is a mix of the fantasy, mystery, and horror genres. Her self portrait is usually a kappa, sometimes with braids or an odango hairstyle.

Reviews

[Andrea]

Matsuri Akino is a genius with a beautiful mind so often these stories make me think.

[B.D. Aguayo]

Historias: "Digital", "Flowers and the Detective - Part 1", "Dark Horse", "Flowers and the Detective - Part 2" y "Dracula".
Otro cliché del que no se puede escapar es que aunque el Detective en teoría odia al Conde, pasa buena parte de su tiempo en la tienda de este, en teoría para asegurarse de que nada ilegal está ocurriendo ahí, lo que obviamente hace que una amistad (que ambas partes niegan contundentemente que sientan) florezca.
Sin embargo es de agradecerle a la autora que ni la calidad de los dibujos ni la calidad de las historias ha decaído en estos cuatro volúmenes, algo más de un año en cuanto a su publicación en Japón.

[Kathryn Grace Loves Horror]

The library accidentally gave me this one instead of the 4th one in the original series. I read it, but didn't enjoy it quite as much as the original series. Maybe it was just because I haven't read the ones that come before it though. And don't get me wrong, I also still enjoyed it a lot.

[L]

⭐️⭐️✨

[Rachel]

I'm enjoying the longer story arcs but it's still missing the charm of the original series.

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I like Leon because he's at least willing to hear the count out. His new replacement sucks because he's just a jerk.

[Brittany King]

my adult self will own this series one day!

[Mandy]

Always a pleasure and heartbreak in the same manga

[Alysse Peery]

Pet Shop of Horrors is a manga by Matsuri Akino and the sequel to Pet Shop of Horrors. Welcome to Tokyo's Neo-Chinatown, a large building complex with chinese shops of all kinds. One of those shops is Count D's pet shop. Here one can find the most common cat or dog, alongside exotic animals that barely scrape past the Washington treaty. These pets can grant a person's deepest wish, but all wishes come with a price. Are the results good or bad? None can tell. Believe what you wish, because the truth is the truth. And just what about Count D himself? Just what could he be thinking?

This series is very much like its predecessor, Pet Shop of Horrors. Still the episodic nature of the chapters keeps you reading, waiting to see what kind of customer will come through the door. Of course, even in a new country, Count D's pet shop still recives acusations like human trafficing or selling illegal drugs. Still, let's see what how 'animalistic' these animals -and humans- truly are.

[Christiane]

Star-crossed young lovers, an unhappy couple and their kindly cat, an actress haunted by a stalker...all the stories in this volume were surprisingly sweet and warm-hearted, with happy endings!

[Jennifer]

Terrific book. Although I noticed a lot of characters re-appearing from the previous volumes. I think I'm going to have to go back & re-read the books before this one.

[Carrie]

The last story was very trippy. It threw me for a loop. Brilliant writing!