Dark Metro manga volume 1 (1)

Anna almost descends to the dark side when she follows the suicidal Rei down an escalator to hell. Seiya pulls her back, but will they make it out of Tokyo's secret metro lines in time to escape Rei and the ghosts who inhabit the Tokyo underground?

From School Library Journal

Grade 10 Up–As a motif of horror fiction, subways have certainly been explored before, but this combination of manga and underground terror is sure to win fans. It seems that the Tokyo subway is more than just a bustling urban transport system; it's also the lair of ghosts and other gruesome beasties. In a series of self-contained short stories, different characters encounter the restless spirits that lurk in the subterranean tunnels: a dancer is pursued by the ghost of a former rival, some teenage pimps must face the shocking results of their actions, and so on. Throughout the stories, a spectral young man named Seiya appears, guiding the living and the dead with his understanding of the underworld. The art is dramatic and evocative but the gory images make this title for older teens.–Douglas P. Davey, Halton Hills Public Library, Ontario, Canada Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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