Zombie Powder
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Zombie Powder is an unfinished manga and the first work of Tite Kubo. It ran a short 27 chapters (later compiled into 4 tankōbon) in Shonen Jump before cancellation. According to the coverleaf of the third tankōbon, the author was in a state of severe emotional trauma when he wrote it, and this may have contributed to the cancellation. Another possible cause of the cancellation was a low number of fan letters, which publishers sometimes use as a gauge of popularity in the manga industry. Zombie Powder was recently licensed by VIZ Media, due for release in September 2006. Kubo Tite's current project, Bleach, has proven to be extremely popular.
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Plot
"Powder Hunters" are searching for a legendary drug called "Zombie Powder." It can make the dead come back to life and make the living immortal, much like the philosopher's stone. However, to obtain the zombie powder one needs to collect the twelve Rings of the Dead.
Zombie Powder has a futuristic-western setting, similar to that of Trigun.
Characters
Main
- Akutabi Gamma: The protagonist, a powder hunter. Gamma has metal plating on his right hand and arm, which allows him to catch bullets. The plating extends to his cheek and neck. He fights with a chainsword. He wants the zombie powder for invicibility. He is also a bounty hunter, though he has a price on his head too.
- John Elwood Sheperd: A 13-year-old pickpocket who fights with knives. He wants to use the zombie powder to ressurect his sister, Sheryl Ann.
- C.T. Smith: A crack-shot gunman who dresses like a London banker. He even carries a briefcase. why he seeks the zombie powder is not revealed.
- Wolfgangina Lalla Getto: A female journalist with a 101-cm h-cup bust. She uses a tripod as her weapon. She is trying to save her brother Emilio, who is being devoured by a Ring of the Dead.
Secondary
- Sheryl Ann Shepard: John's older sister. She was a caring but sickly woman who cared for John until she was killed by John's employer.
- Emilio Lufas Getto: Wolfina's younger brother. He has been in a coma ever since he accidentally found a Ring of the Dead when he was eight. The ring is now slowly eating him alive.
- Ranewater Calder: A sadistic man who leads the Ash Daughter gang. He uses "phoenixsamin" to keep himself from looking old.
- Baragne Binoix Bartoreuil Balmuk: Leader of a group of bandits called "Khorosho." He enjoys murder and chaos.
- Nazna Gemini: The unpleasant head of the Gemini Laboratory.
- Angelle Belle Rose Cooney: A sometimes bratty, but wise girl. She is in love with Gamma, who she met at the Gemini Laboratory. Perhaps as a result of experimenting at the laboratory, she is a strong fighter.
External links
- Walking Dead- a fansitees:Zombie Powder