FURUYA USAMARU

Based on the Tokyo Grand Guignol play Litchi Hikari Club.Litchi Hikari Club revolves around a group of schoolboys who plan to create the ultimate in Artificial Intelligence.As the story progresses, we watch the group gradually fall apart due to internal conflict and as the boys, under corrupt leadership, involve increasingly more twisted and depraved methods to reach their goal.-------------A group of nine boys (called the Hikari Club) are intent on making the Ultimate AI. The attractive leader of the club, Zera, is a twisted man polluting the minds of the club members to make them do whatever he pleases. Tamiya, the original founder of the club, wants to reclaim the club. Niko, the second in command, is pissed off at Jaibo, the one obsessed with Zera. They kidnap a schoolgirl, but the AI Raichi falls in love with her and she with him, and things get messy.(Warning: contains guro)

Warning by VampireBanana: LOTS of Black humor! Also, none of the pages are really continuous so the numbering doesn't matter. Palepoli goes beyond the framework of standard four-panel manga and views its structure in new ways. Actually, Furuya knew nothing of conventional manga styles and methods when he started Palepoli. As a result, he created something that bore little similarity to other manga. Furuya notes that he selects his subject matter and methods with clear and precise intentions. I find it extremely rare for a manga artist to be this deliberate.A portion of Palepoli was featured in Secret Comics Japan(published by Viz).