Strain

Strain

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Japanese

ストレイン

English

Strain

Information

Type

Manga

Published

1996 to 1998

Status

Finished

Source

Rating

Genres

Action

Demographics

Seinen

Statistics

Rank

9465

Score

6.96

Scored by

1217

Popularity

5418

Members

3943

Favorites

14

External Links

Synopsis

Mayo is the five dollar assassin who asks only five dollars for a killing. He is asked to kill the mother of a 12 year old prostitute, Shion, but leaves her alive out of pity. This event starts a chain of events which will shake the Asian economies to the core. (Source: ANN)

Background

Strain was published in English by VIZ Media, first in the monthly manga anothology Pulp: Manga for Grownups, from December 1997 (premiere issue) to March 2001 (issue vol. 5, no. #3), for a total of 40 issues, later as standard volumes from January 5, 1999 to January 9, 2003. It has also been published in German by Schreiber & Leser, and in French by Seebd.

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