This award-winning series marries a unique scifi set-up with an examination of social issues surrounding veganism, animal exploitation, and ecoterrorism. Charlie, Lucy, and the others head to New York City in search of any clue that will lead them to the mysterious Dr. Grossman, who seems to be at the center of everything. But Omelas and the ALA are on the move as well, and their tactics are changing. It’s guerrilla warfare in the streets as terror grips the entire nation—!!
Half-human, half-chimpanzee Charlie’s birth mother Eva is dead—but her startling last message could change everything. Even as Charlie and his friends struggle with the possible existence of another humanzee, a fateful encounter forces them to accept the truth... And now Charlie faces his greatest challenge yet!
If you take any more from me, you’ll pay an extremely high cost! Half-human, half-chimpanzee Charlie is at the center of a maelstrom: the ALA want to turn him into a terrorist figurehead, the FBI want to bring him in, and the people of Shrews want nothing to do with him... Amid the chaos, Charlie has lost his family. But who took them from him? The answer could change the world—!!
This award-winning series marries a unique scifi set-up with an examination of social issues surrounding veganism, animal exploitation, and ecoterrorism. Everyone’s eyes are on half-human, half-chimpanzee Charlie after the Animal Liberation Alliance orchestrates a mass shooting at his high school. The FBI wants to bring him in, the locals want him out—but what are the ALA’s real intentions? Why are they so fixated on Charlie? And what can they tell him about the mystery of his birth?
A NIGHTMARE UNFOLDS!! WHO CAN CHARLIE PROTECT—AND AT WHAT COST?! Charlie—half human, half chimpanzee—has just entered high school. His parents simply want a normal life for him, but the terrorist group known as the Animal Liberation Alliance has other ideas. In spite of everything, Charlie's new friend Lucy is doing her best to help him fit in—until every parent's worst nightmare strikes Shrews High...!
The Animal Liberation Alliance, an eco-terrorist organization, rescues a pregnant chimpanzee from an animal testing lab—only for it to give birth to a half-human, half-chimpanzee “humanzee” named Charlie! Fifteen years later, Charlie’s human foster parents are finally ready to send him to a normal high school, where he makes his first friend: a human girl named Lucy. In the meantime, however, the ALA’s stance has become ever more extreme, and now they’re here to drag Charlie into their terrorist plot... Winner of the prestigious Manga Taisho, as well as an Excellence Award at the Japanese Media Arts Festival, The Darwin Incident is as action-packed as it is socially relevant!
Nach dem Massaker an Charlies Schule ist die gesamte Stadt im Ausnahmezustand. Es fehlt nicht viel, bis die Trauer der Bevölkerung in Angst und Hass umschlägt. Und als bekannt wird, dass der Attentäter Charlie für seine Terrorgruppe rekrutieren wollte, gerät der Humanzee ins Fadenkreuz eines wütenden Mobs. Lucy stellt sich schützend vor Charlie, doch genau da droht die Situation vollends zu eskalieren …