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Japanese Graphic Novel
Le Fantome de l'Opera
by JET

Cover

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Explanation:

            This Japanese manga was made by a phan (JET?) for nonprofit purposes. It's blatantly a mixture of Leroux, the ALW musical, and the Lon Chaney movie. I don't know much Kanji at all, so I can't translate directly for you, but you can pretty much figure it out if you know Hiragana and Katakana. For those of you who don't know any Japanese at all, at least the art is nice ;)
A reminder to all, the sequence of images go RIGHT TO LEFT, not left to right. I was almost going to mirror them for you so they'd be in the conventional comic book direction, but then the writing would be backwards, so I decided against it.
For those of you who can't read katakana, whenever you see: Christine It's "Christine."
Now obviously, I'm not going to scan the entire 132-page graphic novel, but I've included basically all of the most interesting pictures from the Erik scenes...And a couple of Raoul.


Inside the cover.


Title Page.


Through the mirror.


Down to the cellars.


Across the lake.



Aerial view.


Unmasking.


Unmasked!


The rage!


The anguish!


The remorse.


I am Erik.


Flashback. Christine tells Raoul of Erik on the roof.


Erik gets moody.


Christine gets scared.


Raoul comforts Christine on the roof.


Erik suffers atop the statue in his Red Death costume.


Erik visits Raoul's room in the night.


In the wedding gown after the abduction.


Vows.


Erik bids Raoul welcome.


Erik lassos Raoul!


The kiss!


Goodbye.