Helter Skelter (manga)
| Helter Skelter | |
Cover of the Helter Skelter tankōbon
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ヘルタースケルター (Herutā Sukerutā) |
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| Genre | Psychological horror |
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| Written by | Kyoko Okazaki |
| Published by | Shodensha |
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| Demographic | Josei |
| Magazine | Feel Young |
| Original run | July 1995 – April 1996 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Mika Ninagawa |
| Written by | Arisa Kaneko |
| Music by | Kōji Ueno |
| Released | July 14, 2012 |
| Runtime | 127 minutes |
Helter Skelter (Japanese: ヘルタースケルター Hepburn: Herutā Sukerutā?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kyoko Okazaki. It was serialized in Feel Young magazine from 1995 to 1996 and collected into a single tankōbon volume by Shodensha on April 8, 2003. The story was adapted into a 2012 live-action film directed by Mika Ninagawa and starring Erika Sawajiri. The manga was released in English by Vertical in 2013.
Supermodel Liliko (りりこ Ririko?) has undergone full body plastic surgery to attain the perfect body and face in order to stay on top of the modeling world. However, her body begins to break down as an effect of the treatments and she grows desperate and unhinged, lashing out at first to her manager, Hiroko Tada (alias Mom) and agency and later to the public as she realizes that her current lifestyle cannot last long. The matter is made worse when Tada introduces Liliko to Kozue Yoshikawa whose natural beauty and friendly demeanor makes her a popular fashion icon to women all around. The process of her popularity makes Liliko more unhinged and fearful that she will fade to obscurity. In an attempt to stay ahead, Liliko forces her overly stressed out assistant, Michiko Hada, and her boyfriend to sabotage Kozue.
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