1 World Manga : Passage 1. Poverty - A Ray of Light
The first World Manga series offers a premise where the hero must grapple with social problems of a global magnitude that are set in the real world. Fifteen year-old orphan Rei survives by his wits and guts on the mean streets of the world. His for...
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San Francisco: VIZ Media and World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/15156083/first-world-bank-manga-vol-1-7-passage-one-poverty-ray-light http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7212 |
| Summary: | The first World Manga series offers a
premise where the hero must grapple with social problems of
a global magnitude that are set in the real world. Fifteen
year-old orphan Rei survives by his wits and guts on the
mean streets of the world. His fortunes take a strange turn
when he meets a trainer wielding some powerful
transformational magic who offers to coach him to achieve
his dream of becoming the greatest marital artist in the
world! But it seems Rei's trainer is more interested in
developing his mind, spirit and ugh! Heart than his
thrashing, raging, and fighting moves! The stakes get higher
when Rei meets a young woman fighting just to survive! Can
Rei meets vanquish the specter of poverty? This publication
includes some of the following headings: poverty - a ray of
light; HIV/AIDS - first love; child soldiers of boys and
men; global warming - the lagoon of the vanishing fish;
girl's education - life lessons; corruption - broken
trust; and interview with the author of the first World Bank
Manga (passage one to passage six). |
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