BECK is back! Harold Sakuishi's wildly addictive 34-volume rock 'n' roll epic that redefined for a generation what manga could be returns-at last complete in English.Fourteen-year-old Yukio Tanaka is one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. His shy and somewhat neurotic personality makes him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets rocker Ryusuke Minami, an unpredictable sixteen-year-old with a cool dog named Beck. Ryusuke has just returned to Japan from America, and when he inspires Yukio to get into music, the two begin a journey through the world of rock 'n' roll dreams! Lace up your Docs and head to the mosh pit-Harold Sakuishi's manga series that spawned the hit anime is back!
BECK's national tour is off to a great start. But under the surface, the discord between Koyuki and Chiba slowly begins to impinge the band at a whole... Amidst the morass, Chiba decides to enter a solo freestyle battle in order to determine just what his purpose in BECK is. Riddled with self-doubt, Chiba faces off against some of the hip-hop world's best, grabbing the audience by the heart with each bout. Where will the bewildered warrior's battle take him?!