Mandarake Complex

This guide to Mandarake Complex in Akihabara, Tokyo follows Masuzo Furukawa, who trained under manga legend Shigeru Mizuki before deciding his own drawing wasn't good enough and quitting. It traces his failed first bookstore, the lesson he drew from it about location, and the tiny stall he opened in Nakano Broadway in 1980 that became Mandarake. As you climb the floors, notice how each one is sorted like a museum of a different obsession.