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A Mirror Image Storm

Editor's note — A little history...
The idea behind Starr and Staff dates back to 1984 where high school friends fascinated by Japanese culture—or at least, martial arts and ninjas—dreamed…
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Tony Chung
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Kenneth Yap
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A Mirror Image Cover
Thoughts on creating the cover for A Mirror Image Storm.
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Kenneth Yap
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Tony Chung
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A Mirror Image Storm — 5: Inner Peace
Yukiko is safe now, but her mind is adrift. Then she sees her father and mother in a dream. Or is it a dream?
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Kenneth Yap
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Tony Chung
A Mirror Image Storm — 4: A Little History
Yukiko must escape from a Yakuza assassin. Fortunately, her father's video game creations have more uses than the killer suspects...
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Kenneth Yap
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Tony Chung
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A Mirror Image Storm — 3: Mirror Image
Yukiko stares at her captor... the man who almost killed her mother and caused a scandal for her father. Why is his face so familiar?
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Kenneth Yap
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Tony Chung
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A Mirror Image Storm — 2: Willow Tree Dreams
Tomie has been in a coma for so long, but she has never stopped thinking, dreaming, remembering. She remembers Takeyoshi, the man she loves. And now he…
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Kenneth Yap
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Tony Chung
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A Mirror Image Storm — 1: Homecoming
2015 — Takeyoshi Karematsu, creator of the world famous Starr and Staff video games, returns to Japan for the first time in two years... but perhaps not…
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Kenneth Yap
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Tony Chung
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In the Shadows of Ancient Edo
Text from the back cover of "A Mirror Image Storm" written in the voice of Yukiko Karematsu, one of the characters.
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Kenneth Yap
The War Inside the Soul
Everyone struggles in some way or other with warring impulses inside the heart and soul.
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Kenneth Yap
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