Zen has no memory of the last twenty years, and doesn’t much care. The back cover, with its line “he can’t remember if he’s a killer or a hero,” erroneously leads one to anticipate a story of an amnesiac’s quest for identity. In reality, Blank Slate is all about the action. The story takes place in the country of Amata, which was invaded and conquered in a war two decades … [Read more...] about Blank Slate 1 by Aya Kanno: B-