The town of Kurōzu is haunted by spirals. The classic horror manga for this year’s review comes from one of the master mangaka of horror, Junji Itō. Uzumaki – Spiral into Horror ( うずまき / uzumaki, lit. So which is the scarier notion: getting attacked by fantasy creatures, which we know don’t exist in real life? Or losing your mind, which happens all the time to people in real life? Some other reviews have descrived Hideo as “eccentric” or a “loser”, but he’s neither – he’s quite a normal person like you and me. Thus when he is alone at home at night and starts seeing faces and arms outside his window and under his bed, it is so frightening because Hideo is such a realistic character. This man simply has some severe mental issues. But far more terrifying are Hideo’s hallucinations which are unrelated to the zombie apocalypse. Granted, the final scene in which a zombie crawls towards Hideo (and the picture surface) is impressive. Hideo’s work at the manga studio, his dealings with magazine editors, co-workers and rival mangaka, and his ramblings about what makes a good manga all amount to a sometimes straightforward, sometimes satirical perspective on the manga industry. 1 is highly successful in this regard.Īnother asset of I Am a Hero is its meta level. But is he able keep up the suspenseful atmosphere over the course of 22 volumes? I don’t know yet, but at least vol. Not only does this slow build-up make the eventual confrontation with the zombies more dramatic, it also allows Hanazawa early on to plant subtle hints about the coming zombie virus outbreak. Each panel itself is meticulously drawn, sometimes obviously photoreferenced with reproduced lens distortions. He uses a great many panels for the mundanest of Hideo’s activities, e.g. Hanazawa’s attention to detail is admirable. We get to know his daily routine, his lacklustre job as an assistant in a manga studio, his difficult relationship with his girlfriend Tekko, his futile attempts to get his own manga published, etc. This first volume, however, deals much more with protagonist Hideo himself than with flesh-eating undead. You might have already heard that this is a series about an average guy trying to survive a zombie apocalypse. Publisher: Carlsen (originally Shōgakukan) This is perhaps the most interesting thing about Ajin: how on the one hand his friends, family and everyone else around him turn away from him when they find out he is ‘not human’, and how on the other hand he slowly embraces his newfound power so that he is indeed in danger of losing his humanity. 1: there’s nothing really shocking here, but it’s quite a chilling scene when Kei realises that he can heal his injuries by killing himself – whenever he dies, he is alive and healthy again shortly afterwards. If I had read this manga when I was 14, I would probably have loved it, even though (or maybe precisely because) the publisher’s age recommendation is 16+. On the plus side, the art is pretty cool, particularly the motorcycle chase scenes. In this and some other ways, Ajin is a poor man’s Death Note with its ‘howcatchem’ plot structure and its eccentric detective character. Now he is on the run from both the government and bounty hunters.Ījin suffers from the same mistake that many mystery manga series make: somehow the creators think the basic premise (in this case, Kei’s immortality) isn’t interesting enough, so gradually more and more supernatural phenoma are revealed (here: the ajin’s petrifying voice, demonic figures with razor-sharp claws, and who knows what else in the following volumes). Ajin are not considered human, and Kei fears he will be experimented on if he gets caught. When high school student Kei is hit by a truck one day, he discovers that he is an immortal ‘ajin’ – one of 47 such beings known to exist worldwide. Website: (German publisher), (Baka-Updates) Language: German (translated from Japanese)Īuthors: Tsuina Miura (story), Gamon Sakurai (art) Find the previous Halloween blogposts here: 2017, 2016, 2015.Ījin – Demi-Human ( 亜人 / ajin, lit. As always, here are short reviews of two recent and one classic horror manga. Halloween means scary manga time at The 650-Cent Plague. Pokemon Adventures (Ruby and Sapphire), Vol.Manga reviews, Halloween 2018 edition: Ajin, I Am a Hero, Uzumaki Posted: Octo| Author: Martin de la Iglesia | Filed under: review | Tags: Ajin, comics, Gamon Sakurai, Halloween, horror, I Am a Hero, Junji Itō, Kengo Hanazawa, manga, mystery, Tsuina Miura, Uzumaki, zombies | 4 Comments.The Road to Redemption Related Books Search for: Recent Books This book was released on 2004 with total page 100 pages. Whiteĭownload or read book The Road to Redemption written by Ellen G. Book Synopsis The Road to Redemption by : Ellen G.
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