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Blue Heaven [ブルー・ヘヴン] #3
Blue Heaven, Volume 3
„Witamy w istnym raju na ocenia! Witamy na pokładzie Blue Heaven!”
Krwawa rozgrywka pomiędzy Sheng Longiem a Galphem zmieniła te słowa w ponury, okrutny żart. Blue Heaven płonie, to jednak nie powstrzymuje opętanych żądzą mordu oponentów przed urządzeniem na pokładzie statku istnego piekła. Który z nich zdoła unicestwić wroga? Który zatonie w morzu krwi?
Czas na finał konfrontacji, w której życie niewinnych osób nie ma żadnej wartości. Nadchodzi tragiczny koniec Blue Heaven.
W tym tomie znajdziecie również dwie bonusowe historie: „69" oraz dwuczęściową „Route 69”.
Krwawa rozgrywka pomiędzy Sheng Longiem a Galphem zmieniła te słowa w ponury, okrutny żart. Blue Heaven płonie, to jednak nie powstrzymuje opętanych żądzą mordu oponentów przed urządzeniem na pokładzie statku istnego piekła. Który z nich zdoła unicestwić wroga? Który zatonie w morzu krwi?
Czas na finał konfrontacji, w której życie niewinnych osób nie ma żadnej wartości. Nadchodzi tragiczny koniec Blue Heaven.
W tym tomie znajdziecie również dwie bonusowe historie: „69" oraz dwuczęściową „Route 69”.
200 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2003
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About the author
Tsutomu Takahashi
274 books49 followersJapanese Profile: 高橋ツトム
He was born on September 20, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese manga artist, who is well known for his manga Jiraishin. As of March 2006, he is currently married and has one child. His alias is Ichigo Nekota.
He was once a guest lecturer at Ritsumeikan University back in 1998, giving a talk on "Expression".
Nihei Tsutomu and Sato Shuho used to be his assistants.
He was born on September 20, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese manga artist, who is well known for his manga Jiraishin. As of March 2006, he is currently married and has one child. His alias is Ichigo Nekota.
He was once a guest lecturer at Ritsumeikan University back in 1998, giving a talk on "Expression".
Nihei Tsutomu and Sato Shuho used to be his assistants.
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June 3, 2019
Se que es un "short story" (historia corta) pero esperaba mas de ella, para mi el comienzo de la historia fue lo que mas me captó, cuando encuentran al personaje principal en un bote en medio del océano y luego este empieza a crear terror en el crucero de "Blue Heaven". No encontré ningún personaje muy interesante, el asesino y el loco que era racista tenían potencial de tener un "background" más complejo pero al ser una historia corta sólo se mostró la superficie de la situación, no entendí muy bien cuál era el propósito del asesino, al final el sobrevive, y qué ¿Vuelve a hacer todo de nuevo? También el racismo se presentó de una manera bien estereotipada y claramente se nota que el autor se inspiró en la figura de Hitler para los personajes racistas, pero los presentó de una manera tan genérica que se me hacía difícil tomarlo en serio. Con esto siento que pasaré un tiempo sin leer "short stories" ya que obviamente no son mi género favorito con respecto a los mangas. No les digo que no la lean, pero hay mejores historias cortas.
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February 25, 2023
Quel grand moment de perplexité ! Un peu plus d'un tiers de l'ouvrage pour terminer l'intrigue et une méga nouvelle qui n'a rien à voir pour finir...? Complètement bâchée, une saga en 3 volumes qui aurait pu être compulsée en seulement deux tomes plus épais, c'est hyper dommage. De fait, la fin manque totalement d'intensité car complètement déconnectée du reste ! Quant à la nouvelle, si quelqu'un y trouve un sens quelconque, venez me MP parce que là, je ne sais pas quoi faire de ces informations...
February 12, 2019
Full series review underneath summarised review for Volume 3
The final of this manga was explosive and closed up everything in the story, which I find can be rare for shorter series. I enjoyed the ending to this, I like how it all came to a close and I love the final moral crises that some of the characters went through in the final few minutes of this. This is a manga I will definitely be reading again, I'll definitely be reading more work by Takahashi, and I'll definitely be reading more into the works that are recommended if you enjoyed this manga. I recommend this one so much.
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I went into Blue Heaven because it was recommended on a list of top horror mangas that lovers of the genre should read. Being a psychological thriller alongside drawn gore, I didn't expect too much from it but I really underestimated this. Although I wasn't in the mood to read psychological horror, the manga itself managed to put me in the mindset to fully enjoy it and that's somewhat rare for me - for a manga to take a toll and allow me to sit back and fully enjoy what it has in store.
The story in this is really enjoyable. It touches on dark tones of terrorism and racism but in an almost humane way. Takahashi does it in such a way that creates a tone of understanding from the things we see in the news and around us that makes this seem extremely humanistic in the hateful way things occur and in the way it makes you feel based on your own morals. The racist tones are also interesting to see - some mangakas do avoid them but I think Takahashi used it really well.
The plotline is gripping and it twists very quickly and often takes you off guard when it does. It was intense at times; it made me swallow quite nervously more than a few times but, ultimately, I feel like it was rushed over the three volumes that there were. I think if Takahashi had added one or two more volumes than the story would have flowed just slightly better rather than feeling like he was running out of time to get it done and published, but that's my only qualm.
The art in this is really well drawn; the expressions of characters are spectacular and some of it downright makes your skin crawl. I found the character designs interesting, curious, and some of them sickening which I really enjoyed. Takahashi has some real skill with his art and it's definitely gotten me interested in reading more of his works.
The characters felt real. There was a lot of human reactions to many events in this. It's interesting to see how characters moral compasses seem to change and how things affect them. I really enjoyed seeing how they changed and adapted as things went
Blue Heaven is a manga I think you need to be in a certain mood to get full enjoyment out of it. I was definitely in that mood and Takahashi has created a world that kept me intrigued and turning the pages, devouring chapter after chapter. My only qualm with it is that it did feel a little rushed which seems to be a bit of a common qualm. I wish Takahashi had strung this out one more volume so that there could have been more in this but I also think that the slightly rushed format of three volumes worked well; one more volume in this might have ended up with a winding story trying to fill another 200 pages.
Route 69 - Oneshot
This one-shot was a little confusing in how things worked out and some of the characters choices, for me at least. The characters were intriguing and even though some of the choices were confusing, it was enjoyable. I'd quite like to see more from Route 69 as its own story but this little titbit into it was enjoyable but not as enjoyable as Blue Heaven.
The final of this manga was explosive and closed up everything in the story, which I find can be rare for shorter series. I enjoyed the ending to this, I like how it all came to a close and I love the final moral crises that some of the characters went through in the final few minutes of this. This is a manga I will definitely be reading again, I'll definitely be reading more work by Takahashi, and I'll definitely be reading more into the works that are recommended if you enjoyed this manga. I recommend this one so much.
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I went into Blue Heaven because it was recommended on a list of top horror mangas that lovers of the genre should read. Being a psychological thriller alongside drawn gore, I didn't expect too much from it but I really underestimated this. Although I wasn't in the mood to read psychological horror, the manga itself managed to put me in the mindset to fully enjoy it and that's somewhat rare for me - for a manga to take a toll and allow me to sit back and fully enjoy what it has in store.
The story in this is really enjoyable. It touches on dark tones of terrorism and racism but in an almost humane way. Takahashi does it in such a way that creates a tone of understanding from the things we see in the news and around us that makes this seem extremely humanistic in the hateful way things occur and in the way it makes you feel based on your own morals. The racist tones are also interesting to see - some mangakas do avoid them but I think Takahashi used it really well.
The plotline is gripping and it twists very quickly and often takes you off guard when it does. It was intense at times; it made me swallow quite nervously more than a few times but, ultimately, I feel like it was rushed over the three volumes that there were. I think if Takahashi had added one or two more volumes than the story would have flowed just slightly better rather than feeling like he was running out of time to get it done and published, but that's my only qualm.
The art in this is really well drawn; the expressions of characters are spectacular and some of it downright makes your skin crawl. I found the character designs interesting, curious, and some of them sickening which I really enjoyed. Takahashi has some real skill with his art and it's definitely gotten me interested in reading more of his works.
The characters felt real. There was a lot of human reactions to many events in this. It's interesting to see how characters moral compasses seem to change and how things affect them. I really enjoyed seeing how they changed and adapted as things went
Blue Heaven is a manga I think you need to be in a certain mood to get full enjoyment out of it. I was definitely in that mood and Takahashi has created a world that kept me intrigued and turning the pages, devouring chapter after chapter. My only qualm with it is that it did feel a little rushed which seems to be a bit of a common qualm. I wish Takahashi had strung this out one more volume so that there could have been more in this but I also think that the slightly rushed format of three volumes worked well; one more volume in this might have ended up with a winding story trying to fill another 200 pages.
Route 69 - Oneshot
This one-shot was a little confusing in how things worked out and some of the characters choices, for me at least. The characters were intriguing and even though some of the choices were confusing, it was enjoyable. I'd quite like to see more from Route 69 as its own story but this little titbit into it was enjoyable but not as enjoyable as Blue Heaven.
July 1, 2025
This was a confusing final volume. The first half of this volume wraps up the Blue Heaven storyline, but not as a climax, it felt more like an epilogue or the final five pages to a book’s story. It could have easily been added to the previous volume and the series could have been a tight duology. It felt like they simply spaced things out to sell more copies. The second half of this volume is a one-shot story Route 69 about a criminal couple and their love story and first heist. It was cute, but it caught me off guard and I wasn’t expecting to read it. I would have preferred a more fleshed out ending to Blue Heaven than whatever this was. I still ended up enjoying this, I just expected more from the ending than what I got, and the random one-shot felt like it distracted from the series itself. Regardless, I liked this story and plan to read more from this writer.
August 18, 2018
Çok çabuk sona doğru ilerledi. Son sahnesi de çok klasikti beğenmedim. Çok fazla olayda yaşanmadı zaten. Anlamsız bir şekilde sonlandı benim için. Seri olarak fena değildi ama fazla abartılı bir anlatım vardı.
December 23, 2020
Ending was a little abrupt. The epilogue was nice and seemed that it could be another story of its own if it continued.
January 2, 2024
Only if I could get more development of Ri Seiryuu and Natsukawa relationship...
Why it end just in vol. 3 after creating such intriguing characters!!! 🙁
Why it end just in vol. 3 after creating such intriguing characters!!! 🙁
December 31, 2024
See Vol. 1 for review.
January 2, 2025
Three stars again. While the main story was going on, it was quite interesting, but the side story that took up a good half of the manga was just boring…
May 15, 2025
Bóbr
August 10, 2024
Cabronsote. Historia cruda y personajes salvajes. Muy buena experiencia con este manga tan corto.
December 3, 2024
Fajny thriller psychologiczny. Bez żadnych zaskoczeń ale z fajną szybko rozwijającą się akcją i z moim ulubionym elementem katastroficznym, w którym tutaj jest zatonięcie statku.
October 15, 2025
dios, el manga se sintió muy corto
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