La Leyenda de Madre Sarah, No. 3

沙流羅 [Sarah] #3

by Takumi Nagayasu (Illustrator), Katsuhiro Otomo

Sarah continúa la búsqueda de sus hijos dejando atrás pueblos corruptos por la codicia y ciudades controladas por niños. Sus pasos la conducirán hasta una congregación religiosa que es capaz de predicar la palabra de la no violencia hasta las últimas consecuencias. Estos ángeles serán los que se enfrenten a la artillería de Epoque y necesitarán la ayuda de Sarah para salvar incluso a sus almas.

Genres: Manga, Comics, Bande Dessinée, Seinen, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Dystopia

352 pages, Paperback

First published July 6, 1993

About the author

Japanese Profile: ながやす巧

Takumi Nagayasu is a Japanese manga artist.

Reviews

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

She seemed pretty competent even before crashing down and ending up the post-apocalyptic wasteland heroine she is in the present. I wonder whether we'll hear more of that later on.

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's kind of like what would happen if Katsuhiro Otomo wrote Fist of the North Star.

[Abel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sigue la acción del segundo tomo, ya acercándonos a la mitad de esta historia, con subtramas muy entretenidas y giros que pueden ser esperados, pero contados con maestría por Otomo. Esto unido al pulcro dibujo de Nagayasu.

Una intensa tercera parte que nos deja más metidos en el desarrollo y con interrogantes sobre lo que le falta por vivir a Sarah en esta travesía que parece eterna, pero muy entretenida.

[Gigli · Rating 4 out of 5]

»»» A compra:
Depois de reler os 1.ºs volumes comprados há anos e bem guardados pela minha irmã na casa dos nossos pais, tive que comprar os restantes volumes e só encontrei este 3.º, no Tradestories (já me dói a alma só de saber que vai ser difícil completar a coleção).

»»» A aventura:
Sarah e Tsé-tsé ainda estão na cidade governada pelas crianças e agora vão servir como entretenimento em lutas, onde os jogadores da casa são escolhidos a dedo e estão meio drogados. A força e o carácter de Sarah revelam-se ao mesmo tempo que um grupo de miúdos da milícia se revolta contra o grupo no poder, mas os poderes psíquicos de um dos miúdos no comando poderá ser o grande problema.

»»» Sentimento final:
Outro fabuloso volume.
Mantém-se a excelência da história e dos cenários, acompanhados da grandeza da protagonista.
Neste volume, porém, voltou-me a incomodar a violência, que era esperada, tendo em conta o volume anterior, mas que aqui assume até contornos de violência sexual. Um pouco forte demais (daí só ter as 4 *).
Este volume é uma parte da história do volume anterior, indicando que a editora terá seguido a opção da Delcourt francesa de dividir o 2.º volume original em 2 volumes. No Goodreads isso deu confusão, porque este e outros volumes, que são parte da história do 2.º volume, estão identificados como sendo o 3.º volume (e são nas respetivas edições, nas provavelmente não serão na divisão da obra original) – no site surgem como volume 3 edições que estão em diferentes momentos da saga.
Creio que o 2.º volume da Meribérica teria ganho tendo a história completa.
Agora deparo-me com o problema de saber como vou continuar a saga, já que, ao que parece, não houve mais publicações portuguesas.

»»» Nota final (capa e outras considerações):
--- [Capa] – Poderosa, tal como as dos outros volumes.
--- [Ilustração] – Muito talento neste departamento.
--- [Tamanho] – Mantém-se o tamanho de um comic americano.

»»» Uma espreitadela:

[47Time · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story is still missing any sign of emotion. It tries to add some spectacular moments of violence, but ultimately fails to impress. I blame the 90's writing style, with its one-dimensional characters. At least it's a fast read. The artwork is ok, leaning more toward the realistic, than the annoyingly-cartoony style of manga.

As expected, leader Zarh is led by the nose by his mother, the ony adult who is accepted in their new world order. She suggests he organize a party for the men. Or soldier boys, rather. To underline their depravity, they bring Sarah to be beaten and raped by some mindless guy they injected with drugs. She kicks him around, so then she gets to face two guys. Again she beats them up.

The party is interrupted when Maru the rebel soldier threatens Zarh and the boys with a nice, healthy coup. Zarh is more than anyone expected. He has mind control powers that threaten to convince Sarah of becoming their new mother after the old one is killed. Thankfully, Kebu saves her by killing Zarh. The boys are now led by Maru who is more level-headed. Sarah gets a lead on her children, so she and Tsue are back on the road.

[Ghostea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably my favorite volume to date. This one really delves into the troubled past of Mother Sarah and starts to give a greater picture of the struggles of the people of the post-apocalyptic landscape.

[Coke Fernández · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/10.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good post apocalyptic manga, good art and alright dull story😴👌😁❤️

[Damian4 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesante trama de c. ficción con algo de cyberpunk. Me gustó bastante. Creo con continuaré con el tomo 4
3⭐ y 1/2 más para mí.👏👏👏👏

[Ek Guevara · Rating 4 out of 5]

ตอนสามของการผจญภัยของ Mother Sarah พูดถึงศรัทธา ยกให้เป็นตอนที่ดีที่สุดในเรื่อง ถัดจากตอนสองที่พูดถึงเด็ก ตอนนี้กลับมาตั้งคำถามถึงศรัทธาและความเชื่อ รู้สึกถึงความ "เหนือจริง" มากขึ้นในช่วงไคลแมกซ์ของเล่ม ชอบตรงที่มันไม่มีคำตอบว่าศรัทธาต่อศาสนาและพระเจ้านั้นเป็นอย่างไรต่อไป

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cheating again with the cover image here as to my knowledge the Dark Horse floppies were never collected into a single edition. While the story's intensity is a little less than the two prior installments, I'm sticking by Sarah as possibly the best realized female character in comics.

Regardless of country (and I'm including Argentia's Cybersix and Gail Simone's excellent work with Birds of Prey).

Sarah remains relentless in her quest to find her three chidlren on a Earth devestated by first a nuclear war, then a super weapon, and now a civil war between ME and Epoch. Yet, she remains hopeful and positive in a way that I find realistic. Brief spoiler, we get a little resolution to part of her journey in this installment.

Still trvaleing with the trader Tsue, Sarah finds herself in a Epoch city about to come under siege from ME forces. The Angels referenced are a groups of nuns, and what shocks Sarah, appals her and hopefully the reader, is the extent of the deals the nuns have made with the sodleirs to survive.

An English publisher could do far worse than picking this title up and publishing it in its entirety (the series reached its completion in Japan in 2004) in a climate where The Maze Runner, Hunger Games and Divergent have become very profitable franchises. Of course I would never suggest that anyone check out scanlation sites to read what has been translated...

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hasta ahora, el mejor tomo de la serie. Tiene todos los elementos copados de los números anteriores y un par más. Además, que se comience a resolver de a poco el conflicto principal es una buena muestra de que no va a ser una serie con seis tomos de relleno hasta alcanzar una resolución final. Eso sí, también es el tomo que más escenas hijas de puta tiene. La cantidad de nenes muertos que se ven en estas páginas (cosa lógica, teniendo en cuenta que retrata una guerra, pero que no deja de ser terrible) me dieron ganas de cerrar el libro varias veces pero, al igual que en el mundo real, el mirar a otro lado no va a hacer que eso deje de ser cierto. Punto extra a los autores por el final milagroso, que aunque suena a moralina cristiana tiene sentido y da un respiro a la avalancha de muertes e injusticias que se leen a cada capítulo. Cuando pueda me mando a por el #4.

[Ana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este manga tem demasiada violência e demasiado sexo. Se houvesse uma razão, não teria nada contra, mas tudo parece demasiado forçado. O único ponto bom (além dos fabulosos desenhos) é mesmo a Sarah e a sua busca pelos filhos.

[Natilin Alpaca Saurio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tremendo flashback sin siquiera un mísero diálogo, pura narración a través de los maravillosos dibujos... Auch, duele pegarte un poco en una teta, ahora imaginate eso, dios santo, que dolor.