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風の谷のナウシカ [Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä] #6

Nausicaä aus dem Tal der Winde, Band 6

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In a long-ago war, humankind set off a devastating ecological disaster. Now the Earth is slowly submerging beneath the expanding Sea of Corruption, an enormous toxic forest filled with mutant fungi that release a miasma of poisonous spores into the air. Nausicaa, a compassionate young princess, and her allies fight to create peace between kingdoms fighting over the world's remaining precious natural resources. Nausicaa embarks on an inner, spiritual journey to the heart of the Sea of Corruption, where she discovers its surprising secret. She returns to the land of the living, compelled to share her discovery, but Nausicaa accidentally awakens a God Warrior - a biotechnological abomination of the war known as the Seven Days of Fire - from its stasis. And now the monstrous yet childlike God Warrior thinks Nausicaa is its mother!

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

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Hayao Miyazaki

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Hayao Miyazaki (Japanese: 宮崎 駿) is a celebrated Japanese animator, filmmaker, screenwriter, and manga artist, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of animation. He is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, the animation studio responsible for producing many of Japan’s most beloved and internationally acclaimed animated films. Over the course of a career spanning decades, Miyazaki has developed a reputation for creating visually rich, emotionally resonant stories that often explore themes such as nature, pacifism, flight, childhood, and the human condition.
Miyazaki was born in Tokyo and developed an early interest in drawing and animation. His father’s work in the aviation industry had a significant influence on him, particularly in fostering his fascination with aircraft and flight, motifs that would become prominent throughout his later works. After studying political science and economics at university, Miyazaki began his professional career in animation when he joined Toei Animation. There, he worked under the mentorship of directors like Isao Takahata, with whom he would later form a lifelong creative partnership.
In his early years at Toei and other studios, Miyazaki contributed to several television series and animated films. He worked as a key animator and storyboard artist, gradually gaining recognition for his storytelling abilities and attention to detail. Among his early projects were contributions to series such as Heidi, Girl of the Alps and Future Boy Conan. His directorial debut in feature films came with The Castle of Cagliostro, a film adaptation of the Lupin III manga series, which already showed signs of his distinctive style and sensibilities.
Miyazaki's breakthrough came with the film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, based on his own manga. The success of that film prompted the establishment of Studio Ghibli, which he co-founded with Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki. From that point forward, Miyazaki directed and wrote many of Ghibli’s most iconic works, including My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, and Howl’s Moving Castle. His films are known for their hand-drawn animation, strong character development, and philosophical underpinnings.
In 2001, Miyazaki directed Spirited Away, which became one of the most critically and commercially successful animated films of all time. The film received numerous awards and international recognition, including an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It also became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history at the time of its release. The film’s success further solidified Miyazaki’s reputation as a master storyteller and a visionary in global cinema.
Despite announcing his retirement several times, Miyazaki repeatedly returned to filmmaking. His later works, such as Ponyo and The Wind Rises, continued to showcase his evolving themes and storytelling maturity. His most recent project, The Boy and the Heron, marked a highly anticipated return to the director’s chair and once again captivated audiences with its dreamlike visuals and emotional depth.
Miyazaki’s films are often distinguished by their complex female protagonists, environmental messages, and moral ambiguity. Rather than presenting clear-cut villains and heroes, his stories explore the nuances of human behavior and often focus on characters finding their place in the world. Throughout his career, he has received numerous accolades and honors for his contributions to the arts, including lifetime achievement awards recognizing his impact on both Japanese and international cinema.
His legacy continues to influence generations of animators and filmmakers worldwide, and Studio Ghibli remains one of the most respected names in animation.

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1,861 reviews138 followers
February 26, 2024
Nausicaä faces a world ending cataclysm while established political entities in her world begin to unravel. The last part of this volume contains a surprising epic twist as Nausicaä goes into full warrior mode.
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1,138 reviews483 followers
July 2, 2021
Épico final para la epopeya y obra magna de Miyazaki que aúna todos sus temas particulares y culmina en un final cuanto menos inesperado. Estas últimas doscientas páginas son un giro de tuerca que pasan por ser las páginas más reflexivas de la serie, así como las que también más acción recrean. Un final satisfactorio en cierta manera, aunque con un regusto extraño y esperanzador. Seguro, que una futura relectura (ojalá la reediten) añadirá detalles y capas sobre mi lectura.
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355 reviews11 followers
July 30, 2018
Only one volume left :( Lots of major plot developments in this one, and some shocking violence!
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1,841 reviews56 followers
March 4, 2025
Ei edelleenkään minun juttuni, vaikka ei ollut taisteluja mutta jotenkin muuten vähän tylsä. Suttuiset mustavalkoiset kuvat ovat erittäin huono juttu, joista ei meinaa saada selvää. Kai se on vielä viimeinen osa luettava, jotta saa kokonaiskuvan. Joskus kirjan tapahtumat selittyvät vasta ihan lopussa mutta onhan tämä ollut suht selkeää jo nytkin.
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Author 1 book62 followers
August 20, 2024
A bizarre yet fascinating volume! I’m very interested to see how the final volume is going to wrap everything up!
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76 reviews3 followers
June 19, 2022
¿Es acaso un final digno? No sé, cada lector decidirá. Pero acá les doy mi muy personal opinión.

Por un lado la subtrama de el maestro Yuppa, Kushana y el Triarca, llega a buen término. Realmente se lograron unir todos los cabos sueltos en sus historias, y la conclusión me resultó plenamente satisfactoria.

Pero eso es sólo una subtrama. La trama central es Nausicaä. Esta vez TODO gira en torno a ella. Es el último tomo, y en vez de dársele una conclusión a su historia, la princesita no para de meterse en NUEVOS problemas, con NUEVOS personajes, en NUEVOS entornos.

¿Y eso qué tiene de malo? preguntarán.
Pues que, a mi parecer, ya se siente cada vez más repetitivo y menos creativo. Básicamente son 90 páginas de la princesita discutiendo sobre ecología y cuál es el sentido de la vida. No estoy en contra de Nausicaä filosofando, pero todos esos temas ya fueron planteados en los anteriores tomos, y con mayor sutileza. ¡Acá lo único que hacen es predicar y aburrir!

Seré optimista: Tal vez este sea un final perfecto que yo (bruto e ignorante) no sé apreciar. Los que querían sabér más de los Gigantes Guerreros (o Dioses de la Guerra) tendrán en este tomo respondidas muchas de sus preguntas. Los dibujos de Miyazaki no dejan de ser grandiosos, y esa torre de... carne... es una idea bastante ocurrente. Pero si me preguntan por el libro en su totalidad, diré que conmigo no funcionó.

Esta me sigue pareciendo una GENIAL serie de manga, y lo único que no me gustó es su último tomo.
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Author 5 books348 followers
September 4, 2019
Miyazaki likes whiteish-grey moralities, where even the worst villains are ultimately redeemable and a peaceful solution can always be found. But we have some real douchenuggets in this one and shit is about to get real. I wonder how this is all going to turn out.
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463 reviews15 followers
March 3, 2023
I think this volume speaks to the innate goodness in people. I'm floored with each page. The beauty of the art, but far more so the beauty of the charaters. It makes me wonder...

The ending is confusing for now. I'll see soon where the final volume picks it up.
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483 reviews7 followers
June 14, 2024
3.5 rounded up. I really feel like Nausicaä's Mary-Sue-ness is becoming more and more annoying. She's beyond perfect and is close to being a Christ-like figure. From what little I know about Christianity, there's some biblical imagery and references. In a fantasy novel, that feels overly didactic.
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124 reviews8 followers
October 7, 2024
You better land this plane, Miyazaki. I am far too invested at this point.
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4,209 reviews18 followers
January 19, 2025
Wow. Nausicaä is reborn, the god thing is born, the other princess kicks ass, and lots more.

Also some fights that people have.
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4,245 reviews17 followers
June 30, 2023
No nyt tuli enemmän mytologiaa ja vähemmän taistelua. Tykkäsin tästä selvästi enemmän kuin kahdesta edellisestä.
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1,748 reviews77 followers
October 23, 2025


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A thousand years have passed since modern civilization collapsed leaving most animals extinct and humans living under almost medieval conditions. The pollution of the world has raised a toxic forest which none but the giant insects can inhabit. Small kingdoms have formed where the remainder of humanity now lives and where life is filled with fear of the toxics reaching them. Despite the constant decline of the population, humans still wage war against each other in which they use the last technologies that are left from the old world. Young Nausicaä is summoned to the war but decides to take a different path – one that leads her alongside the toxic forest and its insects.

Oh my, where to start? Nausicaä was the first Ghibli (or pre-Ghibli) movie I have seen. I loved it so much that I instantly grabbed all the Ghibli films I could get my hands on. I was skeptical when hearing that the manga it is based on has so much more detail to offer. The movie is absolutely wonderful and I felt I could not ask for more. The first two volumes of the manga show various scenes, perhaps in slightly different order, as seen in the movie. When the movies final scene was shown at the end of the second volume, I was really surprised – after all, there were still five more volumes to go. I was absolutely not prepared for the depth of the world this was opening up to.

The world Nausicaä is set in has its beautiful sides to it but I have never come across a more bleak, harsh and depressing one. It has so much detail to offer with its various kingdoms and their different cultures and customs. As expected of author Hayao Miyazaki, the creatures are incredibly imaginative in their strange and unique way. This holds true for the insects, animals and plants alike. Despite its toxic nature, the toxic forest is actually beautiful – a beauty our main heroine Nausicaä sees. It is also particularly vivid when one has seen its movie adaption. I love Nausicaä’s association of how the toxic spores look like snow.



The Ohmu are wonderful. They are the largest of the insects and seem to act as the toxic forest’s guardians. You get the sense early on that there is something more to them. Although they are not the most expressive, one can easily find an emotional attachment to them and their sacrifices. Any scenes involving Nausicaä with young Ohmu are heart warming.

Nausicaä is an amazing heroine. Although she may appear too perfect at times – I just cannot help but feel that I have never seen a more compassionate and kind-hearted character as her. She has such a big heart that considers even the cruelest. She never winces from the terrible mutilations some of the characters have suffered in this dying world and embraces all. Yes, it can make her seem too good. But it is desperately needed in the setting where this tale takes place.

The manga introduces a large cast which allows multiple points of view and is therefore not constantly fixed on Nausicaä. The main cast is a colourful mix as rarely seen in manga; they come in all shapes and sizes and we get representatives from all age groups. While my personal favourites do not get as many scenes as I would have liked (Asbel!!), all characters are so engaging that it almost does not matter. There is not a single boring moment in this epic story.

Also, unlike the movie, I was sorry and almost surprised to see so much death. On one hand, it is to be expected given the tales circumstances. But having seen the movie – I was shocked to see some of the different fates our main cast met while they received their ‘happy ending’ in the film version. I was mighty glad I had my cats around me when reading the final volumes for I was crying bitter tears (something not even all the deaths in Harry Potter have caused me to do). The story was also never short of surprises. You thought you had it figured out and then there is another unexpected twist.

However! Just like anything else - Nausicaä has its flaws as well. My only issue with this manga series was the actual format. The good thing about it was that the print was in sepia – a nice change from the usual black and white manga. But there were other things that set it apart from other manga which did not agree so well with me; the books are about twice the size of a usual manga. That could be a good thing – but I did not feel that the large space was used wisely. One could have had wonderfully large and detailed panels. But in the end, there were only few. The panels were about the same size, or even smaller than a regular manga’s would be and it sometimes made reading tough and long. The panel layout was generally more like that of western comics. That, however, is a mere personal taste for some might love just that aspect of it. But I think I would have preferred more volumes with larger panels rather than 7 volumes with mini panels.

Anyway! Now that I have seen the movie and read the manga it was based on, I have to agree that there is an incredible lot more to the manga compared to the movie. Nevertheless, the movie is wonderful in its own right. It is slightly more light-hearted and shorter which makes it the better of the two if you are looking for pure entertainment. It also brings more colours to the world and therefore gives you a better image of the toxic forest and all the creatures. It captures most of the manga’s messages and brings them across nicely – simpler, yes – but it is still a very rewarding movie to watch. If you have not watched it – be certain to do so! And if you have not read the manga – be sure to read them as well! I think seeing the movie before reading the books is a nice order but either way works. This is one of the very few manga that I would happily recommend to any non-manga fan without worrying that it might not appeal to them. But then, Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki have never been the most typical ‘manga’ in my mind anyway.

Whether movie or manga - Nausicaä is a most astonishing tale that has just completely blown me away. Now, I think I shall leave for another round of tears.

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Author 12 books68 followers
January 3, 2017
I started reading this series with the assumption that I might read one a week, interspersed with other graphic novels, and it would be a pleasure to revisit a comic which has been a big influence on me and finally read it from beginning to end. I actually half-expected to not find it as mind-opening as I did the first time I read it, or the bits of it I was able to collect, in fact I assumed it wouldn't be - there's been a lot of ink under the bridge since the days of Ummagumma Comics in the printer's shop on Father Matthew Street in Cork. But here I am, rushing through it. Well, not even rushing, savouring it, admiring the craft and the imagery and more-pertinent-than-ever themes of ecological devastation and the survival of humanity, but definitely suspending all other activities to keep reading it through to the end.

Nausicaa is lost inside herself, under attack from the dark spirit of the Emperor's brother while the Emperor himself has captured Kushana and extorted a marriage agreement from her, while he prepares to deploy the recovered God Warrior, one of the things responsible for the Seven Days Of Fire that destroyed civilisation hundreds of years before. The Sea Of Corruption might be part of the great flow of life, but it is Nausicaa and her love for those that are alive now that can keep humanity from annihilation.

But the biggest, deepest, most terrible tragedy of all is that it turns out I don't have Volume 7 and must wait a day or even two before i can get it from the library. Weep, oh humanity, weep!
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Author 2 books20 followers
February 18, 2011
... have not much to say about these beautiful little pictures. They look great printed in sepia at a bigger size than that used in Viz's Perfect Collection edition. I also appreciate this edition's decision not to translate the sound effects within the art itself, preserving Miyazaki's dynamic lettering. After reading this episode, Nausicaa has vaulted to near the top of my list of favourite reincarnations of MLK, Jr ...... Jesus is still #1.
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766 reviews111 followers
January 15, 2015
Quizás es que con los dos últimos me he auto-generado unas expectativas y como no se han cumplido me ha decepcionado un poco. El final, quiero decir las dos últimas páginas, no ha sido para nada lo que yo esperaba, aunque no está mal. Pero el final (como parte) ha sido bastante épica.
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337 reviews17 followers
July 8, 2017
The spores are inside you. It would be easier to compensate for them rather than eradicate them. Isn't that the suffering of human nature though? The only truly pure thing is dead to us.
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165 reviews2 followers
February 27, 2023
One of those stories where you don’t want it to end- will
miss these characters and the way Miyazaki is able to valorize vulnerability and gentleness in surprising ways.
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1,361 reviews
December 1, 2025
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Avant dernier tome de la série, me voilà ! Je suis très contente d’avoir pu la découvrir et je pense que le rythme que je me suis donnée est plutôt bon pour la découvrir correctement. Un tome par semaine, cela peut sembler peu, mais à mes yeux c’est déjà bien rapide, surtout si je prends en compte le fait de chroniquer chaque volume. Ce n’est pas évident de tout conjuguer ensemble, mais pour l’instant je tiens plutôt bien la barre ! C’est peut-être prévisible, mais cette série va bien évidemment rester dans ma collection, impossible que je choisisse de m’en séparer à l’heure actuelle.

Chikuku ayant perdu la trace de Nausicaä il est inquiet et il n’est pas le seul, le bonze qui est avec lui l’est tout autant. Le voir changer petit à petit au contact de Nausicaä est plaisant à lire, il me fait penser au premier bonze qu’elle a rencontré et qui l’a malheureusement payé de sa vie. Lui qui ne pensait qu’à suivre les ordres de son chef, le voilà penser qu’il avait tort, mais d’un autre côté, il tient toujours à lui et indique qu’il a bien souffert au fil des ans. Ce n’est pas faux vu qu’il finissait dans un bocal très souvent. Les deux frères ont suivi un chemin bien différent, mais aucun des deux n’ira bien loin pour autant, enfin, c’est l’impression que j’en ai en tout cas. Les plans de l’empereur finiront par tomber à l’eau bien rapidement, à croire qu’il l’avait presque prévu. Le clan de Nausicaä est à nouveau mis en avant, les pauvres se débrouillent comme ils peuvent sans personne à leur tête. Les vents semblent être pris de folies et un vaisseau Dork s’écrase tout près. J’aime beaucoup la réflexion autour de ce moment, d’abord l’hésitation entre aider ou se protéger, puis le choix final de la paix. Tant d’autres auraient choisis l’ignorance et la protection en pensant que l’autre peut être mauvais et en oubliant qu’il peut aussi être bon. L’une des filles du village parvient à voler comme Nausicaä, pour l’ainée du village, c’est un peu un mauvais présage, celui indiquant que la première pourrait bien ne plus revenir. Deux interprétations peuvent être faites de ses paroles, soit elle vivra ailleurs, soit elle périra. Dans un sens, ce qui se déroule au cours de ce tome est un peu comme une mort, même si elle parvient à revenir à la vie et à se faire apprécier d’un nouveau groupe d’individu.

Le passage dans le monde, que je qualifierais ainsi, spirituel est assez poétique. Il y a souvent ce genre de passages dans les œuvres de Hayao Miyazaki et j’avoue que j’aurais bien appréciée de voir ses pages avec des couleurs. Le fait qu’elle passe d’un lieu très sombre et sans vie à des lieux de plus en plus lumineux et avec de la vie est presque magique. C’est comme si on lui montrait qu’il y avait encore de l’espoir, comme si elle retrouvait celui-ci. Son émotion est également tellement pure envers celui qui a tenté de l’éliminer, comme l’a dit la princesse Kushana, elle est dénuée de toute colère et franchement, je l’envie tellement pour ça. Les ténèbres ne sont jamais bien loin, mais cette fois-ci, Nausicaä sait où regarder pour retrouver la lumière. Ce qu’elle a vu à éloigner ses doutes, mais aussi sauver une âme en peine depuis bien longtemps. Elle fera aussi la rencontre d’un nouveau personnage pour elle, celle-ci fût brève, mais visiblement, très intense pour eux deux. Sans oublier les Omus, la forêt et un lieu désormais soigné de tous ses maux. Sa localisation est inconnue, mais elle pourrait être facilement trouvée par ceux qui souhaiteraient la chercher. Comme elle le dit, l’humanité n’est pas encore prête à ce genre de terre, si elle apprenait son existence, elle recommencerait alors à se battre pour l’obtenir et en avoir la propriété. L’Homme est ainsi, avare de tout ce qui l’entoure, comme si tout devait lui appartenir. Nausicaä donne l’impression de pouvoir changer les choses et surtout les mœurs de ceux qui l’entourent. Mais ce changement pourra-t-il perdurer dans le temps alors qu’elle, ne le peut pas ? L’humanité peut toujours changer, tant pour le meilleur que pour le pire et j’ai tendance à croire que ce sont des périodes cyclique, un coup l’un, un coup l’autre…

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60 reviews
December 31, 2021
Ce tome continue le tournant plus ésotérique de son prédécesseur, et c'est pour moi une bonne chose.

La première section assez courte nous montre le sauvetage de Nausicaa par le peuple de la forêt, et sa présentation aux maîtres vers dont on apprend qu'ils sont eux aussi un peuple vivant dans la forêt, mais d'une caste un peu inférieure. Nausicaa a survécu à l'engloutissement dans le fungus grâce au 'sérum d'Ômu' mais est maintenant dans une sorte de coma. Les maîtres vers la prennent un peu comme une déesse, et c'est un thème récurrent dans le tome que les peuples de toutes les factions, y compris les réfugiés Dorks, commencent à voir en elle leur sauveuse.

Vient ensuite une longue section introspective qui constitue le coeur du tome, en racontant le voyage mental de Nausicaa pendant son coma. Il y a plusieurs scènes belles et importantes, mais la surprise qui prime sur tout est que le guide de l'esprit de Nausicaa lui montre ce qu'est devenue la plus ancienne partie de la forêt, là où elle est née pour la première fois. Et on voit là que ce qui était la Mer de Décomposition s'est désagrégé, et qu'à la place, grâce à la purification effectuée, une forêt comme nous en connaissons de notre temps y a repoussé, avec des oiseaux, des mammifères, et de vrais arbres, sur les squelettes de l'ancienne forêt fongique. Une vision très puissante, mais dont Nausicaa décide qu'elle doit être gardée secrète, parce que si les différentes factions en apprenaient l'existence au coeur de la forêt, elles y effectueraient la même destruction qu'ailleurs et répéteraient leur histoire destructrice. C'est une image forte de se dire que les événements de cette série où les humains vivent dans un environnement si hostile prennent place alors même qu'il existe une forêt purifiée, mais que les humains doivent à tout prix ne pas y accéder car il la détruiraient à nouveau.

S'ensuit un bref interlude dans la Vallée du Vent, où l'on voit qu'une fillette apprend à maîtriser le vent pour voler, et suit l'esprit de Nausicaa pour décider de courir le risque d'aller sauver les réfugiés écrasés dans la vallée. Ceci suggère aux anciens qu'une nouvelle Fille du Vent est née, ce qui présage que Nausicaa, la fille actuelle, ne reviendra pas.

Finalement le dernier tiers du livre revient (malheureusement?) vers un peu plus d'action une fois que Nausicaa s'éveille et décide d'aller à la rencontre de l'Empereur Dork qui entre temps aura capturé la princesse Tolmèque Kushana dans le but de l'épouser et d'unir les deux royaumes. Nausicaa veut y libérer un bonze qui était parti essayer d'arrêter les Dorks dans leur folie, mais s'en retrouve torturé. Les Dorks ont leur Dieu de la Guerre qui se réveille, et qui montre sont terrible pouvoir destructeur avant d'apparemment prendre Nausicaa pour sa mère. Une façon un peu étrange de finir le tome - nous verrons bien ce que le tome 7 en fait. 4.0/5
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August 13, 2025
Read this sixth of 7 volumes of Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Series for Reddit Fantasy's 2025 Bingo Square Published in the 80s. This was published in 1982 and qualifies for hard mode as it was written by Hayao Miyazaki, an author of color.

Nausicaä's spiritual journey into the heart of the new Daikosho, a sea of corruption formed by the mold's convergence point has awakened her spiritual gifts further. It's not just her who has realized this as one of the Persons of the Forest explains things to a Chief Monk from Dorok.
The mold is becoming the seedbed for the very trees it has eaten. Now it will be eaten itself. To Eat and To Be Eaten ... one and the same in this world. The Entire Forest -- One Life.
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Well, people are displaced but the war isn't over. Emperor Namulith brings out his newest secret weapon, which has been foreshadowed the entire series so far. That's right, he's found a very young God Warrior whose power he's hell bent on utilizing.
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The God Warrior is a baby who imprints on Nausicaä as his mother, because, well, in addition to being super strong its also telepathic just like her. I guess if they're going to have a murderous rampaging colossal weapon of war it might be a good thing it's controlled by a compassionate person like Nausicaä, who is beloved by many.
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Things are heating up and the next, large volume will see the end of this series. Exactly WHAT is in the Holy City of Shuwa and how dangerous is it?
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406 reviews22 followers
December 25, 2021
(Reseña de los seis tomos de la edición)

Cuando empecé a leer pensaba que la adaptación cinematográfica era extremadamente fiel (cosa lógica estando Miyazaki detrás de todo), pero tremenda sorpresa me llevé cuando después del segundo tomo, que es más o menos hasta donde abarcaría la película, la historia no se cierra, sino que avanza abriendo muchísimos frentes y se pierde por unos derroteros que ni habría sospechado.

En general, tiene todo lo bueno de la película, salvo quizás su concesión: en el cine la historia era más comedida, directa y en general, más redonda; en el papel se permite tocar muchas más cosas, ampliar bastante el lore, abrirse a frentes interesantísimos y... también a ideas que quizás no funcionen taaaaaaaaaan bien (aunque tampoco flojea realmente en ningún momento). La acción a veces resulta más caótica o apresurada, pero en general también se ahonda mucho en ese aspecto de la guerra.

Se me ocurren solo un par de defectos que sacarle, puestos a decir alguno. Por una parte, en el manga hay una serie de comentarios machistas o insistencia (por parte de los personajes) en lo sorprendente de las figuras como Nausicaä (muchísimo más divinizada, por cierto) o Kushana; en la película, esos comentarios están bastante ausentes, lo cual es, me parece, una virtud bastante clara. Por otra parte, el último tramo de la obra, con todo lo que sucede con el Señor de la Guerra, la basílica de Shua y ese paréntesis a lo Tom Bombadil, a ratos resulta poco creíble o forzada, y a ratos... bueno, simplemente rara como ella sola.

Con todo, es una obra fascinante. No me gusta tanto como su adaptación cinematográfica, pero me parece que invita muchísimo más a soñar con ese mundo. Bastante recomendada.
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August 27, 2023
Unsurprisingly, the death of Nausicaa in the previous volume turns out not to be true. She comes back as everyone grows weary of war. Everyone except the Vai Emperor, who wants to rule the whole world, or what's left of it. He has a doomsday device that might prove to be Nausicaa's downfall.

The environmental themes get a lot more nuanced in this volume as several different characters have different but similar reactions to the restoration of some lands to an idyllic state. Some want to leave it be, some want to live in harmony with the new, healthy environment, some want to exploit it. The story ends in a big battle that Nausicaa wins in her typical way. She's such a charming character, it's natural to root for her and be happy with her success.

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June 3, 2024
In the wake of the potentially world ending daikaisho; Nausicaä is at death's door while various nations begin to unravel. Vol. 6 is the penultimate entry in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. And it delivers a thrilling build-up to what will be a grand finale.

Nausicaä enters a sort of dream world where she is tested and faced with adversities. As well as glimmers of hope. Nausicaä's allies also come together to safeguard her while she is in her coma. Meanwhile Kushana and Namulith begin making moves to cement their alliance. All the while, the commoners are stirring civil unrest.

Valley of the Wind enters its finale with Vol. 6. Fans who have stuck around this far won't be disappointed. 5 out of 5 stars.
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998 reviews31 followers
November 29, 2018
Tuulen laakson Nausicaän kuudes osaa sisältää edellisiin verrattuna vähemmän sotaa ja poliittista kähmintää ja enemmän prinsessa Nausicaän seikkailuja "pahan" luonnon ja omien "uniensa" keskellä.

Tässä osassa on myös yksi koko sarjan hienoimmista kohtauksista kun Nausicaä raahaa häntä jahdanneen Dorukien keisarin keskelle metsää. Dorukien keisari on enää vain kaikkea pelkäävä raunio, mutta Nausicaä yrittää kaikesta huolimatta pelastaa tämän pimeydeltä.

Rytmitykseltään tämä osa on edellisiä hieman rauhallisempi. Loppukäänne on erikoinen ja tulee melkolailla puskista. Kokonaisuutena osa ei ole sarjan eheimpiä, mutta edelleen erinomaista sarjakuvataidetta.
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