チルヒ: 河内遙時代短編集

by Haruka Kawachi

Genres: Manga

153 pages, Comic

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Name (in native language) : 河内遙

Zodiac : Virgo

In 2001, Haruka Kawachi debuted in Seirin Kogeisha's AX magazine with the story "Hinemosu Waltz." Afterwards, stories became popular for their peculiar mood and appeal to both men and women, and she came to be called "manga's enfant terrible." She has been featured in many magazines. Some of her notable works include "Sekine-kun no Koi" and "Engawa Gohan."
(translated from Shodensha)

Reviews

[Leandro Dutra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Painful beauty.

[Freyja · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wooww??? Wow. Wow....

Gila ... ini keren banget. Saya udah kagum sama Kawachi Haruka-sensei sejak pertama kali baca manga dia yang satunya, Namida Ame to Serenade (which still is my favorite manga of all time), but this???? I'm blown away. Meskipun berupa antologi enam cerita pendek, plotnya nggak kaleng-kaleng dan art style Kawachi-sensei yang khas betul-betul bikin ceritanya makin hidup. Serius, suka banget sama art stylenya, cocok buat manga genre historical gini (sama halnya seperti Namida Ame yang latarnya era Meiji). Pergantian musim, jembatan di malam hari, orang-orang Edo yang selalu sibuk, maupun sekadar cuaca bersalju dengan sepasang kekasih muda berjalan beriringan di bawah payung, semuanya digambarkan dengan sangat cantik, bikin keinget karya-karya ukiyo-e dari aliran shin-hanga kayak Kawase Hasui dan Yoshida Hiroshi. Sebelum ini, pengetahuan saya yang terbatas soal zaman Edo selalu membatasi ketertarikan saya ke cerita-cerita yang berlatar di masa itu (bahkan dulu sempet mikir kalau Edo tuh ... bosenin banget), tapi dari manga ini jadi sadar kalau banyak isu yang bisa diangkat dan diceritakan lagi dengan cara yang menarik. Huge respect untuk Kawachi-sensei dan editornya yang pasti udah melakukan riset panjang demi menulis cerita-cerita di sini, bacanya tersentuh banget, saya jadi pengen banyak baca-baca lagi soal Edo.

Pokoknya keren! 4.5 bintang!

[Shayla Fish · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm positive that this is a short story collection but I was only able to read Chiruhi. It's a hard collection to find.

Chiruhi is about a prostitute that is surrounded by beautiful cherry blossoms blooming, and does her prostituting in a boat. She is brutally beaten by an old man, who is a returning customer. A younger man eventually takes his interest in her and is saddened that such a beautiful scenery has to be the scenery of her hell...and instead of doing harmful things to her, he treats her like a princess... and I won't ruin the end for you.