ディノサン 4 [Dinosan 4]

ディノサン [Dinosan] #4

by Itaru Kinoshita, Shin-ichi Fujiwara (Research Consultant)

経営難の恐竜園「江の島ディノランド」に新人飼育員として入社した、須磨すずめ。
「剣竜・堅頭竜」担当・五十嵐のもとでの研修を終えた矢先、「ヴェロキラプトル脱走」の情報が――!!
海堂とともに鎌倉へ向かうすずめ。無事捕獲なるか!?
ステゴサウルス・ピナコサウルス・モササウルスも登場♪

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Dinosaurs, Graphic Novels, Comics, Animals, Fantasy

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 7, 2023

Reviews

[Loveland · Rating 5 out of 5]

how would one go about selling one's soul and/or punching through dimensional barriers to get to this universe and start working at this dino park? asking for a friend

[kristyn ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ · Rating 5 out of 5]

okay but the tension between suzume and kaidou are you KIDDING

[Matt Glaviano · Rating 4 out of 5]

If - like me - you've always wondered how you'd keep dinosaurs warm at at open air Dinosaur Amusement Park in winter, then I've got the perfect book for you.

Four stars because all ratings are meaningless in the face of this series. 50 stars. Negative 189 stars. All of those. Forget it, Marge, it's Enoshima Dinoland.

The escaped Velociraptor storyline is pretty awesome.

And the art, as always, kicks. Maybe it's because I read one of his books recently, but the combination of science fact, story, and detailed art in this series reminds me of Jay Hosler's graphic novels. For me, that's a good thing.

There's a tiny note in the back of this volume that says that Volume 5, when released in Japan, will come with a little Masaru (that's the triceratops) keychain. I am packing while I type.

This book also includes a little in-park newsletter, which talks about Dinoland's holiday light display. I love this detail. Like the pull out map in Vol. 3, details like this make me like Dinosaur Sanctuary more than my rational brain says I should.

[Ashley Halpin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I absolutely adore this series. I love dinosaurs, I love how weird these stories can get. With this one though, I think the plot got a little lost. I still can’t wait for the next one though.

[Serena]

dios siempre hay un hijo de puta que se sabe hasta la cantidad de papilas gustativas que tiene cada bicho en la boca y te trata como la mierda cuando vos no lo aprendes el primer día!!!!!!!

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one felt a little weaker. Maybe cause didn't care for the start of the story that much. The background on a certain character didn't really vibe with me. Saying that when we got back to the dino stuff I enjoyed it a lot. I like how they incorporate the idea of needing social media to keep people interested in Dinos and such like twitter and Facebook. Overall still looks great too, so always enjoyable. A 3.5 out of 5.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was hard jumping back into this since I finished volume 3 quite awhile ago. It's still interesting to read about, I just don't feel particularly attached to the characters or feel like the story is going anywhere in particular.

[mikaela (spinebreaker) · Rating 5 out of 5]

i simply adore this series. like, BEFORE jurassic park went so very wrong, this is what it could have looked like :D

[Blake the Book Eater · Rating 3 out of 5]

Again, just need to say how much I love the dinosaurs being treated like animals! A velociraptor escapes and they have to track it down by analyzing its behaviors. Great stuff!

[Herman Diaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally, a proper dino zoo! ( www.amazon.com/review/R6UBLQSX76M64/r... ): 5/5

As you may remember, I said that "I'd love to see an adult book version of Conway's "The Dinosaur Pet Guide"[...]in the style of Conway et al.'s "All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals"" ( www.goodreads.com/review/show/3481749012 ). To paraphrase Naish, that "could [be] a really interesting experiment in the reconstruction of behaviour, and on whatever imaginary perils and pitfalls might befall any attempt to bring dinosaurs into the human world". As far as I know, Kinoshita's "Dinosaur Sanctuary" (henceforth DS) is the closest thing we have by far. In this review, I list the 3 main reasons why I think that is while using Vol. 4 as an example.

1) Most obviously, DS is beautifully-illustrated, so much so that I'd recommend it for that alone, "especially if you’ve finished watching Prehistoric Planet for the sixteenth time and you’re after your next dino-fix" ( https://chasmosaurs.com/2022/11/14/di... ). In this case, the patterning of DS's cover Velociraptor reminds me of PhP's male Velociraptor, but with its own unique color scheme. My only nit-pick is that the wing feathers are a bit off. You can see what I mean by comparing said Velociraptor & Witton's ( www.science-photo.de/bilder/Velocirap... ).

2) DS is mostly told from the perspectives of the zoo workers, which is very refreshing, given how important yet under-appreciated they are in real life ( https://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blo... ). To quote Alenna Sze-tu (who reminds me of Suma Suzume, DS's main character: www.bu.edu/articles/2019/my-summer-as... ), "You have to know how to medicate animals, handling, how to distinguish natural behaviors versus unnatural behaviors when an animal is sick or not feeling well. You have to know basic animal husbandry and the animals’ different needs and diets. It’s a lot of little things, getting an idea for each individual." This is especially apparent when said workers track down & capture an escaped Velociraptor, so much so that it reminds me of the Ju/Hoan bushmen in "Leopard: Agent of Darkness" (See the Attenborough quote).

3) DS is consulted by Fujiwara, an expert whose "research concerns[...how dinos...]looked and moved when they were alive." His expertise is apparent throughout DS (E.g. The Velociraptor bullies a raccoon the same way eagles bully foxes: https://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006... ), but especially in his "Lab Log" at the end of each chapter: In chapter 20, the zoo workers use "their in-depth knowledge" to track down the Velociraptor; In "Lab Log FILE. 20", Fujiwara describes how they know what they know ( https://archive.ph/bZXIm ).

Quoting Attenborough ( https://archive.org/details/Wildlife_... ): "As in Zambia, the leopards are so shy and secretive in the day that the bushmen and Philip hardly ever see them. But for the Ju/Hoan this is no problem. They don't need to see leopards to discover their secrets. All they require are footprints. Tracking away from the leopard, they can follow and interpret even the faintest of marks to precisely reconstruct the leopard's actions[...]Their in-depth knowledge of nature is unmatched and the reconstructions are almost one hundred percent accurate."

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

When is vol 5 coming to the US I’m obsessed with this

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll keep on saying this over and over again!

This author/manga artist is doing a wonderful job making something that most might find boring, into something cute, fun, adorable to read about!

[Jonah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally continuing this really cute series. I continue to love the paleo-art and the realistically sized and feathered Velociraptor was lovely. A very neat slice of life of a dino-keeper that I will continue to devour.

[Ashley (Red-Haired Ash Reads) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Series: Dinosaur Sanctuary #4
Rating: 3 stars - I liked it

This volume picks up right where the previous volume ended with Blue World. We learn more about the story of why Blue World doesn’t provide more information about the creatures within its walls to its guests and we learn the story of how they got Sophia, their main attraction. I liked that we got to see more of Igarashi Keisuke’s story and the reasoning why he left Blue World for Enoshima Dinoland. Also, I really liked seeing what other dino centers are like.

The rest of the volume is back to Enoshima Dinoland, and Suma Suzume’s continued training with the dinosaurs and her new gig as social media manager for the park. Suzume is struggling to get people interested in her posts even though she seems to be capturing some great parts of the dinosaurs, that is until she captures Momijo’s smile and gets a lot of attention from it. While I do like that we see Suzume continue to pursue her passion of sharing dinosaurs with the world, I will admit this part of the story isn’t as interesting to me as the dinosaur training and capturing.

Next we see Suzume work with Kaidou Arata to capture a smuggled velociraptor that had escaped. It was a very interesting mission because up to this point we have only seen more fear around dino outbreaks but with this it was a more quiet and chill animal rescue situation, probably because it was a smaller dinosaur. I enjoyed this mission and how they worked to figure out where the velociraptor was and trap it safely, without injuring it or any humans. Suzume and Kaidou work really well together and I like when they get partnered up.

This volume ends with Suzume getting partnered up with the armored dinosaur worker Katase, who she doesn’t get along with very well. They are creating and rehoming the young the ankylosaurs and theropods off to other dinolands because they are now old enough to leave. Katase continues to be a bit of an ass to Suzume because he doesn’t like the way she does things and so he is very rude to her when it comes to training.

The situation with Katase at the end of this volume shows that while Suzume has come far since the first volume, she still has a lot to learn. Yes she should have to deal with Katase being rude to her for doing things different from him, but she should have also gone to him and double checked who got what food when it came to the dinosaurs. While she just made more work for Katase this time, it could have easily been something dangerous to the dinosaurs and that is why you get over your pride and ask when you don’t remember things.

Overall, this was another good volume. I am enjoying seeing more of Dinoland and the other dinosaurs within it. I look forward to reading more of this series and seeing what happens next for the zoo and for Suzume.

[Sunread26 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chronique complète :
https://sunread26.wordpress.com/2024/...

Extrait :
Enfin un nouveau tome pour cette magnifique série ! J’aime de plus en plus les séries qui avancent doucement dans leur publication (ça me fait moins de tomes à acheter par mois, même si certains tombent tous en même temps). Les informations données sont toujours aussi intéressantes, surtout quand on peut comparer avec les connaissances qu’on avait avant, même l’histoire n’est pas figée ! Ça me donne aussi de plus en plus envie d’avoir un jeu comme Planet Zoo, mais version dinosaures ou espèces disparues. J’espère que les développeurs en referont un comme dans Zoo Tycoon 2.

Ce tome est encore riche en émotions pour Suzume, entre une capture à l’extérieur, la préparation de changement d’enclos ou de Zoo et la préparation à l’arrivée de l’hiver, il y a de quoi faire ! L’aspect public et ludique n’est pas oublié non plus, avec son envie de faire découvrir les dinosaures, et choisir son préféré sur les réseaux. Il faut avoir beaucoup d’ingéniosité aussi dans la promotion du zoo ! Je me demande si c’est également le cas pour les parcs zoologiques normaux… J’imagine que oui, surtout pour les moins connus. Les normes sont aussi vaguement évoquées, il s’agit de règles à respecter, notamment de sécurité ou d’hygiène. Il y en a dans tous les domaines et corps de métiers, même si certains sont plus tatillons que d’autres. Par exemple, pour les restaurants, la cuisine à des normes d’hygiènes et celles-ci ont tendance à changer souvent, si bien que tout le monde n’a pas les moyens de suivre. C’est pareil pour les stations essences, les boulangeries, campings ou élevages d’animaux par exemple. Un zoo de dinosaure est donc soumis aux mêmes règles, surtout sur la sécurité ! Dans un sens, cela limite donc les possibilités de faire des événements, des spectacles avec la participation, ou non, du public. La dernière partie du tome, avec un autre personnage, a tendance à m’agacer, même s’il souhaite bien faire, il n’a rien d’un pédagogue.

L’hiver arrive d’ailleurs à grand pas ! Les dinosaures étant un peu des reptiles, on se demande donc comment ils résistent au froid. Etonnamment, chaque dinosaure a un peu son propre système de chauffage. Certains ont des plumes pour conserver la chaleur, comme le Vélociraptor, qui évite donc qu’elles restent mouillées. Pour d’autres, il semblerait que la digestion permette de les réchauffer, parce que oui, même nous, lorsqu’on digère, on a tendance à produire un peu de chaleur. Tout simplement parce que digérer demande de l’énergie et qu’en produire fait aussi un peu de chaleur. Enfin, d’autres encore profitent de leur taille gigantesque, qui donne la Gigantothermie. Du fait de leur grande taille, ils sont naturellement plus résistants au froid, car la surface en contact avec le froid et moins importante que le reste. Dans le manga, les dinosaures sont dans un zoo, ils ont donc des moyens de se réchauffer supplémentaires, comme du foin au sol, ainsi que le chauffage pour les plus frileux. Il ne faut pas oublier que chacun d’entre eux vivait dans un milieu naturel différent, le désert pour le Vélociraptor ou des forêts pour d’autres. Leur capacité à gérer le froid est donc différente. Ils n’ont pas évoqué le fait de se mettre au soleil, comme le font les reptiles d’aujourd’hui, mais je suppose que cela aide également. Même nous on peut utiliser cette méthode et on voit vite la différence entre une zone au soleil et à l’ombre. Si vous êtes surpris par la taille des barreaux pour les enclos intérieurs, sachez que pour les éléphants et rhinocéros, ils sont quasi similaires. Même si ce sont généralement des animaux calmes, ils peuvent tout de même devenir dangereux, surtout l’éléphant, avec sa trompe !

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[寿理 宮本 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I feel like my enthusiasm for this series is starting to wane, but probably because it's largely the same content: raise dinosaurs like any other zoo animals. This one even features my favourite two—Stegosaurus and Ankylosaurus—as well as the FAMOUS VELOCIRAPTOR...

...which is correctly the size of a medium dog.

Yet I can't think of anything specific that would make me deduct points. It's TOO "slice-of-life" for what's technically a sci-fi story? Hmm.

Perhaps it's the fact that, like with real zoos, the dinosaur zoos struggle with attendance as the "wow" factor of dinosaurs has largely fallen off in their universe. It makes me feel guilty (how many years has it been since *I* visited a zoo?), but this volume in particular comes at a time when visiting a for-real zoo is properly out of the question (WAY too cold). I could easily donate to one online for the same goodwill without inflicting a toll on my health.

...Hmm.

I guess, if anything, Katase's stern, almost robotic attitude spoils the whole Ankylosaurus story, even if he's correct about Suzume's lackadaisical habits. It's sort of aggravating when books end on a down turn like this! Still, that's just happenstance of the page count, I think.

What would be a REAL letdown is if the promoted Masaru keyrings are Japan-only! That would be a crying shame! :( Seven Seas, do your thing!

[Meduss142 · Rating 4 out of 5]

¡Hola hola! ❤️
Una de mis grandes debilidades en esta vida son los dinosaurios. Tal vez no sepa el nombre de cada especie ni su correspondiente etapa prehistórica al dedillo, pero creo que algo me defiendo.

La reseña de Dinosan, de Itaru Kinoshita, atrajo mi atención y… ¡quiero leer ya el tomo 5!

🦕🦖🦕🦖
En Dinosan, seguimos a Suzume Suma, una joven que acaba de empezar a trabajar en Dinoland Enoshima, un parque zoológico de dinosaurios que ha tenido mejores días. “¿Por qué? ¡Sería increíble poder ver dinos hoy en día!” pensarás. Pero como todo en esta vida, una cosa se pone de moda y a los tres días uno se olvida de ella. Este es el caso de los dinosaurios de este mundo, que fueron descubiertos en 1946, superviviendo en una pequeña isla, por lo que en la actualidad, ya no son ninguna novedad. También cabe destacar que su popularidad ha caído en picado debido a una misteriosa tragedia del pasado que oscureció mucho su imagen…
A pesar de ello, Suma se propone hacer justicia a estas espectaculares criaturas y conseguir cambiar la visión que se tiene de ellas.
🦖🦕🦖🦕

Es una serie manga que me ha encantado. Los dibujos son muy realistas y cuentan con un montón de detalles. La historia me parece original y muy interesante, es todo un señor proyecto que me alegro de que haya salido adelante. Todo el material que vas a leer, se basa en las recomendaciones de un profesor del museo de Nagoya, Sin-Ichi Fujiwara, especializado en morfología funcional y la paleontología de vertebrados. Por lo que muchos de los dinosaurios que aparecen en este manga son en base a descubrimientos científicos actualizados y verídicos😯🌌

¡Quiero ver más dinosaurios nuevos! Y tengo la teoría de que las 24 especíes del parque serán el número de tomos de esta saga. Es una corazonada. ¡Mil gracias a todos los que han hecho que esta maravilla llegue a mis manos (y a @jurassicfan95 por hacerme descubrir un montón sobre los dinos ;) ).

[Becky B · Rating 4 out of 5]

We learn more about Igarashi Keisuke’s past, particularly his work with a baby globidens at Blue World. Suma Suzume continues to work on building a social media presence for the park, and the keepers are called in to help the local police when someone else has a velociraptor escape from them.

Though this is a fictional set up of re-introduced dinos in zoos, it still highlights many real issues of funding and capacity that actual zoos face. Interspersed between the manga chapters are short essays by an actual paleontologist about recent theories and discoveries in his field (these are easily skipped if you aren’t interested). This is a nice, chill manga series for both dino lovers and animal lovers. If you like behind the scenes zoo life TV shows or Jurassic World, you should enjoy this series.

Notes on content:
Language: None
Sexual content: None
Violence: Some potentially dangerous situations but no one is seriously hurt. There’s talk of euthanizing some animals if they can’t find space for them in zoos.
Ethnic diversity: The humans are all Japanese.
LGBTQ+ content: None specified
Other: Small zoo having to sell out to bigger corporation to be saved.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strengths are as strong as always - the art and the feeling of realism in the little details. Grand plot-wise, this was a bit of a letdown. Going through expectations from the last volume:

(1) That the story about Keisuke's last job would somehow become significant - it didn't really, it was more a meditation on the kinds of zoos that can exist.

(2) Suzume's new social media role - yes, this did get some airtime and was a pretty good story.

(3) More Kaidou - we did get a bit of him during the story about the escaped velociraptor, but the local authorities were searching for weeks before calling in the experts?! That was just silly.

But for me most of all the fact that she goes from a very chipper supervisor to a rather dour one was kinda a bummer, especially for the last story. I fully expect her to turn him around or at least understand him better in the next volume, but getting scolded ended the volume on a rather sour note!

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book snuck by my attention; I only inferred its existence when I saw the 5th volume at my library. And it definitely feels like there was a longer gap between reading this one and the last volume; I'd completely lost there thread of the story arc that covers that divide. It wasn't hugely important, but it did throw me off and left me with a slightly negative first impression. But I really liked the 2-part raptor hunt story, so that's a plus. And there were lots of cute dinosaurs, like the little pinacosaurs burrowing into the sand. Though it reminds me: several dinosaurs here are known from finds in Mongolia. They are described as being desert dwelling, and I'm a bit surprised that it was also a desert region when they lived.

[Mara · Rating 4 out of 5]

As the series continues, it highlights the different motivations people have for becoming dino-keepers and the different ways they approach the job. This manga is as much about keeping Dinoland going as it is about showcasing dinosaurs in an educational way. It's nice to see Suma's enthusiasm echoed in Igarashi.

I like how the series explores the difference between educating visitors and giving visitors a sense of wonder, and I like how the series is candid about the ongoing battle zoos, aquariums, etc have to stay profitable. It feels real but also doesn't feel like an overwhelming threat taking over the plot. It's slice-of-life without being too idealistic.

Overall, this was a nice volume, and I especially enjoyed the velociraptor chapters!

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐ 3.5/5 ⭐

The fourth volume of Dinosaur Sanctuary. A velociraptor is loose in the city and needs tracking down and capturing. And Suzume andnthe ankylosaur keeper struggle to get along.

- Same premise, same chilled and cosy Dinoland. This time round we focus on a stegosaurus, a velociraptor and some pinacosauruses. I love how well drawn and presented they are.

- The end of each chapter has a summary from a paleontologist as usual. These are great for focusing on certain paleontology facts and educating readers about the real science behind the manga.

A fun and enjoyable edition and I look forward to Volume 5.

[Norman Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the surface, this series shouldn't work. It's the everyday work environment of a large-animal zoo. But the large animals are dinosaurs, which is what makes this interesting and entertaining, not to mention educational. The best story in this volume is a two-parter where our dinokeepers must capture a velociraptor that has escaped from another institution. All of the stories are charming, Kinoshita's artwork is detailed and accurate, and the essays by paleontologist Shin-Ichi Fujiwara are fun and instructive. This is a great series for YA and adult readers.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

We finish up the flashback of Blue World just as Dinoland gets ready for winter, meaning changes in food and attention to the heating system. Suma is also trying to get her dino-fave social media campaign to take off (despite the negative coworker)

Then we have an escaped velociraptor (Jurassic Park fears intensifying) and Suma learning the subtle details of how to care for the Pinacosauruses.

[Couch · Rating 5 out of 5]

you can really tell that the author is beginning to experiment a bit more with the story in this volume, and honestly......I loved it! Reading about the care and small problems of the dinos with a main character you can't help but root for is pretty fun, but raising the stakes a bit in some of the stories was a good change of pace!!

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The side characters still don’t stand out, but that’s so very much not the point; the point is anecdotes about Suzume encountering situations at work, and also an accurately-sized Velociraptor getting loose and running around a shrine. I’d love to see these dinosaurs in an anime.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am loving this series more and more! I loved getting a bit more of a back story on one of the characters. Of course, I loved the dinosaurs and the adventure a few of the keepers went on to rescue an escaped dinosaur.

[bookishhaunt · Rating 4 out of 5]

These mangas are a little hard to rate because they are just little glimpses of the life of a keeper in a dinosaur sanctuary. But I loved it and I will continue to read as many of these that come out.

[Krystal Caloia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was nice to get background on Igarashi! The raptor capturing was cool! Suma and Kaidou are getting close! The new guy Suma is working with....is kind of stand off-ish. I wonder if we will get his background too.....

[Raechel · Rating 4 out of 5]

The caretakers of Dinoland are back to showcase the amazing dinosaurs. Suzume attempts to find the most memorable attributes or personality traits to bring in the fans. The graphics help bring the characters and dinosaurs to life.