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最終兵器彼女 [Saishuu Heiki Kanojo] #2
Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet, Vol. 02
Chise es una joven estudiante con un secreto. Un secreto que no tiene que ver nada con los que se suelen tener a su edad. Ella es el arma definitiva, el último recurso defensivo de Japón contra las amenazas exteriores. Cuando el país la necesita, su cuerpo se transforma en una máquina de combate letal... La cuestión es si ella y los que la rodean podrán sobrevivir a ese gran secreto.
232 pages, Paperback
First published July 29, 2000
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About the author
Shin Takahashi
60 books26 followersShin Takahashi ( 高橋しん, originally 高橋真 Takahashi Shin?, born September 8, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist best known for writing Saikano (She, the Ultimate Weapon) and Iihito. He was born in Shibetsu, Hokkaidō on September 8, 1967.
He has been using computer graphics in his works since the time when few manga artists were able to use them.
He has been using computer graphics in his works since the time when few manga artists were able to use them.
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August 14, 2020
La segunda parte, de esta saga me ha parecido, de lo mismo que lo primero.
Me resulta un poco aburrido, pero ya que mi primo me ha dicho, que lo ha leído, y me está resultando empalagoso y algo aburrido, será la primera vez que un manga me aburre, pero bueno, yo no soy de dejarlos abandonados.
El arma definitiva utiliza constantemente el recurso de los contrarios para crear un equilibrio de tensiones precario a medida que transporta al lector a través de una historia que escala rápidamente en intensidad precipitándose hacia un desenlace de proporciones épicas. Mi valoración final 3/5
Me resulta un poco aburrido, pero ya que mi primo me ha dicho, que lo ha leído, y me está resultando empalagoso y algo aburrido, será la primera vez que un manga me aburre, pero bueno, yo no soy de dejarlos abandonados.
El arma definitiva utiliza constantemente el recurso de los contrarios para crear un equilibrio de tensiones precario a medida que transporta al lector a través de una historia que escala rápidamente en intensidad precipitándose hacia un desenlace de proporciones épicas. Mi valoración final 3/5
May 6, 2018
Pretty good manga👌😁❤️
January 30, 2021
Do you like teenage cringe-drama romantic comedies? Do you like nihilistic depictions of the horrors of war? How about morally-gray psychological studies of the way people who mean well end up hurting each other for complicated reasons? Why not enjoy them all at the same time?
Two kids are dating. They're both horny and awkward and shy and ignorant and confused and conflicted. Oh, and there's also an apocalyptic war going on. None of this is different from the first volume of the series, but it is amped up. In this book, we learn that Shuuji was , and that Chise . The two are trying to build a little romance together, but the outside world is encroaching ever closer with its brutal payload of trauma and unwelcome change.
I still can't get a handle on the basic metaphor here. The Powers That Be did something unspeakable to Chise because it benefited them, and the results leave her alternating between drugged-up delirium, and despair as she feels like a monster. It's stock power fantasy fodder and in theory should be able to help a lot of people - we do get a sense that the military is struggling not to turn her into a deity and/or mascot of some sort - yet she isn't actually in control and feels tremendous guilt over the damage that her "gift" causes.
The final chapter of the book only promises to ramp that up even further.
Keep reading. Takahashi isn't done with you yet.
Two kids are dating. They're both horny and awkward and shy and ignorant and confused and conflicted. Oh, and there's also an apocalyptic war going on. None of this is different from the first volume of the series, but it is amped up. In this book, we learn that Shuuji was , and that Chise . The two are trying to build a little romance together, but the outside world is encroaching ever closer with its brutal payload of trauma and unwelcome change.
I still can't get a handle on the basic metaphor here. The Powers That Be did something unspeakable to Chise because it benefited them, and the results leave her alternating between drugged-up delirium, and despair as she feels like a monster. It's stock power fantasy fodder and in theory should be able to help a lot of people - we do get a sense that the military is struggling not to turn her into a deity and/or mascot of some sort - yet she isn't actually in control and feels tremendous guilt over the damage that her "gift" causes.
The final chapter of the book only promises to ramp that up even further.
Keep reading. Takahashi isn't done with you yet.
October 17, 2024
Can manga live without coincidence? Shuji's first love's (from middle school) husband in Chise's commanding officer. Not only that, she's going to be his student teacher. Give me a break! But I'm still enjoying the story.
August 19, 2021
4.5/5 Star
April 30, 2025
Takahashi crea un’opera sospesa tra il lirismo e la tragedia, capace di raccontare l’amore e la guerra con rara delicatezza.
Le linee leggere, a volte tremolanti, sembrano esitare sulla carta, restituendo tutta la fragilità dei personaggi: adolescenti spinti troppo presto ai margini dell’umanità.
Un linguaggio visivo perfetto per raccontare una storia che danza costantemente tra sogno e incubo, tra la tenerezza dell’intimità giovanile e l’orrore di un conflitto disumano.
Ogni tavola è attraversata da una malinconia sottile, mai gratuita. Lei, l’arma finale è una lettura che spezza il cuore e allo stesso tempo lo accarezza, riuscendo a trasformare la sofferenza in un racconto di struggente bellezza.
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Takahashi weaves a tale suspended between lyricism and tragedy, capturing love and war with an exquisite, uncommon grace.
His delicate trembling lines seem to waver on the page, as if echoing the fragility of his characters—teenagers cast too soon to the edges of what it means to be human.
It is a visual language that drifts effortlessly between dream and nightmare, where the softness of young intimacy meets the brutal silence of war.
Each panel is touched by a quiet, aching melancholy—never forced, always true. She, the Final Weapon is a story that shatters the heart even as it softly holds it, turning pain into something hauntingly beautiful.
Le linee leggere, a volte tremolanti, sembrano esitare sulla carta, restituendo tutta la fragilità dei personaggi: adolescenti spinti troppo presto ai margini dell’umanità.
Un linguaggio visivo perfetto per raccontare una storia che danza costantemente tra sogno e incubo, tra la tenerezza dell’intimità giovanile e l’orrore di un conflitto disumano.
Ogni tavola è attraversata da una malinconia sottile, mai gratuita. Lei, l’arma finale è una lettura che spezza il cuore e allo stesso tempo lo accarezza, riuscendo a trasformare la sofferenza in un racconto di struggente bellezza.
***
Takahashi weaves a tale suspended between lyricism and tragedy, capturing love and war with an exquisite, uncommon grace.
His delicate trembling lines seem to waver on the page, as if echoing the fragility of his characters—teenagers cast too soon to the edges of what it means to be human.
It is a visual language that drifts effortlessly between dream and nightmare, where the softness of young intimacy meets the brutal silence of war.
Each panel is touched by a quiet, aching melancholy—never forced, always true. She, the Final Weapon is a story that shatters the heart even as it softly holds it, turning pain into something hauntingly beautiful.
September 26, 2011
The last panel of Saikano in Volume 1 had Shuji wishing that Chise had met him so they could run away together. The story picks up the next day, with Chise waiting for Shuji to climb the long hill to school. They don't talk about the night before. Shuji does think about it in this volume, figuring that Chise had a 'job' (what they've started referring to the missions she goes on). The plot during these collected seven chapters is Shuji's past more than anything, specifically, his first love. Chise asks Akemi, who has known Shuji for years, about who Shuji might have loved and Akemi says that Chise should talk to him about it. Akemi then goes to scold Shuji and tell him to open up to Chise, as this possible first love is worrying Chise. (Really, Akemi is my hero. She's such a brash girl.)
The problem is, when Shuji decides to talk to Chise about his first love, an older girl he'd known when he was younger, he sees her - Fuyumi - riding by on a bicycle. This surprises him so much he doesn't say anything and later, when he processes all this, he's afraid to tell Chise as it could hurt her - and she's got enough pain in her life. Unfortunately, the vision of Fuyumi is real and she's back in town. She has married a soldier who is away in the war and misses him desperately. We find out through a series of flashbacks that Fuyumi and Shuji had sex at some point and they were both virgins. Fuyumi invites Shuji to her house and he goes, nearly winding up having sex with her again (her instigation) but he starts crying and leaves. He becomes tense around Chise, not wanting to tell her anything about Fuyumi, especially not what happened at Fuyumi's house. The one time he tries, when he and Chise are on a date, they are interrupted and Shuji loses his nerve.
There is a couple of side stories revolving around the shared diary that Chise and Shuji wrote in during the first volume and they are very telling. Chise is with the soldiers she accompanies into battle and is trying to write in her diary while the soldiers are flirting with her. Their commander, a Lieutenant, appears to be Fuyumi's husband (as he mentions a wife he wants to get back to) and looks very much like Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist. The soldiers realize that their ultimate weapon is just a little girl after all - and whatever she's becoming, it may soon be too much for them to control, as she manages to obliterate a city off the map during a sudden attack on her.
I am still trying to figure out whether this is a shojo or shonen manga. It has too many elements of both. The humor is more raw than I would expect from a shojo but the romance is too pronounced for a shonen. Whatever it is, it's an interesting mix and I'm almost concerned for the conclusion.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 9, 2016
Shuji pourrait passer pour une brute insensible. Du coup, je suis contente que le récit soit construit pour l’essentiel de son point de vue pour pouvoir suivre les pensées de ce garçon qui resterait sinon bien trop mystérieux tellement il n’arrive pas à s’exprimer à voix haute.
J’aime beaucoup le personnage d’Akemi, leur amie commune qui s’inquiète beaucoup pour eux deux. C’est d’ailleurs un peu dommage que les autres lycéens ne soient pas plus caractérisés, ils apportent des instants de fraîcheur à un récit très lourd psychologiquement par ailleurs.
J’ai bien apprécié également passer un peu plus de temps avec les militaires, qui ressemblent finalement beaucoup à de grands lycéens. Et le lieutenant Tetsu est un très beau personnage, lui qui a laissé sa femme à la maison.
Il y a peu de chance pour que cette histoire finisse bien. Et pourtant, je suis envoûtée par cette atmosphère et ces personnages qui tentent, coûte que coûte, d’aller de l’avant.
J’aime beaucoup le personnage d’Akemi, leur amie commune qui s’inquiète beaucoup pour eux deux. C’est d’ailleurs un peu dommage que les autres lycéens ne soient pas plus caractérisés, ils apportent des instants de fraîcheur à un récit très lourd psychologiquement par ailleurs.
J’ai bien apprécié également passer un peu plus de temps avec les militaires, qui ressemblent finalement beaucoup à de grands lycéens. Et le lieutenant Tetsu est un très beau personnage, lui qui a laissé sa femme à la maison.
Il y a peu de chance pour que cette histoire finisse bien. Et pourtant, je suis envoûtée par cette atmosphère et ces personnages qui tentent, coûte que coûte, d’aller de l’avant.
February 24, 2012
Shuji and Chise are experiencing relationship problems. They don't know what to say to each other. Shuji is worried about Chise while she's away at work, saving the world. Chise is worried about work and is having a hard time accepting herself as what she's become.
Even if the art is mostly pretty simple, this is probably one of the most engrossing mangas I have EVER read. I'm in love, I'm not going to lie.
Even if the art is mostly pretty simple, this is probably one of the most engrossing mangas I have EVER read. I'm in love, I'm not going to lie.
March 21, 2016
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แม้รักครั้งแรกจะไม่ได้สำคัญอีกแล้วกับปัจจุบัน แต่ครั้งแรกฝังใจเสมอ...
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