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Brave Story (3 part version) #3

by Miyuki Miyabe, 宮部 みゆき

天空を翔るファイアドラゴン、ジョゾの背に乗って北の帝国に向かうワタルたち。目指すは皇都ソレブリアにそびえる運命の塔。が、うちつづく闘いに傷つき、命を失う仲間もあらわれ・・・。ミツルとの死闘を制し、ワタルは女神と出会うことができるのか？現世の幸福と幻界（ヴィジョン）の未来。最後に選ぶべきワタルのほんとうの願いとはー。運命に挑んだ少年の壮大なる旅を描いて、勇気と感動の涙をもたらす記念碑的超大作、ついに完結！

Genres: Fantasy

493 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

About the author

See also 宮部 みゆき (Japanese language profile) and 宮部美幸 (Chinese language profile).

Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき Miyabe Miyuki) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.
Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. She has been a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels and winning many major literary prizes, including the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 1993 for Kasha and the Naoki Prize in 1998 for Riyū [The Reason] (理由). A Japanese film adaptation of Riyû, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released in 2004.

Reviews

[Chihiro]

★★★

The book that I checked out from the library had three volumes.

This story is about a boy Wataru who one day discovers that his parents are getting a divorce and from there he wants to try to fix all this. He sets foot on a world called "Vision" and he begins his journey to find the tower of destiny so that he could meet the goddess of fate--maybe she can make his wish come true...

The journey was long... ((three books!!)) My friend at work recommended me to read so I checked it out.

I really enjoyed the first volume where it mainly covers the life events of the main character before he steps into the fantasy world. I didn't expect the story to be so dark but some parts were heavy. But this worked for me.

Then after he begins his journey it was okay but I think I was expecting more light and fun fantasy. It wasn't so much of that and it started dealing about the war between two lands.
I cared more about Wataru's character, his family and his friends life situation in the real world. I think I would of enjoyed volume 2 and 3 if I were much younger.

[Mihoko · Rating 4 out of 5]

若いときに読んだら、よくできてるけれどよくある冒険ファンタジーって思ったかも。実際、中巻に入ったときは、RPGさながらの展開で既視感ありすぎで、すっとばそうかと思ったくらい。ただし全巻読んだ後に残るものが冒険のわくわくや少年の成長についての感動だけじゃないところが、さすがの宮部みゆき。喜びも苦しみもある中生きるって言うこと、人との関わりから生みだされる幸せ不幸せと向き合うこと、死ぬまでずっと学んでいくことになるだろうことを、ファンタジーの形で読ませてくれる。