ファイブスター物語

Five Star Stories

by 永野護

Illustration and handwritten text. When Lashko and Egram reached the point of a completed match the irises of their eyes, which were bordered by white, were divided into equal fields of red, yellow and blue. The pupils were grey. As Egram's pregnancy progressed, because the turning creating the match occurred after Egram had conceived, they began to wonder if the child's eyes might do the same. Hoping and wondering while they waited for the birth of their child, but the eyes of their son were the eyes of other children, the common eyes, eyes of a single hue. Algo's eyes were dark, the color of the night sky. at night, after Algo was born, Lashko and Egram would take the boy into their fields to watch the stars reflected in their son's eyes. Rejoicing in their good fortune, the fortune of being alive and bringing forth life, the would joke, "you have the

Genres: Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction

Comic

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

See also: Mamoru Nagano

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review for volume. 1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The battle scenes are really satisfying! The ending is also good! Plus the bonus story about the future of the Joker galaxy is also very interesting!

[Lily-Rose Beardshaw · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish the English-language publication hadn't split the volumes in half and pasted extracts from the fanbook/artbook in at the end. If you read each half-volume cover to cover, it really breaks up the story, making it harder to follow than it already is. By the time I've gotten through the rather arduous content detailing characters, planetary histories and mechanical designs at the back, I've almost forgotten what happened in the comic I read at the start, as the pace at which I can get through the "bonus content" is so slow in comparison to the pace at which I race through the short comic at the front of each volume. I can't help thinking I'd enjoy all this info about the world of Five Star Stories more if it were integrated into the actual storytelling of the comic instead of as fact file. The introduction states that this is intentional, but it really didn't enhance the reading experience for me.

I find that made-up names by manga authors don't always translate well, and the author of Five Star Stories also seems to've made up er, "outer spacey" names for all his characters and planets based on foreign words and sounds that he thinks sound interesting, resulting in a fantasy nomenclature that sounds like absolute lunacy in English. I mean, there are characters with names like Voards Viewlard? Ladios Sopp? Falk U Rogner? (say that last one aloud).

I'm reading a few 80s mangas at the moment, thanks to my partner, and one of the things I'm enjoying most is how easy it is to set them apart stylistically from the look and feel of contemporary manga. I'm curious about Five Star Stories because I find it so compelling in this sense, but I'm not sure how rewarding it will be to continue. It's hard to comment on the story so far, as it's a little confusing - compounded by the fact, that, three volumes in, not much has really happened due to the cutting-up effect of the English publication.