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Ghost Tower #1

幽麗塔(1) (ビッグコミックス)

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時は昭和29年、舞台は神戸。ニートの天野は、幽霊塔と呼ばれる時計塔で、白い何者かに襲われ死の寸前、謎の美青年・テツオに救われる。テツオは曰く「幽霊塔の財宝探しを手伝えば、金も名誉も手に入る」しかしテツオの正体は、男を装う女であり、その名も偽名であった・・・・・・・・

222 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 30, 2011

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12 reviews
July 1, 2015
Wow dieser Manga war echt mega gut ich kann es gar nicht erwarten den zweiten Teil zu kaufen!!
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199 reviews5 followers
January 21, 2023
Thai version named หอ วิญญาณ ใช้เวลาอ่านนานมากกก อ่านกันข้ามปี มังงะเก่าเนื้อเรื่องคลาสสิค สืบสวน หาสมบัติ มีเรื่อง 18+ แทรกเข้ามาเป็นระยะ รีวิวรวม 9 เล่มถือว่าเฉยๆ 4 เล่มแรกดีมาก หยุดอ่านไม่ได้ แต่หลังจากนั้นเริ่มดรอป ยิ่งเล่ม 8-9 เละเทะมาก ให้ 2.5/5 ปัดให้เป็น 3 ดาวแล้วกัน อย่างน้อย 1-4 เล่มแรกทำดี
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3,093 reviews120 followers
September 30, 2023
Beautiful art and interesting trans character but storywise, it was pretty confusing to understand and draggy.....
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110 reviews12 followers
November 10, 2021
Dieser Manga bietet ein interessantes Potpourri aus Mystery-/Detektivgeschichte und LGBQT-Thematik (im mnaga-typischen gender bender Format), ohne jedoch in irgendeiner Form hervorzustechen. Das Szenario im Jahr 1954 bietet die Möglichkeit eine interessante Stadtästhetik zu zeigen, wird jedoch teils von Anachronismen gestört (auch wenn Lovehotels natürlich existierten, so garantiert keine modernen folierten Kondome; Gespräche über eine U-Bahn in Kobe, die erst zwanzig Jahre später gebaut wurde).

Das Pacing wechselt von zu langsam bis zu schnell (das Ende wirkt überhastet). Generell wird versucht, zu viele Themen unterzubringen. Sind es zu Beginn klassische Mysterygeschichten, so tauchen bald klassische Figuren wie ein verrückter Professor oder ein Labyrinth voller Fallen auf. Dadurch verschieben sich die Genregrenzen fließend und teilweise sinnlos.

Während die Story zwar wirr, aber durchaus spannend bleibt, so ist die LGBQT-Thematik sehr oberflächlich und klassisch in Frau und Mann verteilt. Es tauchen Frauen in Männerkleidern, Männer in Frauenkleidern und homosexuelle Figuren auf, der Versuch einer Sozialkritik an der diskriminierenden Gesellschaft scheitert aber.

Pluspunkt ist die erwähnte Ästhetik. Egal ob Kobe, Fähren, Eisenbahnen, Inseln oder auch ein Abstecher ins Nachkriegs-Tokyo (inkl. Besuch in der legendären Kamiya-Bar und dem Denki Bran Cocktail), Das Japan der 1950er Jahre ist ästhetisch zumeist durchaus glaubhaft dargestellt. Schade, dass der Rest nicht mithalten kann. So ergeben sich schlussendlich nur durchschnittliche 3*.
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7,193 reviews134 followers
June 26, 2016
Meh...

Intanto, son più che sicura che non continuerò questa serie. Un volume è più che sufficiente per decidere che questo non fa per me.

Per carità, il mistero della torre e i fantasmi mi piacciono parecchio. E il modo in cui viene raccontata la storia che non mi ha convinta per niente. E neanche il protagonista principale, se devo dire la verità.

Allora siamo a Kōbe nel 1954 e il nostro protagonista è un NEET che esce solo durante le ore notturne e si circonda di riviste di dubbio gusto. Un giorno, mentre cerca di convincere la ragazza che gli piaceva al liceo di avere un vita di successo, incontra uno strano uomo che lo invita a presentarsi per un lavoro come custode presso la fantomatica "Torre fantasma". Tutto a posto, fin qui.

Ma anche l'idea di appendere i corpi alle lancette dell'orologio era carina. Però poi... SIGH. Amano non mi sta per nulla simpatico perché ha la personalità di una medusa spiaggiata. Tetsuo... e manovra Amano come vuole.

Ma poi c'è anche una brutta storia di abuso familiare che non mi sconfinfera.

Risultato: abbandonato senza rimpianti. Quasi. Sì, insomma, andrò a leggermi una sintesi da qualche parte per vedere cosa succede veramente.

Bene, questo sarà il primo volume da portare a Lestans a giugno 2018 per lo scambio dei libri organizzato dalle biblioteche dello spilimberghese.
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156 reviews12 followers
January 1, 2016
A la bibliothèque, je suis tombée par hasard sur ce manga destiné à un public adulte. De fait, nous suivons des personnages torturés et un récit plutôt violent avec une pointe d’érotisme de surcroît. Plus précisément, il est question d’une succession de meurtres sanguinolents que veulent résoudre le héros et le lecteur.

Ces événements funestes ont créé une ambiance malsaine qui m’a mise mal à l’aise. On ne sait pas vraiment à quel personnage se fier car ils ont tous manipulateurs, même les policiers de la ville. De nombreux secrets sont enfouis, les faux-semblants sont bel et bien présents et la narration est parfois volontairement floue. Ainsi, le personnage principal est donc aussi déboussolé que le lecteur !

Néanmoins, l’histoire a suscité ma curiosité. On ne cesse de s’interroger sur l’origine de ces corps torturés retrouvés sur une horloge. En effet, vous remarquerez sur la couverture que les aiguilles du cadran sont en fait représentées par un être humain. Et des aiguilles, ça tourne… Aïe ! On se dirait dans un film d’horreur digne de Saw. Quel le mystère de l’horloge de la mort ?

En bref, si vous aimez les univers morbides et inquiétants, ce manga est fait pour vous ! Mon avis est en demi-teinte car l’ambiance est trop malsaine à mon goût…
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4 reviews
April 22, 2020
Usually I love creepy, bloody and brutal kind of stories but this was just horrible in the worst way possible. It’s too fast paced in a way that it jumps from one scene to another and you can’t really understand what just happened. And you I also couldn’t really get behind any of the characters and even the protagonist had nothing I could identify or sympathise with. I thought it would be a cool bloody creepy murder mystery but it was just not good. At least for my tastes.
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Author 8 books96 followers
June 29, 2015
Meine Fresse war dieser Manga mega o___o Es war so ein übelster Spontankauf und dann hat mich dieser Manga so umgehauen, UNFASSBAR!!! Er war so spannend, creepy, krank, eklig, krank, blutig, krank, Horror, krank xD echt, ich liebe liebe liebe ihn und hasse es, dass es noch keinen zweiten Band gibt q_q
7 reviews
August 12, 2015
Great manga. Even though there is quite a bit of worldbuilding and introducing the characters, there is also action and mystery and dubious characters. I hope the suspense will increase in the next volume!
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265 reviews12 followers
May 2, 2016
Il mistero c'è, i fantasmi pure, però sinceramente a me è sembrato troppo lento e con poco mordente...non proseguirò di sicuro.
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248 reviews12 followers
November 19, 2016
je ne l'ai pas fini. un des personnage m'exaspère et donc pas envie de lire la suite. dommage ça avait intéressant comme histoire...
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19 reviews1 follower
March 2, 2023
Truyện vẽ đẹp nhưng nội dung chưa hay, kiểu như cố gắng phức tạp hóa mọi thứ lên để cho truyện có chiều sâu & deep hơn
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3,467 reviews95 followers
June 27, 2022
Have I stumbled over a smart manga? It sure look like it so far. The main character is as transparent as clear glass, but the one he allies with is genius-level - Sherlock Holmes fans are likely to enjoy the character. There is enough mystery and suspense to keep the average reader entertained. There is even violence, drama and death, so be warned. Overall, it's a splendid beginning to a mystery story that leaves plenty of questions to be answered in the future.

Amano Taichi is a regular guy down on his luck. He doesn't have girlfriend, isn't rich and has no prospects. A chance meeting with Hanazono, the girl he had a crush on in school, reminds him that maybe it's time to settle down. He would like to do so with her, but she already has a fiancee - Mimura who bullied Amano in school. Amano is now determined to improve himself. First he needs a job. A helpful stranger recommends he start working as a manager at the famous Ghost Tower which is believed to be haunted. While visiting the tower for the first time, he gets attacked from behind and left unconscious. Very much like in a recent, gruesome murder at the scene he wakes up tied to the clock's arms, inching away towards having his body broken in two. The stranger he met before offers a way out and promises everything else he desires. The catch is that Amano must work under the stranger.

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168 reviews8 followers
April 19, 2025
“Rồi một ngày, toà tháp này cũng sẽ đổ nát và một cái khác sẽ được xây lên. Nhưng tôi luôn tin rằng, khi đó, những người như chúng tôi sẽ có thể sống tự do hơn.”

Nói ngắn gọn thì sẽ là: bộ truyện trinh thám này siêu hay, siêu chất lượng từ nét vẽ đến xây dựng cốt truyện. Đưa người đọc đi từ bất ngờ này đến bất ngờ khác nhưng lại được lý giải vô cùng hợp lý. Strongly recommend đọc nheeeeee

Bộ truyện bắt đầu từ một kho tàng nằm dưới tháp đồng hồ khiến ai cũng thèm muốn, tranh đoạt thậm chí giết hại lẫn nhau để có được nó. Nhưng không đơn thuần chỉ có thế, đó chỉ là sự mở màn cho góc tối của các nhân vật trong truyện được bộc lộ, để rồi từ đó họ tìm lại chính bản thân mình, rồi lạc lối, rồi lại nhận ra. Không ai trong truyện bình thường, nhưng cũng không ai trong truyện là bất thường, họ sống và có khát khao của riêng mình, phải nói sao nhỉ, đôi lúc khát vọng đến cực đoan nhưng suy cho cùng chẳng có ai có quyền đánh giá hay quyết định họ có đáng sống hay không cả! Không một ai!

Điều ấn tượng mình là xây dựng nhân vật hay chiều sâu của nhân vật mà tác giả khai thác, xoáy vào nỗi lòng chung những con người muốn sống đúng với bản chất. Ngay cả Marube cũng làm mình thán phục với cách suy nghĩ rất “quái” chỉ mình ổng hiểu được, ông yêu và tình yêu của ông vô cùng đẹp đẽ.

Truyện chỉ có 80c đọc khá nhanh, truyện gắn tag kinh dị, nhiều đoạn đọc cũng rợn rợn nhưng với đứa yếu vía như mình vẫn ổn.

Cuối cùng, mình cũng cùng chung niềm tin với Yamashina, rằng: Rồi một ngày chúng ta có thể khiến xã hội thay đổi định kiến về quyền tự do giới tính, tất cả mọi người sẽ hiểu, rằng chúng ta cũng có niềm kiêu hãnh của riêng mình.

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558 reviews
November 13, 2025
Mmmh, ich bin noch unsicher, wie ich den Band einordnen soll. Einerseits ist's super interessant und spannend, andererseits aber auch etwas konfus. Ich glaube schon, dass das ein recht packender Thriller sein kann. Ein mysteriöser Mord in einem Glockenturm, bei dem niemand weiß, wie man die Zeiger bewegen kann (außer der Mörder). Doch die mutmaßliche Täterin begeht Selbstmord.. und zwei Jahre später hängt der Protagonist ebenso an den Uhrenzeigern, wie das Opfer zuvor!? Sehr verdächtig.. dazu taucht ein mysteriöser Mann auf, der ihm von einem gewaltigen Schatz erzählt und damit anlockt…
Den Inhalt wiederzugeben ist gar nicht so einfach, haha. Die Charaktere wirken noch etwas unnahbar und ich blicke noch nicht ganz hinter deren Fassaden, aber es gibt immer wieder Szenen, die sehr neugierig machen. Das Artwork ist passend - teils detailliert, teils etwas sketchy. Manche Gesichtsausdrücke werden damit aber wunderbar widergespiegelt. Ich weiß noch nicht genau, wohin das Ganze führt, aber ich bleib dran.
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394 reviews13 followers
November 23, 2019
4.5
Woulda been a five if Tetsuo hadn’t been sexualized as a woman in the beginning art of almost every chapter, despite being a dude. Idk I found it weird. Other than that it was really good, the antagonists were a homophobe and a pedophile/racist/sexist/necrophiliac/sadistic/creepy man. Good job. But that... stuff at the beginning of every chapter, that shit was weird. I just didn’t vibe with it. His tits were shiny. And with the Mc guy dressed as a girl for a quarter of the manga he was never sexualized in a dress (he was inside the story, I’m talking about opening art) the way Tetsuo was sexualized in a suit and while I like me a girl in a suit, he be male, stop showing me his binder and cleavage. That just rubbed me the wrong way, especially in a manga that dealt with LGBTQ+ issues and characters very well. I’d recommend though, the story was really amazing and the art was nice.
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489 reviews4 followers
July 18, 2021
Der erste Band dieser Mystery Reihe ist sehr viel versprechend. Ein Mordfall in Japan, an einem geheimnisvollen Uhrturm. Viele Verstrickungen und sehr gute Plot Twist halten die Spannung hoch. Das einzige, was mich am Anfang irritiert hat, ist die Panel Aufteilung. Wir haben hier sehr kleine Panels, die einen am Anfang stören können, aber diese kleine Aufteilung führt dazu, das die Charaktere mehr tiefe kriegen oder die Handlung. Alles in allem bin ich gespannt auf Band 2.
8 reviews1 follower
November 10, 2024
Reviewing Yuureitou by its entire serialization since the story is done. I read this manga a long time ago when it was still unfinished and decided to reread it and also see how it ended since I loved Tetsuo's character so much. I mostly liked how his character was handled throughout the story!

The manga surprisingly had quite a bit of conversation about gender identity. It was so unique and its handling of their trans character was pretty good in my book. Not perfect, but pretty outstanding for the fact that it contains a lot of LGBTQ+ themes. Some warnings about the content of the manga would include nudity, mentions of sexual assault, and plenty of gore (several sections of the story include characters running from killers and surviving traps).

Spoilers incoming in the next paragraphs!

Overall, I think it's a great thriller mystery manga. I liked how they handled Tetsuo being a transman and I would argue that Taichi, the other main character in the story, is nonbinary as well. I liked Satoko's growth towards the end of the manga and how she chooses to fight for her freedom.

There were some things that didn't sit very well with me though. Some of the art for Tetsuo comes off as a bit fetishy and in complete disregard to how binding affects the body and how medical transition works. It was such a slap in the face to see how well Tetsuo's writing is handled in the actual story compared to how his feminine body is drawn pinup style on the cover art. Another thing was Yamashina, the only gay man and a competent detective, is written to prefer young prepubescent boys. This bothered me in particular because pedophilia is a common lie used to attack queer people and discredit them. This detail could just be me analyzing Yamashina in context of how minority groups are often defamed in such a manner. The manga does end on a pretty high note, with the characters hoping for a future where queer identities like them are accepted. From this alone, I'm not sure from which place the author is writing from, so take these small grievances with a grain of salt.
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927 reviews9 followers
January 6, 2016
En 1952, une vieille femme est retrouvée morte, prise au piège par les aiguilles d’une horloge située au sommet d’une tour. C’est sa fille adoptive qui l’a tuée et celle-ci se suicide peu de temps après.

Deux ans plus tard, Taïchi est victime de la même agression et ne doit son salut qu’à l’intervention de Tetsuo, qui devient rapidement son meilleur (et seul) ami, et qui l’entraîne à sa suite dans une chasse au trésor.


La couverture de ce manga m’avait attirée et le résumé laissait entendre une bonne histoire glauque et effrayante.

Je n’ai vraiment pas été déçue sur le côté glauque. Ce doit être assez horrible de se retrouvé attaché sur les aiguilles d’une horloge et de sentir ses os craquer et se déchirer.

Par dessus le marché, tous les personnages de cette série sont eux aussi très glauques.

Amano Taïchi, par qui on est introduit dans l’histoire, n’est pas vraiment sympathique. Adepte d’histoires porno-perverses, c’est un loser assez détestable.

Tetsuo est plus mystérieux donc j’ai bien plus accroché à lui mais il est tellement manipulateur qu’il est difficile de le trouver sympathique. Intriguant oui, mais sympathique certainement pas.

Et c’est sans compter sur Dokuro Marube, le propriétaire de la Tour, procureur corrompu chargé de l’enquête sur le meurtre, et qui entretient une relation plus que malsaine avec sa propre fille.

En réalité, tout le monde est à peu près louche et bizarre. Et c’est ce qui rend ce manga très intéressant au final !

L’ensemble m’a vraiment mise mal à l’aise et, si ce n’est pas réellement effrayant, a réussi à me perturber pendant un bon moment.
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751 reviews20 followers
April 11, 2014
Dans la série « je lis des livres bizarres« , celui-ci est le deuxième de la semaine et j’ai dû mal à me faire un véritable avis sur le sujet.
A la lecture du synopsis, je m’attendais à un livre qui fait vraiment peur et en fait, pas du tout. C’est inquiétant, certes, mais ça ne fait pas peur. Dommage… (oui, j’aime bien les livres qui font peur)
Côté histoire, toujours, les personnages m’ont mis mal à l’aise (c’est le but et il est bien atteint) et je ne vois pas trop où le scénario va les mener. C’est très étrange.
Les dessins sont pas mal mais ce n’est pas le style que j’affectionne le plus.
Tout cela réunit fait que je ne sais pas si j’ai envie de lire la suite ou pas.
En bref : je ne sais toujours pas quoi en penser !
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1,284 reviews
March 12, 2016
Daya tarik utama manga ini bukanlah Amano yang loser, karena melihatnya hanya membuatku memikirkan "Seperti ini nih Nobita ketika sudah dewasa", melainkan misteri pembunuhan sadis di menara berhantu dengan jam raksasa itu (tingkat kesadisannya setara serial Detektif Kindaichi). Serta munculnya karakter Tetsuo yang terlihat feminin sekali. Mengapa tidak sekalian disebutkan saja kalau Tetsuo memang seorang perempuan atau bukan? Lebih mudah kan jadinya buat pembaca?
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924 reviews4 followers
October 26, 2021
J'ai bien aimé le développement de l'histoire mais l'introduction ne tient pas la route. J'ai trouvé que la rencontre entre Testuo et Taïchi sortait de nul part, tout comme leur collaboration. Même si l'ambiance est glauque et malsaine à souhait, je n'ai eu aucun atome crochu avec les protagonistes, leurs désirs, leurs objectifs ou leur passé. Je passe mon tour pour la suite.
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391 reviews2 followers
September 7, 2015
Geschichte etwas verworren. Scheußliches Lettering. Atmosphäre ganz gut.
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9 reviews
May 25, 2016
Bellissimo, ho adorato il primo e anche il secondo volume, li ho letteralmente divorato. Adoro questo manga e non vedo l'ora che escano i prossimi volumi .! Consigliatissimo
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