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Baccano! Light Novel #10
バッカーノ！1934 完結編 Peter Pan In Chains
刑務所と娑婆で起きた大事件。 その陰で暗躍する者とは……!?
アルカトラズとシカゴで起きた事件の謎が明らかになる完結編。
300カ所同時爆破と、200人の失踪事件。
殺し屋と不死者を巡る騒動。
高みの見物をする権力者たち。
混乱をきたす舞台にすべての役者がそろった時、それぞれの配役が動き始める……。
アルカトラズとシカゴで起きた事件の謎が明らかになる完結編。
300カ所同時爆破と、200人の失踪事件。
殺し屋と不死者を巡る騒動。
高みの見物をする権力者たち。
混乱をきたす舞台にすべての役者がそろった時、それぞれの配役が動き始める……。
488 pages, 文庫
First published April 10, 2007
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About the author
Ryohgo Narita
348 books383 followersRyohgo Narita (成田 良悟, Narita Ryōgo) is a Japanese light novelist. He won the Gold Prize in the 9th Dengeki Novel Prize for Baccano!, which was made into a TV anime in 2007.[1] His series Durarara!! was also made into a TV anime, which began airing January 2010
There are two traits found in most of Narita's works:
* Narita writes extremely fast, one volume a month if he wishes - with tons of spelling errors and missing words as a tradeoff. The editors like to leave them sometimes just for fun, though.
* His work titles often have an exclamation mark at the end (i.e. Baccano!, Vamp!, Durarara!!, etc.).
Kanji names: 成田 良悟 & 成田良悟.
There are two traits found in most of Narita's works:
* Narita writes extremely fast, one volume a month if he wishes - with tons of spelling errors and missing words as a tradeoff. The editors like to leave them sometimes just for fun, though.
* His work titles often have an exclamation mark at the end (i.e. Baccano!, Vamp!, Durarara!!, etc.).
Kanji names: 成田 良悟 & 成田良悟.
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July 6, 2023
Frank was taken by the Nebula corporation during Lamia’s fight with the Russo family. And Rail wants to save his friend. But Rail needs help, in more ways than one.
Huey orders Sham to help Rail. But something feels off. Does Huey know what really happened when he lost his eye?
Isaac is lost in the city until he comes across a rather mysterious helpful person named Sham.
Leeza’s furious because someone stole her father Huey’s eye. And she’s ready to rage out, thirsting for vengeance.
Firo Prochainezo and Ladd Russo are still stuck in Alcatraz, trying to figure out their next move.
Miria is trying to find Isaac, with the help of Jacuzzi Splot’s gang of delinquent youths. But they’re quickly caught in the middle of some deafening explosions. And, due to a mix of unfortunate coincidences, Nice becomes the police’s main suspect.
While the story is quite complex and features a whole army of characters, the core of the story can actually be summarized simply as: “who is betraying who?” If you’re reading through all the dialogue, you can occasionally find some hints that there is more going on than just the obvious in your face betrayal of one character. And this doesn’t mean the loyalty towards just other characters, but also to the character’s own beliefs and morals. A good example of this is the character arc of Christopher, as we already know from the previous book that he’s evolving as a person. He was raised as a natural born killer, but he’s starting to realize that he doesn’t actually like killing people.
I also really like the Peter Pan references. Ladd considers Firo to be a Peter Pan figure because he always looks out for the little ones. An old school kind of gentleman who refuses to let any harm come to women and children. And Firo referring to Ladd as the big bad crocodile who needs to cough up his clock, because he’s basically a ticking time bomb of pure violence, is just done so well. It’s an oddball friendship that for some reason just works here. It’s not the heart of the story, but rather a nice little bonus.
On one hand, a solid conclusion to a trilogy in the middle of the series that started out strong but dropped the ball in the second book. The ending in particular is satisfying in all the right ways. On the other hand, quite complex and a bit of a messy execution at times.
Huey orders Sham to help Rail. But something feels off. Does Huey know what really happened when he lost his eye?
Isaac is lost in the city until he comes across a rather mysterious helpful person named Sham.
Leeza’s furious because someone stole her father Huey’s eye. And she’s ready to rage out, thirsting for vengeance.
Firo Prochainezo and Ladd Russo are still stuck in Alcatraz, trying to figure out their next move.
Miria is trying to find Isaac, with the help of Jacuzzi Splot’s gang of delinquent youths. But they’re quickly caught in the middle of some deafening explosions. And, due to a mix of unfortunate coincidences, Nice becomes the police’s main suspect.
While the story is quite complex and features a whole army of characters, the core of the story can actually be summarized simply as: “who is betraying who?” If you’re reading through all the dialogue, you can occasionally find some hints that there is more going on than just the obvious in your face betrayal of one character. And this doesn’t mean the loyalty towards just other characters, but also to the character’s own beliefs and morals. A good example of this is the character arc of Christopher, as we already know from the previous book that he’s evolving as a person. He was raised as a natural born killer, but he’s starting to realize that he doesn’t actually like killing people.
I also really like the Peter Pan references. Ladd considers Firo to be a Peter Pan figure because he always looks out for the little ones. An old school kind of gentleman who refuses to let any harm come to women and children. And Firo referring to Ladd as the big bad crocodile who needs to cough up his clock, because he’s basically a ticking time bomb of pure violence, is just done so well. It’s an oddball friendship that for some reason just works here. It’s not the heart of the story, but rather a nice little bonus.
On one hand, a solid conclusion to a trilogy in the middle of the series that started out strong but dropped the ball in the second book. The ending in particular is satisfying in all the right ways. On the other hand, quite complex and a bit of a messy execution at times.
March 15, 2025
Considering how many plotlines, pov's, and timelines have been juggled in each arc leading up to this, this volume does a surprisingly good job of tying them all together in a way that feels like a satisfying climax that also sets up whatever comes in the next 10+ volumes. While each previous arc has obviously been connected by common characters, this is the first time they all feel really connected by a plot heading towards a shared conclusion as well.
September 5, 2020
Too maby jumps between characters. Too many informations. And too many things in one book. Ok, I still like Baccano and Ryogho Narita writting and the way of creating characters, but... I'm also lost. From some point of series I even don't recognize who is who. There's too many characters!!! And too many plot. I love the first, second or third book, but now It's guilty pleasure, nothing more :(
July 1, 2022
Well, this took me way longer to finish than I expected when I started it. (Not because it was bad or anything, it just happened to be busy and difficult at work so I didn't have the energy to read novels anymore. But hey I'm back to the Baccano series, so yay!)
Because of that, and this book being the final part of an arc that started two books ago, I don't really remember what I read in which of the three books (since it always goes in a thousand different directions at the same time) so I'm not sure I can give an accurate rating/review of it...
Though, I do need to say that I'm starting to lose track of who's related to who with all those new characters introduced each book.
Also, Firo and the two idiots are still some of my favorites, and I'm kinda getting really interested in all the homonculi. Ah, but, I still can't stand Ladd, also his buddy Graham who's basically the same kind of crazy character. Curious to see where we're going with Leeza and Sham.
All in all, it's still a Baccano novel, which means I'm bound to enjoy it all the way to the end. There will always be some things that bug me, but it never stops me from having a good time reading these...
Because of that, and this book being the final part of an arc that started two books ago, I don't really remember what I read in which of the three books (since it always goes in a thousand different directions at the same time) so I'm not sure I can give an accurate rating/review of it...
Though, I do need to say that I'm starting to lose track of who's related to who with all those new characters introduced each book.
Also, Firo and the two idiots are still some of my favorites, and I'm kinda getting really interested in all the homonculi. Ah, but, I still can't stand Ladd, also his buddy Graham who's basically the same kind of crazy character. Curious to see where we're going with Leeza and Sham.
All in all, it's still a Baccano novel, which means I'm bound to enjoy it all the way to the end. There will always be some things that bug me, but it never stops me from having a good time reading these...
June 2, 2019
I think it was a good conclusion for the 1934 arc... We now know just how fucked up Leeza LaForet is, poor Firo I was genuinely scared for him. I can't wait for a reunion scene between Leeza and Chané, I want to know so bad how they are reacting to each other. Huey LaForet seems very unpredictable and mysterious, and that scene between him and Renée got me out of nowhere. I also want to know how Ladd is going to react if he finds out that the alchemists daughter he fought on the train is engaged to the red monster.
The only thing I didn't like was that there was no scene between Claire and Chané in that volume because they are my favorite characters.
The only thing I didn't like was that there was no scene between Claire and Chané in that volume because they are my favorite characters.
August 30, 2019
A bit of a mess... There are some surprises that saved the book. Narita goes above and beyond to try and confuse you about what’s happening, but he does it by abusing point of view changes and using some half-assed explanations as to why certain coincidences happen... it didn’t feel natural. Frustrating... it could have been so much better
July 6, 2021
さ、楽しい話をしよう…
「獄中編」と「娑婆編」と共に「上・上・下」の形で最高のバカ騒ぎになった。今回はレイルの狂う気味にやや呆れてしまったが、やはり嫌いになれない。
「獄中編」でのフィーロにちょっと（ちょっとだけ！）がっかりしたが、今回は絶対絶命の状態に居ながらリーザに恐怖を感じさせたフィーロがステキ。グラハムもクリスもジャグジーもリカルドもシャムも…皆ステキ！感想を全部書いてしまうと長くりそうからここで止めましょう（笑）
「獄中編」と「娑婆編」と共に「上・上・下」の形で最高のバカ騒ぎになった。今回はレイルの狂う気味にやや呆れてしまったが、やはり嫌いになれない。
「獄中編」でのフィーロにちょっと（ちょっとだけ！）がっかりしたが、今回は絶対絶命の状態に居ながらリーザに恐怖を感じさせたフィーロがステキ。グラハムもクリスもジャグジーもリカルドもシャムも…皆ステキ！感想を全部書いてしまうと長くりそうからここで止めましょう（笑）
February 3, 2022
Perfectly wrapped up
September 12, 2023
Puta que pariu
October 7, 2024
Crazy, probably tooooo much going on, but better than the last book
December 17, 2013
さ、楽しい話をしよう…
「獄中編」と「娑婆編」と共に「上・上・下」の形で最高のバカ騒ぎになった。今回はレイルの狂う気味にやや呆れてしまったが、やはり嫌いになれない。
「獄中編」でのフィーロにちょっと（ちょっとだけ！）がっかりしたが、今回は絶対絶命の状態に居ながらリーザに恐怖を感じさせたフィーロがステキ。グラハムもクリスもジャグジーもリカルドもシャムも…皆ステキ！感想を全部書いてしまうと長くりそうからここで止めましょう（笑）
「獄中編」と「娑婆編」と共に「上・上・下」の形で最高のバカ騒ぎになった。今回はレイルの狂う気味にやや呆れてしまったが、やはり嫌いになれない。
「獄中編」でのフィーロにちょっと（ちょっとだけ！）がっかりしたが、今回は絶対絶命の状態に居ながらリーザに恐怖を感じさせたフィーロがステキ。グラハムもクリスもジャグジーもリカルドもシャムも…皆ステキ！感想を全部書いてしまうと長くりそうからここで止めましょう（笑）
May 28, 2025
well. i liked the part when ladd bit into leeza's bird i thought that was pretty funny
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