MUJINA INTO THE DEEP 3

MUJINA INTO THE DEEP #3

by Inio Asano, 浅野いにお

超新感覚”人権”バトルアクション!

『ソラニン』『おやすみプンプン』『うみべの女の子』『デッドデッドデーモンズデデデデデストラクション』の異才・浅野いにおが放つ、超新感覚”人権”バトルアクション!!人権無き”ムジナ”と呼ばれる存在が、殺し屋となって誰よりも高く翔ぶ…笑うか死ぬか。彼女(ムジナ)たちの、明日はどっちだ?

Genres: Manga, Japan, Comics

196 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2024

About the author

Inio Asano (浅野いにお, Asano Inio) is a Japanese cartoonist. He is known for his character-driven stories and his detailed art-style, making him one of the most influential manga author of his generation.
Asano was born in 1980 and produced his first amateur comics as a teenager. His professional debut happened in 2000 in the pages of the magazine Big Comic Spirits. Since then, he has collaborated with most of the major Japanese magazines of seinen manga (comics for a mature audience). Among Asano's internationally acclaimed works are: the psychological horror Nijigahara Holograph (2003-2005); the drama Solanin (2005-2006); the existentialistic slice-of-life Goodnight Punpun (2007-2013); the erotic A Girl on the Shore (2009-2013); the sci-fi Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction (2014-2022).

Reviews

[Ignacio · Rating 4 out of 5]

La historia funciona mejor en el plano corto (los problemas de los personajes y sus dinámicas) que en el panorámico (la suspensión de incredulidad de los mujinas, su encaje en sociedad, la persecución de los crímenes petardea mucho). Pero además del dibujo (que no una narrativa a ratos sin demasiado sentido en el encadenamiento de planos) me gusta mucho cómo Asano trata temas contemporáneos como la fama en el mundo de las redes sociales y la lucha de clases en los tiempos del capitalismo tardío. Además la extravagancia hortera y el mal gusto de ciertos diseños/estampas le da mordiente.

[Michelle Graf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thanks to NetGalley and VIZ Media for the ARC.

The excessive violence and sexual content continues. Especially the sex feels overdone for shock. I almost considered dropping the series after this volume, but the plot seems to be going somewhere now, so I continued on the VIZ website and have caught up to the latest chapter. It reminds me of the 90s OVA Kite in some ways, due to the manipulation of the Mujinas for both hits and sex work.

[Javi Hernández · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es tremendo lo de Inio Asano, qué manera de escribir mientras te emboba con el dibujo

[Maz Castillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

está claro que la mayoría de mujina son mujeres jovencísimas (o niñas) y no creo que sea casualidad, pues son un colectivo bastante machacado por la sociedad patriarcal y machista. me está fascinando la dialéctica entre libertad y normas. realmente, todes parecen estar anclados al dinero, al sistema capitalista; además de sus pulsiones. generalmente, es el sexo, porque sexo y poder en la sociedad imperante son los dos valores al alza. hay critica a casos reales de tráfico de personas y prostitución. la crítica se está construyendo fenomenal.

[charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

i’m starting to really not care i’m sorry asano

[Bus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Original, loco y si te abstraes de las peleas, el sexo y la depravación, más sesudo y reflexivo de lo que parece

[Marco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buttiamo giù qualche cliché narrativo.

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mujina's exploration of sociopolitical themes feels, at times, self-aggrandizing. It's a tossed salad of gratuitous sex scenes and nihilistic social commentary—to little shock from Asano's veteran readers, but easily off-putting as "rambling edgelord bait" to those unacquainted. It's unequivocally an Inio Asano work, where the author's artistic prowess creates something of a "Stockholm Syndrome" to his narrative obligation to leave you feeling absolutely miserable.

Similarly to how Dead Dead Demon's saw him take the plunge into sci-fi, Mujina: Into the Deep is Asano's foray into action manga. Said action is choreographed stunningly well and married seductively with his sense for the bizarre and off-kilter. The urban sprawl is expansive but suffocating, propelling the violence to impressive heights. These scenes continue to balance well between the realist elements of the story and a penchant for that welcome factor of coolness.

I will reiterate: Inio Asano's artwork and visual storytelling is a large part of his appeal, but it's his prose and dialogue that make it seem like he's huffing his own farts at times. Volume 3 continues that trend, but with a hint—a glimmer even—to something more markedly optimistic? Or at the very least that's my takeaway, and it's about as hopeful as you can expect a story like this to be, where almost every character is flawed, shitty and often insufferable.

In a dystopian near-future where individuals lose their rights and are treated as sub-human, it's certainly a welcome contrast to find the story veer into themes of familial comfort and youthful agency. The cynical talking-piece usually taking the form of befuddled game developer Terumi, himself, seems to be acclimating to his sudden makeshift "found family." We also get more insight into the titular Ubume, both through brief excerpt of her past and inklings of her world view through conversation, which I think was sorely lacking prior to this point.

[Boris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Averne d Asano riesce i storie come Mujina into the Deep 3. Asano riesce con le sue tavole a mostrarci la crudeltà di un mondo che sembra molto diverso dal nostro ma che in realtà è molto vicino. Ci mostra con forza in questo 3 volume la difficoltà e la pesantezza della parola famiglia e della parola dovere. Tutti i personaggi hanno una ottima caratterizzazione e dimostrano sempre un background importante. Onestamente sto adorando questa serie

[Aaron Meyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Things are starting to get serious. Finding out just a tiny bit of Ubume's past is like a kick to the head. It is very similar to things happening today even. The one thing I do like about this series is what it is exploring between rights and non rights and everything else that it entails. Considering that we are slowly moving in that direction with all the technology coming out. It is like a look into what could be a very possible future for us all.

[alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

i can read this series forever, i want more!!!

[Juan Carlos malik · Rating 4 out of 5]

En este tomo Asano no se tentó el corazón y mató de formas muy sanguinarias a varios personajes. Reitero de las obras más sádicas y violentas de Asano.

[Piliwili · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inio es el mejor

[Bailey Renalds · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5⭐️

[Avery · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Sir Nicho · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm enjoying the story, but the whole lolicon/lolita aspect of it is creeping me out. Not sure if I'll continue with the series.

[Marcus Skog · Rating 4 out of 5]

WHERE'S THE 4TH ONE HELLOOOO?