屍鬼 5

Shiki: Reprinted #5

by Fuyumi Ono, 小野不由美, 何宜叡 (Translator)

村民紛紛拿起武器，他們知道該怎麼消滅屍鬼了。鋪天蓋地的殺氣籠罩全村，「獵殺屍鬼」的行動持續進行，不分白天，不分夜晚。震耳欲聾的鑼聲、堆積如山的屍體，忽明忽暗的黑影到底是人類？抑或是屍鬼？

鮮血淋漓的現代怪談，隆重完結！

Genres: Horror, Manga

332 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2002

About the author

Kanji Name: 小野 不由美.

Fuyumi Ono (小野 不由美, Ono Fuyumi) is a Japanese novelist who is best known for writing the Twelve Kingdoms (十二国記, Juuni Kokuki) series, on which a popular anime is based. Her name after marriage is Fuyumi Uchida (内田不由美, Uchida Fuyumi), but she writes under her maiden name.

Ono was born in Nakatsu, Ōita, Kyūshū in 1960. She graduated from Ōtani University in Kyōto with a degree in Buddhist Studies, and in 1988 was employed by the publisher Kōdansha. Her debut story is titled Sleepless on Birthday Eve.

Ono is married to Naoyuki Uchida (内田直行, Uchida Naoyuki), a mystery novelist who writes under the pseudonym Yukito Ayatsuji (綾辻行人 , Ayatsuji Yukito).

Before she started work on Twelve Kingdoms, Fuyumi Ono wrote The Demonic Child (魔性の子), a horror novel about a boy from another world. She later worked certain events from this novel into the Twelve Kingdoms series. Short stories set in the various kingdoms include: Kasho, Toei, Shokan, Kizan and Jogetsu. In February, 2008, the first new Twelve Kingdoms short story, Hisho no Tori (丕緒の鳥) was published in Shinchosha's Yomyom magazine.

According to an interview at the Anime News Network, she is "currently rewriting a girls' horror series (she) wrote long ago."

- Wikipedia

Reviews

[Annemarie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The pacing of this 5th (and final) Shiki book was definitely a lot better than some of the others (though not as good as the 3rd, which is still my favourite in this series).

This final book starts really strong with a sort of plot twist. I say sort of, because while it's definitely a twist, it's not unexpected. It makes sense, which are the best plottwists, imo. The village figures stuff out, stops being in denial and everything goes up in flames.

This book focuses on right and wrong, but mostly on how much people are willing to do "for the greater good." It shows a slaughter that seems unthinkable, in a way that is still believable. Characters go from "I can't do that" to "I HAVE to" throughout this book, and in the end, I disliked everyone. Every single character in this book acts in ways I personally think are unforgivable, but all in different ways and for different reasons. Does the end really justify the means? seems to be the central question of this book, and it handles it in an interesting way.

There were quite a lot of parts that felt more philosophical, and they were sometimes too long/rambly for my liking. I think I would have prefered the book without the philosophical monologues personally. They usually felt out of place in between scenes with more action, and are the reason I gave this book 4 stars.

I really like the way the Shiki story has been set up, and then concluded throughout this series. Focusing on so many people was confusing at the beginning, but it worked really well in showing how different people handle circumstances differently and gave us many points of view on this single tragic story.

[s · Rating 2 out of 5]

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#屍鬼 #小野不由美 #読了

残穢みたいなリアルなホラーを期待してたのだが、起き上がりが本当に出てくることでわたしの中では一気にホラーファンタジーになってしまった。話は濃いから面白いけどわたしの好みではなかったなぁ。