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自然界を超越した異形の生物──HA(ヒューマナイズド・アニマル)。それは遺伝子を“設計”された、ヒトと動物とのハイブリッド。HAが備える驚異的な身体能力は、野心を抱く人々の策略によって殺りくの現場へと投入され、その真価を発揮していく。ヒトは何のためにこの異形をデザインしたのか──その背景には、人類の未来へとつながる壮大な計画が横たわっていた! 稀代の表現者・五十嵐大介が放つハードSF、ついに登場!

251 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 23, 2016

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Daisuke Igarashi

54 books178 followers
Daisuke Igarashi (五十嵐 大介, Igarashi Daisuke) is a Japanese cartoonist, acclaimed for his refined art style and philosophical themes. His manga often use sci-fi or magical elements to touch on the relation between mankind and nature.
Igarashi began his professional career in 1993 on the pages of the magazine 'Monthly Afternoon'. Therein, he published the stories composing Hanashippanashi (1993-1996), a few other shorts collected in the volume Sora Tobi Tamashii (2002), as well as his first minor success, the series Little Forest (2003-2005).
In 2003 the author started a fruitful collaboration with the alternative manga magazine 'Monthly Ikki', in which he serialised his most famous works to date: the anthological Witches (2003-2004) and Children of the Sea (2006-2011). Both series were awarded an Excellence Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival, respectively in 2004 and 2009.
Igarashi's latest works are Umwelt (2017), collecting short stories appeared in various magazines between 2004 and 2014, and the 5-volume long manga Designs (2016-2018).

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Profile Image for Benjamin - Les Mots Magiques.
440 reviews119 followers
March 22, 2026
Je ressors assez dubitatif de ma lecture de ce premier tome. J’ai plutôt bien aimé les dessins, même si c’est assez inégal avec des illustrations très travaillées et d’autres beaucoup plus brouillonnes et sommaires.

Mon souci principal c’est que c’est un premier tome sur 5 et que je n’ai pas tellement compris l’intrigue ni les enjeux. Même la narration ne m’a pas semblé terrible car c’est très morcelé, avec assez peu de liant. Assez décevant a priori.

Je pense qu’il y aura toute une dimension éthique par la suite puisqu’on parle d’hybridation humains-animaux mais ça n’est pas très clair pour le moment. En tout cas, les créatures sont assez malaisantes à voir.
Profile Image for StrictlySequential ArtNarrative.
4,323 reviews24 followers
August 2, 2024
13×18 +[DJ]½flapped ¦ A.I. 01/2023 ¦ D.L. 02/2023 = eo(fr)
-›cover very delicate 'chrome' finish / [DJ] different fragile


Narrative: **
I was so happy about the name of the shady human-engineering company being "Sanmonto Group" which, to the reader minds that did the syllable swap instantly, is appropriately vilifying by comparison to the current corporation that I believe most evil of all businesses I know anything at all about who I totally believe would be the ones doing this Creator-folly.

But I couldn't understand what was going on most of the time and don't really care...

Visual: *****
Gorgeous AND exacting!
Profile Image for Andrea Lancia.
21 reviews
July 8, 2026
Quali sono i limiti etici nella ricerca scientifica? Il manga di Igarashi presenta un mondo dove in segreto sono stati ibridati feti umani e animali, mescolando e selezionando i geni migliori delle rispettive specie, per deviare il corso dell'evoluzione naturale e allevare "l'essere superiore". È un'opera ricca di spunti tematici, fortemente antimilitarista ed ecologista, che denuncia i pericoli della sperimentazione genetica sfrenata e la tragedia dei bambini soldato.
Penso che il punto vincente del fumetto sia il suo comporto visivo: il tratto di Igarashi è unico, un complesso di linee abbozzate che creano paradossalmente un immagine dettagliata, poi il design dei personaggi uomini-animali è memorabile, per non parlare di come contorcono i loro corpi e come viene enfatizzata all'estremo la loro elasticità e la prestanza fisica. Cura massima, realistica e dettagliata per la rappresentazione della flora e della fauna.
Peccato che la trama sia molto intricata (quasi quanto i fisici dei protagonisti!), e che non sia riuscito davvero ad apprezzarla totalmente, con pagine da leggere e rileggere per comprendere e collegare i puntini, invano.
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