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亜人 [Ajin] #9
亜人 9
フォージ安全ビルに不死の亜人テロリスト・佐藤が侵入！ 社長とその秘書を護るために永井圭は社長室のある１５階へと向かう。先回りした佐藤は圭の仲間の黒服たちと交戦し、これを粉砕していく。佐藤の脅威をここで止めるべく、亜人管理委員会の戸崎は建物を完全封鎖。一切の出入りが不可能な巨大な棺桶と化したビルの中で社長室フロアに駆けつけた圭が、佐藤と激突する！
194 pages, Paperback
First published October 7, 2016
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Gamon Sakurai
91 books141 followersAlso known as 桜井画門.
Gamon Sakurai is a Japanese comic book artist from Tokyo. Born in 1986, Sakurai was selected for the Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Award for New Comic Artists. Upon being selected for the award his short story was published and he was selected for editorial review by manga publishing giant Kodansha. Sakurai would make his publishing debut with indie publisher Issuisha in 2010, releasing a short story anthology. He would then work with Kodansha to work on his first feature length series AJIN: Demi-human in 2012.
Gamon Sakurai is a Japanese comic book artist from Tokyo. Born in 1986, Sakurai was selected for the Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Award for New Comic Artists. Upon being selected for the award his short story was published and he was selected for editorial review by manga publishing giant Kodansha. Sakurai would make his publishing debut with indie publisher Issuisha in 2010, releasing a short story anthology. He would then work with Kodansha to work on his first feature length series AJIN: Demi-human in 2012.
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September 18, 2024
This volume brings the tower assault arc to a thrilling conclusion, packed with intense action from start to finish.
However, I couldn't help but notice that Ajin has gradually lost the eerie, horror-infused atmosphere that made its earlier chapters so captivating. For me, that's a bit of a drawback.
That said, it's still an enjoyable and engaging read overall.
However, I couldn't help but notice that Ajin has gradually lost the eerie, horror-infused atmosphere that made its earlier chapters so captivating. For me, that's a bit of a drawback.
That said, it's still an enjoyable and engaging read overall.
October 28, 2023
End of this arc.
After the Forge Security bloodbath it’s time for Kei to reevaluate his objectives.
Sakurai never ceases to amaze me with his storytelling. The action scenes are always impressive and easy to follow.
Master class.
After the Forge Security bloodbath it’s time for Kei to reevaluate his objectives.
Sakurai never ceases to amaze me with his storytelling. The action scenes are always impressive and easy to follow.
Master class.
July 31, 2017
4* for the beginning, 3* in the middle, and just 1* for the ending.
So Nagai Kei was one step behind the old experienced veteran Satou. So the entrapment didn't go exactly like it was planned. So a lot of people died that day. So he failed. That's bad, but I would really dissapointed in him if the result of one battle made him chicken out and discouraging him to fight the war.
So Nagai Kei was one step behind the old experienced veteran Satou. So the entrapment didn't go exactly like it was planned. So a lot of people died that day. So he failed. That's bad, but I would really dissapointed in him if the result of one battle made him chicken out and discouraging him to fight the war.
June 5, 2024
Załamka jest poniekąd zrozumiała aczkolwiek Nagai jest strasznie zarozumiały i niedojrzały.
August 20, 2017
خدایا... این مانگا محشره... شخصیتا بی نظیرن... واو...
June 24, 2020
Este tomo es el final del arco del equipo de Nagai intentando atrapar a Sato y está lleno de acción, casi todo el tomo, a decir verdad. Sato sigue siendo uno de los mejores "villanos" de manga que he conocido, es un psicópata imparable. Otra cosa interesante son las formas en las que el autor usa las habilidades de los Ajin y los detalles sobre ellos que se van sumando.
January 9, 2022
Nooooooooo 😭😭 no sé quién me hace peor si Tanaka con su evolución o el señor Hirasawa con su fuerza.
January 21, 2025
Nagai jest świetnym głównym bohaterem i bardzo niedocenianym na tle popularniejszych serii, co jest bardzo zrozumiałe, ale również chciałabym, aby ta seria miała większy rozgłos.
Jest naprawdę świetna.
Jest naprawdę świetna.
September 5, 2017
Hm, Kei is giving up? Hm.
The first time Nakano dies? *meep* *hugs him*
I have to say - I like Nakano way more than Kei and kind of wish that he'd be the hero of this manga... *hides*
The first time Nakano dies? *meep* *hugs him*
I have to say - I like Nakano way more than Kei and kind of wish that he'd be the hero of this manga... *hides*
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December 11, 2017
So ends the second arc. I think I stopped breathing at one point. No one is safe in this series it seems. This series is now SO different than the anime that I am in love with it.
December 17, 2017
Satou'nun psikopat zekası ile baş etmek mümkün mü? Beklenmedik hamleler yapmakta üstüne yok adamın. Hayal bile edemeyeceğim planlarla ortaya çıkıyor ve Kei Nagai ile ekibini onca hazırlıklarına rağmen hazırlıksız yakalamayı başarıyor. Yine heyecanlı ve sürükleyici bir ciltti. Tek oturuşta bitirdim bu cildi de. Diğerini de sabırsızlıkla bekliyorum.
October 18, 2022
More Action!
July 22, 2023
Bello vedere come Sato sia su tutto un altro livello rispetto a Kei e gli altri, sono troppo curiosa di sapere cosa succederà d'ora in avanti.
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Btw Hirasawa 🥺❤️
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Btw Hirasawa 🥺❤️
November 23, 2023
Quite a bingeworthy manga, but lacks finesse.
November 15, 2024
10/10. Net en iyi ciltti. Satou yaratıcılığı ve savaş zekasını kullanarak herkesi mahvetti. Bayıldım.
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February 13, 2022
Un peu moins bien que le précédent, on repart dans la course poursuite classique, mais il se lit tellement vite... Je ne l'ai pas vu passer !
January 1, 2018
Sato es un personaje brutal. Demasiado ingenioso, no me creo que estoy a un tomo de finalizar este gran viaje de una frenética aventura.
July 21, 2018
During an intense gunfight, a person of black clothes lose his life. The black clothes which were left and became three people succeed to have time and put Sato to sleep by an anesthetic gun.
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October 28, 2016
En verdad me sorprende cada ve mas, el avance tanto de la historia como de personajes.
April 26, 2020
Pero qué final:
"Comienza una nueva vida... Aunque no sé si podría llamarla vida.
Posiblemente no vuelva a ver a nadie.
Ah, sí..
Debería llamar a mi mamá por última vez."
"Comienza una nueva vida... Aunque no sé si podría llamarla vida.
Posiblemente no vuelva a ver a nadie.
Ah, sí..
Debería llamar a mi mamá por última vez."
March 1, 2025
Chronique complète :
https://sunread26.wordpress.com/2025/...
Extrait :
Neuvième tome de la série et on peut dire que j’en suis désormais à la moitié, puisqu’il y a dix-sept tomes au total. Nagai continue le combat dans l’espoir d’enfin stopper Sato, toutefois, même s’il est intelligent, il ne sait pas tout sur les ajin et sa vision est encore trop proche de celle d’un humain. Rendant Sato totalement imprévisible et donc impossible à arrêter à première vue. L’intrigue fera sans doute en sorte que le bon camp, si on peut le nommer ainsi, gagne, mais ce n’est pas encore le cas…
Je le pensais déjà un peu avec le tome précédent, mais je le confirme maintenant, Nagai a été trop arrogant et gourmand. Il a souhaité attraper tous les méchants d’un coup, mais au final, il n’aura eu personne et aura même échoué à défendre l’une des cibles. Alors qu’il tenait tout le groupe, sauf Sato, il aurait dû s’arrêter. Ils auraient dû évacuer ce groupe pour les mettre en sécurité et le plus loin possible, le plus vite possible, tant que Sato ignore où ils se trouvent et leur situation. En plus de ça, la meilleure option pour se débarrasser d’eux, serait de créer un espace tout simplement invivable (pas d’oxygène, tout le temps en flamme, etc). Comme ça, même si Sato souhaite les sortir de là, il ne pourra pas le faire n’importe comment, le mieux étant aussi de prévoir un piège pour quand il arrive. Mais évidemment, Nagai s’est cru le plus malin et a donc attirer celui qu’il ne fallait pas faire venir. Et même si Sato ne peut pas tout prévoir, il est à la fois assez chanceux et ingénieux pour se douter de certaines choses. Il ne faut pas le nier, il ne pense plus du tout comme un humain, tout en possédant les connaissances stratégiques d’un ancien soldat. Même s’il est vraiment super fort dans sa manière de pensée et dans ses actes, je commence à en avoir un peu marre de le voir. Tout tourne vraiment autour de lui et Nagai qui jouent au chat et à la souris et ça commence à bien faire. On tourne en rond et rien ne semble vraiment avancer alors qu’on en est à la moitié de la série. J’aimerais bien que d’autres aspects soient abordés, comme changer la vision des gens sur les Ajins par exemple, mais parti comme c’est parti ça n’arrivera jamais.
Comme tout tourne autour de ses deux-là, les autres personnages donnent l’impression d’être assez inutiles. Même si certains ont des développements et un bon développement comparé au protagoniste. Nagai semble se persuader qu’il n’est plus humain et ne doit donc plus rien ressentir pour arrêter Sato. Mais c’est parce qu’il se persuade de ça qu’il n’avance pas et se fait encore avoir. Sa logique prouve qu’il ressent encore des choses, même si c’est souvent des émotions négatives. Il n’est pas non plus très déterminé à arrêter Sato, puisqu’il abandonnera après cet échec (ou du moins, il fera mine d’abandonner). C’est une vraie girouette quand il s’agit de s’impliquer dans quelque chose, sans doute à cause de son passé. Avant de savoir ce qu’il est, il rêvait de devenir médecin pour soigner sa sœur et été vraiment déterminé. Mais vu le déroulement qui a suivi sa découverte, la réaction de sa sœur, il n’est pas étonnant qu’il ne souhaite plus se donner autant qu’avant. Je me demande aussi pourquoi Sato prend en grippe Nagai, il doit bien avoir quelque chose pour qu’il pense à lui plutôt qu’à tous ceux sous sa coupe. Je me demande comment le combat pourra bien continuer maintenant qu’ils ont échoués, je doute que le binoclard puisse continuer à faire ce qu’il veut. Les conséquences de cet échec sont vraiment nombreuses et on n’oublie pas que Nagai sera considéré comme un allié de Sato, alors que ça n’a jamais été le cas. Mais bon, le gouvernement ne peut pas commencer à dire que certains sont gentils, alors qu’ils les torturent dès qu’ils arrivent à les attraper.
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https://sunread26.wordpress.com/2025/...
Extrait :
Neuvième tome de la série et on peut dire que j’en suis désormais à la moitié, puisqu’il y a dix-sept tomes au total. Nagai continue le combat dans l’espoir d’enfin stopper Sato, toutefois, même s’il est intelligent, il ne sait pas tout sur les ajin et sa vision est encore trop proche de celle d’un humain. Rendant Sato totalement imprévisible et donc impossible à arrêter à première vue. L’intrigue fera sans doute en sorte que le bon camp, si on peut le nommer ainsi, gagne, mais ce n’est pas encore le cas…
Je le pensais déjà un peu avec le tome précédent, mais je le confirme maintenant, Nagai a été trop arrogant et gourmand. Il a souhaité attraper tous les méchants d’un coup, mais au final, il n’aura eu personne et aura même échoué à défendre l’une des cibles. Alors qu’il tenait tout le groupe, sauf Sato, il aurait dû s’arrêter. Ils auraient dû évacuer ce groupe pour les mettre en sécurité et le plus loin possible, le plus vite possible, tant que Sato ignore où ils se trouvent et leur situation. En plus de ça, la meilleure option pour se débarrasser d’eux, serait de créer un espace tout simplement invivable (pas d’oxygène, tout le temps en flamme, etc). Comme ça, même si Sato souhaite les sortir de là, il ne pourra pas le faire n’importe comment, le mieux étant aussi de prévoir un piège pour quand il arrive. Mais évidemment, Nagai s’est cru le plus malin et a donc attirer celui qu’il ne fallait pas faire venir. Et même si Sato ne peut pas tout prévoir, il est à la fois assez chanceux et ingénieux pour se douter de certaines choses. Il ne faut pas le nier, il ne pense plus du tout comme un humain, tout en possédant les connaissances stratégiques d’un ancien soldat. Même s’il est vraiment super fort dans sa manière de pensée et dans ses actes, je commence à en avoir un peu marre de le voir. Tout tourne vraiment autour de lui et Nagai qui jouent au chat et à la souris et ça commence à bien faire. On tourne en rond et rien ne semble vraiment avancer alors qu’on en est à la moitié de la série. J’aimerais bien que d’autres aspects soient abordés, comme changer la vision des gens sur les Ajins par exemple, mais parti comme c’est parti ça n’arrivera jamais.
Comme tout tourne autour de ses deux-là, les autres personnages donnent l’impression d’être assez inutiles. Même si certains ont des développements et un bon développement comparé au protagoniste. Nagai semble se persuader qu’il n’est plus humain et ne doit donc plus rien ressentir pour arrêter Sato. Mais c’est parce qu’il se persuade de ça qu’il n’avance pas et se fait encore avoir. Sa logique prouve qu’il ressent encore des choses, même si c’est souvent des émotions négatives. Il n’est pas non plus très déterminé à arrêter Sato, puisqu’il abandonnera après cet échec (ou du moins, il fera mine d’abandonner). C’est une vraie girouette quand il s’agit de s’impliquer dans quelque chose, sans doute à cause de son passé. Avant de savoir ce qu’il est, il rêvait de devenir médecin pour soigner sa sœur et été vraiment déterminé. Mais vu le déroulement qui a suivi sa découverte, la réaction de sa sœur, il n’est pas étonnant qu’il ne souhaite plus se donner autant qu’avant. Je me demande aussi pourquoi Sato prend en grippe Nagai, il doit bien avoir quelque chose pour qu’il pense à lui plutôt qu’à tous ceux sous sa coupe. Je me demande comment le combat pourra bien continuer maintenant qu’ils ont échoués, je doute que le binoclard puisse continuer à faire ce qu’il veut. Les conséquences de cet échec sont vraiment nombreuses et on n’oublie pas que Nagai sera considéré comme un allié de Sato, alors que ça n’a jamais été le cas. Mais bon, le gouvernement ne peut pas commencer à dire que certains sont gentils, alors qu’ils les torturent dès qu’ils arrivent à les attraper.
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February 1, 2021
File 39: Kei and Nakano are fighting against the guards but are able to press on. Separately Izumi is fighting Tanaka (and their ghosts) but she ends up handcuffed to the stairwell (and police believe her to be with Sato).
File 40: Sato has a gunfight in a swimming pool area on one of the floors in the tower with Hirasawa and other black suits. Sato manages to kill 2 of the suits and Kei Nagai enters to try and save Hirasawa but gets attacked by Sato himself.
File 41: Sato goes all the way to toe CEO floor and manages to burn a hole in the safe room wall and kills the president. Separately Tosaki goes to help Izumi who is still shacked to the stairwell but abandons her by saying he’ll go find a key. Tanaka manages to get hold of the secretary who is on the list to be assassinated but ends up saving her instead.
File 42: Hirasawa, Kei Nagai and Nakano all run to the roof to escape Sato who wants to chop Nagai’s head off (to make him less of himself and a better killer). Turns out Hirasawa has been shot already and bleeding to death but has a final fight with Sato, letting Nakano and Nagai jump over the edge. After fighting Sato also jumps off and disappears.
File 43: The media look down at where Nagai has fallen and recovered himself. They recognise him and assume he’s working for Sato. Nakano comes up behind with a stolen media van and they drive away from the scene. They abandon it by a river but argue about their next move. Nagai wants to escape into the wilderness whereas Nakano needs him as a sense of purpose (one wants isolation the other needing others). Separately, the tower has started to evacuate with Takana and Tosaki being escorted out without anyone knowing who they are.
File 40: Sato has a gunfight in a swimming pool area on one of the floors in the tower with Hirasawa and other black suits. Sato manages to kill 2 of the suits and Kei Nagai enters to try and save Hirasawa but gets attacked by Sato himself.
File 41: Sato goes all the way to toe CEO floor and manages to burn a hole in the safe room wall and kills the president. Separately Tosaki goes to help Izumi who is still shacked to the stairwell but abandons her by saying he’ll go find a key. Tanaka manages to get hold of the secretary who is on the list to be assassinated but ends up saving her instead.
File 42: Hirasawa, Kei Nagai and Nakano all run to the roof to escape Sato who wants to chop Nagai’s head off (to make him less of himself and a better killer). Turns out Hirasawa has been shot already and bleeding to death but has a final fight with Sato, letting Nakano and Nagai jump over the edge. After fighting Sato also jumps off and disappears.
File 43: The media look down at where Nagai has fallen and recovered himself. They recognise him and assume he’s working for Sato. Nakano comes up behind with a stolen media van and they drive away from the scene. They abandon it by a river but argue about their next move. Nagai wants to escape into the wilderness whereas Nakano needs him as a sense of purpose (one wants isolation the other needing others). Separately, the tower has started to evacuate with Takana and Tosaki being escorted out without anyone knowing who they are.
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January 17, 2023
Tá ficando ok a leitura, sei lá. Acho que dá pra melhorar.
A discussão do Nagai com o Nakano sobre a morte de alguns personagens me pegou de jeito.
"Muitas pessoas vão morrer!
Sim! E como estou dizendo!! Pessoas são mortas o tempo todo por nenhuma boa razão!!".
Nesse volume tivemos revelações muito importantes sobre os ajins e uma grande revelação sobre os poderes do Satō que foram fundamentais para o fechamento desse volume. Achei que esse volume deu uma leve caída com relação ao anterior, mas pode ser coisa da minha cabeça apenas, ou talvez não.
"A culpa é desse país, não minha! Ele não sabe lidar com nenhum tipo de violência que não se enquadre em suas categorias! Eles ficam falando sobre lei, ética... E tem coragem de dizer que pacifismo é uma virtude. Mas eles não tem sequer capacidade de resolver os próprios problemas de forma pacífica!"
Os diálogos são muito incríveis, como esperado do mangá! A forma como o autor mistura ficção com a realidade atual do mundo, drama com terror etc é surreal de tão boa que é. Queria que o anime fosse tão bom quanto o mangá é, mas não se pode ter tudo do jeito que queremos, infelizmente.
A discussão do Nagai com o Nakano sobre a morte de alguns personagens me pegou de jeito.
"Muitas pessoas vão morrer!
Sim! E como estou dizendo!! Pessoas são mortas o tempo todo por nenhuma boa razão!!".
Nesse volume tivemos revelações muito importantes sobre os ajins e uma grande revelação sobre os poderes do Satō que foram fundamentais para o fechamento desse volume. Achei que esse volume deu uma leve caída com relação ao anterior, mas pode ser coisa da minha cabeça apenas, ou talvez não.
"A culpa é desse país, não minha! Ele não sabe lidar com nenhum tipo de violência que não se enquadre em suas categorias! Eles ficam falando sobre lei, ética... E tem coragem de dizer que pacifismo é uma virtude. Mas eles não tem sequer capacidade de resolver os próprios problemas de forma pacífica!"
Os diálogos são muito incríveis, como esperado do mangá! A forma como o autor mistura ficção com a realidade atual do mundo, drama com terror etc é surreal de tão boa que é. Queria que o anime fosse tão bom quanto o mangá é, mas não se pode ter tudo do jeito que queremos, infelizmente.
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October 25, 2023
Sato is a killing machine, even when he doesn't use his demi-human abilities. With them, he is near untouchable. He again lets everyone know that he isn't to be trifled with. The good guys are ready for him. Their own plan to stop Sato is just as complex as Sato's plan to get at his targets. The long fight started two volumes ago is ended here. And it's a roller coaster ride!
April 28, 2025
I found that the conclusion to this arc wasn't as powerful as the stretch leading up to it. The powers at play in regards to the demi-humans seem to be kind of an anything goes situation, one that also means they've kind of left the Ajin scream power on the wayside. But in this volume, we get more Sato action that is conveyed wonderfully, a successful assassination, an assassination that's canceled because Tanaka doesn't want to kill the woman, and Kei and Ko fighting with one another over the value of human life and what it's worth doing or not. Ultimately, Ko wants to value all lives and do what he can to protect others, while Kei just wants to live a life of peace without worrying about anyone else, so they part ways.
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August 30, 2024
The fight in the Forge building finally comes to an end, and things appear pretty bleak. There are some developments with Tanaka that might be a ray of hope, but Sato continues to be a force to be reckoned with, Kei has turned (reverted?) into a coward, and a lot of people have died. Ko seems to be the only one with any fight left in him, and this situation has him in over his head. This is a sobering volume, but another good one, which balances the action with existential musings and questions of morality. I don't quite know where the story is going to go from here, but I'd like to think all hope isn't lost quite yet.
June 13, 2018
Sato once again shows himself to be the ultimate warrior (though a total psycho).
These stories contain to amaze me with the originality of how someone who can immediately regenerate themselves could use this to their advantage in a fight. I came to really care about Mr. Hirasawa in this volume and he's been a little tiny side character prior to this. I'm unsure of how much more story remains but I'm definitely along for the ride.
These stories contain to amaze me with the originality of how someone who can immediately regenerate themselves could use this to their advantage in a fight. I came to really care about Mr. Hirasawa in this volume and he's been a little tiny side character prior to this. I'm unsure of how much more story remains but I'm definitely along for the ride.
July 8, 2024
El enfrentamiento contra el Ajin Sato, en el interior del edificio de Seguros Forge, alcanza su punto de mayor tensión. El Ajin Tanaka empieza a sentir que ayudar a Sato no es conveniente.
Los miembros del equipo anti-Ajin de Tosaki se dispersan, ya sea por muertes o porque la segunda ola de asesinatos de Sato ha sido dada por terminada.
Aquí podemos sentir un respiro en la historia. Por el momento.
Los miembros del equipo anti-Ajin de Tosaki se dispersan, ya sea por muertes o porque la segunda ola de asesinatos de Sato ha sido dada por terminada.
Aquí podemos sentir un respiro en la historia. Por el momento.
June 23, 2017
Kei and co. continue to fight Sato. Kei figures out an inventive way to get thru a locked door after Sato does it. Sato demands Kei's head be cut off just once. Kei ends up running off to live roughly and no longer deal with the fighting that he only did because his friend asked him before to join him.
September 25, 2017
The good:
-The outcome of both strategies: Sato and Nagai.
-Sato is amazing character.
-Nagai shines with his heroicness.
-Kawaki fate.
-This issue was action packed.
-Sets the pace for the next part of the story.
The bad:
-This was just the conclussion of the events of volumes 8 and 7. I guess that though this wasn't a verty solid volume, the whole story is.
-The outcome of both strategies: Sato and Nagai.
-Sato is amazing character.
-Nagai shines with his heroicness.
-Kawaki fate.
-This issue was action packed.
-Sets the pace for the next part of the story.
The bad:
-This was just the conclussion of the events of volumes 8 and 7. I guess that though this wasn't a verty solid volume, the whole story is.
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