Ikkyu 3

あっかんべェ一休 [Akkanbe Ikkyuu] #3

by Hisashi Sakaguchi

En el siglo XIV, vivió en Japón Ikkyû, monje zen, poeta, calígrafo y rebelde.

Genres: Manga, Comics

Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Japanese Profile: 坂口尚

Hisashi Sakaguchi was a Japanese manga artist and animator. After working under Osamu Tezuka, he began focusing on creating his own manga, including the Ikkyū biography series Ikkyū, before dying at the age of 49.

Reviews

[Angel 一匹狼 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Volume three of "Ikkyu" is the best so far in the series. And why? Because Sakaguchi has a matured character, now in his thirties, who has gone through a crisis of identity and doesn't seem to care about (some) things anymore, going against the establishment, the powerful, and all the rules that can be broken. And in doing so, Sakaguchi shows the good and the bad, the weaknesses and strengths of trying to break free from the system, of trying to go against the tide, and how pointless may seem (and be) to try different things. Because trying different things is always part of the total, part of the system, and going against the current is a way of legitimizing the current.

With all those topics on the pages of this volume, who can say this is boring read?

9/10

(Catalan Version)

[Kurage · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 stars

Very interesting to get to know more about Japanese history in that era and I'm really curious where all the subplots gonna end (especially with the elderly actor).

However, I'm missing Ikkyu's internal voice. We moved to outside view only. Probably a lot harder in this time of his life, but not even one thought is harsh.