Adam et Eve, Tome 1

Adam & Eve #1

by Hideo Yamamoto (Contributor), Ryōichi Ikegami (Illustrator)

Dans un luxueux club priv, sept yakuzas se sont retrouvs en secret. Sept chefs de clan exceptionnels qui ont russi dpasser leurs querelles pour tenter de rnover le monde dcadent de la pgre japonaise. Mais leur runion va tre interrompue par deux invits inattendus. Deux tres invisibles dont seul est perceptible le bruit des pas... et une odeur de violence extrme !

Genres: Manga, Comics

246 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

山本英夫 Yamamoto Hideo , is a Japanese manga artist best known for the manga series "Ichi the Killer" (which was adapted into a live-action film in 2001) and the series, Homunculus (manga).
Recurring themes in his manga are crime, sexual deviations, and psychology.

Reviews

[Keiko, the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm smelling some real good stuff today. My five senses are all alert and in awe of this mystifying, gorefest, action-packed series. Adam and Eve sets the standard for the beauty of sequential art with Ryoichi Ikegami's style which is a fusion of Japanese and Western comics.

The action is beyond amazing and the story is hooking. A real page-turner. I could only wonder why others will rate it lower than 5 when the premise is so interesting with the catharsis for having these villains die a gut-wrenching deaths.

Set in one random night, when an invisible couple dressed only in shoes invaded a private room for a group of yakuza and some ordered blind-folded prostitutes. Smell, a yakuza figure with heightened olfactory sense, breathed in an unusual scent inside the room after he announced that there is a "rat" among them. Thus, the hunt for the invisible begins...

I had my mouth hanging the whole time and kept calling my brother to show him some of the great panels that he was hooked on as well and stayed beside me to read as well! I need to know the real identity of the invisible couple. Because, shit!! I knew I needed a seinen manga today.

[hannonle · Rating 3 out of 5]

No sé cómo describir este manga. El argumento es de lo más surrealista. Sería algo así como, mujer y hombre invisibles, vestidos sólo con zapatos, se cuelan en una cumbre mafiosa y la lían parda. Compré los 2 volúmenes porque hace años que ya me gustaba el dibujo de Ryoichi Ikegami (y por lo que a eso respecta no defrauda). Leeré el siguiente volumen porque lo tengo en casa, pero ya tengo claro que este tipo de historia no es para mí. Entenderé que le guste a otro tipo de público, ese que disfruta con las escenas violentas típicas del cine de mafiosos.

[Vicente Ribes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hideo Yamamoto es uno de los autores más originales del manga actual. Después de haber leido Ichi the killer y Homunculus que me parecieron de lo mejor, este Adan y Eva, aunque mas corto me ha resultado igual de interesante. La trama va sobre un par de seres invisibles(hombre y mujer) que se meten en medio de una reunión yakuza y van matando uno a uno a los mafiosos. La investigación que se lleva a cabo después intentará resolver el caso.

[Robin Burton · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first book was interesting of the series. Unfortunately the second book hasn’t been translated yet, so I’m not able to continue it.

I have no idea why the star rating is low.

[47Time · Rating 3 out of 5]

First you have over-the-top violence, but also exaggerated acts like drinking through the nose, sniffing burning hair or eating a slice of bread after wiping a bloody knife on it. It feels gratuitous. The manga dedicates full pages to gore, though the attentions to details is appreciated. Its story is rather weak. At least I don't have to worry about character names. They all seem to end up dead anyway.

Yakuza boss Smell (actual name) is celebrating with his trusted lieutenants. Suddenly, two of them drop dead. Boss Smell soon arrives at the conclusion that they are facing an invisible opponent. Obviously, thanks to his sense of smell, hence his name. He's the guy who drinks alcohol through the nose. His lieutenants try to use their enhanced senses to track the couple of invisible people while being attacked relentlessly.

Though the invisible couple has the advantage, they allow Smell's guys plenty of time to understand the situation and formulate a plan. The guy with hyperhearing tracks them in the room, while the male of the invisible couple runs up walls and even on the ceiling. Then the invisible couple manipulate the thug with hyperhearing into shooting himself. Smell concludes the two knew the gangster intimately. The other gangsters act surprisingly nonchalant about all this death and excitement around them. One of them even finds the tike to be considerate to his hostess. He fingers her to calm her nerves and considers doing the same for the invisible woman. Cause why not, right? Don't worry, it's tastefully blurred.

[feyfolklore · Rating 4 out of 5]

weird yet so enthralling, can't get enough, can't be distracted and can't stop until I understand the whole plot.