25-ji no Vacance

市川春子作品集 #2

by Haruko Ichikawa, 市川春子

「你要是想粉碎我也沒關係。」



《寶石之國》系列原著作者

市川春子生涯衝擊作



收錄2012年日本漫畫大賞入選作〈25點的休假〉

及〈潘朵拉之上〉、〈月之葬禮〉共三部作品





本部作品集是《寶石之國》作者市川春子的唯二短篇作品集之一，收錄她僅有的數部早期作品，包括2012年日本漫畫大賞入選作〈25點的休假〉及〈潘朵拉之上〉、〈月之葬禮〉三部傳奇短篇作。揉合令人耳目一新的設定，無法預測的劇情發展，充滿哲思與奇想的故事及令人屏息的繪畫表現，如果你也對《寶石之國》的世界深深著迷，你將能從這些作品中體驗市川春子的短篇作品不亞於長篇作品的豐沛能量。



【各篇劇情簡介】



｜25點的休假｜

任職於一間製藥公司進行生物開發研究的美麗天才科學家西乙女，以弟弟來訪為由，向公司請了五天的特休，並申請公司位於海邊的休憩所的使用權。乙女的弟弟西甲太郎是位自由攝影師，乙女叫他來這座海邊休憩所，是希望甲太郎在深夜能夠替她拍攝一個東西，是在深夜二十五點的淺灘才能拍到的。到了當晚，跟著姊姊前往淺灘的甲太郎，才發現姊姊其實是要讓他知道，她因為一次實驗意外，誤食了某種新發現的高智商深海貝類，引發那種貝類在體內繁殖寄居，並將她的身體漸漸替換成貝殼質，但仍然保有她原本的記憶……



｜潘朵拉之上｜

在土星的衛星「潘朵拉」上有間女子學院，訓練學生投入土星的生物開發，進一步為人類帶來貢獻。在這個新學期，有一位不說話的神祕新生露露，一開學就緊跟著校園裡有名的不良少女奈奈不放。原來，露露與奈奈的童年有著不為人知的連結，她會來到潘朵拉的目的則是……



｜月之葬禮｜

智商極高，在學校總被稱作絕世天才、前途大有可為的少年，某一日突然對自己的身份感到厭惡，決定沿著鐵軌離開原本的生活，到了一個無人認識他的小鎮。在那裡，他遇到了一個在鎮上無比受歡迎、帶著王子氣質的男子「間」，在間得知少年已被通報失蹤人口、請求眾人協尋後，間謊稱少年是他的弟弟，讓少年暫住在他家中。在相處數日過後，少年體會到間在這個鎮上是多麽受到歡迎，只要報上間的名號，就有拿不完的禮物和情書。但他偶然發現，間身上掉落下了一塊彷彿珍貴寶石製成的鈕扣，一問之下，才發現那並不是鈕扣，而是間的皮膚……

Genres: Manga, Comics

240 pages, Unknown Binding

First published September 23, 2011

About the author

Haruko Ichikawa (市川春子 in Japanese), born in 1980, is the author and artist of Land of the Lustrous (宝石の国, lit. "Country of Jewels"). She started her career in 2006 with the one-shot Mushi to Uta (虫と歌, lit. Insects and Songs). Between 2007 and 2011, she published seven one-shots in the manga magazine Afternoon, which were later compiled into two individual books named Ichikawa Haruko Sakuhinshuu (市川春子作品集, lit. Haruko Ichikawa Works Collection). She started writing Land of the Lustrous on October 25th, 2012, which currently has 10 volumes.

In 2010 she won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for works on Mushi to Uta. She has also contributed characters designs to the games Pokemon Sun & Moon and Pokemon Sword & Shield.

Reviews

[Alyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can see my full review on Mushi to Uta here: Review

A 25 Hour Vacation is the second collection of works compiled by Haruko Ichikawa. It won 5th place runner-up in the Manga Tashio Awards in 2012. Compared to the author's previous work, which has much more prestige, I preferred this work since it was simple yet delicate in portraying its message.


I loved the first work, A 25 Hour Vacation. The relationship between the brother and sister was complex and reminded me of Star Lover, except this was in a more modern and realistic sense. The sister loves his brother out of what happened during their childhood, and she's unsure how to deal with these feelings as she meets him again, a 20-year-old boy turned into a man. The end was ambiguous and I enjoyed the science fiction aspects. I also loved the symbolism in where the brother helps her sister find new legs as the sister struggles to deal with the reality of what she has done and how her brother cares about her in a way she previously didn't want.

The second work, On Pandora, was something I didn't care for it. It was pretty boring for me and I had a hard time distinguishing the characters. It was too science fiction for me with how the author tried to build this entire world and it just made me tired reading through it.

The last work, A Lunar Funeral, was the work I enjoyed the most. The relationship between the two brothers was very well done. The imagery where the lunar prince sends out meteors for his adopted brother was beautiful. They truly felt like family as the brother sits on the prince's death bed, wanting everything for him to be better. The confessions and the prince telling the truth just develops their bond as something beyond the circumstance. Everything about it made me smile since everything fell into place so wonderfully.


Overall, this work feels much more close to Houseki no Kuni, especially with the relationships and the similarities of art between the characters. Comparing this to that work might prove very interesting. The collection is something you could read repeatedly and you would still feel like you were missing something. If you didn't enjoy the first collection, you may have a hard time digesting this one. However, I still liked both in their own ways.

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tal vez 3.5/5 estrellas. El concepto destrás de estas historias lo disfruté mucho más que los del primer tomo, en especial la segunda. Aun así, se me sigue haciendo algo difícil a veces seguir el hilo argumentativo en ciertas instancias de cada capítulo, más que nada por la forma en que la autora utiliza la sobre exposición explicativa por sobre el arte, "decir más que mostrar", en sus mangas. Aunque esto no nos resta de contemplar ciertos paneles donde su arte realmente deslumbra. Independiente de esto, se me hizo una lectura agradable, aunque solo la segunda historia realmente llamó mi interés.

[Sara Platero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Segundo tomo recopilatorio de historias de manga cortas de la mangaka e ilustradora Karuko Ichikawa.

Las historias siguen el hilo de las publicadas en el primer tomo donde la fantasía se apodera de todas las historias dando origen a historias subrealistas, originales, creativas y extrañas.

Las historias de este segundo tomo, a mi particularmente, me han resultado menos interesantes que en la primera publicación aunque se siguen tocando los mismos temas, sentimientos asociados a la soledad, amor, amistad, generosidad, etc.

[Gustavo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este segundo volumen tuvo tres historias un poco más largas y mucho más interesantes que la primera, lidiando con los mismos temas: ciencia ficción biológica, humanos sintéticos y relaciones familiares. El dibujo de la autora es simple pero expresivo y con mucha personalidad, muy adecuado para los momentos surreales. Fue una lectura bastante interesante.

[Grace · Rating 2 out of 5]

To be honest most of these one-shots are so strange that I don't really get them, and when I do get what's going on I kinda wish I didn't.

[Eressea · Rating 3 out of 5]

比寶石之國好懂一點
但還是看不懂....

[Altay · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Lorenzo Guillén · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mucho incesto pero esta bueno