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サルチネス / Saltiness #1
サルチネス 1
関東甲信越のとある田舎街……。犬猫くらいにしか見向きもされない“残飯おとこ”登場!! 『行け！稲中卓球部』『ヒミズ』の古谷実、2年ぶりの新作は、塩味たっぷりきいたシニカルコメディ。14年間、引きこもっていた残飯おとこが、自立をするため立ち上がる……。とはいえ、何もできるはずもなく、周囲に大迷惑をかけるだけ。己のため、“愛”のため、この想いをつらぬけるか!?
211 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 6, 2012
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About the author
Minoru Furuya
134 books21 followersMinoru Furuya (古谷実; FURUYA Minoru, born March 28, 1972) is a Japanese manga artist from Saitama Prefecture.
His debut work was Ike! Inachū takkyū-bu, known in English as Ping-Pong Club, published in Young Magazine. It was adopted into a 26 episode anime in 1995. In 1996, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for Ping-Pong Club.
Two of his series have been adapted to the big screen, namely Himizu in 2011, and Himeanoru in 2016.
His debut work was Ike! Inachū takkyū-bu, known in English as Ping-Pong Club, published in Young Magazine. It was adopted into a 26 episode anime in 1995. In 1996, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for Ping-Pong Club.
Two of his series have been adapted to the big screen, namely Himizu in 2011, and Himeanoru in 2016.
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March 12, 2022
Behind this unassuming title, I ended up finding the closest thing to a manga masterpiece in a good while.
Our protagonist is deranged a guy in his thirties who lives with his younger sister and their grandfather. They are stuck in the boonies. This is another one of those Japanese stories in which people either live in an isolated town or in Tokyo. Anyway, we quickly realize that our guy isn't quite right in the head, but it's never clear if his strange hallucinations are due to intrusive daydreaming or schizophrenic hallucinations. I'd say he's closer to autistic.
He lives a carefree life of contemplation as the town loon, until his grandfather approaches him to open up about his worries: the protagonist's sister is an attractive, well-liked local teacher, but she's quickly approaching thirty and she hasn't bothered to date anyone. Although our guy has a hard time grasping mundane facts, he can't deny that he's at fault. His sister's kind nature prevents her from focusing on herself instead of making sure that her brother returns home after another afternoon skinny-dipping in the woods. The protagonist's love for his little sister has been his main drive ever since they were both children (and once we learn later on about their ruinous childhood and what this guy struggled through to keep his sister going, it's no wonder they became so close).
He realizes that he'll cause his sister to feel lonely for the rest of her life because she needs to take care of his deranged ass, so he leaves for Tokyo at once. He suddenly finds himself homeless and hungry. Armed with the social abilities of a particularly screwed child, he goes door to door asking to be fed out of the kindness of their hearts.
What follows is a bizarre, unpredictable tale that features a cast of mostly broken outcasts, held together by the protagonist's boundless willingless to understand people and life itself. Far from a zen-like master, this guy kept surprising me not only with his unpredictability (the shit that came out of his mouth, his casual threats, turning into a sobbing mess because he hurt someone's feelings), but with how human and vulnerable he remained throughout.
For someone who dislikes humanity as much as I do, it's rare to finish a manga and feel glad to have met the people within it. A shame that I can barely find anything about this series online, and its abysmal rating on Goodreads is another proof of how stupid everyone has become.
For whatever reason, the following sentences uttered tenderly by the protagonist (to a mentalist who wanted to build a cheese empire) ended up synthesizing this story to me:
"According to the standards of society, [my sister] is a beautiful woman. Not long ago, she still believed in Santa Claus. But now she's able to impress me with words such as monotheism and polytheism."
Our protagonist is deranged a guy in his thirties who lives with his younger sister and their grandfather. They are stuck in the boonies. This is another one of those Japanese stories in which people either live in an isolated town or in Tokyo. Anyway, we quickly realize that our guy isn't quite right in the head, but it's never clear if his strange hallucinations are due to intrusive daydreaming or schizophrenic hallucinations. I'd say he's closer to autistic.
He lives a carefree life of contemplation as the town loon, until his grandfather approaches him to open up about his worries: the protagonist's sister is an attractive, well-liked local teacher, but she's quickly approaching thirty and she hasn't bothered to date anyone. Although our guy has a hard time grasping mundane facts, he can't deny that he's at fault. His sister's kind nature prevents her from focusing on herself instead of making sure that her brother returns home after another afternoon skinny-dipping in the woods. The protagonist's love for his little sister has been his main drive ever since they were both children (and once we learn later on about their ruinous childhood and what this guy struggled through to keep his sister going, it's no wonder they became so close).
He realizes that he'll cause his sister to feel lonely for the rest of her life because she needs to take care of his deranged ass, so he leaves for Tokyo at once. He suddenly finds himself homeless and hungry. Armed with the social abilities of a particularly screwed child, he goes door to door asking to be fed out of the kindness of their hearts.
What follows is a bizarre, unpredictable tale that features a cast of mostly broken outcasts, held together by the protagonist's boundless willingless to understand people and life itself. Far from a zen-like master, this guy kept surprising me not only with his unpredictability (the shit that came out of his mouth, his casual threats, turning into a sobbing mess because he hurt someone's feelings), but with how human and vulnerable he remained throughout.
For someone who dislikes humanity as much as I do, it's rare to finish a manga and feel glad to have met the people within it. A shame that I can barely find anything about this series online, and its abysmal rating on Goodreads is another proof of how stupid everyone has become.
For whatever reason, the following sentences uttered tenderly by the protagonist (to a mentalist who wanted to build a cheese empire) ended up synthesizing this story to me:
"According to the standards of society, [my sister] is a beautiful woman. Not long ago, she still believed in Santa Claus. But now she's able to impress me with words such as monotheism and polytheism."
November 26, 2019
Assez particulier, du mal à accrocher vraiment, mais j'ai quand même aussi envie de savoir comment ça va évoluer, j'hésite donc à aller vers les tomes 2 et 3 ..
Y a quand même des passages énervants et clichés ..
Y a quand même des passages énervants et clichés ..
May 2, 2018
BUY IT RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME MANGA I'VE EVER READ, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'M THE FIRST TO RATE THIS, IT IS SO HILARIOUS OMFG
April 8, 2020
Je ne sais vraiment pas quoi dire sur cet ovni... Certains thèmes abordés sont intéressants mais le tout est englouti dans tellement de bizarreries et d'exagérations que j'ai eu du mal à m'y intéresser. Je ne suis jamais contre faire de nouvelles découvertes mais là, c'était too much. Je passe mon tour pour la suite !
October 20, 2019
L'ennui total...
March 4, 2025
Ça commence vraiment très mal :) pour tous le monde lécteur inclus.
March 17, 2020
「我是個要吃精神藥物的女人⋯⋯
而且⋯⋯是個天天煩惱要不要死的女人⋯⋯
你說我沒用，我無法反駁⋯⋯但痛苦就是痛苦。」
「說完了嗎？」
「是的。」
「喂，女人。那只是心理作用。
一切都不是你的責任，所以你完全沒必要去死。
死這件事簡單得要死，何時何地都辦得到⋯⋯但真正的問題是以後會怎樣。
若因為心理作用而去死⋯⋯你不後悔嗎？」
睇到呢度忽然淚崩⋯⋯🤦🏻♂️
而且⋯⋯是個天天煩惱要不要死的女人⋯⋯
你說我沒用，我無法反駁⋯⋯但痛苦就是痛苦。」
「說完了嗎？」
「是的。」
「喂，女人。那只是心理作用。
一切都不是你的責任，所以你完全沒必要去死。
死這件事簡單得要死，何時何地都辦得到⋯⋯但真正的問題是以後會怎樣。
若因為心理作用而去死⋯⋯你不後悔嗎？」
睇到呢度忽然淚崩⋯⋯🤦🏻♂️
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