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凌空之魂：五十嵐大介作品集
「深淵中有一隻巨大的魚。這是那隻魚所作的夢。」
《海獸之子》、《小森食光》作者五十嵐大介生涯首部短篇作品集
回到創作的原初點 跳脫人類本位的異想由此展開
共收錄生涯六部重要作品，包括首度曝光出道作〈冬未了〉與首篇故事漫畫〈凌空之魂〉
－收錄作品簡介－
．產土
進到山裡砍柴的少女，遇見了一個身形如小孩般、紅髮大眼的謎樣之人，向她說：「我把妳的這些柴、水與土借走啦！」便搬著那些木柴頭也不回的走進了山裡，原來那竟是山裡的「產土神」……
．凌空之魂
在街頭擺攤的父親因車禍去世後，少女開始獨自一人生活。某天，不小心在公園踩死了一隻剛出生的貓頭鷹後，少女發現身上開始長出羽毛，這時，一個有著人狗半獸肢體的神秘女子現身，說將告訴她解開這詛咒的方法。但在兩人試著解除詛咒時，少女才發現原來體內有的不只是那貓頭鷹的靈魂，竟還有她的父親……
．屠熊盜神者太郎的眼淚
「這是那隻魚所作的夢。」一位名叫太郎的少年，有著與生俱來的神力，某天返家後發現親人被一隻發狂的熊殺害，因此徒手殺死了熊。在失去親人後，他被一戶富裕的農家所收養，但那個農家的長男也叫做太郎，因此在某一天與他下了戰帖，決鬥勝利的人才能獲得「太郎」這個名字。一心想奪回自己名字的太郎，卻又失手殺死了那個少年，因此走上逃亡之路。「難道我的力量只是用來殺人的嗎？」在山林裡憑著神力生活的太郎，偶然遇見了在另一個村子裡原本要被獻祭給山神卻脫逃的少女。兩人為了逃離村民及山神們的追捕，遁入了被下了結界的深山之中……
．撒沙
用盡全力跑得滿身大汗上了電車，卻發現不論下了電車後怎麼衝刺，上學還是一定會遲到。父母成天吵架，也搞不懂自己為什麼要為了學校這麼拼命……小瞳已經受夠這樣的生活了，她索性搭著電車來到了一個靠海的小鎮。在那個海邊，她遇見了「球子」與她靠畫似顏繪維生的男友伊藤。這對情侶看似普通，其實有個祕密：球子有著特殊體質，全身上下會不斷生出砂子。個性如「玻璃」般純淨的兩人，在聽小瞳說不想回家後，非常樂意地迎接小瞳與他們一起生活……
．le pain et le chat麵包與貓
不是特別喜歡麵包，卻因緣際會開了麵包店的男子，某天發現店裡有個女孩偷了麵包衝出店門。追上孩子後的男子，發現竟是個女孩。面對女孩的不斷求情，她放下了報警的念頭，卻赫然發現女孩手上滿是細小而紅腫的傷痕，而女孩看起來也是好久沒吃東西了。在男子堅持下，女孩帶著他回到了住處，才發現家裡沒有大人，只有一隻左眼尚未張開的小貓。原來她的爸媽早在一年前不知去向，只剩下女孩一人獨自生活……
．冬未了
登上了那座爺爺小時候千叮嚀萬囑咐千萬不能爬的雪山後，男子在風中聽見了一些細微的奇妙聲音，漸漸的，男子的心靈被那聲音所佔據，不顧風雪越來越大，仍然不斷前行。這時，掌管春天的女神「佐保公主」出現了，她要求男子獻上他的精氣，讓她為冬帝產下卵……
《海獸之子》、《小森食光》作者五十嵐大介生涯首部短篇作品集
回到創作的原初點 跳脫人類本位的異想由此展開
共收錄生涯六部重要作品，包括首度曝光出道作〈冬未了〉與首篇故事漫畫〈凌空之魂〉
－收錄作品簡介－
．產土
進到山裡砍柴的少女，遇見了一個身形如小孩般、紅髮大眼的謎樣之人，向她說：「我把妳的這些柴、水與土借走啦！」便搬著那些木柴頭也不回的走進了山裡，原來那竟是山裡的「產土神」……
．凌空之魂
在街頭擺攤的父親因車禍去世後，少女開始獨自一人生活。某天，不小心在公園踩死了一隻剛出生的貓頭鷹後，少女發現身上開始長出羽毛，這時，一個有著人狗半獸肢體的神秘女子現身，說將告訴她解開這詛咒的方法。但在兩人試著解除詛咒時，少女才發現原來體內有的不只是那貓頭鷹的靈魂，竟還有她的父親……
．屠熊盜神者太郎的眼淚
「這是那隻魚所作的夢。」一位名叫太郎的少年，有著與生俱來的神力，某天返家後發現親人被一隻發狂的熊殺害，因此徒手殺死了熊。在失去親人後，他被一戶富裕的農家所收養，但那個農家的長男也叫做太郎，因此在某一天與他下了戰帖，決鬥勝利的人才能獲得「太郎」這個名字。一心想奪回自己名字的太郎，卻又失手殺死了那個少年，因此走上逃亡之路。「難道我的力量只是用來殺人的嗎？」在山林裡憑著神力生活的太郎，偶然遇見了在另一個村子裡原本要被獻祭給山神卻脫逃的少女。兩人為了逃離村民及山神們的追捕，遁入了被下了結界的深山之中……
．撒沙
用盡全力跑得滿身大汗上了電車，卻發現不論下了電車後怎麼衝刺，上學還是一定會遲到。父母成天吵架，也搞不懂自己為什麼要為了學校這麼拼命……小瞳已經受夠這樣的生活了，她索性搭著電車來到了一個靠海的小鎮。在那個海邊，她遇見了「球子」與她靠畫似顏繪維生的男友伊藤。這對情侶看似普通，其實有個祕密：球子有著特殊體質，全身上下會不斷生出砂子。個性如「玻璃」般純淨的兩人，在聽小瞳說不想回家後，非常樂意地迎接小瞳與他們一起生活……
．le pain et le chat麵包與貓
不是特別喜歡麵包，卻因緣際會開了麵包店的男子，某天發現店裡有個女孩偷了麵包衝出店門。追上孩子後的男子，發現竟是個女孩。面對女孩的不斷求情，她放下了報警的念頭，卻赫然發現女孩手上滿是細小而紅腫的傷痕，而女孩看起來也是好久沒吃東西了。在男子堅持下，女孩帶著他回到了住處，才發現家裡沒有大人，只有一隻左眼尚未張開的小貓。原來她的爸媽早在一年前不知去向，只剩下女孩一人獨自生活……
．冬未了
登上了那座爺爺小時候千叮嚀萬囑咐千萬不能爬的雪山後，男子在風中聽見了一些細微的奇妙聲音，漸漸的，男子的心靈被那聲音所佔據，不顧風雪越來越大，仍然不斷前行。這時，掌管春天的女神「佐保公主」出現了，她要求男子獻上他的精氣，讓她為冬帝產下卵……
244 pages, Paperback
First published August 21, 2002
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About the author
Daisuke Igarashi
49 books165 followersDaisuke Igarashi (五十嵐 大介, Igarashi Daisuke) is a Japanese cartoonist, acclaimed for his refined art style and philosophical themes. His manga often use sci-fi or magical elements to touch on the relation between mankind and nature.
Igarashi began his professional career in 1993 on the pages of the magazine 'Monthly Afternoon'. Therein, he published the stories composing Hanashippanashi (1993-1996), a few other shorts collected in the volume Sora Tobi Tamashii (2002), as well as his first minor success, the series Little Forest (2003-2005).
In 2003 the author started a fruitful collaboration with the alternative manga magazine 'Monthly Ikki', in which he serialised his most famous works to date: the anthological Witches (2003-2004) and Children of the Sea (2006-2011). Both series were awarded an Excellence Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival, respectively in 2004 and 2009.
Igarashi's latest works are Umwelt (2017), collecting short stories appeared in various magazines between 2004 and 2014, and the 5-volume long manga Designs (2016-2018).
Igarashi began his professional career in 1993 on the pages of the magazine 'Monthly Afternoon'. Therein, he published the stories composing Hanashippanashi (1993-1996), a few other shorts collected in the volume Sora Tobi Tamashii (2002), as well as his first minor success, the series Little Forest (2003-2005).
In 2003 the author started a fruitful collaboration with the alternative manga magazine 'Monthly Ikki', in which he serialised his most famous works to date: the anthological Witches (2003-2004) and Children of the Sea (2006-2011). Both series were awarded an Excellence Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival, respectively in 2004 and 2009.
Igarashi's latest works are Umwelt (2017), collecting short stories appeared in various magazines between 2004 and 2014, and the 5-volume long manga Designs (2016-2018).
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December 10, 2019
Surreal, magical, juicily gothic--
These are Igarashi Daisuke's early stories, but damn they are good. The illustrations are a bit rougher than his recent works and the general atmosphere/style is more Edgar Allan Poe and Tim Burton than later Igarashi (esp. the second story, "Bear-Killer and God-Stealing Taro"), but they're still very, very good. Definitely recommended.
These are Igarashi Daisuke's early stories, but damn they are good. The illustrations are a bit rougher than his recent works and the general atmosphere/style is more Edgar Allan Poe and Tim Burton than later Igarashi (esp. the second story, "Bear-Killer and God-Stealing Taro"), but they're still very, very good. Definitely recommended.
August 8, 2016
One of those illustrators/writers where you are like??? why have you been absent from my life for so long??? this is a crime!!!
October 18, 2019
Six strange, moving, and somewhat nightmarish short stories. My favorite was about a little girl abandoned by her family who is determined to raise and protect an abandoned kitten. Another one I really liked was about an exchange of goods between a homesteader in the mountains and a forest sprite who also happens to be a ceramicist!
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January 23, 2022
4.5 stars.
Daisuke Igarashi's manga duo Witches enchanted me with its effortless grace and watercolor-like artworks, and this short stories collection of his, despite not as grand as Witches, is still a delightful and imaginative read.
This is a short stories collection with many different tales to tell, from urban legend, fore tale, ghost story etc, I found them to be imaginative and well crafted.
Daisuke Igarashi's manga duo Witches enchanted me with its effortless grace and watercolor-like artworks, and this short stories collection of his, despite not as grand as Witches, is still a delightful and imaginative read.
This is a short stories collection with many different tales to tell, from urban legend, fore tale, ghost story etc, I found them to be imaginative and well crafted.
March 9, 2023
These stories are very dark, morbid, magical, mystic, grotesque, sad and weird to say the least. Some of the stories are about giving and receiving even more, about healing, about patience... and about life itself - taking and receiving it.
1. Birthgrounds 3*
2. Spirits Flying in the Sky 5*
3. The Tears of Tarou, Killer of Bears, Stealer of Gods 4*
4. Covered in Sand 4*
5. Le Pain et Le Chat 4*
6. Still Winter 4*
1. Birthgrounds 3*
2. Spirits Flying in the Sky 5*
3. The Tears of Tarou, Killer of Bears, Stealer of Gods 4*
4. Covered in Sand 4*
5. Le Pain et Le Chat 4*
6. Still Winter 4*
June 27, 2025
This was an odd collection because there were a few stories that I really liked and a few that just did not resonate with me at all.
Birthgrounds: Some kind of little demon takes a hunter's materials and then pays them back with thousands of ceramic pots? 1/5
Spirits Flying in the Sky: I saw a screenshot of Miyako and Ruukii online and knew I had to read this manga. This chapter was amazing! Pure nightmare fuel on the poor mutilated girls as they merge with their respective animals. Just seeing Miyako walk with her cane or Maki's eye as the owl tried to burst forth. Awesome! 5/5
Tears of Tarou, Killer of Bears, Stealer of Gods: A few interesting moments in this one, especially the ending where we get to see what the 'maidens' are or have become, but it's totally riddled with inconsistencies. I'm not even sure what time period this is because Tarou is wearing feudal kimono and sandals while the maiden is wearing a low-cut cotton dress and thigh high stockings. Decent imagery, but very messy plot. 3/5
Covered in Sand: I could somehow see this being animated into a Studio Ghibli style short. It was very slice of life with Hitomi finding some joy with strangers while her parents do nothing but fight. I enjoyed the happy ending, even though I didn't think I'd get one. 4/5
Le Pain et Le Chat: This was lovely. I always like stories that involve food and animals so this scratched all my itches. The final few frames of Manami running away with her kitten, wearing her gas mask, were as stunning as they were hilarious. (Love the mugger deciding he should just go home after seeing her dressed like that.) 4/5
Still Winter: A determined mountain climber dies during a blizzard and his essence is used to give 'birth' to springtime. He literally had a 'happy ending' with Saohime, but this didn't hit me where I lived. 2/5
A very mixed bag for this collection, but ultimately worth reading. 3/5
Birthgrounds: Some kind of little demon takes a hunter's materials and then pays them back with thousands of ceramic pots? 1/5
Spirits Flying in the Sky: I saw a screenshot of Miyako and Ruukii online and knew I had to read this manga. This chapter was amazing! Pure nightmare fuel on the poor mutilated girls as they merge with their respective animals. Just seeing Miyako walk with her cane or Maki's eye as the owl tried to burst forth. Awesome! 5/5
Tears of Tarou, Killer of Bears, Stealer of Gods: A few interesting moments in this one, especially the ending where we get to see what the 'maidens' are or have become, but it's totally riddled with inconsistencies. I'm not even sure what time period this is because Tarou is wearing feudal kimono and sandals while the maiden is wearing a low-cut cotton dress and thigh high stockings. Decent imagery, but very messy plot. 3/5
Covered in Sand: I could somehow see this being animated into a Studio Ghibli style short. It was very slice of life with Hitomi finding some joy with strangers while her parents do nothing but fight. I enjoyed the happy ending, even though I didn't think I'd get one. 4/5
Le Pain et Le Chat: This was lovely. I always like stories that involve food and animals so this scratched all my itches. The final few frames of Manami running away with her kitten, wearing her gas mask, were as stunning as they were hilarious. (Love the mugger deciding he should just go home after seeing her dressed like that.) 4/5
Still Winter: A determined mountain climber dies during a blizzard and his essence is used to give 'birth' to springtime. He literally had a 'happy ending' with Saohime, but this didn't hit me where I lived. 2/5
A very mixed bag for this collection, but ultimately worth reading. 3/5
October 4, 2013
This is an anthology of stories. I really love stories like this!! The themes remind me of Neil Gaiman or Charles DeLint. All the stories were really really good.
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