人形の国 4 [Ningyou no Kuni 4]

人形の国 [Ningyou no Kuni] #4

by Tsutomu Nihei

タイターニアの腕を奪い、逃亡したカジワンを追うエスロー達。だがその背後にはリベドア皇帝の命を受けた上級転生者ジェイトが迫る。禁断の地「恒差廟」で、北合成スラブ地方全ての運命を左右する戦いが始まる……！　『BLAME!』『シドニアの騎士』の弐瓶勉が描くダーク・アドベンチャー・ファンタジー第４巻！

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Comics, Graphic Novels

181 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 9, 2019

About the author

See also 弐瓶 勉.

Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉 Nihei Tsutomu, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga Blame!, NOiSE and Biomega were published by Ehapa. Blame! was also published in France and Spain by Glénat, in the US by Tokyopop and in Italy by Panini Comics.

At first he studied architecture and later it is shown up in his manga works with drawing huge structures. This became one of his general theme that makes his manga unique. His works are usually in black and white. He is also an avid fan of the video game series Halo, as he mentions in his commentary section in the Halo Graphic Novel.

Taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_...

Reviews

[S.J. Wilkes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is a lot less moody than works like Blame! or Biomega while still being very much a Nihei project. His experimentation with a different art style is interesting, with the lighter line weight and more briefness to the action scenes. With the more recent editions, including this one, the story is really picking up speed and has become very much a good, if too short, read.

I'd definitely call this Nihei-lite since it de-emphasises the shock value of some of his darker series. However, it has his most human characters of anything I've read of his. The progression from "gruff stoic guy to doesn't talk" to "generic anime dumb guy" in Knights of Sidonia was interesting enough, though the characters wouldn't have held interest for 15 volumes if Gary Stu didn't randomly fall in love with the twenty storey alien flesh mecha with anxiety instead of the dozen other people throwing themselves at him, but I digress.

This is good.

[Katharine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well then, the series actually got pretty interesting in this volume! The fight scenes felt way better and much more intense than the prior volumes. This is mostly due to the fact that it wasn't over one roughly five seconds, and felt like there was some actually gravitas to the stakes in this volume. The final chapter with the Emporer explaining how his ability works was VERY text heavy, but it was also very interesting. It was also interesting that he theorizes Etherow's ability is not what's thwarting him, but the AMB's. There's something interesting about a man who can see the future to the point he can control it getting thwarted by something as simple as "magic" bullets. The fight Etherow has without Titania was actually interesting! It was nice to be able to see what Etherow's head space is like during a battle and how his mind works when trying to fight. Even though the battle itself was extremely short. The cliffhanger was a fairly big one, so I am interested to see how the story will continue from there!

[Gabriel Benitez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pues siendo justos es más de lo mismo: Etherow, Kersha y Titania siguen su camino para enfrentarse al malvado imperio que ha acabado con sus hogares. Se enfrentan a nuevos Glenes Ortónomos, más poderosos que los anteriores.

[47Time · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kajiwan has transformed himself into a regular frame. The mutation has continued past the regular frame stage. He wants to smash Ume the weather control station into Rebedoa. As soon as it goes out of orbit, Jate takes control of its descent. The impact is catastrophic.

Everyone seems to survive, though the good guys were less prepared for the devastation. Kajiwan is reborn as a regular frame with immense power to rival Tosu's.

[ReadingFrog · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 stars.

[Sophie Townsend · Rating 5 out of 5]

The protags mission just got more complicated , the enemy know where they are and are prepared. The stakes get higher, the action more intense.

[DonutKnow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tosu is so coool 😍😍😍

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

WOAAAAAAH WHAT JUST HAPPENED- I need more explanation-
The fights are amazing *not surprised* but i haven't read this serie in some time so i kinda forgot what Titania is trying to save them from-

[Farissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Ocean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than the last volume, still kinda dissuaded by the banging together of action figures approach to storytelling.