Confession

by Marumi Kimura (Artist), Kanae Minato

If you were a teacher, what would you do if you found out that the murderers of your child happen were two of your students? Would you let their fate to be decided by the law - if you knew the law would let them get away scot-free, or would you seek revenge yourself? Between ethics and justice, which would you choose? The comic version of the popular film "Kokuhaku," perfectly capturing all of the drama and impact of the lauded original.

(Source: JManga)

Genres: Horror, Japan, Novels, Thriller, Mystery, Manga

178 pages, ebook

First published May 14, 2010

Reviews

[Ash Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was brilliant, but bizarre.

I had it recommended to me but very little information was given about the content.

It’s a really unique book telling the intertwined stories of a murder. The writing style is quite detached but it somehow works. The story get a little to grand as it goes on, but it still stays just within the realm of working in the wider context.

[Hoang Thu · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Con người cũng chỉ là một trong vô vàn vật thể tồn tại trên Trái đất này. Để đạt được một lợi ích nào đó mà phải xóa sổ một vật thể khác thì chẳng phải là vì không còn cách nào khác hay sao?"
Liệu một thanh niên đã tiếp nhận một nền giáo dục như thế nào mà lại có suy nghĩ như vậy?

[nda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Di awal aku kira akan membosankan karena disuguhkan dengan cerita yang kelihatannya biasa aja. Namun setelah masuk ke halaman 50an, rasa ingin tauku semakin muncul, terlebih saat salah satu pelaku berkata "Akhirnya ketahuan ya", kaget, bagaimana bisa bocah smp yang terlibat pembunuhan berkata seperti itu.
Semakin kebenaran terbuka satu per satu, semakin aku sadar ada yang salah dengan cara berpikir para pelaku, dan semakin ingin aku mengetahui kelanjutan ceritanya.
Tapi.. Aku ingin tau ujungnya. Aku ingin cerita selesai tanpa pembaca perlu menerka nerka yang terjadi setelahnya.
Aku ingin tau apa yang terjadi pada Shimomura, aku ingin tau apa dia dihukum atau diselamatkan oleh kakaknya. Selain itu, bagaimana dengan Watanabe? Apa yang terjadi setelah bomnya tidak jadi meledak, apa yang dilakukannya di atas podium itu, apa yang terjadi dengannya setelah tau bomnya dipindahkan ke universitas tempat ibunya bekerja? Apa respon ibunya setelah moriguchi menceritakan kejahatan Watanabe? Apa ibunya Watanabe udah pasti mati karena pembalasan dendam yang dilakukan Moriguchi? Apa setelah ini semua Moriguchi sudah merasa bisa hidup dengan tenang?

Aku butuh Jawanannya.

[Riris Inata · Rating 3 out of 5]

Baru ngerasa greget waktu baca halaman 76. Pertengahan buku udah ngerasa menarik. Tapi pas di ending. Selesai baca kek "hah gitu doang." apa karena aku yang gak pernah suka sama ending yang abu abu gini.

[Kayla · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hated it. Very bad.

[dellarsd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dari awal udah dibuat tegang dan gak tanggung2, keren sih

[Abhirami S.s · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a dark addictive thriller, really an impressive read.

[Bela Pitria Hakim Nugraha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Total good.

[Violet Weiner · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of those books that makes you feel like you're being repeatedly punched in the gut. 5/5

[Shawne Seignious · Rating 4 out of 5]

A dark, disturbing novel told in a flat, unemotional way. It certainly holds interest.

[Jen]

This was a re-read

[Dumbo · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5分吧。总体还行，很短，一个多小时就看完了。看完只觉得日本社会真神奇，变态真多

[Sarah (sarahanneisreading) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like this is one of those books where the less you know the better of a reading experience you will have. For this reason I have tried to be very careful with not giving too much away and therefore you may find that my review is not as detailed as you may like.

Confessions by Kanae Minato is about a middle school teacher in Japan, whose daughter was murdered. She knows that two students in her class are responsible for the death of her daughter and she even knows how they did it. Most importantly however, she wants revenge.

This book is filled with twists and turns and it keeps you guessing throughout. You experience events from multiple perspectives and I personally really like this, because I felt like most of my questions were answered. The book is well written and the flow and pacing were really well done. I felt the characters were well developed and I found most of the reasoning and actions taken by characters believable. It can be disturbing at times, especially because it involves children, but it's not what I would call gruesome. It brings up questions with regards to morality, the consequences of the actions and influence of parents and teachers and the competitiveness that children may feel towards fellow classmates.

I had a slight issue with the ending where it seemed a certain character seemed to know a lot of what would happen. As we know, peoples' decisions are not always predictable, but other than that I felt this book gave a great reading experience.

There are other details I liked about the book, but due to not wanting to give away too much of the plot, I am going to end my review here.

This book has also been made into a film and it is one that I definitely want to check out.

*Trigger warning* This book does discuss feelings of suicide, the death of a young child and bullying.

[Naura · Rating 5 out of 5]

moriguchi yuko very sexy