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閻鐵花 #1

閻鐵花 1

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勇於挑戰不同題材的漫畫家常勝,這一次,在傳統戲曲的婉轉詞聲中,背負血海深仇的少女閻鐵花,將要以一身武術直面橫亙三十年時光的陰謀……

一場公開的網路直播殺人,鏡頭中的京劇女旦哼唱著《白蛇傳》段子,「離卻了峨眉到江南⋯⋯」轉身槍殺綑綁於椅子上的議員兒子,「小女子⋯閻鐵花⋯」

閻鐵花,30年前的閻家京劇團滅門血案,唯一倖存者、年僅15歲的閻鐵花成了兇手進了監獄,並於10年前死於監獄中。而現在,出現與30年前容貌如出一轍的、自稱閻鐵花的人又是誰?又會揭開什麼隱藏在當初命案之下的真相呢?

344 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2020

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Sheng Chang

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Name (in native language) : 常勝

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Profile Image for Urbon Adamsson.
1,973 reviews102 followers
January 10, 2025
EN Since I saw this book being showcased by Comix Zone, I’ve been very interested in it. The art looked fantastic, and it turns out it truly is.

"Yan" is a Thai manga. I’m not entirely sure if *manhua* is the correct term to use here, but you get the idea.

Yan is the sole survivor of her family’s murder, a crime for which she was accused. Three decades later, she’s back and seeking revenge.

I loved every aspect of this read. The artwork is stunning, making me wonder how much time the author must have spent on some of the panels. Chang Sheng is every bit as skilled as the Japanese artists. I hope Comix Zone or another publisher brings more of his works, though it seems he only has one other title.

Highly recommended. One of the best mangas I’ve read this year.

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PT Desde que vi este livro a ser divulgado pela Comix Zone, fiquei muito interessado nele. A arte parecia fantástica, e afinal é mesmo.

"Yan" é um manga tailandês. Não tenho a certeza se manhua é o termo correto a usar aqui, mas percebes a ideia.

Yan é a única sobrevivente do assassinato da sua família, um crime do qual foi acusada. Três décadas depois, ela está de volta e em busca de vingança.

Adorei todos os aspetos desta leitura. A arte é deslumbrante, fazendo-me questionar quanto tempo o autor deve ter gasto em algumas das pranchas. Chang Sheng é tão talentoso quanto os artistas japoneses. Espero que a Comix Zone ou outra editora publique mais obras dele, embora pareça que ele só tem mais um título.

Altamente recomendado. Um dos melhores mangas que li este ano.
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540 reviews9 followers
August 20, 2025
3.5 stars✨ Not gonna lie, I was very confused about what was going on up until the epilogue at the end that helped clear it up😭 The art style for this is interesting and I’m for sure going to read the next volume!
Profile Image for Irene ➰.
972 reviews88 followers
August 12, 2023
4.5/5

"Yan"

Another amazing read!
I'm home with a fever for a few days so will definitely have the time to read more.

I loved the art style in this one, it felt so real and well made. The are tons of splash pages and the story seems very intriguing so far.
I liked as well the structure, where more than once the story seems to go back and reprise from a specific moment, but getting more and more detailed every time. It's a choice I really liked and definitely helped getting into this mystery.

So far I think we got a very big introduction of what happened, what is happening and what will happen, without jumping into the story too drastically, this first volume was used as a world building and to create a very good pace to the main story.
Profile Image for Sylvie.
382 reviews
March 11, 2025
De très beaux graphismes pour ce premier tome mais j’avoue que je suis un peu confuse avec la direction que prend l’histoire 🤔
Profile Image for Noriboo.
693 reviews41 followers
May 29, 2025
What grabbed my attention was the striking cover. It features the main protagonist, Yan Tieh Hua, wearing traditional Chinese opera makeup.

Yan is the sole survivor of the massacre that took out her entire family. She's framed for the murder and swears vengeance on the people who orchestrated the downfall of her family.

Thirty years later, Yan re-surfaces and sets out to get her revenge. This story is exciting! Yan Tieh Hua is a morally grey baddie, and I definitely have a crush on her. It's gearing up to be an exciting sci-fi vigilante thriller, and I'm hype to see how this story unfolds.
Profile Image for Rebecca.
1,445 reviews85 followers
July 2, 2025
I'm weak to a pretty cover, so I knew I'd be picking this up. And it was okay, not great, but enjoyable. It reads like a western superhero comic with traditional Taiwanese elements and has the advantages and disadvantages of the genre. It features bold art and detailed action scenes, but also very superficial characterization. I'm still intrigued and will check out at least one more volume, but I'm hoping I can connect with these characters soon.
Profile Image for Aria Bipolarbooks.
261 reviews4 followers
June 13, 2023
Ho appreso che sono 6 volumi, non vedo l'ora di leggerli tutti 😍
Questo è l'inizio: si spiega un po' cos'è successo alla protagonista trent'anni prima e presenta il "fantasma" che dieci anni dopo la sua morte è tornato per avere vendetta.
Davvero un sacco bello, alcune scene mi piacerebbe vederle animate. La storia ci lascia indizi per come andrà avanti, incuriosendo il lettore ma lasciando spazio ad ipotesi. Ve lo consiglio tantissimo 💗
Profile Image for Louenore.
135 reviews
August 2, 2024
J'ai d'abord acheté ce livre pour sa magnifique couverture. J'avais peur une l'histoire soit un peu trop violente, mais non, je me suis complètement laissée embarquer par l'histoire. Vivement le tome 2.
Profile Image for Valquíria  Gomes .
9 reviews
August 12, 2025
teve realmente um pouco de tudo: opera de Pequim, origami falante, vidente e robô gigante. adorei! vamos ver se vão fechar bem a história futuramente.
Profile Image for Andrea Lin.
68 reviews12 followers
October 15, 2025
初登場真的太驚艷了,完全沒有搜尋故事介紹真是對的選擇,居然還可以看到市政府站陷入機器人攻擊我真的是非常驚喜。
Profile Image for FrontalNerdaty .
477 reviews9 followers
June 3, 2025
A fairly basic story about a young woman’s journey for revenge that is ultimately bogged down by hackneyed cliches that sort of drag manga down as a whole. Remove those elements and there’s a better story here.
The artist seemingly has used Krysten Ritter and Amy Lee as references and it’s not that subtle…

2/5
Profile Image for LittlePiscesReading.
300 reviews8 followers
August 25, 2025
A tense, grim volume, Yan sees its titular character drag the past kicking and screaming into an unprepared present. From the moment of her introduction as she livestreams her first act of vengeance, I was enthralled. The bombast of so public a performance promised thrills that would have made any revenge an enticing read, but Yan is a slow layering of mystery upon mystery that tangles you up in its intrigues and dances with other genres, wondering where it will take you next.

Yan brings violence that could pass for cartoonish in its extremity, and a sense of something wrong that sends Yan running to the carnage upon which she swears revenge, but as with its bold opening, it isn’t afraid to throw you into the depths. It makes masterful use of flashbacks, each time re-orienting your understanding of the world and its happenings. The one exception to this is Miku Higa’s disappearance, reported twice, in consecutive chapters. Admittedly, it’s difficult to keep hold of that fact in the face of a talking origami dinosaur and the revelation that ghosts exist.

It isn’t only the piling mysteries and action that thrill, however. From the shadows around Tieh Hua’s mouth as in that grin, or the way light reflects in an eye, Yan is gloriously expressive.

The one unfortunate element is the way that Tieh Hua’s body is presented. While I wouldn’t appreciate it, I would understand if the profusion of crotch shots were meant to be titillating. However, reasons aside, her suit shouldn’t be so revealing that I can see the exact shape and depth to her navel.

That aside, I still find myself incredibly excited at the prospect of reading the next volume.
Profile Image for Missy (myweereads).
766 reviews30 followers
June 22, 2025
"Stand up my girl! Life is full of suffering, But a Yan does not shed tears!"

Sheng Chang's first volume of Yan looks into the mysterious return of Yen Tieh-hua. Supposedly dead, her return has sparked destruction as she is seeking justice for the massacre that took her family. Detective Lei who advocates for cold cases has been tasked to look into Yen Tieh-hua's situation. With this comes his battle with revelations that lean towards the supernatural.

I do enjoy a revenge story but with Yan it's more than just that. Straight away there is a deep dive into the events that led to her initial arrest and disappearance for all those years. There's always this feeling of something else below the surface, something malicious but this is soon explained as the story progresses.

The other characters involved include the detective investigating and a missing chess prodigy who has the ability to see the immediate future. Adding these two into the mix gives that feeling of more fun and dangerous things to come.

Although this is genre bending it did feel like a horror in the way of human monsters and how they are birthed. However along the way there are many moments of comedy which I enjoyed too.

The artwork was perfect for this kind of story, the fighting scenes as well as the comedy and emotional ones matched well with where the overall tale is headed.

I really enjoyed this first volume and look forward to seeing where things go in volume two.
631 reviews
December 30, 2025
4.5 stars for the art, but I reserve judgement on a higher, full five-star rating until the next volume/s and how Chang Sheng pulls together all the disparate story elements (& addresses the final point made at the end of my review).
Yan Tieh Hua is a young Peking Opera performer who works with her family troupe, literally coming to blows with her mother on stage. This is thirty years ago and one day she returns home to discover that her entire family has been murdered. Arrested for the vicious crime, she confesses, although it's obvious that she didn't do it. Once convicted she is imprisoned in a privately run institution.
Thirty years later she seemingly reappears (because she should be dead, blown apart in an explosion ten years earlier that destroyed the facility where she was imprisoned), to wreak vengeance on those behind the death of her family.
That's just the first third of this propulsive thriller, pulling in the detective that originally arrested Yan, a missing go-playing genius, a mysterious time traveller (?), a supernatural ancestral spirit directly connected to Yan, A.I. Number Thirteen (that's all you get, apart from the face of its creator) and a large humanoid robot that lands in the city centre, destroying cars and attacking the police...
I really want to see where Chang Sheng goes with this (but he does slightly succumb to the unfortunate habit of Japanese manga and it's voyeuristic obsession with young schoolgirls 😕)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Enaka.
46 reviews3 followers
January 21, 2025
Pretty good manhua overall! The art is gorgeous and we all love a good revenge story. It throws you right into the action, which was nice.
The switches between action and comedy felt weird and sudden; I like a good comedic relief as much as anyone, but some of it was out of both character and place.
Still, it was enjoyable and I'm glad the amazing cover convinced me to give it a chance. I doubt I'll pick up the sequels, but I don't regret my read.
Profile Image for Niniane.
296 reviews9 followers
March 22, 2025
2,5/5

Mouais. Au début j'étais plutôt convaincue par l'héroïne badass et les scènes d'actions spectaculaires. Mais le récit dérive très vite dans une espèce de délire SF qui ne m'a pas emballée (le personnage de la lycéenne qui vomit dès son introduction...quel était le but au juste ?).

Pratiquement tous les personnages féminins sont sexualisés à l'excès. La tenue de combat de l'héroïne avec ses bottes à talons en est un parfait exemple. L'héroïne a 45 ans, mais c'est surtout pour souligner qu'elle ne les fait pas. Dommage, j'aurais bien aimé voir une femme mature botter des culs. Le seul personnage masculin important est quant à lui laid et ordinaire.

La suite se passera de moi.
Profile Image for L.ivresse.des.mots.
617 reviews14 followers
September 21, 2024
Opéra peu ordinaire

C’était extraordinaire. Je lis pas souvent de mangas sur des thématiques aussi éloignées mais le mélange ici est fun, funeste et assez accrocheur !

J’en dévoila pas trop parce que mon seul moteur d’achat a été instinctif à la fois pour la couverture et pour le côté opéra et au mélange d’explosifs de dessins sombres et dans un format plutôt agréable !

J’ai été agréablement surprise et embarquée dans cette histoire de vengeance. L’histoire est courte, puisque le troisième tome sort à peine et finalise la série, mais c’est assez page turner.

🌂🎭🌋⌚️🚨♟️💣🗄️⏳
Profile Image for BaiLing.
1,010 reviews
June 21, 2023
閰鐵花 (1、2). YAN (1、2)

AI機器人和幾名擁有超能力的人類,為人類的存亡而對戰。

主角是生在京劇世家的少女閰鐵花,因為超能力而被某軍火組織公司製造滅門慘劇而擄去。10年前趁組織實驗室大火而逃出。仍擁有少女容貌的她,矢志要找出陰謀和主使者。

比嘉未來。來自沖繩的日本混血兒,打敗電腦的天才棋手的秘訣是她可以預知五分鐘的未來。

兔子 何洛克。同樣從實驗室大火中逃出,擁有隨意前往平行時空的能力。

對於一個門外漢而言,漫畫的畫工只有好不好看,順不順眼,情節還是最能抓得住眼睛的東西。不過這本以台北為背景的故事,還是有好幾處讓急著「接下來呢」的閱讀停格的部分,像大機器人轟炸台北市府,像俯瞰台灣欒樹夾道的敦化南路,還有老記者和老刑警對話隔著公寓慣見的鐵門……,這就不是幻想能夠掰出來的畫面了,寫實到會嘴角微微一笑。

作者似乎準備畫個三集,第一集是鋪陳主角和其他正派角色的厲害;第二集正邪開始消長,壞人得壞到最高點才行,這樣到了第三集才能增加邪不勝正的困難度,也才能讓讀者始終為正方加油。

可惜圖書館沒進第三集,結局可能要等幾年後才會知道了。
Profile Image for Heido.
144 reviews1 follower
September 7, 2024
On dirait un vieux comic d'espions bien ringard. Pas du tout la vibe à laquelle je m'attendais et j'aime pas vraiment.
Puis ça se voit que c'est écrit par un homme, la tenue de l'héroïne n'est pas crédible et ce qui est censé être drôle ne l'est pas (les hommes ne sont pas drôles dsl je fais pas les règles).
Je pensais que c'était écrit par une femme, QUELLE DÉCEPTION.
Je vais lire les trois tomes parce que je les ai achetés mais si je retrouve le ticket ça repart en magasin 💀
Profile Image for Hallan.
20 reviews
August 31, 2025
Arte é simplesmente maravilhosa. Seus detalhes são impecáveis. É muito bom ver mangaka que desenha com tanto carinho. Conta a história, ela é cheia de nuances, a qual por si só é muito emblemática te prendendo do começo ao fim. Quando você acha que o mangá está te levando pra um lado, ele na verdade estou te levando pra outro. As cenas de ação são implacáveis. E a nossa protagonista é simplesmente apaixonante.
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169 reviews1 follower
January 5, 2025
Je suis trop mitigée de fou ? J'ai l'impression que ça part dans tous les sens, l'histoire avance super vite. Il y a des robots, des fantômes, des ia, une organisation secrète, des super pouvoirs, je suis perdue. Il faudrait peut-être que je lise les 2 autres tomes, mais j'avoue que ça ne me donne pas plus envie que ça. Et puis la tenue de l'héroïne bien en cuire moulant et talons hauts, bon ...
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1,932 reviews60 followers
May 3, 2025
Esthétiquement, le manga est intéressant, que ça soit au niveau des chara-designs, des scènes d'action ou de l'ambiance générale. C'est joli, dynamique et travaillé, sans être trop chargé en détails. Côté scénaristique, l'histoire est intrigante mais ça part un peu dans tous les sens, donc j'ai moyennement accroché.
Profile Image for Raphael Gomes.
234 reviews1 follower
May 19, 2025
Esse é um mangá bem diferente, tanto pelo estilo de desenho quanto pela narrativa, mas o resultado final acabou me agradando. Os personagens são interessantes de acompanhar, a mistura de ficção científica com suspense deixou a história bem envolvente e o final deixa um gancho em aberto. Vale a pena conhecer!!
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1,050 reviews
July 6, 2025
A story about an opera troupe family that gets murdered. The daughter is framed and sent to a research institute and now has super strength and is out for revenge. Also a future-seeing oracle, time travel, and giant mecha. The whole thing had a frenetic dark comedy vibe that felt like someone crossed a serious story with a gag comic... so like Crying Freeman but with scifi tropes thrown in?
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877 reviews13 followers
September 26, 2025
There are these three guys watching a Peking opera performance at the start. They are falling asleep and only perk up when there is action. That's my feeling towards this. Beautifully drawn, only shines in fight scenes. Everything outside of that was all over the place, too much without grounding us in enough to make me care.
Profile Image for Ebbie.
404 reviews8 followers
December 20, 2025
4.5 rounded up

I got drawn in by the cover, because look how gorgeous.

I had no clue what this was about, and it's was a nice surprise. I like the drawing style, and the story is weird in the best way possible. And I'm always down for a revenge story with an angry badass woman.

I'm already hooked.
Profile Image for Alice Kirouac Nascimento.
139 reviews1 follower
June 13, 2024
C'est divertissant, j'ai pas détesté, mais je n'ai pas aimé vraiment non plus. C'est vraiment sans queue ni tête, on dirait que rien n'a vraiment rapport dans l'histoire et tout arrive trop rapidement. Ça aurait été mieux de prendre le temps de développer un peu plus
Profile Image for Kerowyn.
639 reviews5 followers
July 20, 2024
Surprenant. Et j'aime bien être surprise. Le dessin est chouette. C'est étrange.
Ça me fait pensé un peu à 20th century boys, mais plus girls, et qui tourne moins autour du pot pendant 30 plombes. Je crois que je vais bien aimer.
Profile Image for Tayla.
843 reviews11 followers
June 14, 2025
Thank you netgalley for a copy of this manga.

I’m intrigued by this and I think I will keep an eye out for future volumes.
Mystery, thriller and a bit gruesome.
Girl who should be dead seems to have come back?
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