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無限 の 医 #1
無限的ｉ 上
深無止境的幽暗逐漸將我吞沒，
就快來了，
那帶著惡意的「某個東西」……
一睡不醒的病患、撲朔迷離的連環殺人事件……一切的一切，似乎都源自於超越人類智慧的怪病——「ILS」特發性嗜睡症候群。
透過靈魂救贖儀式「瑪布伊谷米」，女醫師識名愛衣終於成功喚醒了兩名ILS病患。可是當她試圖了解特別病房中那位神秘患者的身分並為他進行治療時，卻受到院長與前輩的百般阻撓。
無奈的愛衣只好先對另一名病患舉行儀式，沒想到卻在那名病患的「夢幻世界」中，驚見23年前引發社會恐慌的殺人魔「少年X」的身影。一股熟悉又陌生的恐懼在心中竄生，莫大的衝擊造成儀式失敗，當愛衣的意識返回現實，她也瞬間不省人事。
甦醒後的愛衣宛如經歷了一場幻境消融的過程，但「少年X」三個字卻在她的腦海中揮之不去。這麼多年了，為何「少年X」會在此刻現身？他究竟是誰？難道當前的連環命案也與他有關？
就在此時，愛衣突然完全聯絡不上她的父親，就連傳授她「瑪布伊谷米」的祖母也莫名失去消息，她趕回老家一探究竟，然而眼前的景象卻令她大吃一驚……
就快來了，
那帶著惡意的「某個東西」……
一睡不醒的病患、撲朔迷離的連環殺人事件……一切的一切，似乎都源自於超越人類智慧的怪病——「ILS」特發性嗜睡症候群。
透過靈魂救贖儀式「瑪布伊谷米」，女醫師識名愛衣終於成功喚醒了兩名ILS病患。可是當她試圖了解特別病房中那位神秘患者的身分並為他進行治療時，卻受到院長與前輩的百般阻撓。
無奈的愛衣只好先對另一名病患舉行儀式，沒想到卻在那名病患的「夢幻世界」中，驚見23年前引發社會恐慌的殺人魔「少年X」的身影。一股熟悉又陌生的恐懼在心中竄生，莫大的衝擊造成儀式失敗，當愛衣的意識返回現實，她也瞬間不省人事。
甦醒後的愛衣宛如經歷了一場幻境消融的過程，但「少年X」三個字卻在她的腦海中揮之不去。這麼多年了，為何「少年X」會在此刻現身？他究竟是誰？難道當前的連環命案也與他有關？
就在此時，愛衣突然完全聯絡不上她的父親，就連傳授她「瑪布伊谷米」的祖母也莫名失去消息，她趕回老家一探究竟，然而眼前的景象卻令她大吃一驚……
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First published September 1, 2019
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July 11, 2023
(This review is based on both halfs of the story, book one and two.)
Auugggghhhhh. This story has SUCH a great concept,--doctor travels into the dreams of her coma patients to save their souls--but the writing was SO boring.
It started great but 700 pages of constant repetition, cliche drama and cheap cliffhangers just made me frustrated. I ended up skipping paragraphs any time well established information was repeated--so...a lot.
Anything to do with the patients' memories was great, but every time the protagonist got involved I just wanted to shake her. Too often she did things and said things because the story needed her to, not because it made sense for the character.
I really wanted to like this story but poor writing really let it down.
Auugggghhhhh. This story has SUCH a great concept,--doctor travels into the dreams of her coma patients to save their souls--but the writing was SO boring.
It started great but 700 pages of constant repetition, cliche drama and cheap cliffhangers just made me frustrated. I ended up skipping paragraphs any time well established information was repeated--so...a lot.
Anything to do with the patients' memories was great, but every time the protagonist got involved I just wanted to shake her. Too often she did things and said things because the story needed her to, not because it made sense for the character.
I really wanted to like this story but poor writing really let it down.
December 14, 2022
I like Mikito Chinen’s stories especially ones that were accompanied by animals. I loved “黒猫の小夜曲” (Transliteration: Black Cat’s Serenade) and “優しい死神の飼い方” (Transliteration: How to tame a gentle reaper) so much. This is my third book by him.
Protagonist is a young woman, Ai, who is a doctor. She treats three patients with strange disease called “ILES” (Idiopathic Lethargy Syndrome: patient keeps sleeping for long time, sometime for a lifetime, without awakening). Their onset was in proximity and in a same day (or close in timing? I forgot, but Ai has three patients with this rare disease simultaneously). Ai was struggling to find the cause or treatment but reached to a hypothesis that the state of sleeping is triggered by their mental state, or sudden and huge stress so they lost their soul. When her power as a soul salvager awakens, she’s able to enter patients’ dream to find and save patients’ soul. Accompanied by her is a cat-rabbit like creature, Kururu, who is a soul-doubles (shadow of her soul).
Once I started the book, I remember one disease I’ve heard of, “Resignation Syndrome.” Wiki description quote “a catatonic condition that induces a state of reduced consciousness, first described in Sweden in the 1990s. The condition affects predominately psychologically traumatized children and adolescents in the midst of a strenuous and lengthy migration process. Young people reportedly develop depressive symptoms, become socially withdrawn, and become motionless and speechless as a reaction to stress and hopelessness. In the worst cases, children reject any food or drink and have to be fed by feeding tube, the condition can persist for years.”
It shows that if people lost hope to live, they shut down functions to live, which is similar condition as ILES. On the first book (this one), Ai will be treating two patients. She and her cat-rabbit search for the soul and triggered memory, and encounter patients’ fear or regret which has foams and is scary. The story is so imaginative and magical (like I could never ever come up with the setting myself) with realism like hospital, detective, or courthouse. I love magical realism, so I was intrigued so much by the setting.
One frustration was that Ai sometimes says something inconsistent. In one time she is determined to enter the scary place, but another time she’s not. She convince Kururu to go in the dark, but when Kururu says “let’s go further”, she chickens out. Then every time Kururu has to explain to ensure she’ll be ok. So I was unsure of her character if she’s courageous woman or just a chicken. Maybe we’ll find out in next book? I’ll continue.
Actual rating 3.8
Protagonist is a young woman, Ai, who is a doctor. She treats three patients with strange disease called “ILES” (Idiopathic Lethargy Syndrome: patient keeps sleeping for long time, sometime for a lifetime, without awakening). Their onset was in proximity and in a same day (or close in timing? I forgot, but Ai has three patients with this rare disease simultaneously). Ai was struggling to find the cause or treatment but reached to a hypothesis that the state of sleeping is triggered by their mental state, or sudden and huge stress so they lost their soul. When her power as a soul salvager awakens, she’s able to enter patients’ dream to find and save patients’ soul. Accompanied by her is a cat-rabbit like creature, Kururu, who is a soul-doubles (shadow of her soul).
Once I started the book, I remember one disease I’ve heard of, “Resignation Syndrome.” Wiki description quote “a catatonic condition that induces a state of reduced consciousness, first described in Sweden in the 1990s. The condition affects predominately psychologically traumatized children and adolescents in the midst of a strenuous and lengthy migration process. Young people reportedly develop depressive symptoms, become socially withdrawn, and become motionless and speechless as a reaction to stress and hopelessness. In the worst cases, children reject any food or drink and have to be fed by feeding tube, the condition can persist for years.”
It shows that if people lost hope to live, they shut down functions to live, which is similar condition as ILES. On the first book (this one), Ai will be treating two patients. She and her cat-rabbit search for the soul and triggered memory, and encounter patients’ fear or regret which has foams and is scary. The story is so imaginative and magical (like I could never ever come up with the setting myself) with realism like hospital, detective, or courthouse. I love magical realism, so I was intrigued so much by the setting.
One frustration was that Ai sometimes says something inconsistent. In one time she is determined to enter the scary place, but another time she’s not. She convince Kururu to go in the dark, but when Kururu says “let’s go further”, she chickens out. Then every time Kururu has to explain to ensure she’ll be ok. So I was unsure of her character if she’s courageous woman or just a chicken. Maybe we’ll find out in next book? I’ll continue.
Actual rating 3.8
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