日本兄弟：松本大洋短篇集

by Taiyo Matsumoto, 松本大洋, 黃鴻硯 (Translator)

如果拿掉長篇作品的限制、
解放松本大洋強大的畫力，
會發生什麼事？

《日本兄弟》是松本大洋1995 年（時年28歲）出版的短篇漫畫合集，全一卷，創作年代接續在《藍色青春》之後，從1994到1995年，約為結束連載《惡童當街》的時期。書中收錄11篇短篇漫畫，其中有兩個三篇組成的系列，主要為發表於夢幻漫畫雜誌《COMIC Are!》（アレ！）中的作品。

此次的台灣繁體中文版，根據的是2010年出版的《日本兄弟》新裝版，比初版多了2001年12月幫《spoon》雜誌畫的全彩漫畫〈m〉（約和《Number吾》同時期），以及2002年刊載於《藍色青春Visual Cine Book》的〈長椅〉。

Genres: Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels, Short Stories, Seinen, Japan, Slice Of Life

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

See also: 松本大洋 and 松本 大洋

Although Taiyo Matsumoto desired a career as a professional soccerplayer at first, he eventually chose an artistic profession. He gained his first success through the Comic Open contest, held by the magazine Comic Morning, which allowed him to make his professional debut. He started out with 'Straight', a comic about basketball players. Sports remain his main influence in his next comic, 'Zéro', a story about a boxer.

In 1993 Matsumoto started the 'Tekkonkinkurito' trilogy in Big Spirits magazine, which was even adapted to a theatre play. He continued his comics exploits with several short stories for the Comic Aré magazine, which are collected in the book 'Nihon no Kyodai'. Again for Big Spirits, Taiyo Matsumoto started the series 'Ping Pong' in 1996. 'Number Five' followed in 2001, published by Shogakukan.

Source: Lambiek website bio .

Reviews

[Moka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una raccolta di storie brevi varia, proprio per questo è difficile farsele piacere tutte. Un po come per "memories" di Otomo, è un volume interessante per avere un quadro più ampio della produzione dell'autore, non tutte le storie, però, sono allo stesso livello.

[gi · Rating 4 out of 5]

"alla fine di una giornata in cui non è iniziato nulla" è un capolavoro

[Jake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Apparently, when Matsumoto was drawing Ping Pong, he went to France and met some quirky French comic book artists like Moebius and found inspiration in their works. Though that style imitation was somewhat present in Gogo Monster, it's much more apparent in this collection of short stories, with all the dotted line shading, bizarre landscapes, and existentialist stories. It was fascinating to go back to some of Moebius' works after reading this and seeing how artists of different cultures can use similar techniques and produce completely different results. Matsumoto's style changed many times throughout his career, but every time, he's able to wield them and combine them with his own and create something wonderful.

[Celeste · Rating 3 out of 5]

Matsumoto ti voglio tanto bene

[RaveAnt]

Not many thoughts for this one shot collection but enjoyed this a bunch!


The first 3 and last 3 were the best stories and I think friends of Japan was my fav of all of them

The first three stories though are neat because they're distinct short character studies of individuals who were minor presences in each others' storylines which is a structure I always enjoy

Idk just cool vibes - even though most of the stories are pretty bleak and empty feeling there's still like a sincerity to all the characters that's appealing -- also just all the art is so insanely good - people make fun of taiyou for ugly characters and drawings but that's not really true at alll

But yeah cool dreamy whimsical but also bleak vibes based short stories 🫡🫡

[Taiyo · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5

Brothers of Japan by Taiyo Matsumoto is a cute short story collection by my favourite mangaka. With lots of beautiful artwork and engaging short stories this makes for another great manga by Matsumoto.

[edi · Rating 4 out of 5]

really great in my opinion. but i didn't get the last story. ._.

[Somnium · Rating 4 out of 5]

To a place that's endlessly clear...

Zbirka kratkih priča koje na prvi pogled i nisu nešto povezane, ali ima tu nekih suptilnih i tananih niti. Macumotov crtež je prepoznatljiv i specifičan, nije šablonski kao u mnogim manga naslovima. Nekome se može učiniti i pomalo deformisanim, s čudnom perspektivom i malo prljavim linijama, ali meni se sve to kod njega izuzetno sviđa. U jednoj priči čak jako podseća na Mebijusa. Takođe je primetno i odsustvo onog tipičnog manga humora koji ume biti vrlo iritantan.

Većina priča obrađuje neku svakodnevnicu, otuđenost, odrastanje, ljude sa margine, melanholiju urbanog Japana, prolaznost vremena... Prva priča "At the end of one day in which nothing began" mi je posebno draga i dobra. Možda je najbolja u celoj zbirci. Sam njen naslov je već čista poezija. Toliko dobro hvata atmosferu i težinu dana u kojima se prividno ništa ne dešava, a zapravo se dešava sve i svašta unutar likova. Njoj dajem 5/5, ostale su mi za nijansu slabije, ali ne i loše.

Ocene po pričama:

At the end of one day in which nothing began (Charley, Haruo, Festival) 5/5





Love Monkey Show 3.5/5
Battle 3/5
Dynamite Gon Gon 3/5
Families of Japan 3/5

Friends of Japan 4/5
Ovu moram pročitati još jednom, imam utisak da mi je neka fina, skrivena nit izmakla na prvo čitanje. Nekako mi je neuhvatljiva do kraja. Skicira mi otuđenost i emotivno stanje, momenat kada se dva random lika okrznu u prostoru i vremenu u hladnom Tokiju, ali mi je čudna, nema neke radnje... samo taj okrzaj. Pa onda ona lutka bez imena koju jedan od njih drži kao da mu je život sam. Ne znam ni da li išta predstavlja ili zapravo doslovno ništa, već mu samo služi da u tom hladnom i otuđenom svetu ima s kim prozboriti koju reč, praviti se da tu ima neke topline i konverzacije, dok je u stvarnosti miljama daleko od živoga bića. Pa onda onaj drugi lik koji sve vreme žmiri na jedno oko, kao da ne želi da gleda svet širom otvorenih očiju, već filtrira stvarnost. Čin bacanja lutke pod voz koji je propraćen nereakcijom i tišinom mi je nekako i tužan i provocirajući. Ironično je što se u naslovu priče pominju prijatelji, kad ovde prijateljstva nema, više neko saučesništvo, sapatništvo ili simbioza u otupelosti, izgubljenosti, izolaciji i vanvremenskoj usamljenosti jednog surovog lika i jednog koji tu surovost trpi.



Brothers of Japan 4/5
Just because the cicadas are loud doesn't mean you should cut down the trees.
Ova me u početku jako podsetila na jednu priču iz Čestara Franka Pea. I ovde kitovi lete, ali se i kopaju rupe da se prođe na drugu stranu sveta. Prelep, melanholični magični realizam, dok brzo ne prikaže onu otužnu stranu (ne)odrastanja, prekomerne ambicije, ignorisanja stvarnosti i odbijanja odgovornosti.
Imam utisak da su u ovoj priči suprotstavljena dva načina vaspitanja/roditeljstva, dve ekstremne patologije modernog Japana. Jedan model vaspitanja ti ni sa 30 godina ne da da odrasteš, i drugi koji te od prvog osnovne bičuje zahtevima i hiper-ambicijama.
You can't ignore the four seasons.

[Francesca Greco · Rating 2 out of 5]

Non mi è piaciuto tutto di questa antologia, anzi, molto mi ha lasciato indifferente, ma non i primi capitoli che da soli valgono il libro. Quelli sono molto belli a partire dal titolo: “Alla fine di una giornata in cui non è iniziato nulla” . Sono tre brevi storie dedicate a tre personaggi o alle tre età di uno stesso uomo e si potrebbe dire che raccontano la fuga dalla notte dal buio, dalla fine. Mr Bici, il bambino Haruo e il vecchio Matsuri si incontrano tutti in quello spazio liminale che non si sottomette facilmente alle tre dimensioni della realtà, ma può esistere al confine di una vignetta, ai margini di una striscia o di una nuovoletta che può rimanere vuota nel mondo di Matsumoto. Si incontrano sulla soglia di una paura: quella di terminare, di essere inghiottiti dall’oscurità e sparire come si addice a un personaggio disegnato in una macchia d’inchiostro. Queste piccole tre storie sono forti e bellissime: accennate, simboliche e restano in silenzio più che dire. Ma hanno in sé una compiutezza e una punta affilata che ti inchioda alla tua stessa paura che la vita sia, tutta intera, una lunga giornata in cui non è iniziato nulla, ma di cui vorremmo sempre rimandare la fine.

[Becky]

故事普通，都在看畫（？），冷冷的末日感。

[Jia · Rating 3 out of 5]

現實與幻想邊界模糊了
又像夢又不像夢

[Gat_cl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beaucoup de mal à suivre mais sympa

[Myr A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disturbing, bittersweet and more Matsumotoiesque than ever.

[☆Elena☆ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

[Ghostcat · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is my first time reading Matsumoto, and it was as weird and dark as expected. The drawing style is really beautiful though it makes you feel uncomfortable more than once, and the sad but angry tone is quite moving. Not an easy reading, and those short stories don't always make sense, but I look further to read his other works.

[gogo chloé · Rating 5 out of 5]

que dire. à part que taiyou matsumoto est l’auteur de ma vie, j’aimerais pouvoir être dans sa tête et savoir comment il voit le monde, ce qu’il pense, TOUT
(je l’ai lu plus tôt dans l’année mais j’ai complètement oublié de le mettre)