Born in Fukui, Japan in 1977, Masakazu Ishiguro (Japanese name: 石黒正数) is an award-winning comic artist who made his debut in 2000 with the Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Award winning short "HERO".
While Ishiguro initially cut his teeth within the science-fiction realm he is possibly best known for his comedies; particularly the Japan Media Arts Award winning And Yet the Town Moves (Shonen Gahosha). Whismical, stylish and often surreal, Ishiguro's works are often put into their own SF genre (slightly fantastical).
Ah, the infamous chapter 32. Holy Crap. I can imagine that people may drop out from the manga/series with this. I want to punch THAT person so badly! So so badly. For real. WTF is wrong with you. But given some of the things we learn (as she lies there) I am thinking that she was abused in the past as well... which makes me want to punch that guy even more. WTF. I am happy that Maru came around and came to help out Kiruko. Bleh. That was horrible. I may just skip parts of the episode that just released as I am sure that is the one with the chapter in it. Bleh. We also get to see the facility and what goes on there. A test is coming and we see that things get dark SOON. I have many questions, like who attacked the facility, Tokio has two kids? Or is one something else and why didn't they mark/change clothes before everything happened. The kids are outside and I know that this is going to mean the start of the end. I will for now stop reading until this current season is done. After that I may just continue as I am not in the mood to wait a year or longer for a new season. This is just too good of a series (yes, even with that infamous chapter).
https://songedunenuitdete.com/2022/02... Il y a beaucoup d’informations dans ce sixième volume et les thématiques sur le genre, par exemple, sont mis dans ce volume, en avant. La trame de l’histoire se focalise essentiellement sur Kiruko et Maru, enfin surtout Kiruko, et ce qu’elle va traverser.
On retrouve bien évidemment les enfants et l’école particulière, cependant… là aussi, il va y avoir un de ces retournements de situation (prévu ou non)… C’est assez jubilatoire, dans un sens, parce que je ne l’avais pas vu venir.
Les informations que j’ai glanées lors de ma lecture sur l’école, les enfants et Tokio, me font me poser d’autres questions et je n’ai pas pu m’empêcher de faire des suppositions.
Est-ce qu’à un moment les deux intrigues, celle de Maru et Kiruko et celle des enfants vont-elles se croiser, se retrouver à un certain point ? Je me le demande et… j’ai ma petite idée sur la question. Quand on lit cette suite, on ne peut qu’imaginer que le mangaka a déjà prévu à tout.
Pour ce qui arrive à Maru et Kiruko, là encore les apparences sont souvent trompeuses et je suis tombée de haut, car je ne m’y attendais pas.
Dans l’ensemble, je suis loin d’être déçue par ce titre, bien au contraire ! Et ce tome 6 est à la hauteur de mes attentes, j’ai vraiment adoré et ça me frustre encore plus de me dire qu’il va falloir maintenant patienter.
A Journey Beyond Heaven est un excellent manga écrit et dessiné avec beaucoup d’intelligence et de talent.
Ah, chapter 32. I am glad I was spoiled and knew of it's existence beforehand, because at least I could steal myself. This series does not shy away from certain things, but this took a dark turn rather quickly.
Like, the obvious thing is that Robin is disgusting. But there is so much more we don't know about him. I really wonder if the memories Haruki had of him were real, or if he maybe left some out. I don't see a person like him being all nice to children and then a few years later being a rapist? He just felt icky from the moment he appeared in the earlier chapters. And then there is the face he makes upon seeing Kiruko. Like, what was with that? Why was he angry/annoyed talking about the doctor? What does he want anyway? He was also distraught over the death of Mimihime so... what, does he also want another body, super powers, or something?
And what about that Kiriko's memory Kiruko saw? Was there something between Robin and her in the past? I don't want to know but I also do! Did he hurt her?
Also, more than this incident it's important how the author will handle the next chapters. How will Kiruko deal with all that happened to her. I will not say she needed it(no one does) but this is a story and not a real life, and this will serve a certain purpose. We are at a turnpoint. You can see it already: Kiruko is not Haruki, she is not just Haruki and Kiriko blended together either. Kiruko is Kiruko. Chapter 34, I mean their talk on the riverbank, was great (tho I still wish she would throw in also that fucking jacket, I cannot stand to see that shit anymore).
I love Maru. What is new. I love that he will throw a lifeguard float to a man whom he threw into the water a moment ago. I loved how he cornered Robin and did not say a word. It was more powerful that way. I will just say that Kiruko untying the rope so quickly felt a little silly. I was also disappointed Kiruko that stopped Maru. Despite me believing she stopped him for his sake, it's sad she did not use better words so that Maru would understand who is important to her: he, not Robin (or I hope I got this right, I would be really angry if she even after this cared for Robin).
Btw something interesting happened at the facility in the past, at last. Tho chapter 36 came for me and I was not prepared to be sad for Shiro and Mimihime again. For some reason I have more feels about them about Maru's parents for example, they are too bland. Did I mention that I hate that old grandma?
Was dreading THAT chapter and for good reason. Really really difficult read, and I am kind of a fan of how they made it less explicit in the anime (still a very hard watch), but I also do see value in how matter-of-fact things are presented. I did not feel any fetishization or anything in these scenes luckily, but they're presented in the most viscerally upsetting way possible, for better or worse. Certainly emotionally potent, raises excellent question, and perhaps sets up some really interesting character development. I love stories about trauma when done well! But it'll all depends
Only time can tell whether I'll look back on this as a painful turning point in the story or cheap shock value, but luckily this volume STARTED with the really horrifying stuff, allowing us and the characters some time for processing/settling down/getting a feel for how things will be moving forward. I felt that the anime ended so soon after such a shocking episode that it left a bad taste in my mouth; I felt unsure how well this subject matter will be handled moving forward and how much more of this type of thing I should expect, so getting so much more of Kiruko and Maru afterward left me feeling a lot more hopeful here.
Big yikes. and one of the chapters cover art is a child naked sitting down... yet again unnecessary and the story would be absolutely fine without this. Anyone can argue all they want by trying to explain why these scenes are needed and I would never be able to see it. They feel like they are added in for fan service. I'd be totally fine with it if these characters were older but that is not the case. I may stop this series unless I am eventually told it gets better in the future. Good post-apocalyptic story with big potential but the horrible scenes with naked kids keeps ruining it for me.
The series continues to be well drawn and plotted, with awesome Weird Fiction elements and twists. From what I’ve read online, a chapter of this volume which I had to skip through because of its extreme content, is in fact a Japanese storytelling trope? I’ll have to pass judgement on it, but this will no longer be a series I could recommend to Christian friends or family. The parallel plot line is really bearing fruit now, however. I dig it. The extents of what selfish humans will do with technology when unchecked by society’s morals.
El manga está muy bien, cuenta más cosas que el anime al que es bastante fiel. Pero justo hemos llegado al infame tomo donde ocurre algo que sinceramente me sobra. No creo que sirva para nada en la trama, me parece excesivo, desagradable e incluso hace demasiado hincapié. No entiendo cómo Kiruko actúa como lo hace, pero jamás voy a culparle de ello. A quien culpo es al autor, no era necesaria esa historia.
Ok so I'm pretty much caught up now. The anime is like 90% accurate. One of the things is how the manga tone is a little bit lighter, it makes an effort to provide some relief from the more intense moments
تا اوایل چپتر 38 انیمه شده اونم با حذفیات قابل توجهی تا همین حدودا خوندم داستان باید حداقل به چپتر 80 برسه تا انیمه به فصل دوم برسه دیگه تا همینجا خوندم و بسه با همه سوالام منتظر میمونم تا بعد