Rasputin il patriota. Vol. 2

Rasputin the Patriot #2

by Junji Ito (Illustrator), Masaru Sato (Original Story), Takashi Nagasaki (Manga Script)

Interrogato dal Dipartimento Investigativo Speciale della procura di Tokyo, l’ex diplomatico Yuki Mamoru comincia a svelare segreti e retroscena del proprio lavoro: i fantasmi creati dalle prevaricazioni all’interno del Ministero degli Esteri, l’umanità dei tre capi del governo per cui ha lavorato, i giornalisti corrotti con alcol e donne, il motivo per cui la Ministra degli Esteri che piaceva alla gente è stata silurata dal Primo Ministro che l’aveva inizialmente voluta. Per dimostrare che le sue parole sono sincere, è disposto a raccontare tutto ciò che sa, purché i fatti politici e storici siano accuratamente registrati nella sua deposizione...

Genres: Manga

434 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2011

About the author

Junji Itō (Japanese: 伊藤潤二, Ito Junji) is a Japanese cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his horror manga.
Ito was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 1963. He was inspired to make art from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's horror comics. Until the early 1990s he worked as a dental technician, while making comics as a side job. By the time he turned into a full time mangaka, Ito was already an acclaimed horror artists.
His comics are celebrated for their finely depicted body horrors, while also retaining some elements of psychological horror and erotism.
Although he mostly produces short stories, Ito is best known for his longer comic series: Tomie (1987-2000), about a beautiful high school girl who inspires her admirers to commit atrocities; Uzumaki (1998-1999), set in a town cursed with spiral patterns; Gyo (2001-2002), featuring a horde of metal-legged undead fishes. Tomie and Uzumaki in particular have been adapted multiple times in live-action and animation.

Reviews

[Hafeez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume 2: Chapter 8-17

Junji Ito managed to show the good side of a politician. In the world full of kleptocrats, there are still a few politicians who enthusiastically work for the people. But, it can't change my perspective on how bullshit the politician are.

[Montserrat Esteban · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuación donde vemos se va armando un complot en el gobierno japonés y sobre todo contra nuestro protagonista

[Parimita Talukdar]

Pretty good man it was fun but Rasputin was creepy. kunji ito eats everytime.

[Carlo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continua la storia di Yuki Mamoru che, alle prese con un interrogatorio interminabile, ripercorre la sua vita da ex diplomatico.
Storia avvincente, tavole molto belle.
Pubblicherò una recensione completa al termine della lettura del volume 3.
Per ora sono molto soddisfatto