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まんがサガワさん
184 pages
First published December 1, 2000
About the author
Issei Sagawa
16 books66 followersIssei Sagawa was a murderer and cannibal turned best-selling author and Japanese media sensation.
He moved from Japan to Paris as a post-grad student to study literature at the renowned Sorbonne Academy. There he met his victim and classmate. He lured her to his apartment by telling her that he needed help with translating French poetry. Against warnings of her friends that described Sagawa as 'creepy' she decided to help him. It would be her last and most fatal mistake.
Sagawa later confessed to murdering and cannibalizing her. After only 15 months of incarceration, he was let free due to a legal loophole. He went back to Japan where he has enjoyed becoming a best selling author and a media sensation. He has been linked to eight other disappearances of women back in Paris.
Sagawa died of complications of pneumonia at the age of 73 on November 24, 2022.
He moved from Japan to Paris as a post-grad student to study literature at the renowned Sorbonne Academy. There he met his victim and classmate. He lured her to his apartment by telling her that he needed help with translating French poetry. Against warnings of her friends that described Sagawa as 'creepy' she decided to help him. It would be her last and most fatal mistake.
Sagawa later confessed to murdering and cannibalizing her. After only 15 months of incarceration, he was let free due to a legal loophole. He went back to Japan where he has enjoyed becoming a best selling author and a media sensation. He has been linked to eight other disappearances of women back in Paris.
Sagawa died of complications of pneumonia at the age of 73 on November 24, 2022.
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Displaying 1 - 17 of 17 reviews
August 21, 2018
How can i read this for free ?
December 27, 2023
A very detailed and graphic telling of events. I was impressed by his accuracy in portraying his crime via manga and found his retelling of events to be quite intriguing. A very sick individual, that is for sure.
will-never-read
June 17, 2016No thank you.
March 12, 2024
i haven't read this (i have seen 4/5 panels), but i would like to spread awareness at the failure of the law that was evident with Issei Sagawa's case. this is a fucking disgusting book, that man was not humane, truly an outlier in society.
a gory and chilling look into how un-remorseful an individual can be. not even individual, an animal. he is cold, hard proof that humans are deep down ANIMALS, no matter how hard we align ourselves to our morals. instinct will always win. unhinged animals will always win.
this is the kind of 'book' (if i can call it that?) that will make you feel sick and it stands as a sharp reminder that the world is an unforgiving place.
Issei Sagawa, may you burn a dark flame, may you rot and be consumed by the ground.
thank you for reading.
a gory and chilling look into how un-remorseful an individual can be. not even individual, an animal. he is cold, hard proof that humans are deep down ANIMALS, no matter how hard we align ourselves to our morals. instinct will always win. unhinged animals will always win.
this is the kind of 'book' (if i can call it that?) that will make you feel sick and it stands as a sharp reminder that the world is an unforgiving place.
Issei Sagawa, may you burn a dark flame, may you rot and be consumed by the ground.
thank you for reading.
March 3, 2026
This book is definitely cursed
October 18, 2020
This Manga is precious highly recommend
June 1, 2022
No lo vi
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August 26, 2026Yes I read this and I have no idea what to give it. So I saw this had an "official" english translation and I was intrigued. After seeing the absurd shipping price and learning more about Serial Pleasures founder Nico Claux who is also a convicted and released cannibal I decided to "sail the seven seas" for this one.
The manga itself the translation is lazy at best and questionable at worst. Lazy in that it's just basic text slapped onto the panels and questionable as in at times it feels like it may have been AI assisted because it feels a bit off. Charging the amount that he's charging for this should be a crime itself.
The real interesting parts are the autobiographical & interview sections where Issei just freely talks about his life after the murder where you learn just how sad and pathetic he really was. Willing to spend every yen he had in pursuit of women even going so far as to steal from his own father to pay for it. He willingly admits to footing the bill for several international vacations just to get close to the white women he was obsessed with. Also as it turns out he is extremely racist towards India specifically.
An interesting read if you're fascinated by the subject matter as I am but considering the price and who would be getting your money I do NOT recommend buying it.
The manga itself the translation is lazy at best and questionable at worst. Lazy in that it's just basic text slapped onto the panels and questionable as in at times it feels like it may have been AI assisted because it feels a bit off. Charging the amount that he's charging for this should be a crime itself.
The real interesting parts are the autobiographical & interview sections where Issei just freely talks about his life after the murder where you learn just how sad and pathetic he really was. Willing to spend every yen he had in pursuit of women even going so far as to steal from his own father to pay for it. He willingly admits to footing the bill for several international vacations just to get close to the white women he was obsessed with. Also as it turns out he is extremely racist towards India specifically.
An interesting read if you're fascinated by the subject matter as I am but considering the price and who would be getting your money I do NOT recommend buying it.
January 10, 2025
I am so disgusted by him.. its so horrible that it man got to keep the money from all the talk shows he was invited on and books that he wrote, he is dead now but his act and name will go down in the history books as a failure of the justice system...
dont worry i didnt buy this book, i would never give this man a single cent of mine
dont worry i didnt buy this book, i would never give this man a single cent of mine
October 21, 2024
YOU MAY ROT IN HELL U ANIMAL MF
April 3, 2025
Is there more books like these
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July 24, 2025I couldn't read it!!!!
January 21, 2026
amk malı
May 31, 2026
I mean it's a book written by a cannibal murderer who enjoyed it and then wrote it all down… it's the worst book I've ever read and I regret reading it
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September 5, 2026ojalá no lo hubiera leído
October 13, 2026
It's pretty gross, but it's not so much because of all the gory details, it's more because the killer talks about it like it's fun and people treat him like a superstar.
July 1, 2025
no. just no. (i read it)
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