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MPD Psycho 2-in-1-Edition #1-2
MPD Psycho 1
Yosuke Kobayashi ist Polizist und ermittelt in einer bizarren Mordserie. Der junge Detektiv wird im Laufe der Ermittlungen persönlich in den Fall involviert und entwickelt aufgrund der dramatischen Ereignisse eine dissoziative Identitätsstörung. Die weitere Jagd nach dem Serienkiller endet in einer Katastrophe. Yosuke wird wegen Mordes verurteilt und landet im Gefängnis, steht der Mordkommission aber weiterhin als Profiler zur Verfügung. Zu Recht, denn es gibt viel zu tun – überall in der Stadt tauchen äußert kreative und brutale Serienmörder auf. Eine wahre „Serienmörder-Epidemie“ wütet in den Straßen Tokyos. Die Vorgehensweise und Fetische der Serienkiller könnten dabei gar nicht unterschiedlicher sein und doch weisen alle eine absonderliche Gemeinsamkeit auf: einen mysteriösen Strichcode im linken Auge…
368 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 26, 2022
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Eiji Otsuka
361 books142 followers大塚英志
Social anthropologist and novelist. Graduated from college with degree in anthropology, women's folklore, human sacrifice and post-war manga. In addition to his work with manga he is a critic, essayist, and author of several successful non-fiction books on Japanese popular and “otaku” sub-cultures. One of his first animation script works was Maho no Rouge Lipstick, an adult lolicon OVA. Otsuka was the editor for the bishojo lolicon manga series Petit Apple Pie.
In the 80s, Otsuka was editor-in-chief of Manga Burikko, a leading women's manga magazine where he pioneered research on the “otaku” sub-culture in modern Japan. In 1988 he published "Manga no Koro" (The Structure of Comics), a serious study of Japanese comics and their social significance. Also as critic, Otsuka Eiji, summarized the case of the Japanese red army's 1972 murders as a conflict between the masculine and the feminine principles as they were both embodied by women and against women (Otsuka,1994).
Social anthropologist and novelist. Graduated from college with degree in anthropology, women's folklore, human sacrifice and post-war manga. In addition to his work with manga he is a critic, essayist, and author of several successful non-fiction books on Japanese popular and “otaku” sub-cultures. One of his first animation script works was Maho no Rouge Lipstick, an adult lolicon OVA. Otsuka was the editor for the bishojo lolicon manga series Petit Apple Pie.
In the 80s, Otsuka was editor-in-chief of Manga Burikko, a leading women's manga magazine where he pioneered research on the “otaku” sub-culture in modern Japan. In 1988 he published "Manga no Koro" (The Structure of Comics), a serious study of Japanese comics and their social significance. Also as critic, Otsuka Eiji, summarized the case of the Japanese red army's 1972 murders as a conflict between the masculine and the feminine principles as they were both embodied by women and against women (Otsuka,1994).
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May 19, 2024
Those were definitely some interesting flowerpots. And the cult seemed interesting as well. I am still not sure if I want to continue the series, since the plot about the detective and the multiple personalities were not that intriguing to me.
April 28, 2024
manga • thriller • horror • psychopath • ❗️TW torture, suicide, rape • murder • sci-fi •
⭐.5
What I expected was a gripping psychological thriller featuring a compelling protagonist with multiple personalities. This is the original volumes 1 + 2 (2 in 1 edition).
Unfortunately, what I got was a Hannibal Lecter copy, with a cop-turned-serial killer aiding law enforcement in solving one shallow case after another. And let me tell you, it’s graphic – torture, cannibalism, and a slew of „creative“ murders abound, just like in Hannibal. Which I wouldn’t mind, if the focus would be on the psychological parts - but it was not. The victims were mostly all young women, and all (unnecessarily imo) sexualized, naked and with sone BDSM involved, and none of that explained or justified psychologically by a kilers background. And all the ‚good‘ characters were just out for new murders, even side characters like a journalist and a little girl were just „oh wow, someone just killed themselves gruesomely, that’s so cool, let’s see the body“.
Beyond its shock value and the very graphic content, MPD-Psycho lacks depth in story and characters, and the multiple personalities of the MC were shown in a very confusing way. I couldn’t tell which of them had done what.
The only intriguing aspect was the overarching mystery involving the barcode and those sci fi elements, but I won’t continue the series to find out about that.
⭐.5
What I expected was a gripping psychological thriller featuring a compelling protagonist with multiple personalities. This is the original volumes 1 + 2 (2 in 1 edition).
Unfortunately, what I got was a Hannibal Lecter copy, with a cop-turned-serial killer aiding law enforcement in solving one shallow case after another. And let me tell you, it’s graphic – torture, cannibalism, and a slew of „creative“ murders abound, just like in Hannibal. Which I wouldn’t mind, if the focus would be on the psychological parts - but it was not. The victims were mostly all young women, and all (unnecessarily imo) sexualized, naked and with sone BDSM involved, and none of that explained or justified psychologically by a kilers background. And all the ‚good‘ characters were just out for new murders, even side characters like a journalist and a little girl were just „oh wow, someone just killed themselves gruesomely, that’s so cool, let’s see the body“.
Beyond its shock value and the very graphic content, MPD-Psycho lacks depth in story and characters, and the multiple personalities of the MC were shown in a very confusing way. I couldn’t tell which of them had done what.
The only intriguing aspect was the overarching mystery involving the barcode and those sci fi elements, but I won’t continue the series to find out about that.
October 4, 2022
3,5 Sterne
November 7, 2022
4.5 🌟
December 10, 2022
Grausam, psychologischer Theiller, definitiv für Erwachsene!
April 30, 2023
I don't know, man. I'm kind of annoyed.
December 24, 2023
Werde das zwar nicht weiter lesen aber war actually doch ganz gut
Bissl viele Leichen aber I mean der bre ist ja ne art detective also passiert ig
3.5 ☆
Bissl viele Leichen aber I mean der bre ist ja ne art detective also passiert ig
3.5 ☆
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