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フールナイト [Fool Night] #4
フールナイト 4 [Fool Night 4]
『海が走るエンドロール』のたらちねジョン氏、絶賛！
ぶ厚い雲に覆われ陽が差さなくなった遥か未来の地球。
植物が枯れ酸素も薄くなった世界。
しかし人類は、人を植物に変える技術を開発し、
わずかな酸素を作り出して生き延びていた。
そんな世界で貧困に喘ぐトーシローもまた、霊花になることを選ぶ。
霊花になるまでの時間を豊かに生きようと、もがくトーシロー。
そんなトーシローの前に、完全に「霊花」となっても動き回る
アイヴィーが現れたことで、トーシローの環境は一変する……
ぶ厚い雲に覆われ陽が差さなくなった遥か未来の地球。
植物が枯れ酸素も薄くなった世界。
しかし人類は、人を植物に変える技術を開発し、
わずかな酸素を作り出して生き延びていた。
そんな世界で貧困に喘ぐトーシローもまた、霊花になることを選ぶ。
霊花になるまでの時間を豊かに生きようと、もがくトーシロー。
そんなトーシローの前に、完全に「霊花」となっても動き回る
アイヴィーが現れたことで、トーシローの環境は一変する……
200 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2022
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November 26, 2025
People being turned into plants for oxygen and sometimes into furniture is so crazy but it would totally happen in our world if it were possible.
October 23, 2024
The plot thickens. The team investigates the Precarious Town and discovers evidence that may enable them to move forward. And so they go through the looking glass, to see a sinister, sordid town that devours its own children...
A much quieter volume than the last, but no less horrific. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, with some images with shocking undertones.
A much quieter volume than the last, but no less horrific. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, with some images with shocking undertones.
December 15, 2023
So I red the volume 1 to 4th and I really liked it. Maybe I have a things for weird horrific creature with a touch of flowers and plants.
Drawings are good, and I liked the characters.
I feels like there is still something missing for it to be a 5 stars but I will def buy all the other volumes ❤
Drawings are good, and I liked the characters.
I feels like there is still something missing for it to be a 5 stars but I will def buy all the other volumes ❤
March 8, 2025
20250308 2nd read
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20250111 1st read
好看是好看
但情節好沉重Orz
雖然人物造形和劇情都跟阿基拉相去甚遠
但還是越看越覺得有阿基拉味
大概是背景城市和各種器物畫法很像大友克洋吧~
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20250111 1st read
好看是好看
但情節好沉重Orz
雖然人物造形和劇情都跟阿基拉相去甚遠
但還是越看越覺得有阿基拉味
大概是背景城市和各種器物畫法很像大友克洋吧~
October 21, 2025
yasuda has crushed me in each installment (in a good way) but THIS was the heaviest one so far
TW for child sa :(
This book does a really good job of delving into classism, how invisible poverty is when you're surrounded in abundance, and the moralities of "the greater good"
Something I noticed after reading the book is on the first page we see Akira standing on a city street tearing up at the beauty of it, to a normal person like me I didn't think much of it because I am privileged enough to ignore what I deem as "normal" so mundane I wouldn't care at all. I understand that feeling to have nothing and to see or do something that is "normal" for the first time, it's a childlike wonder before becoming a depressing chore. It becomes normal, you don't appreciate it, there is no reason to that's just how it is I am entitled to it.
Though, I doubt Akira has experienced poverty as her aunt and assumably her family holds powerful positions. Additionally Akira mainly wears suits and has a private full-time body guard.
the one silly scene in this whole manga >pg 32. While playing The Game of Life, Akira precures a card that forces her to pay 500k for property on the moon and everyone loses it
(note why did the translators whitewash Mei's name to Meg help??)
Mei and her dad get caught in a anti-transfloration protest and they end up in jail. They are told to either pay a bail (they can't afford) or move to Paupertown-which they they do. When they arrive Mei's dad (MD) gets realizes they can't buy their way back to the city but instead have to buy a "clean slate" credit account to return. The account costs 3 million yen or 20 thousand US dollars (girl...) To earn a living Mei and MD work at a hospital for 500 yen/$3.34 USD a day pruning transfloration patients. Mei realizes that it would take them 30-35 years to earn their way back to the city.
OKAY a lot to unpack first of all I feel like historically protests whether peaceful, violent, or obstructive always end in tear gas and riot police which is...telling, because it's real. Second, reading about Mei a girl my age going through all this it breaks my heart and just shows how fortunate I am (counting my blessings <3) Mei basically got a 30 year prison sentence at 15 and reasonably crashes out because her whole future was smothered in a instant. This drives her to prostitution at FIFTEEN.
On pg. 172 we see a disheveled Mei, wrinkled money in her hand, and semen around her mouth (////3 literally had to close the book). Mei screams at her dad to give her life back and blames their situation on him (not much he could've done tbh). MD promises to get transflorated/literally kill himself slowly to pay for Mei's future (which kinda parallels the real life immigrant parent structure) but has to sneak into the city and assures her that he will return in 5 days. Mei is obviously excited, but after waiting for sixteen days a patient taunts her plight and Mei rips the man apart in rage/frustration (Mei did NOT deserve that wth) She gets fired and is left with no income, guardian, or companion. (OH my god I realize Mei's life mirrors Ivy's and at the end of vol. 4 we see she is found by unknown scouts?? I bet that she's gonna be collected as a lab rat for Kudai LIKE Ivy and turned into another killing machine I feel so bad for them naurrr my sheilahs )
TW for child sa :(
This book does a really good job of delving into classism, how invisible poverty is when you're surrounded in abundance, and the moralities of "the greater good"
Something I noticed after reading the book is on the first page we see Akira standing on a city street tearing up at the beauty of it, to a normal person like me I didn't think much of it because I am privileged enough to ignore what I deem as "normal" so mundane I wouldn't care at all. I understand that feeling to have nothing and to see or do something that is "normal" for the first time, it's a childlike wonder before becoming a depressing chore. It becomes normal, you don't appreciate it, there is no reason to that's just how it is I am entitled to it.
Though, I doubt Akira has experienced poverty as her aunt and assumably her family holds powerful positions. Additionally Akira mainly wears suits and has a private full-time body guard.
the one silly scene in this whole manga >pg 32. While playing The Game of Life, Akira precures a card that forces her to pay 500k for property on the moon and everyone loses it
(note why did the translators whitewash Mei's name to Meg help??)
Mei and her dad get caught in a anti-transfloration protest and they end up in jail. They are told to either pay a bail (they can't afford) or move to Paupertown-which they they do. When they arrive Mei's dad (MD) gets realizes they can't buy their way back to the city but instead have to buy a "clean slate" credit account to return. The account costs 3 million yen or 20 thousand US dollars (girl...) To earn a living Mei and MD work at a hospital for 500 yen/$3.34 USD a day pruning transfloration patients. Mei realizes that it would take them 30-35 years to earn their way back to the city.
OKAY a lot to unpack first of all I feel like historically protests whether peaceful, violent, or obstructive always end in tear gas and riot police which is...telling, because it's real. Second, reading about Mei a girl my age going through all this it breaks my heart and just shows how fortunate I am (counting my blessings <3) Mei basically got a 30 year prison sentence at 15 and reasonably crashes out because her whole future was smothered in a instant. This drives her to prostitution at FIFTEEN.
On pg. 172 we see a disheveled Mei, wrinkled money in her hand, and semen around her mouth (////3 literally had to close the book). Mei screams at her dad to give her life back and blames their situation on him (not much he could've done tbh). MD promises to get transflorated/literally kill himself slowly to pay for Mei's future (which kinda parallels the real life immigrant parent structure) but has to sneak into the city and assures her that he will return in 5 days. Mei is obviously excited, but after waiting for sixteen days a patient taunts her plight and Mei rips the man apart in rage/frustration (Mei did NOT deserve that wth) She gets fired and is left with no income, guardian, or companion. (OH my god I realize Mei's life mirrors Ivy's and at the end of vol. 4 we see she is found by unknown scouts?? I bet that she's gonna be collected as a lab rat for Kudai LIKE Ivy and turned into another killing machine I feel so bad for them naurrr my sheilahs )
July 17, 2025
4.25
The story is progressing in what it feels like a bit of a more conventional and convoluted way, but this manga is still one of the best out there, original and groundbreaking in many aspects.
I do not like some of the new characters, particularly the girl in the dad and girl couple, and the whole pacing of this volume was a little bit more slow and adrift, less emotional maybe; probably because we get to see less of Yomiko and Toshiro, which might be considered our two main characters, and there seems to be some mystery around Yomiko herself that so far we can just wonder about for the most part.
Still, looking forward to volume 5.
The story is progressing in what it feels like a bit of a more conventional and convoluted way, but this manga is still one of the best out there, original and groundbreaking in many aspects.
I do not like some of the new characters, particularly the girl in the dad and girl couple, and the whole pacing of this volume was a little bit more slow and adrift, less emotional maybe; probably because we get to see less of Yomiko and Toshiro, which might be considered our two main characters, and there seems to be some mystery around Yomiko herself that so far we can just wonder about for the most part.
Still, looking forward to volume 5.
August 7, 2025
yeah so…. it’s sure getting dark. the fucking slums are brutal. the parade…. the Forest. like i understand why ivy did what he did because those slums need to burn. and then father daughter dynamic that just seems to get worse. my jaw dropped like 3 times during volume. amazing and harrowing!
April 2, 2025
This is so relentlessly bleak.
December 13, 2024
Volume 4 of Fool Night left me deeply shaken. As the story delves further into its brutal world, the oppressive systems and heartbreaking sacrifices only feel more suffocating. Watching the characters—each so raw and human—be crushed by forces they can’t control is agonizing. Every glimpse of hope feels fleeting, and every moment of defiance is met with overwhelming injustice. It’s not just the bleakness that hurts; it’s how believable and personal it all feels, like these events could mirror real-life struggles. I can’t stop thinking about how unfair everything is, and yet I can’t look away. This volume perfectly captures that painful beauty Fool Night is known for, and it’s a haunting experience that lingers.
July 12, 2025
Trigger warning for underage prostitution.
In the aftermath of the Ivy murders, antitransfloration is at an all time high. Toshiro barely escaped punishment from the police but now he’s determined to uncover exactly what turned Ivy into a killer. And how a plant was able to walk.
And what he finds isn’t pretty. The darkness of the city is nothing like the darkness in Paupertown and other places like it. And we get a front row seat as we follow a father and daughter who were just exiled to this desolate place.
In the aftermath of the Ivy murders, antitransfloration is at an all time high. Toshiro barely escaped punishment from the police but now he’s determined to uncover exactly what turned Ivy into a killer. And how a plant was able to walk.
And what he finds isn’t pretty. The darkness of the city is nothing like the darkness in Paupertown and other places like it. And we get a front row seat as we follow a father and daughter who were just exiled to this desolate place.
December 29, 2025
In this book, people are turned into plants, which are sometimes trees, which means sometimes there's furniture made from people.
Wouldn't it be faster to just take a toddler's bones and make a chair rather than waiting for it to grow into a whole-ass tree? And aren't toddler bones a little flexible, so maybe they'd make an excellent building material.
I should stop this review now before I get into straight-up endorsing this or anything like it.
Wouldn't it be faster to just take a toddler's bones and make a chair rather than waiting for it to grow into a whole-ass tree? And aren't toddler bones a little flexible, so maybe they'd make an excellent building material.
I should stop this review now before I get into straight-up endorsing this or anything like it.
June 19, 2023
Sin dudo mi tomo favorito hasta de esta serie hasta la fecha. Me esta encantando lo dura y cruda que se esta volviendo este manga. La construcción del mundo me encanta y me atrapa totalmente. A pesar de ser un futuro post-apocaliptico, es bastante real y refleja las injusticias sociales y la lucha de clase que se mantienen en la sociedad actual. Sin duda una lectura muy recomendada hasta ahora.
May 18, 2025
incidental allies somewhat inconveniently bound together as a matter of necessity in the face of a larger problem that also happen to be all women and one and a half guys is such an excellent flavour of friend (?) group
July 1, 2024
The mystery behind what is happening is SOOOOO wild. I literally can't put this down.
May 8, 2025
The more the world is revealed to me, the stronger the magnetic pull this series has on me becomes. What a wonderfully sad and beautifully horrifying tale is being spun.
June 9, 2025
damn this shit is bleak. still doesn’t feel like a five star for me but still a good read despite how depressing it is.
June 19, 2025
I want to know what will happen next.
July 23, 2025
This series is dark and depressing as hell.
December 17, 2025
Poor Ivy :(
Fool Night Review
5/5 stars
This will be a spoiler free review. Onto the review!
I am so excited to tell you all about this manga series. I discovered it on a whim and it was really good. It’s set in a future version of earth where we’ve nearly run out of clean air due to pollution. In response to this, the government has decided that if you are terminally ill or very old and going to die soon, you can choose to have this medical procedure done that will turn you into a plant. It doesn’t happen instantaneously. You gradually transform over a few months until you eventually lose your ability to walk around and then your consciousness as well.
Our main character is a boy in high school who is trying to hold down a full time job in order to afford his mother’s life saving medication. I don’t remember if it ever says what specifically she has, but some of the symptoms include memory loss and anger, which will get worse if she doesn’t have her medication. This kid’s job doesn’t even come close to covering her medication’s cost, plus rent and food, so he’s had to make a lot of sacrifices to try and support both of them.
After running out of money and losing his latest job because they don’t want to keep a teenager employed who is skipping school to work, he is forced to resort to drastic measures. Typically, you can only sign up to be turned into a plant if you are dying, because doing so comes with a huge payout, similar to how doctors will pay people to test new medications and experimental surgeries.
He lies about his health and somehow manages to get scheduled for the operation, which provides just enough money to cover his mother’s medication for a little while. After that, he’s going to have to figure out what to do, because eventually he’ll become a plant and won’t be able to work to support her.
It’s at this point that the medical company that performed his surgery discovers that there is a plant going around killing people. The main character ends up getting wrapped up in all this, because he discovers that he can understand the thoughts of plant people that are so far gone that they are no longer able to speak. At first, he’s just working with clients, helping them identify their loved ones who had gone through the plant transformation process, but then once the killer plant starts to become more active, he ends up getting involved in that.
I’ve only read the first four volumes of this series, because it’s very new. I cannot wait to see where this series goes. I’m not sure how long the mangaka is planning on making it, but I hope it goes on for a while. There are a lot of great themes in here that deserve to be fully explored. I think the people who would most enjoy this are people who really like the movies made by Satoshi Kon. I recently watched Perfect Blue for the first time and it reminded me of the storytelling style of this series a lot.
Have a nice day/night everyone!
Fool Night Review
5/5 stars
This will be a spoiler free review. Onto the review!
I am so excited to tell you all about this manga series. I discovered it on a whim and it was really good. It’s set in a future version of earth where we’ve nearly run out of clean air due to pollution. In response to this, the government has decided that if you are terminally ill or very old and going to die soon, you can choose to have this medical procedure done that will turn you into a plant. It doesn’t happen instantaneously. You gradually transform over a few months until you eventually lose your ability to walk around and then your consciousness as well.
Our main character is a boy in high school who is trying to hold down a full time job in order to afford his mother’s life saving medication. I don’t remember if it ever says what specifically she has, but some of the symptoms include memory loss and anger, which will get worse if she doesn’t have her medication. This kid’s job doesn’t even come close to covering her medication’s cost, plus rent and food, so he’s had to make a lot of sacrifices to try and support both of them.
After running out of money and losing his latest job because they don’t want to keep a teenager employed who is skipping school to work, he is forced to resort to drastic measures. Typically, you can only sign up to be turned into a plant if you are dying, because doing so comes with a huge payout, similar to how doctors will pay people to test new medications and experimental surgeries.
He lies about his health and somehow manages to get scheduled for the operation, which provides just enough money to cover his mother’s medication for a little while. After that, he’s going to have to figure out what to do, because eventually he’ll become a plant and won’t be able to work to support her.
It’s at this point that the medical company that performed his surgery discovers that there is a plant going around killing people. The main character ends up getting wrapped up in all this, because he discovers that he can understand the thoughts of plant people that are so far gone that they are no longer able to speak. At first, he’s just working with clients, helping them identify their loved ones who had gone through the plant transformation process, but then once the killer plant starts to become more active, he ends up getting involved in that.
I’ve only read the first four volumes of this series, because it’s very new. I cannot wait to see where this series goes. I’m not sure how long the mangaka is planning on making it, but I hope it goes on for a while. There are a lot of great themes in here that deserve to be fully explored. I think the people who would most enjoy this are people who really like the movies made by Satoshi Kon. I recently watched Perfect Blue for the first time and it reminded me of the storytelling style of this series a lot.
Have a nice day/night everyone!
July 8, 2025
Cuarto tomo de la edición argentina.
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