末日愚者

by Kōtarō Isaka

The earth is going to die in three years. The daughter that runs away from home ten years ago and breaks with her parents suddenly comes back. The loving couple, who want children from the beginning of their marriage but cannot become pregnant, realize their dream before the doomsday. Two sad brothers, who track the killer of their sister, want to kill the killer before the doomsday. A girl, who is not willing to die lonely, decides to find a lover to welcome the doomsday together. The boy, who wants to become a boxer, finds the boxer that he has been worshiped is taking training like not knowing the doomsday is coming. The panic buying man, who loses his wife in the chaos and wants to commit suicide, is invited to watch the stars by his old classmate. A girl, who is determined to become an actress, finds a cruel secret and decides to give play to her acting skills in the rest of her life. A father builds a watchtower on the top floor of the apartment to see how the world will be swallowed by the seawater on the doomsday...

Genres: Japanese Literature, Fiction

Hardcover

First published March 24, 2006

About the author

Kōtarō Isaka (伊坂幸太郎, Isaka Koutarou) is a Japanese author of mystery fiction.

Isaka was born in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from the law faculty of Tohoku University, he worked as a system engineer. Isaka quit his company job and focused on writing after hearing Kazuyoshi Saito's 1997 song "Kōfuku na Chōshoku Taikutsu na Yūshoku", and the two have collaborated several times. In 2000, Isaka won the Shincho Mystery Club Prize for his debut novel Ōdyubon no Inori, after which he became a full-time writer.
In 2002, Isaka's novel Lush Life gained much critical acclaim, but it was his Naoki Prize-nominated work Jūryoku Piero (2003) that brought him popular success. His following work Ahiru to Kamo no Koin Rokkā won the 25th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers.
Jūryoku Piero (2003), Children (2004), Grasshopper (2004), Shinigami no Seido (2005) and Sabaku (2006) were all nominated for the Naoki Prize.
Isaka was the only author in Japan to be nominated for the Hon'ya Taishō in each of the award's first four years, finally winning in 2008 with Golden Slumber. The same work also won the 21st Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize.

Reviews

[Chihiro · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the same author who wrote the story of the movie Bullet Train starring Brad Pitt. (original title is "Maria Beetle")
I enjoyed reading that book so much!
Ever since I read that book I craved for more of Kotaro Isaka's books.

This book had 8 short stories and all of them are connected.
In this story, an asteroid is going to fall 8 years later and the world is going to end. We get to follow several different people; A married couple who is about to have a baby, a teenage girl who lost her parents, a father and daughter who hasnt spoken to one another for a long time...

For me it took an hour to finish each story.
It was easy to take a break.
I enjoyed reading first four of the stories but there were many characters to keep up and I got confused.
I took a note at first but I got tired of listing characters names. lol
I think its cool to find a character that came up in the previous story show up again in another story but I got so tired of keeping up.

I got excited when Wes Craven's "People Under the Stairs"was mentioned in the first story. Such an awesome horror movie!

[Forrest · Rating 5 out of 5]

"依(土反)風格的作品；黑暗中有光明、悲傷中有希望，再加上人物互相串場；可是這本給我的感覺不太一樣，我想跟環境背景的設定是世界末日前的三年－暴亂後回歸平靜正常....我還蠻喜歡這樣的設定；我想如果真的碰到這樣的狀況應該也是會這樣，而不是像好萊無烏拍的那樣....>""<；可能是跟我想的世界末日前一樣，所以整本書閱讀的時候有點感覺像是在看以後會發生的事一樣，且也一邊想如果是我會怎樣，很特殊的閱讀經驗!!

不過也是因為這樣，相對的整本書的樂趣(我是指閱讀的享樂上)也就打了一些折扣!!"

[Nagisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of short stories in a setting where the world is ending. The characters work towards reconciling their long-standing family conflicts to bravely face the end of the world and keep living to the end.

[Kome Kome]

2025/3/28
なーさんにオススメされて
興味関心タグ見てくれたん！ありがとう！伊坂幸太郎さんの小説って重いテーマも軽いタッチで書かれてる感じが好きで:two_hearts:あと物語の疾走感も好き:two_hearts:逆ソクラテスはこれから読もうと思って（いつになるか…ではあるけれど:sweat_drops:）楽しみにしてるねん:smiling_face_with_3_hearts:
どの作品もオススメなんやけど、あえて1作品なら、終末のフールっていう作品を推します 頭の片隅にでも置いておいてー:)

[Mari · Rating 3 out of 5]

読みやすかった。これといった感動はないが、いやな話でもないというかんじ。短編。

[Yu Jie · Rating 3 out of 5]

末日來臨之際，世界會變成什麼樣子？透過一群住在同一個社區的人，分別用不同的視角看世界。故事多有無奈的感覺，卻也因為末日將至，在恐懼及幸福同時放大之下，對事物有更細微的體悟...

[W.M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

在群組說起這本，我就默默拿起來看了。他在伊坂的書裡一直不是我的最愛，但他的確是一本讓人心情平靜的書。
故事描述一群人在距離世界末日還有三年時安靜和自己、和家人度過餘下日子的生活樣貌。那種奇特的寧定以及「即使如此生命依然是值得珍視的東西」所呈現的尊嚴，雖然是這樣的設定卻不沉重，反而是讀了會感覺沉靜下來的作品。

[Taizo Nakayama · Rating 5 out of 5]

People are imperfect, bittersweet, and don’t live very long.

[James Woo · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Kiki · Rating 3 out of 5]

距离小行星撞击地球还剩三年，普通人要如何度过末日来临前的最后时光？本书以独立又相互交织的短篇故事，描绘了位于仙台一处小区里众人的生活：有的人和原生家庭和解、有的决定迎接一个新生命降临——即使孩子活不过三岁、有的和其他“被剩下”的人组建了新的家庭…平静温和的治愈系文风，有点寡淡，涉及到末日题材，我果然还是更喜欢讲述人类如何被灭绝、比较惨烈一点的剧情…

[Sung-Gi Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

終末のフール

「嘘ですよ」

太陽のシール

彼女の言葉は一つ当たって、一つ外れた。隕石は落ちてくる。生活は楽しい。まあ、同じ一勝一敗でも、逆よりはましかもしれない。

「冗談でした」

「それならオセロを二組に分かれて、できるじゃないか」

籠城のビール

「三年逃げ切ればいいんだろう？楽勝だぜ」

冬眠のガール

わたしはナイル川やアマゾン川を見るように、いや、広瀬川でもいいけれど、彼を見た。

鋼鉄のウール★★★★☆

基本的にジムでは、ぼくたちは話をしない。雑談をするために来ているわけではないし、練習は仲良く楽しくやるものではないし、嫌な言い方になるけど、ジム内の他人は全員敵でもあるからだ。

「明日死ぬとしたら、生き方が変わるんですか？」文字だから想像するほかないけれど、苗場さんの口調は丁寧だったに違いない。「あなたの今の行き方は、どれくらい生きるつもりの生き方なんですか？」

天体のヨール

「矢部くんたちの本心なんて、星を見るよりも明らかだよ」

演劇のオール

「かわりに、おまえもいつか、誰かを許してあげなさい」

深海のポール

私は居場所なく立ったまま、部屋を見渡す。襖は誰かが蹴った跡なのか、破けていて、天井にも穴が開いている。

とにかく未来を、私たちの未来を、1分でも1秒でも長く生かすために、なりふり構わず腕を伸ばす。きっとそうだね。

[Mylove4book · Rating 5 out of 5]

當末日近在眼前，究竟應該怎麼度過僅存的人生？
印象中從小到大看了很多末日作品，大部分都是災難片，而且往往是下一秒就要生離死別的那種。但末日愚者特別的在於，離末日還有「好幾年」。如果是幾小時甚至幾天，人們往往哭哭鬧鬧一陣就過了，但「好幾年」的話可就尷尬了......為了活那最後幾年，基本的生活還是要維持，但精神上一直處於恐懼之中。伊坂描繪出的就是在死刑緩期執行的最後幾年，人們在崩潰或麻木中，各自選擇的最後樂章。
P.S.突然想起2018年夏威夷飛彈誤報事件，那對姊弟不知道怎麼樣了...|||

[apple · Rating 4 out of 5]

世界が終わるその前に。。私は"冬眠のガール"、美智と同じようにしちゃうかも。。

[MameYakko · Rating 3 out of 5]

Title: Foolishness at the end of the world
By Kotaro Isaka

I would not recommend this book to those who have neer read any works of Kotaro Isaka.

[Ai · Rating 2 out of 5]

私の大好きなアポカリプティック物でした。テーマは「とにかく、生きる」という感じです。それなりに、面白いのですが、ゴールデンスランバーなどの長編作よりも、ドライブ感はあまり無く、淡々と話が進んで行くという印象があります。「天体のヨール」の二ノ宮君が、個人的にヒットしてます。オタクっていいよなあ。

[Ayaka · Rating 3 out of 5]

『8年後に小惑星が地球に衝突して世界は終わる』と宣言されてから5年後、残された時間もあと3年になったところの仙台が舞台の話。伊坂幸太郎にしては淡々と話が流れる退屈な話で、少々期待はずれ

[suzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

伊坂幸太郎《末日愚者》

這本短篇小說集的世界觀設定，是三年後小行星就會撞到地球，造成世界末日。
作者用不同的短篇故事，描寫不同家庭、不同人對於「世界末日即將到來」有什麼反應，或者以什麼樣的處事態度面對這件事，還蠻有趣的一本書～

[Hiu Ying]

漂書已記錄。

[Nicktimebreak · Rating 4 out of 5]

末日背景下的八个短篇故事，告诉我们要拼尽全力而活着。