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Juror 13
With the arrival of a mysterious jury summons, a man's life is thrust into a dizzying downward spiral: his fiancee leaves him, he has problems at work, and his best friend is suddenly nowhere to be found. As the jury trial approaches, who can he trust? Why does he suddenly feel that he has to defend his every move? And who exactly is Juror 13? Can he trust what he sees?
192 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2004
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Tokyopop
139 books19 followersTokyopop, stylized TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and original English-language manga in English, German, and Japanese. Tokyopop was originally founded in 1997 by Stuart J. Levy.
On April 15, 2011, Tokyopop announced that it would close its Los Angeles, CA-based North American publishing operations on May 31, 2011.
On April 15, 2011, Tokyopop announced that it would close its Los Angeles, CA-based North American publishing operations on May 31, 2011.
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
February 1, 2011
No le doy una sola estrellita sólo por tres razones:
1) El dibujo. Pese al nombre japonés del/la dibujante, no parece muy hábil a la hora de plasmar un trazo mangoso, los personajes son bastante toscos, el armado de página es horrible y la gama de expresiones parece una burda imitación de las que usan los que sí saben dibujar. Pero su narrativa es bastante buena y fluida, las partes cinemáticas se defienden con soltura y, poco más... Un trabajo zafable.
2) El final. Mientras leía el tomo en muchas escenas me encontré diciendo "Pero qué estupidez", "Esto no tiene sentido", "Malísimo, sacá" y frases quejosas por el estilo. La vuelta de tuerca de las últimas páginas de algún modo explica esas incoherencias. No las justifica porque mientras lo leía me parecía estupidísimo de todas formas, pero por lo menos no queda todo tan tonto.
3) El precio. Por 5$ mucho no me puedo quejar.
1) El dibujo. Pese al nombre japonés del/la dibujante, no parece muy hábil a la hora de plasmar un trazo mangoso, los personajes son bastante toscos, el armado de página es horrible y la gama de expresiones parece una burda imitación de las que usan los que sí saben dibujar. Pero su narrativa es bastante buena y fluida, las partes cinemáticas se defienden con soltura y, poco más... Un trabajo zafable.
2) El final. Mientras leía el tomo en muchas escenas me encontré diciendo "Pero qué estupidez", "Esto no tiene sentido", "Malísimo, sacá" y frases quejosas por el estilo. La vuelta de tuerca de las últimas páginas de algún modo explica esas incoherencias. No las justifica porque mientras lo leía me parecía estupidísimo de todas formas, pero por lo menos no queda todo tan tonto.
3) El precio. Por 5$ mucho no me puedo quejar.
December 18, 2022
I keep this book on my shelf just to remind myself that no matter how bad the things I write are, they don’t even come close to how agonizing this was to read.
December 4, 2025
This is a good story... in retrospect. What I mean by this is it makes a whole lot of frustrating nonsense as things escalate, until the twist reveal where , then it makes perfect sense, down to the numerous clues .
The problem is in noticing the clues but having no real way to put everything together immediately. The biggest clue is when Jeremy gets a notice regarding jury duty and is called in but .
So the entire book is this seeming tangent that has nothing to do with the obvious clues, and it gets *4/5ths* of the way through the book before the twist reveals how it all fits. Then it rather quickly wraps up in eight pages, leaving the rest of the book to a VERY LONG preview of Riding Shotgun and a handful of advertisements. I complained about this very thing in my last review written, so it adds to the frustration quotient to have it happen in the VERY NEXT book I read!
Also, why does Tokyopop get top billing? They're the publisher! Surely folks would rather know who the author* and artist are more than who just predated on creators. (Luckily, they don't get any of the money I spent finding this used... though, sadly, neither do the ACTUAL creators.)
On the whole, it's on the more frustrating end of thrillers, for a very small payoff—part of which includes an admittedly VERY good strategic use of spot colour in an otherwise greyscale graphic novel. Worth a read if you can find it, but otherwise sort of middling.
*Edit to add: Okay, just saw that D.J. Milky is Stu Levy's pen name, I guess that VAGUELY makes it better, but it feels sketchy, especially considering Tokyopop's SUPER sketchy, "However, we may have to shorten or leave out your credit when the space available or the conventions of a format won’t permit it or if it would have to be too small to read (for example, when the Manga Pilot is viewed on mobile phones)." Ugh.
The problem is in noticing the clues but having no real way to put everything together immediately. The biggest clue is when Jeremy gets a notice regarding jury duty and is called in but .
So the entire book is this seeming tangent that has nothing to do with the obvious clues, and it gets *4/5ths* of the way through the book before the twist reveals how it all fits. Then it rather quickly wraps up in eight pages, leaving the rest of the book to a VERY LONG preview of Riding Shotgun and a handful of advertisements. I complained about this very thing in my last review written, so it adds to the frustration quotient to have it happen in the VERY NEXT book I read!
Also, why does Tokyopop get top billing? They're the publisher! Surely folks would rather know who the author* and artist are more than who just predated on creators. (Luckily, they don't get any of the money I spent finding this used... though, sadly, neither do the ACTUAL creators.)
On the whole, it's on the more frustrating end of thrillers, for a very small payoff—part of which includes an admittedly VERY good strategic use of spot colour in an otherwise greyscale graphic novel. Worth a read if you can find it, but otherwise sort of middling.
*Edit to add: Okay, just saw that D.J. Milky is Stu Levy's pen name, I guess that VAGUELY makes it better, but it feels sketchy, especially considering Tokyopop's SUPER sketchy, "However, we may have to shorten or leave out your credit when the space available or the conventions of a format won’t permit it or if it would have to be too small to read (for example, when the Manga Pilot is viewed on mobile phones)." Ugh.
March 18, 2023
I picked this up to read during March Mystery Madness, and figured from the title that it would have a courtroom drama & mystery element. Sadly, that was a very small part of the story. And there was a lot of gender crap including sexual harrassment. And ... it's not a manga. It's a manga-inspired comic. Overall, this one wasn't for me.
October 11, 2023
The twist had some serious potential, but the story itself was poorly done.
July 5, 2024
Basically a one-to-one retelling of The Room, up until it swerves you for the worst twist of all time. Just incredible.
June 28, 2014
This story was weird but enjoyable. The big twist at the end was unexpected.
February 5, 2024
Edición argentina en formato más pequeño que el manga promedio. Me lo compré porque estaba de saldo porque la edición es una porquería.
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