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Ikigami #7
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, Volume 7
Dear Citizen:
Thank you for your loyalty. You've no doubt noticed that the world is a troubled place. People are apathetic, lazy, unmotivated. You've probably asked yourself
WHY ISN'T ANYTHING BEING DONE TO STOP THIS SYSTEMATIC DECLINE?
Rest assured that measures are being taken. Beginning immediately, we will randomly select a different citizen each day who will be killed within 24 hours of notification. We believe this will help remind all people how precious life is and how important it is to be a productive, active member of society.
Thank you for your continued attention and your cooperation and participation...
FEATURING:
EPISODE 13: PHOTO OF THE DECEASED
EPISODE 14: THE DREAM I TRIED TO MAKE COME TRUE
IF I QUIT NOW, MY LIFE ITSELF WOULD BECOME A LIE.
Thank you for your loyalty. You've no doubt noticed that the world is a troubled place. People are apathetic, lazy, unmotivated. You've probably asked yourself
WHY ISN'T ANYTHING BEING DONE TO STOP THIS SYSTEMATIC DECLINE?
Rest assured that measures are being taken. Beginning immediately, we will randomly select a different citizen each day who will be killed within 24 hours of notification. We believe this will help remind all people how precious life is and how important it is to be a productive, active member of society.
Thank you for your continued attention and your cooperation and participation...
FEATURING:
EPISODE 13: PHOTO OF THE DECEASED
EPISODE 14: THE DREAM I TRIED TO MAKE COME TRUE
IF I QUIT NOW, MY LIFE ITSELF WOULD BECOME A LIE.
240 pages, Paperback
First published September 30, 2009
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November 17, 2021
İkigami devam etmeye şans verdiğime sevindiğim bir seri.
Çok orijinal bir fikri nispeten sıradan yer yer Asya duygusal klişeleriyle işleyen bir seri olarak başladı. Fakat sebat edip ilerledikçe güzelleşti. Çizimleri de ortalama bir mangaya göre çok daha başarılı, gerçekçi, dokulu.
Cenaze fotoğrafı bölümü oldukça “Japon” ve iyi bir bölümdü. Analog dijital çatışmasını, fotoğrafa gönül verdiğini turistlerinden bildiğimiz, (şakayı kenara koyarsak da) esas itibariyle dünyanın en önemli ve en iyi fotoğraf ekipmanlarını üreten bir milletten okumak güzeldi. Japon kültürüne dair “cenaze fotoğrafı” kavramı ve gösterilen ihtimam ile Omiai kavramları keyifle öğrendiğim şeyler oldu.
Esas bana tesir eden ve incelemeyi beş yıldıza taşıyan “Peşinden Koştuğum Hayal” bölümü oldu. Klişe görülebilir ama (belki de dönemseldir) beni etkiledi. Üstelik dansla falan en ufak bir ilgim olmamasına rağmen. Tam bıçak sırtı bir konuyu işliyor. Yaşıyoruz, bir yapmak zorunda olduklarımız/kaldıklarımız bir de yapmak istediklerimiz/yapmayı düşlediklerimiz var. İnsan nefsi çokça bir karga kılavuz olabildiğinden tamamen hayal ve arzular peşinde koşma taraftarı olabilecek kadar romantik değilim. Ama yapmak zorunda kaldıklarımızın esiri olma fikri de ara ara aklıma üşüşür ve beni boğar. Çeşitli dünyevi kaygılar ve ihtiyaçlar sebebiyle istemesek de bir yerlerde koşturuyoruz. Bazen gün doğmadan güneş görmeden işe gidiyor ve hava karanlıkken çıkıyoruz. Şanslı azınlık harici çoğumuz işlerimizi sevmiyoruz. Hayatın temel ihtiyaçları karşılığında yine hayatımız ile ömrümüz ile sisteme ödeme yaptığımız hissine kapılıyorum. Ailemden, sevdiklerimden ve sevdiğim şeylerden çok daha fazla görevlerimiz ile geçiyor ömür. Bu akışı ve bulunduğumuz yeri seviyorsak ne ala! Şanslıyız. Peki ya başka tutkularımız varsa? Buradaki gibi ömrümüzden 1 gün değil, 1 ay veya 1 yıl kaldığını öğrensek, önceden bilsek yine aynı şeyleri mi yaparız? Bilmiyorum. Zor sorular.
Bu ciltte de Fujimoto-san ile yakınlaşmaya devam ediyoruz. Bütüne bakınca oldukça kısa geçmelerine rağmen işin bağlayıcısı diyebileceğimiz Fujimoto hikayesi akmaya devam ediyor.
Not 1: İncelemeyi yazarken yabancı edisyonların koyu renk kapaklarını gördüm. Bizdeki sade, bembeyaz şömizlerin çok daha güzel olduğu kanaatine vardım. Yalnız okurken şömizi çıkarın, yoksa sayfalardan elinize, elinizden beyaz şömize mürekkep bulaşıyor :)
Not 2: Bu serinin alametifarikası ön ve arka kapak açıldığında yekpare görünen sözü/mottoyu paylaşarak bitirelim:
“Ölüm bir anlıktır ama yaşam sonsuza dek ışık saçabilir.”
Çok orijinal bir fikri nispeten sıradan yer yer Asya duygusal klişeleriyle işleyen bir seri olarak başladı. Fakat sebat edip ilerledikçe güzelleşti. Çizimleri de ortalama bir mangaya göre çok daha başarılı, gerçekçi, dokulu.
Cenaze fotoğrafı bölümü oldukça “Japon” ve iyi bir bölümdü. Analog dijital çatışmasını, fotoğrafa gönül verdiğini turistlerinden bildiğimiz, (şakayı kenara koyarsak da) esas itibariyle dünyanın en önemli ve en iyi fotoğraf ekipmanlarını üreten bir milletten okumak güzeldi. Japon kültürüne dair “cenaze fotoğrafı” kavramı ve gösterilen ihtimam ile Omiai kavramları keyifle öğrendiğim şeyler oldu.
Esas bana tesir eden ve incelemeyi beş yıldıza taşıyan “Peşinden Koştuğum Hayal” bölümü oldu. Klişe görülebilir ama (belki de dönemseldir) beni etkiledi. Üstelik dansla falan en ufak bir ilgim olmamasına rağmen. Tam bıçak sırtı bir konuyu işliyor. Yaşıyoruz, bir yapmak zorunda olduklarımız/kaldıklarımız bir de yapmak istediklerimiz/yapmayı düşlediklerimiz var. İnsan nefsi çokça bir karga kılavuz olabildiğinden tamamen hayal ve arzular peşinde koşma taraftarı olabilecek kadar romantik değilim. Ama yapmak zorunda kaldıklarımızın esiri olma fikri de ara ara aklıma üşüşür ve beni boğar. Çeşitli dünyevi kaygılar ve ihtiyaçlar sebebiyle istemesek de bir yerlerde koşturuyoruz. Bazen gün doğmadan güneş görmeden işe gidiyor ve hava karanlıkken çıkıyoruz. Şanslı azınlık harici çoğumuz işlerimizi sevmiyoruz. Hayatın temel ihtiyaçları karşılığında yine hayatımız ile ömrümüz ile sisteme ödeme yaptığımız hissine kapılıyorum. Ailemden, sevdiklerimden ve sevdiğim şeylerden çok daha fazla görevlerimiz ile geçiyor ömür. Bu akışı ve bulunduğumuz yeri seviyorsak ne ala! Şanslıyız. Peki ya başka tutkularımız varsa? Buradaki gibi ömrümüzden 1 gün değil, 1 ay veya 1 yıl kaldığını öğrensek, önceden bilsek yine aynı şeyleri mi yaparız? Bilmiyorum. Zor sorular.
Bu ciltte de Fujimoto-san ile yakınlaşmaya devam ediyoruz. Bütüne bakınca oldukça kısa geçmelerine rağmen işin bağlayıcısı diyebileceğimiz Fujimoto hikayesi akmaya devam ediyor.
Not 1: İncelemeyi yazarken yabancı edisyonların koyu renk kapaklarını gördüm. Bizdeki sade, bembeyaz şömizlerin çok daha güzel olduğu kanaatine vardım. Yalnız okurken şömizi çıkarın, yoksa sayfalardan elinize, elinizden beyaz şömize mürekkep bulaşıyor :)
Not 2: Bu serinin alametifarikası ön ve arka kapak açıldığında yekpare görünen sözü/mottoyu paylaşarak bitirelim:
“Ölüm bir anlıktır ama yaşam sonsuza dek ışık saçabilir.”
June 19, 2014
I was looking forward to finish this manga soon which only constitutes of 10 volumes, but it eventually appeared to me that i stood miles away from it for a reason that me myself ignorant about; however, that does not mean that I stopped adoring this manga.
So today I read volume 7 and to be honest it was not really different as night and day. In fact, I came into a conclusion that the stories of people who got an ikigami should have stopped in volume 5 not because they are not getting interesting (they are brilliant) but that fact that we already get the point and honestly, i dont want it to get more dramatic than it already is; however, one thing to mention, ikigami receivers behavior is gradually taking another direction leaving the reader with more satisfying and relieving feeling (to some extent) probably that depends on the receiver's personal and social life. In this volume they introduced the "thought exam" where employees from the civil registration center (where Fujimoto the main character works as ab ikigami deliverer) are asked several questions testing their loyalty and their true understanding of national welfare. Supporting my previous point, the mangaka Motoro Mase could have concentrated a little bit more about the national welfare itself by inserting more plot twists and serious breathtaking calamities. Despite all of that, *cowboy accent* all i am going to say here fellas that he is still astonishing me because of his vivid imagination and his unique and deeply effective character tales.
So today I read volume 7 and to be honest it was not really different as night and day. In fact, I came into a conclusion that the stories of people who got an ikigami should have stopped in volume 5 not because they are not getting interesting (they are brilliant) but that fact that we already get the point and honestly, i dont want it to get more dramatic than it already is; however, one thing to mention, ikigami receivers behavior is gradually taking another direction leaving the reader with more satisfying and relieving feeling (to some extent) probably that depends on the receiver's personal and social life. In this volume they introduced the "thought exam" where employees from the civil registration center (where Fujimoto the main character works as ab ikigami deliverer) are asked several questions testing their loyalty and their true understanding of national welfare. Supporting my previous point, the mangaka Motoro Mase could have concentrated a little bit more about the national welfare itself by inserting more plot twists and serious breathtaking calamities. Despite all of that, *cowboy accent* all i am going to say here fellas that he is still astonishing me because of his vivid imagination and his unique and deeply effective character tales.
February 23, 2022
Story #1: A boy named Taka with an interest in photography strikes a friendship with his local photography shop. The kindly owner, Mr. Ikeyama, teaches him to use a film camera and promises that he can work in the shop when he grows up. Taka gets older and goes to school for photography, where he learns that he needs to go digital or get left in the dust. He tries to get the shop owner to switch to digital, saying he will lose the business if he doesn’t adapt to the times. Ikeyama refuses. Taka eventually becomes an exclusively digital photographer and cuts ties with the shop owner. When he gets his Ikigami, he wants Mr. Ikeyama to take his death portrait. He goes back to his studio for the first time in years. Ikeyama’s wife says it was good timing for a visit because Ikeyama has an operation in the morning. She says now Taka can take Ikeyama’s death photo in case the operation goes south. Taka agrees and decides he won’t tell Ikeyama about the Ikigami. Taka and the wife gather all of Ikeyama’s community to come to the death photo session, to try to stop him from retiring/ closing the shop. They all share memories of what the photos have done for their lives– from getting jobs to getting husbands. Ikeyami doesn’t look authentic in the photographs. Taka goes on a tirade against analog photos and is all “get with the times old man”, purposely infuriating Ikeyama so that he gets a look of intense determination for an authentic photo that captures his spirit. Taka dies as scheduled, and Ikeyama doesn’t find out about the Ikigami situation until after his operation. The operation is successful, and the boy who was in a baby photo that Taka had taken becomes his new assistant. Ikeyama’s shop remains analog, but the boy teaches him how to get online. Ikeyama’s shop fills a niche as there are few remaining film shops and business is booming thanks to the internet!
This was honestly my favorite story of the series so far. The moment when Ikeyama makes his determined angry face was excellent. I recently read a play, the Flick by Annie Baker, where the film/analog debate was central.
Story #2: Katsunori is a B Boy who loves to dance with his friends in the subway. His dad runs a cram school and he is expected to carry on the business. Dangling a carrot in front of Katsunori, the dad says he will have a dance studio inside of the cram school. Katsunori decides to quit dance to focus on school so he can get into a good college to be well-qualified to run the cram school after. He reasons that he can dance later in life. The book skips one year later. Katsunori has gained a significant amount of weight and all he does is study. When he’s served with Ikigami papers he is furious that he wasted the year on his father’s dreams. Katsunori had been advising his old dance group on their preparations for a competition even tho he doesn’t dance. He tries dancing in his room and humiliates himself when he stubs his toe and falls. His self esteem is at an ultimate low. One member of the crew gets injured and Katsunori decides he will put his pride aside and fill in for him in the competition. We have a classic “and then everyone clapped” moment in the subway where he embarasses himself but keeps going. Literally everyone claps. In the end the friends in the crew encourage the dad to actually open the dance studio. Similar to the Graffiti story, there was discussion of the difference between Street Art and Studio Art and Street dance vs Studio dance. Like many of the other stories, we have the “it’s not my dream it’s yours” where a character who gets Ikigami’d realizes they have been living life according to other people’s expectations.
Fujimoto’s situation is getting tense. His work is under mandatory audits and his auditor does not find him enthusiastic enough. The problem is the more pressure he’s under, the more he starts to doubt the NWP.
There was a really great line from Fujimoto’s supervisor about street dance and communication. “These days, people can connect with others without revealing anything about themselves. It’s convenient, but it lacks “smell” or ‘warmth’. Those guys [the street dancers] are using their physical bodies to attract attention. It’s primitive, but I think it’s a healthy and powerful form of communication. That’s why street performance always endures. I think it’s proof that tangible forms of communication are missing from our society”. P 225. There was a Truanon episode where they talked about the stakes of their live shows vs their podcast episodes, and how they worry they are feeding into the problem of people being unmoored from reality and vulnerability. On stage you have no choice but to go for it, the stakes are so high in front of a real audience as opposed to a camera or recording device. Katsunori was vulnerable and overcame shame/humiliation in his final moments which showed extreme bravery. This volume was very concerned with the concept of authenticity and selling out. Even though the second one was kinda Disney Movie cheesy, I thought this was an excellent volume. I do think as a whole they should have focused more on Fujimoto’s plot because with the hostage situation it seemed like the focus would shift. If the vignettes were not so well done I would think they are getting repetitive, but I still enjoy each of them and haven’t actually gotten tired of them yet.
This was honestly my favorite story of the series so far. The moment when Ikeyama makes his determined angry face was excellent. I recently read a play, the Flick by Annie Baker, where the film/analog debate was central.
Story #2: Katsunori is a B Boy who loves to dance with his friends in the subway. His dad runs a cram school and he is expected to carry on the business. Dangling a carrot in front of Katsunori, the dad says he will have a dance studio inside of the cram school. Katsunori decides to quit dance to focus on school so he can get into a good college to be well-qualified to run the cram school after. He reasons that he can dance later in life. The book skips one year later. Katsunori has gained a significant amount of weight and all he does is study. When he’s served with Ikigami papers he is furious that he wasted the year on his father’s dreams. Katsunori had been advising his old dance group on their preparations for a competition even tho he doesn’t dance. He tries dancing in his room and humiliates himself when he stubs his toe and falls. His self esteem is at an ultimate low. One member of the crew gets injured and Katsunori decides he will put his pride aside and fill in for him in the competition. We have a classic “and then everyone clapped” moment in the subway where he embarasses himself but keeps going. Literally everyone claps. In the end the friends in the crew encourage the dad to actually open the dance studio. Similar to the Graffiti story, there was discussion of the difference between Street Art and Studio Art and Street dance vs Studio dance. Like many of the other stories, we have the “it’s not my dream it’s yours” where a character who gets Ikigami’d realizes they have been living life according to other people’s expectations.
Fujimoto’s situation is getting tense. His work is under mandatory audits and his auditor does not find him enthusiastic enough. The problem is the more pressure he’s under, the more he starts to doubt the NWP.
There was a really great line from Fujimoto’s supervisor about street dance and communication. “These days, people can connect with others without revealing anything about themselves. It’s convenient, but it lacks “smell” or ‘warmth’. Those guys [the street dancers] are using their physical bodies to attract attention. It’s primitive, but I think it’s a healthy and powerful form of communication. That’s why street performance always endures. I think it’s proof that tangible forms of communication are missing from our society”. P 225. There was a Truanon episode where they talked about the stakes of their live shows vs their podcast episodes, and how they worry they are feeding into the problem of people being unmoored from reality and vulnerability. On stage you have no choice but to go for it, the stakes are so high in front of a real audience as opposed to a camera or recording device. Katsunori was vulnerable and overcame shame/humiliation in his final moments which showed extreme bravery. This volume was very concerned with the concept of authenticity and selling out. Even though the second one was kinda Disney Movie cheesy, I thought this was an excellent volume. I do think as a whole they should have focused more on Fujimoto’s plot because with the hostage situation it seemed like the focus would shift. If the vignettes were not so well done I would think they are getting repetitive, but I still enjoy each of them and haven’t actually gotten tired of them yet.
January 15, 2022
W siódmym tomie Motoro Mase spycha trochę na dalszy plan Fujimoto Kengo i toczącą się w nim walkę światopoglądową. Bohater ciągle przeżywa ostatnie wydarzenia i coraz częściej zaczyna myśleć nad sensownością Roz-kraju. Tym razem jednak autor powraca do korzeni cyklu i skupia się na sprawach osobistych ludzi, którzy otrzymali tytułowe „zawiadomienie o śmierci”.
Manga trzyma się swojej sztywnej, ale ciągle sprawdzonej struktury. Pomimo swojej przewidywalności, obie dostępne tutaj historie są wciągające, wyraziste i świetnie uzupełnione przez ciekawe główne postacie. Ich wielkim plusem jest także starannie dobrana obsada drugoplanowa, która nadaje historii realizmu oraz ukazuje to, jak panujące „zasady” wpływają na całe społeczeństwo. Pierwsza z nich zatytułowana „Zdjęcie przedśmiertne” skupia się na ostatnich chwilach młodego pasjonata fotografii, którego głowa pełna była planów na przyszłość. Wszystkie ukazane tutaj wydarzenia są oczywiście tylko pretekstem do zaprezentowania czytelnikowi złożoności życia i niemożliwego do zatrzymania rozwoju (który nie zawsze jest dobry dla ludzi). W drugim rozdziale „Spełnić marzenia” Motoro Mase traktuje zbliżającą się śmierć, jako mocny bodziec dla postaci do realizacji odkładanych planów, które mogą stać się inspiracją dla innych. Autor stara się więc tutaj nadać „śmierci” jakiegoś większego znaczenia, cały czas mocno kontrastując to z bezsensownością polityki kraju.
https://popkulturowykociolek.pl/recen...
Manga trzyma się swojej sztywnej, ale ciągle sprawdzonej struktury. Pomimo swojej przewidywalności, obie dostępne tutaj historie są wciągające, wyraziste i świetnie uzupełnione przez ciekawe główne postacie. Ich wielkim plusem jest także starannie dobrana obsada drugoplanowa, która nadaje historii realizmu oraz ukazuje to, jak panujące „zasady” wpływają na całe społeczeństwo. Pierwsza z nich zatytułowana „Zdjęcie przedśmiertne” skupia się na ostatnich chwilach młodego pasjonata fotografii, którego głowa pełna była planów na przyszłość. Wszystkie ukazane tutaj wydarzenia są oczywiście tylko pretekstem do zaprezentowania czytelnikowi złożoności życia i niemożliwego do zatrzymania rozwoju (który nie zawsze jest dobry dla ludzi). W drugim rozdziale „Spełnić marzenia” Motoro Mase traktuje zbliżającą się śmierć, jako mocny bodziec dla postaci do realizacji odkładanych planów, które mogą stać się inspiracją dla innych. Autor stara się więc tutaj nadać „śmierci” jakiegoś większego znaczenia, cały czas mocno kontrastując to z bezsensownością polityki kraju.
https://popkulturowykociolek.pl/recen...
October 10, 2022
j'ai beaucoup aimé l'ep13 sur la photographie et le débat sur l'argentique avec le pépé, c'était trop touchant surtout quand on sait que c'est exactement ce qui se passe actuellement avec le développement du numérique... (et puis j'aime trop les petits vieux dans les histoires🥰)
par contre j'ai moins aimé l'ep14 sur le street dancing mais ça relève plus de mes goûts perso (la danse au collège ça m'a terrorisée sorry)
3,5★
par contre j'ai moins aimé l'ep14 sur le street dancing mais ça relève plus de mes goûts perso (la danse au collège ça m'a terrorisée sorry)
3,5★
April 7, 2022
Şu fujimotonun başına bir iş gelecek gibi duruyo bakalım ne olacak . Dansçı çocuğun azmine rağmen somda elenmesi gayet gerçekçi olmuş . Fotoğraf olayındada yaşlı amca hala dijitale geçmemiş sadece bilgisayar kullanmaya başlamıştı yani bu cilt full gerçekçilik üzerineydi ben beğendim
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 19, 2024
Mientras el la mano de la agencia de prosperidad nacional se cierra con más fuerza vemos las historias de un estudiante de fotografía y ex b-boy que necesitan volver a encontrarse con sus pasiones. Este volumen es menos intenso que el anterior y un poco más emocionalmente optimista.
April 3, 2020
The first story made me cry. I also liked the second story, but a little less.
Still frustrated by the lack of progress in the Fujimoto plot.
Still frustrated by the lack of progress in the Fujimoto plot.
October 13, 2022
2nd tale didn’t hold up. This series feels repetitive now with too little happened to the messenger.
March 9, 2023
4.5 stars.
July 17, 2024
Blah. Je trouve notre "héros" assez fade, sans personnalité. Les événements du volume précédent aurait dû évoquer pleins d.émotions, mais il continue a être... vide
September 24, 2024
Eu tamén quero unha cámara analóxica como os meus amigos guais
September 12, 2016
This isn't the last volume in the series, but it's the last one for me. The vignettes about the people who are going to die are feeling really repetitive, and it's not just because the author/artist tends to draw characters with similar features.
The vignettes are what pulled many of us into reading the series. They offer different point-of-view perspectives (although they come to the same conclusion) tied together by our main character. The story should have shifted from vignette-heavy to focusing on Mr. Fujimoto's story (especially after the demand for him to take a side in Volume #5's cliffhanger!), but the vignettes haven't been removed. Instead of using them to tell new information critical to the narrative, give us backstories on our main character(s), or introduce history to explain how this society came to be, they're essentially acting as filler that laments the present. The very long present, since nothing changed before Volume #5 and very little has changed since then.
There might be a flash-bang finale, a New Life Revolution Union uprising, or a huge reveal of the health dept/government of the country coming up several volumes from now... but I'm tired of reading repetitive content and I'm tapping out.
The vignettes are what pulled many of us into reading the series. They offer different point-of-view perspectives (although they come to the same conclusion) tied together by our main character. The story should have shifted from vignette-heavy to focusing on Mr. Fujimoto's story (especially after the demand for him to take a side in Volume #5's cliffhanger!), but the vignettes haven't been removed. Instead of using them to tell new information critical to the narrative, give us backstories on our main character(s), or introduce history to explain how this society came to be, they're essentially acting as filler that laments the present. The very long present, since nothing changed before Volume #5 and very little has changed since then.
There might be a flash-bang finale, a New Life Revolution Union uprising, or a huge reveal of the health dept/government of the country coming up several volumes from now... but I'm tired of reading repetitive content and I'm tapping out.
May 31, 2014
Ein Breakdancer, der sich aus dem Tanzen zurückzieht, und an seinem letzten Tag trotz körperlicher Einschränkungen nochmal zeigen möchte, was der Streetdance ihm bedeutet.
Der Sohn eines Kamera-Händlers, der zwischen dem technischen Fortschritt und der Digitalisierung und seines Vaters Liebe zur analogen Foptografie hin und hergerissen ist.
In Band 7 liefert Mase wieder zwei rührende, nachdenklich machende, schlichtweg todtraurige Geschichten ab, während der übergeordnete Plot an Fahrt gewinnt, da der Staat den Ikigami-Boten Kontrollen und Untersuchungen verordnet.
Zum siebten Mal in Folge: Großartig!
Der Sohn eines Kamera-Händlers, der zwischen dem technischen Fortschritt und der Digitalisierung und seines Vaters Liebe zur analogen Foptografie hin und hergerissen ist.
In Band 7 liefert Mase wieder zwei rührende, nachdenklich machende, schlichtweg todtraurige Geschichten ab, während der übergeordnete Plot an Fahrt gewinnt, da der Staat den Ikigami-Boten Kontrollen und Untersuchungen verordnet.
Zum siebten Mal in Folge: Großartig!
October 18, 2011
The last volume of Ikigami makes it quite clear that this series ends before it was intended to. At the end of volume 6 we got a closure to an arc built across several stories. This final volume slightly teases at another arc while it mainly concentrates on two very standalone stories which I’m sad to say are among the very weakest we have seen. Ikigami goes out with a whimper and that’s a shame. It ends with the weakest volume of the whole series, a series which could have gone so far with its premise and emotional storytelling.
January 17, 2013
Le manga continue encore et toujours sur sa bonne lancée, cependant, j'ai du mal à voir comment l'auteur va pouvoir finir son histoire en 10 tomes... l'intrigue principale avance assez lentement au final, et il ne reste plus que 3 tomes!
Dans tous les cas, dans ce tome, le gouvernement commence à dévoiler sont côté oppresseur, conséquence de la découverte de la traîtrise de la doctoresse dans le volume précédent.
Dans tous les cas, dans ce tome, le gouvernement commence à dévoiler sont côté oppresseur, conséquence de la découverte de la traîtrise de la doctoresse dans le volume précédent.
June 15, 2013
Reading the Ikigami manga series by Motoro Mase always feels like reading Macbeth. So tragic: how lives of young adults with big dreams have to cease living simply because some Big Bro decides to set up a police state.
Oh, and by the way, I read volume 8 first before volume 7 simply because I forgot that the last chapter I read before was volume 6...so when volume 7 and volume 8 came out simultaneously, I unintentionally skipped this volume
Oh, and by the way, I read volume 8 first before volume 7 simply because I forgot that the last chapter I read before was volume 6...so when volume 7 and volume 8 came out simultaneously, I unintentionally skipped this volume
August 27, 2011
This continues to be an emotional and thought provoking read. Fujimoto's quiet rebellion is going to get him into a lot of hot water, so it's with a sense of impending doom we follow along on his death letter cases. How much longer can he keep up pretenses as he delivers death to one young citizen after another?
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February 4, 2012
This is the last of the series that SPL owns, and I am sad to get to the end! I think this series raised some interesting issues and had consistently well-done and compelling stories. I'm recommending it to teens.
April 7, 2017
Ugh. The photography story got me in the first go. But I have to say, Fujimoto is certainly toeing the line more and more and his convictions are getting rockier. I hope to see his story take some more risks and twists, that's for sure!
September 3, 2014
4.5/5 stars
July 27, 2016
IDK what it is about this volume but I didn't like it as much as the others. Still enjoyed this though. Absolutly loving this series.
September 20, 2016
Two stories on not regretting your choices in life.
November 23, 2014
A bit weaker than the previous ones.
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