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Island in a Puddle #5
水溜まりに浮かぶ島
雨の日の遊園地で偶然乗り合わせた観覧車に落ちた落雷。育児放棄気味の母に育てられていた少年、明神湊(みょうんみなと)・小5と犯罪者・黒松(偽名)は心と身体が入れ替わる。黒松の裏社会の通称「首折リ」として警察、ヤクザに追われ続けた湊(ニセ黒松)は逆襲に転じ妹・渚を取り戻す。一方、自分をはめた悪徳刑事の弱みを掴んだ黒松(ニセ湊)は少年の体のまま彼との対決を目論む。
その悪徳刑事は汚名を背負って銃で殺された湊の父親の相棒だった。無関係に見えた2人の人生が過去を起点に交錯する。「僕だけがいない街」の三部けいが描く究極の入れ替わりサスペンスついに完結。
その悪徳刑事は汚名を背負って銃で殺された湊の父親の相棒だった。無関係に見えた2人の人生が過去を起点に交錯する。「僕だけがいない街」の三部けいが描く究極の入れ替わりサスペンスついに完結。
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First published November 22, 2021
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December 2, 2024
4.5 ☆
such a strong series, loved this finale.
such a strong series, loved this finale.
February 21, 2023
It’s the big final showdown, but Nagisa doesn’t appear to have ever existed? Then who’s that with Minato? Meanwhile, Futaba turns out to be useful to Kuromatsu, while Tsubaki closes in for the kill. Kills.
If I was a cynic, I would say that the moral of the story actually ends up being ‘doing the right thing gets you killed’. I mean, that is a valid interpretation. I won’t say much more about the ending other than the vaguest terms.
As far as delivering on an ending, this does pretty okay. We have a big, splashy climactic showdown and the last minute twists and reveals, things work out, or don’t, and we learn the truth about everything.
Now, as for delivering a satisfying ending, well, that’s trickier. It all ties together, but some of it ties together by hauling stuff in out of nowhere. If there had been even the barest hints beforehand it would have made all the difference, but there was nothing.
Nagisa’s existence is explained away by the absolute most boring thing possible, turning that into an absolute letdown of a reveal. Similarly, there’s a whole side plot about a religious cult that comes out of absolutely nowhere to explain away a ton of plot holes in the most awkward fashion possible.
It just feels like a bit of a massive letdown after the far more provocative and suspenseful starting chapters. Such is the nature of the beast, I suppose, but I would have liked it a tad more compelling beyond just the climax itself.
Outside of that, the ending is reasonably good. It takes a bunch of predictable shifts that I pretty much expected and, as is par for the course, don’t necessarily feel justified by the volumes that lead up to this one.
Now I’m just repeating myself. I don’t think this is bad, but there are better stories of suspense out there. I’m certainly interested in reading Erased still, but I am not compelled to rush out and grab it after this, I have to say.
3.5 stars - it ends sort-of well enough, tossing in some decent symbolism (kind of crammed in at the last second, frankly). But the execution, pardon the expression, really lets it down. I’m not rounding up; when I look at where this started to where it finished there’s just too much of a gap for my liking.
If I was a cynic, I would say that the moral of the story actually ends up being ‘doing the right thing gets you killed’. I mean, that is a valid interpretation. I won’t say much more about the ending other than the vaguest terms.
As far as delivering on an ending, this does pretty okay. We have a big, splashy climactic showdown and the last minute twists and reveals, things work out, or don’t, and we learn the truth about everything.
Now, as for delivering a satisfying ending, well, that’s trickier. It all ties together, but some of it ties together by hauling stuff in out of nowhere. If there had been even the barest hints beforehand it would have made all the difference, but there was nothing.
Nagisa’s existence is explained away by the absolute most boring thing possible, turning that into an absolute letdown of a reveal. Similarly, there’s a whole side plot about a religious cult that comes out of absolutely nowhere to explain away a ton of plot holes in the most awkward fashion possible.
It just feels like a bit of a massive letdown after the far more provocative and suspenseful starting chapters. Such is the nature of the beast, I suppose, but I would have liked it a tad more compelling beyond just the climax itself.
Outside of that, the ending is reasonably good. It takes a bunch of predictable shifts that I pretty much expected and, as is par for the course, don’t necessarily feel justified by the volumes that lead up to this one.
Now I’m just repeating myself. I don’t think this is bad, but there are better stories of suspense out there. I’m certainly interested in reading Erased still, but I am not compelled to rush out and grab it after this, I have to say.
3.5 stars - it ends sort-of well enough, tossing in some decent symbolism (kind of crammed in at the last second, frankly). But the execution, pardon the expression, really lets it down. I’m not rounding up; when I look at where this started to where it finished there’s just too much of a gap for my liking.
March 3, 2023
This was a great series. The ending I think was just right. The character development. And the twists. The characters were connected more than I thought they were when I first read it.
November 4, 2023
Well, it's the last book! The main reason to read this series, which is to see how they resolve the Freaky Friday scenario (). It's an OKAY resolution, and a bit contrived, but there's only so many ways it would "reasonably" resolve, including one story (not this one) that had the switched characters just slowly forget their new identities and revert to their old ones.
The ending is happy, at least, and even their mom's disappearance is explained, so it's worth reading IF you've read all the prior books. Less so if you're only reading this one.
The ending is happy, at least, and even their mom's disappearance is explained, so it's worth reading IF you've read all the prior books. Less so if you're only reading this one.
March 20, 2023
The dramatic and action packed conclusion of this body-swap murder mystery... that somehow takes a major detour right at the end because... reasons? Look, I was with you through the body-swap, residual memories, and the dirty cop plot, but the corrupt cult leader thing came out of nowhere.
So... disregarding that random weirdness that honestly didn't need to be in the story, I enjoyed it. The suspense is top-notch and the cat-and-mouse game kept me wondering how or if the story would have a happy ending. It got a little rushed at the end, but worth the read.
This series has 5 volumes.
So... disregarding that random weirdness that honestly didn't need to be in the story, I enjoyed it. The suspense is top-notch and the cat-and-mouse game kept me wondering how or if the story would have a happy ending. It got a little rushed at the end, but worth the read.
This series has 5 volumes.
March 15, 2023
3.75 rounded down!
This was not the ending I was expecting. The last minute redemption of the literal hitman was super trite, and everything worked out way too conveniently/ quickly for a volume I’d been anticipating for so long. A little disappointed with this volume but ultimately it was a riveting series and I’d love to see it animated!
This was not the ending I was expecting. The last minute redemption of the literal hitman was super trite, and everything worked out way too conveniently/ quickly for a volume I’d been anticipating for so long. A little disappointed with this volume but ultimately it was a riveting series and I’d love to see it animated!
March 9, 2023
A solid series with a solid end. Horrible life these kids lived.
April 19, 2023
Nice, surprising ending. I felt like it really wrapped everything up.
July 19, 2024
Vol. 5 of Island In A Puddle, really goes out of its way to explore the world’s plot in the last volume. From running and hiding, to revealing past secrets; and how Minato and Kuro are connected.
November 3, 2024
Great ending to this manga series! I do wish there was a little more to the ending but still great series! Nice and quick but wrapped up well!
July 10, 2025
endingnya rasanya kayaaaak dumeeeh begituu.
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