「うずまき」について聞き知ってはいたのですが、「興味はあるけど買うほどではない」という状態がずっと続いていました。
英語版があることを知り「会話表現の勉強を兼ねて読んでみるか」と思い購入しました。
正直、大人が読むには少しチャチな猟奇物なのですが着想が圧倒的に面白く、ついつい引き込まれてしまいました。
日本の話がアメコミ風の潰れた文字で書かれているため、土俗的なオドロオドロしい雰囲気が出ていて楽しいです。
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Uzumaki, Volume 1 ペーパーバック – 2001/10/1
英語版
Junji Ito
(著, イラスト)
Shortly after Shuichi Saito's father becomes obsessed with spiral patterns, he dies mysteriously, his body positioned in the shape of a twisted coil, and soon the entire town is afflicted with a snail-like disease. A Graphic Novel. Original.
- 本の長さ208ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社VIZ Media LLC
- 発売日2001/10/1
- 寸法15.88 x 1.27 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-101569317143
- ISBN-13978-1569317143
登録情報
- 出版社 : VIZ Media LLC; 第1版 (2001/10/1)
- 発売日 : 2001/10/1
- 言語 : 英語
- ペーパーバック : 208ページ
- ISBN-10 : 1569317143
- ISBN-13 : 978-1569317143
- 寸法 : 15.88 x 1.27 x 21.59 cm
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Lauren
5つ星のうち5.0
The Best!
2016年12月5日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I ordered this book second hand off amazon, the cover is different but not available on goodreads and my Dad currently has it so I'm not entirely sure how many pages my version has. Any how, once it arrived I picked it up and didn't put it down again until I had completed it. This book is far from ordinary and certainly puts a spin on things (haha)! I can't begin to describe how much I loved this book and how eager I am to get my hands on Volume 2. I'm aware this is only a short review but with this being a graphic novel/manga rather than a book it's a lot shorter and I don't really want to give anything away. Also, the art work is beautiful.
edit: since writing this review in 2011 i ahve since read vol 1 three times and the whole trilogy. i love it. i buy it for any friend who shows a tiny interest in horror and manga
edit: since writing this review in 2011 i ahve since read vol 1 three times and the whole trilogy. i love it. i buy it for any friend who shows a tiny interest in horror and manga
Cliente de Amazon
5つ星のうち5.0
Nice
2016年1月15日にメキシコでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Me encanta me encanta, terror muy gráfico, nada sangriento pero diferente y algo extraño. Recomendable los 3 libros y están a muy buen precio
Pastore Danilo
5つ星のうち5.0
Ottimo acquisto!
2013年5月14日にイタリアでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Ho visto il film prima di leggere il manga e sinceramente l'ho acquistato solo perchè ero curioso e volevo vedere un vero finale (il film lascia molte cose aperte).
Le mie aspettative non erano altissime ma mi sono dovuto ricredere... Uzumaki è davvero un gran bel manga!
Lo stile dei disegni è piacevole e adatto al tipo di fumetto, la storia è intrigante e i personaggi sono ben caratterizzati.
Alcune scene potrebbero risultare un pò forti agli occhi dei lettori un pò più giovani ma è proprio questo aspetto "malato" di Uzumaki, unito all'originalità della trama a farlo uscire dai canoni delle classiche opere horror.
Personalmente mi sento di consigliarlo vivamente a tutti gli amanti del genere!
Le mie aspettative non erano altissime ma mi sono dovuto ricredere... Uzumaki è davvero un gran bel manga!
Lo stile dei disegni è piacevole e adatto al tipo di fumetto, la storia è intrigante e i personaggi sono ben caratterizzati.
Alcune scene potrebbero risultare un pò forti agli occhi dei lettori un pò più giovani ma è proprio questo aspetto "malato" di Uzumaki, unito all'originalità della trama a farlo uscire dai canoni delle classiche opere horror.
Personalmente mi sento di consigliarlo vivamente a tutti gli amanti del genere!
backbeat
5つ星のうち5.0
Kreisel, Kreisel, Kreisel, Kreisel
2011年4月19日にドイツでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Uzumaki ist ein Comic von Horror-Autor Junji Ito, der unter anderem auch für eine Geschichte mit laufenden Fischen und eine Reihe von Geschichten über eine Frau, die ständig umgebracht wird, bekannt ist.
In Uzumaki geht es um Spiralen, die Menschen verschlingen. Die Struktur der Serie ist sehr episodisch und hat kaum einen zusammenhängenden Handlungsverlauf, denn theoretisch kann man jedes Kapitel in der Reihenfolge vertauscht lesen und trotzdem nichts verpassen.
(Vorwarnung: Erst ab Band 3 gibt es eine Handlung.)
Der Comic zeichnet sich durch den distinktiven Stil des Künstlers aus, der seine Charaktere simpel hält und alles andere in obsessivem und teilweise morbidem Detail darstellt. Am Ende des Sammelbandes gibt es einen kleinen Sketch, der Itos Besessenheit mit der Spirale karikiiert. Der Anfang der Geschichte wird durch eine vierseitige Farbillustration geschmückt.
Im Großen und Ganzen ist das Konzept interessanter als die Ausführung. Man sollte wahrscheinlich keine tiefgreifenden philosophischen Erkenntnisse von Uzumaki erwarten. Zeichnerisch ist das Werk beeindruckend.
In Uzumaki geht es um Spiralen, die Menschen verschlingen. Die Struktur der Serie ist sehr episodisch und hat kaum einen zusammenhängenden Handlungsverlauf, denn theoretisch kann man jedes Kapitel in der Reihenfolge vertauscht lesen und trotzdem nichts verpassen.
(Vorwarnung: Erst ab Band 3 gibt es eine Handlung.)
Der Comic zeichnet sich durch den distinktiven Stil des Künstlers aus, der seine Charaktere simpel hält und alles andere in obsessivem und teilweise morbidem Detail darstellt. Am Ende des Sammelbandes gibt es einen kleinen Sketch, der Itos Besessenheit mit der Spirale karikiiert. Der Anfang der Geschichte wird durch eine vierseitige Farbillustration geschmückt.
Im Großen und Ganzen ist das Konzept interessanter als die Ausführung. Man sollte wahrscheinlich keine tiefgreifenden philosophischen Erkenntnisse von Uzumaki erwarten. Zeichnerisch ist das Werk beeindruckend.
Schtinky
5つ星のうち5.0
Will you be dining on the Escargot appetizer this evening?
2004年3月26日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I certainly won't. I will never look at anything with a spiral the same way ever again.
Ito has created a great story, even for someone like myself who is not a fan of Japanese animation, and also a beginner in the wide world of graphic novels and chapter books. (or grown up comic books if you prefer that term)
The stories are told from the prospective of a young girl named Kirie Goshima who lives in the town of Kurozu, along with her boyfriend Shuichi Saito. The first two chapters deal with the tragic deaths of Shuichi's parents, his father dying from turning himself into a spiral, and his mother from trying to rid her body of spirals. (Think fingerprints and the cochlea in the inner ear for starters)
Shuichi is convinced that their town is infected with spirals, which is seemingly proven by the odd patterns in the river and the fact that every time a body is cremated, the smoke belches out from the smokestack in a spiral pattern that covers the town before falling into mysterious Dragonfly Pond. After the deaths of his parents, he quits school and becomes a recluse, popping out only in time to save Kirie from one spiral or another.
In the remaining chapters, we meet Azami Kurotani, a beautiful girl who has never been turned away by a boy since she received a crescent shaped scar upon her forehead. But when Shuichi turns her away, Azami becomes fixated on him, and falls victim to the spiral.
Then Kirie's father, a potter, begins to notice changes in the way his clay behaves when fired in the kiln. His everyday plates and bowls begin to twist and warp into unusable shapes, and he becomes transfixed by his work until Shuichi realizes what is happening and steps in to help Kirie.
Next is a love story of two youths whose poverty stricken parents have declared war on each other, and refuse to allow the young lovers to see each other. Just as the spiral seems to twist in upon itself forever, so does unrequited love writhe about the hearts of Yoriko and Kazunori.
In the last chapter, the spiral steps it up a notch and enters the realm of the truly bizarre, when Kirie discovers that her own hair has been infected, and begins a life of its own. Surprisingly, this causes her friend Sekino to become jealous of the attention Kirie is getting from being led around by her hair. Some people will do anything for attention, and Sekino finds a way to compete with Kirie while Shuichi tries to find a way to save her.
I found this volume to be extrodinaryly entertaining, and am already buried deep within Volume Two. With the subtle horror and fast paced storyline, these books are a great read for young adults and old adults alike.
A simply fascinating study of how a mundane pattern can awaken from non-existence and possess an entire town, this is definately an entertaining "Food For Thought" piece that will cause you to wake up and take notice of all the patterns within your own life. Quite enjoyable, all in all. :o)
Ito has created a great story, even for someone like myself who is not a fan of Japanese animation, and also a beginner in the wide world of graphic novels and chapter books. (or grown up comic books if you prefer that term)
The stories are told from the prospective of a young girl named Kirie Goshima who lives in the town of Kurozu, along with her boyfriend Shuichi Saito. The first two chapters deal with the tragic deaths of Shuichi's parents, his father dying from turning himself into a spiral, and his mother from trying to rid her body of spirals. (Think fingerprints and the cochlea in the inner ear for starters)
Shuichi is convinced that their town is infected with spirals, which is seemingly proven by the odd patterns in the river and the fact that every time a body is cremated, the smoke belches out from the smokestack in a spiral pattern that covers the town before falling into mysterious Dragonfly Pond. After the deaths of his parents, he quits school and becomes a recluse, popping out only in time to save Kirie from one spiral or another.
In the remaining chapters, we meet Azami Kurotani, a beautiful girl who has never been turned away by a boy since she received a crescent shaped scar upon her forehead. But when Shuichi turns her away, Azami becomes fixated on him, and falls victim to the spiral.
Then Kirie's father, a potter, begins to notice changes in the way his clay behaves when fired in the kiln. His everyday plates and bowls begin to twist and warp into unusable shapes, and he becomes transfixed by his work until Shuichi realizes what is happening and steps in to help Kirie.
Next is a love story of two youths whose poverty stricken parents have declared war on each other, and refuse to allow the young lovers to see each other. Just as the spiral seems to twist in upon itself forever, so does unrequited love writhe about the hearts of Yoriko and Kazunori.
In the last chapter, the spiral steps it up a notch and enters the realm of the truly bizarre, when Kirie discovers that her own hair has been infected, and begins a life of its own. Surprisingly, this causes her friend Sekino to become jealous of the attention Kirie is getting from being led around by her hair. Some people will do anything for attention, and Sekino finds a way to compete with Kirie while Shuichi tries to find a way to save her.
I found this volume to be extrodinaryly entertaining, and am already buried deep within Volume Two. With the subtle horror and fast paced storyline, these books are a great read for young adults and old adults alike.
A simply fascinating study of how a mundane pattern can awaken from non-existence and possess an entire town, this is definately an entertaining "Food For Thought" piece that will cause you to wake up and take notice of all the patterns within your own life. Quite enjoyable, all in all. :o)