Il faut être absolument moderne.
One must be absolutely modern.
TAGS: #fiction
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Penpal
★★★★☆
I have a deep affection for horror stories devoid of supernatural elements, the true form of horror lies in the subtle, microscopic-level details, and Penpal does a great job capturing this in its opening chapters. For the most part, the narrative progresses without any overt, "real" conflict until the final chapter, which, in my opinion, stands as the book's major flaw.
When discussing horror that excludes ghosts, clowns, aliens, or Cthulhu mythos, what I look for is a sense of uncanny intrusion. Consider this distinction: finding a stranger's footprints in the snow in front of your doorstep is mildly unsettling, but finding bare footprints in the snow within your private backyard is bone-chilling. Did you get the difference? In the first few chapters, the narrator as a kid remains unaware of the danger surrounding, it is only upon looking back as an adult that he recognizes those disturbing detailshinting that
he was being stalked by a local pervert who had captured his balloon containing a self-addressed letter. However, I was deeply dissatisfied with how the stalker was depicted almost like a romantically obsessed lover who went so far as to murder the narrator's best friend and crush out of jealousy. In reality, these types of criminals are selfish a$$h0l3s, they hope to increase their victims rather than devoting to one. (That's the reason of Father-stalker Theory)
Also, I might be missing some details, but...
There is absolutely no way the villain is the narrator's father, despite him being raised by a single mother from the very beginning. Had it been the father, the mother would have recognized his body in the final chapter. Furthermore, the probability of the narrator's father happening to catch that specific balloon is near zero. A narrative reliant on too many cheap coincidences becomes lame, conversely, a creepy stranger picking up the letter by chance is a perfectly reasonable and realistic dose of horror.
みいちゃんと山田さん
★★★☆☆
最近很有話題的漫畫。應該說是討巧麽，作者用這個爭議性主題畫了一部商業漫畫...讀者群的反應在幾個月裏也是反反復復，一開始有人批評這本消費苦難、沒有批判到重點，我讀過的一篇文中，依據是店長形象過於正面和藹，我想這大概是因爲寫文的人沒有往後讀...總之在結局前，我不太贊成這種想法，作者的刻畫還是剋制的，對迫害弱勢群體者的醜態也不吝刻畫...但是在講談社接管（？）后，尤其是那個壓克力立牌炎上（？）后，以及動畫化決定后，我想是有人不太在意這話題的敏感性的。至於原作本身，結局非常倉促，像被腰斬一樣，從前期劇情來看作者是做過很多采訪調查的，我想有更切題的結局方式，現在給人感覺...有點像想批判的東西太多結果亂糟糟。另外山田さん這個角色雖然大部分時間都是討喜的，但她的綫個人感覺有一點格格不入...可能是我對控制欲超强的母親沒有共感而且先入爲主覺得這是邊緣人群福祉主題的漫畫吧，我越來越覺得這只是一部獵奇群像漫畫。
日に流れて橋に行く
★★★★☆
時尚相關的漫畫很好看，歷史漫畫也很好看，而兩者結合則是超過兩倍的好看。畫風好看主要角色也很討喜。主角虎三郎讓我想到成步堂龍之介？明治背景的作品很流行這種類型的男主嗎看來得調查一下。
