Doumu
Domu: A Child's Dream

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Doumu is a gripping horror story about an apartment complex that’s being terrorized by a mysterious serial killer with supernatural abilities that’s left the authorities dumbfounded. If you’re used to reading manga, you might have a little trouble at the beginning as this project reads left to right like an American comic book. Doumu is a short enough book to be read in a single day so I can wholeheartedly suggest that you drop whatever it is that you’re doing right now and read this horror hit, preferably at night with an open window behind you. The art is a brilliant accompaniment to this suspenseful ... tragedy and it depicts people in a realistic manner that’s dark and off-putting but not fully photo-realistic. The story unfolds like a classic supernatural thriller that doesn’t discriminate between character status and importance but rather the characters serve as a vessel to convey the horror to the reader that otherwise would’ve been novelized had we spent more time with them. That said, I do prefer character writing that lasts over a few volumes to classical motif writing that ends as abruptly as it starts.

The manga was well-liked by a great number of people. That it was both enjoyable and disturbing at the same time piqued my interest, which I found interesting. When you see adults do terrible things, it might be disturbing. Children, with their still-developing minds, making the choice to survive gives us cause to be optimistic about the future. This is shown on a vast scale in this comic. Because of the extremes of power and the fact that the whole apartment complex acts as the background, the juxtaposition of youthful justice and adult bitterness is excellent.

While the events of the manga develop in a rather ... predictable manner, the dressing of the environment and the portrayal of the characters bring the plot to life and make it much more enjoyable to read overall.

-This review is in English and Spanish.
-Esta review esta en Ingles y Español.

ENGLISH

This manga is one of the first works of Katsuhiro Otomo and that I sit the bases of Akira, here begins the review.


Story:6/10
The story presents an interesting premise, a mass of mysterious deaths surrounding an apartment building,while it looks like the cops are looking for an answer, the beginning of the manga is very good,hypotheses are shown and works well, While some characters are presented, Although from the middle of the manga begins a sudden spiral of confused violence that, without any reason besides that it does not clarify many things at the ... end, I would say it starts well but from the middle it becomes confusing and has an ending that does not explain anything.


Characters:5/10
The truth is that there is not much to say, presents some characters, a police, a girl and some more but because of the short size of the sleeve attached to that half is senseless violence there is not much I can say.

Art:9/10
2 words:Katsuhiro Otomo,drawing very realistic, although it presents a lot of action without sense, is very well drawn, with unique drawings, there is nothing negative that can say.

Enjoyment:6/10

Has been interesting and entertaining, with an interesting start and a very good fight and although the end did not clarify anything has not been a waste of time.

Overall:6/10
Although it is not a great manga, it is interesting and entertaining and if you have nothing to do you should take a look.

ESPAÑOL

Este manga es unos de los primeros trabajos de Katsuhiro Otomo y que sento las bases de Akira,aqui comienza la review.


Historia:6/10
La historia presenta una interesante premisa,un grupo de muertes misteriosas en un bloque de apartamentos,mientras los policías están buscando una respuesta, el principio del manga es muy bueno,se muestran hipótesis y funciona bien, Mientras se presentan algunos personajes,aunque a partir de la mitad del manga empieza una repentina espiral de violencia confusa que empieza sin ninguna razón además de que no aclara muchas cosas al final,diría que empieza bien pero desde la mitad del manga se vuelve confuso y tiene un final que no explica nada.

Personajes:5/10
La verdad es que no hay mucho que pueda decir,presenta algunos personajes:un policía,una niña y algunos más,pero debido al tamaño corto del manga unido a que desde la mitad del manga es violencia sin sentido no hay mucho mas que decir.

Arte:9/10
Dos palabras:Katsuhiro Otomo,dibujo muy realista,aunque presenta mucha acción sin sentido, está muy bien dibujado,con dibujos únicos,no hay nada negativo que pueda decir.

Disfrute:6/10
Ha sido interesante y entretenido,con un comienzo interesante y una pelea muy buena y aunque el final no aclaró nada no ha sido una pérdida de tiempo.

Valoración final:6/10
Aunque no es un gran manga,es interesante y entretenido y si no tienes nada que hacer deberías echarle un vistazo.