Started reading this several years ago and only stopped when I lost access to new issues. In the first five or six volumes ("25" chapters is my best guess), most of the material was intriguing and original, with little repetition.
If you like darkness, delving into the human psyche, and disquieting imagery, some of which might sear itself into your brain for years, consider giving this series a gander.
Reading these stories and feeling the pain depicted made me want to behave in a morally upright way. Some of the conditions portrayed can be truly upsetting because, figuratively at least, more of them are possible--even
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May 2, 2020
The art and sound remind me of a Japan I never saw, but one the 匂い (nioi/perfume) of which I have sensed from dear friends. It's an older drawing style reminiscent of Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo and Master Keaton, backed by a kind of "cocktail hour" jazz, which sweeps me away to a simpler, more beautiful time in the world, and particularly in Japan.
We have seen many of these characters before in melodramatic police shows, but somehow Inspector Yamagishi's remarkable seiyuu and character design managed to bring me to the brink of tears more than once, as though meeting his "type" for the ... |
