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天国大魔境 [Tengoku Daimakyō] #8
Heavenly Delusion - Das verlorene Paradies 8
Mitten im Nirgendwo sind Maru und Kiruko in einem Schrein untergekommen, der von einer rätselhaften Großfamilie bewohnt wird. Von ihr erhalten die beiden geheime Details über die große Katastrophe und das Ziel, das sie so dringend zu erreichen versuchen: Nara. Doch kurz vor ihrem Aufbruch entdecken Maru und Kiruko einen Menschenfresser, der ihr bisheriges Weltbild gehörig ins Wanken bringt …
In der Zwischenzeit wurde die Takahara-Schule bei einem Bombenangriff nahezu vollständig zerstört. Nur Sawatari und ein paar wenige Kinder leben noch in ihren Ruinen. Ist dies nun das Ende des Projekts „Himmel“, das ganz Japan die Erlösung bringen sollte …?
In der Zwischenzeit wurde die Takahara-Schule bei einem Bombenangriff nahezu vollständig zerstört. Nur Sawatari und ein paar wenige Kinder leben noch in ihren Ruinen. Ist dies nun das Ende des Projekts „Himmel“, das ganz Japan die Erlösung bringen sollte …?
192 pages, Paperback
First published November 22, 2022
About the author
Masakazu Ishiguro
39 books28 followersBorn in Fukui, Japan in 1977, Masakazu Ishiguro (Japanese name: 石黒正数) is an award-winning comic artist who made his debut in 2000 with the Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Award winning short "HERO".
While Ishiguro initially cut his teeth within the science-fiction realm he is possibly best known for his comedies; particularly the Japan Media Arts Award winning And Yet the Town Moves (Shonen Gahosha). Whismical, stylish and often surreal, Ishiguro's works are often put into their own SF genre (slightly fantastical).
While Ishiguro initially cut his teeth within the science-fiction realm he is possibly best known for his comedies; particularly the Japan Media Arts Award winning And Yet the Town Moves (Shonen Gahosha). Whismical, stylish and often surreal, Ishiguro's works are often put into their own SF genre (slightly fantastical).
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June 27, 2023
The next volume and we are building to the apocalypse! Earthquakes are happening. A meteor is coming. What I already thought had happened with that girl really happened and now I am just mostly pissed and frustrated, especially later on. GOSH. Was that necessary? At times it was a bit confusing as we went from the kids being tiny to them being bigger and more adult but it didn't always feel like time was passing by. I am still happy that most of these kids have each other that they aren't completely alone now they have been taken from the facility. We do see some are getting sick, that there are hiruko to be found.
And then there is the other side with Maru and Kiruko travelling, finding a family I am still very sus about (especially given that chapter illustration and what the older woman said at the end), seeing a scary Hiruko, and oh yes, finding a place that is populated which made me happy as the world is so empty still and I am happy that people are slowly rebuilding.
Going to be reading the next, and for now last, volume soon!
And then there is the other side with Maru and Kiruko travelling, finding a family I am still very sus about (especially given that chapter illustration and what the older woman said at the end), seeing a scary Hiruko, and oh yes, finding a place that is populated which made me happy as the world is so empty still and I am happy that people are slowly rebuilding.
Going to be reading the next, and for now last, volume soon!
July 30, 2023
Me estoy quedando de piedra con todo y lo bien hilado que está haha. Podrían ir revelando ya algunos secretos, también lo digo, pero bueno... Está bien.
Ya sólo me queda uno 🥹
Ya sólo me queda uno 🥹
August 21, 2023
i feel like we are getting somewhere... just not sure where yet...
May 4, 2023
Cette série de manga se lit bien trop rapidement ! Ce nouveau tome n’y échappe pas, je l’ai dévoré en très peu de temps. Nous continuons de suivre plusieurs points de vue sur différents plans temporels. Loin de me perdre, ça m’a littéralement scotchée au manga ! Parce que chaque élément, chaque rebondissement est terriblement accrocheur.
Les différentes intrigues n’en sont finalement qu’une seule grosse et on découvre assez vite que chaque évènement relaté ne vient pas de la même époque. Bon…
ATTENTION SPOILERS
Si vous ne lisez pas encore le manga ou si vous en êtes qu’au début.
Bref. Ce manga est vraiment une bombe qu’il faut lire. Un bon récit de SF, de la dystopie qui ne se fait quasiment plus aujourd’hui. J’attends la suite avec beaucoup trop d’impatience !
Les différentes intrigues n’en sont finalement qu’une seule grosse et on découvre assez vite que chaque évènement relaté ne vient pas de la même époque. Bon…
ATTENTION SPOILERS
Si vous ne lisez pas encore le manga ou si vous en êtes qu’au début.
Bref. Ce manga est vraiment une bombe qu’il faut lire. Un bon récit de SF, de la dystopie qui ne se fait quasiment plus aujourd’hui. J’attends la suite avec beaucoup trop d’impatience !
August 25, 2023
Got distracted finishing this one. It’s becoming more hard boiled and even more complex!
I love when there are spurts of “normalcy” in such a terrible future world in this narrative. Seeing people who grew up in the post-cataclysm world experiencing nice things is very lovely/cathartic.
I love when there are spurts of “normalcy” in such a terrible future world in this narrative. Seeing people who grew up in the post-cataclysm world experiencing nice things is very lovely/cathartic.
July 26, 2026
The eighth installment of the series is where it slowly begins to connect the elements of its complex story, but it does so in such a way that each answer immediately leads to the next puzzle.
Following the events of the previous installment, the characters' world undergoes further changes. The Takahara Institute, which for many volumes served as a pivotal element of the story, ceases to exist as a confined space. The children, who previously lived in a controlled environment, must navigate a reality completely unfamiliar to them.
Ishiguro brilliantly captures the difference between what the children knew and what they experience after leaving the Institute. For years, they were protected from many threats, yet simultaneously deprived of true freedom. Once they reach the outside world, they discover that independence comes at a price. The world beyond "paradise" is not a place of hope, but one fraught with danger, loss, and difficult choices.
The author's way of presenting the fates of the Institute's former residents is particularly compelling. Instead of a straightforward narrative of their subsequent adventures, he presents them at various points in their lives. The reader is presented with individual scenes, conversations, and events that must be pieced together. The author doesn't treat his story as a simple tale with a clear beginning and end. The illusory sky is more like a vast puzzle, in which every character, place, and event may have significance. Even minor details from earlier volumes begin to take on new meaning.
Meanwhile, Maru and Kiruko continue their journey. Their part of the story still has a more adventurous feel , but with each volume, it becomes increasingly clear that this isn't just a simple journey through a ruined world. The search for a mysterious "paradise" begins to connect with the larger history of humanity and the events that led to the world's current state.
The greatest strength of these two remains their relationship. Maru and Kiruko have completely different personalities, but that's precisely why they work so well together. Their conversations often defuse the heavy atmosphere, but difficult emotions still lurk beneath the surface. Kiruko, in particular, remains a character whose inner struggles are one of the most compelling elements of the entire manga.
The eighth volume also focuses even more intently on questions about identity, the human body, and the limits of science. The author doesn't present these themes in an overt manner, but allows them to emerge naturally from the events....
https://popkulturowykociolek.pl/zludn...
Following the events of the previous installment, the characters' world undergoes further changes. The Takahara Institute, which for many volumes served as a pivotal element of the story, ceases to exist as a confined space. The children, who previously lived in a controlled environment, must navigate a reality completely unfamiliar to them.
Ishiguro brilliantly captures the difference between what the children knew and what they experience after leaving the Institute. For years, they were protected from many threats, yet simultaneously deprived of true freedom. Once they reach the outside world, they discover that independence comes at a price. The world beyond "paradise" is not a place of hope, but one fraught with danger, loss, and difficult choices.
The author's way of presenting the fates of the Institute's former residents is particularly compelling. Instead of a straightforward narrative of their subsequent adventures, he presents them at various points in their lives. The reader is presented with individual scenes, conversations, and events that must be pieced together. The author doesn't treat his story as a simple tale with a clear beginning and end. The illusory sky is more like a vast puzzle, in which every character, place, and event may have significance. Even minor details from earlier volumes begin to take on new meaning.
Meanwhile, Maru and Kiruko continue their journey. Their part of the story still has a more adventurous feel , but with each volume, it becomes increasingly clear that this isn't just a simple journey through a ruined world. The search for a mysterious "paradise" begins to connect with the larger history of humanity and the events that led to the world's current state.
The greatest strength of these two remains their relationship. Maru and Kiruko have completely different personalities, but that's precisely why they work so well together. Their conversations often defuse the heavy atmosphere, but difficult emotions still lurk beneath the surface. Kiruko, in particular, remains a character whose inner struggles are one of the most compelling elements of the entire manga.
The eighth volume also focuses even more intently on questions about identity, the human body, and the limits of science. The author doesn't present these themes in an overt manner, but allows them to emerge naturally from the events....
https://popkulturowykociolek.pl/zludn...
December 9, 2024
Wikipedia says that this volume covers up to chapter 49 but I legit don't believe them, it's gotta end at 48.
I read 49 anyway. This volume has what is probably the biggest reveal in the whole series. The heaven storyline takes place 15 years before the hell storyline. They were obviously separate in some way but it was never made explicit until now. It also completely retexualizes Maru's goals because if "heaven" isn't "heaven" and tokio isn't the person with his face and the hiruko children aren't like him then what actually are the answers to all those questions. They very well may be the exact same answers in just a radically different context. It's things like these that make me extremely mad that the series isn't finished yet, C'MON!!!
I read 49 anyway. This volume has what is probably the biggest reveal in the whole series. The heaven storyline takes place 15 years before the hell storyline. They were obviously separate in some way but it was never made explicit until now. It also completely retexualizes Maru's goals because if "heaven" isn't "heaven" and tokio isn't the person with his face and the hiruko children aren't like him then what actually are the answers to all those questions. They very well may be the exact same answers in just a radically different context. It's things like these that make me extremely mad that the series isn't finished yet, C'MON!!!
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August 3, 2023
The old grandma in child's body, some family in the middle of nowhere, blablabla. I don't care.
Michika is the most annoying character ever. I saw a character like that in seinen so many times, I am tired.
My only question is why tf author thought it would be a good idea adding Maru trying to grope sleeping Kiruko after the SA that happened a dozen chapters back? Could he not think of anything else that would be funny? Or is there a quota for horny Maru waiting to be fulfilled?
It was not funny. It was distasteful.
I was surprised who the doctor was. At least that was something.
Michika is the most annoying character ever. I saw a character like that in seinen so many times, I am tired.
My only question is why tf author thought it would be a good idea adding Maru trying to grope sleeping Kiruko after the SA that happened a dozen chapters back? Could he not think of anything else that would be funny? Or is there a quota for horny Maru waiting to be fulfilled?
It was not funny. It was distasteful.
I was surprised who the doctor was. At least that was something.
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October 22, 2023maru and kiruko's budding feelings for each other im kicking my feet twirling my hair etc they both don't want their journey to end bc then they'll have to part ways im soooo unwell :(( i'm flying through these volumes i need more Right Now. this is such a compelling mystery series and i love the sense of unease and suspense permeated throughout the manga, it keeps you hooked. i especially love love love the parts with the school and the kids.
April 7, 2023
"Hiruko" ternyata.... ;'(
October 24, 2023
jesus christ this took a turn (never thought i’d put a five star on any book from these series)… special thnx to those brave editors reminding us who is who at this point.
August 15, 2024
Definitely one of the more consistently entertaining and rewarding volumes, a lot of things really paid off
August 21, 2024
每次都正要精彩就且待下集分解
唉~~~
唉~~~
January 22, 2025
Ya se empieza a entender todo... merecerá la pena una relectura.
P.D.: el anime es buenísimo.
P.D.: el anime es buenísimo.
February 3, 2025
im so confused with the timeline
May 4, 2025
4/5: so weird!
June 3, 2025
Michika over here sayin she’s sensing a Hiruko, whole time it was just Maru 😭
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