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L'Istituto Scolastico Privato Soryo è una scuola per ragazzi dotati di intelligenza superiore in cui vigono regole molto restrittive, tra le quali il divieto assoluto per gli studenti - entrati a soli tre anni d'età - di uscire dall'area della scuola, pena l'applicazione di severe punizioni.
La routine quotidiana è infranta dall'improvviso arrivo di una nuova studentessa, Kiriko, attorno alla quale si concentra la curiosità di tutti. Non si tratta però di un nuovo arrivo, bensì di un ritorno, eppure solo Maki sembra rendersene conto...
Cosa ci cela dietro la rispettabile facciata dell'Istituto Soryo?
Un thriller scolastico divenuto in Giappone il nuovo best-seller dell'autrice di Kurogane e Fuguruma Memories.
La routine quotidiana è infranta dall'improvviso arrivo di una nuova studentessa, Kiriko, attorno alla quale si concentra la curiosità di tutti. Non si tratta però di un nuovo arrivo, bensì di un ritorno, eppure solo Maki sembra rendersene conto...
Cosa ci cela dietro la rispettabile facciata dell'Istituto Soryo?
Un thriller scolastico divenuto in Giappone il nuovo best-seller dell'autrice di Kurogane e Fuguruma Memories.
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First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Kei Toume
132 books38 followersKei Toume (冬目景) studied at the Tama Art University in Tokyo. Her first manga, Rokujō gekijō, was published in Comic Burger magazine in 1992. The manga won her the Shiki prize in a contest held by Kodansha in 1993. A year later, her follow-up manga Mannequin also won a prize.
She started the series Lament of the Lamb in Comic Burger in 1996. This series ran for six years and was adapted into a radio play, an anime and a live action film.
In 1999, she began Sing Yesterday For Me, a manga inspired by a song of the Japanese rock group RC Succession. In addition, Toume contributes to a lot of fanzines and specialized magazines, and is also active in video games and films.
Her manga Kurogane and Lament of the Lamb have been translated into English.
She started the series Lament of the Lamb in Comic Burger in 1996. This series ran for six years and was adapted into a radio play, an anime and a live action film.
In 1999, she began Sing Yesterday For Me, a manga inspired by a song of the Japanese rock group RC Succession. In addition, Toume contributes to a lot of fanzines and specialized magazines, and is also active in video games and films.
Her manga Kurogane and Lament of the Lamb have been translated into English.
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November 20, 2020
This is a rating and review of the entire series.
Story: ☆☆
Art: ☆☆☆☆
The only reason I didn't enjoy this as much as I wanted to is because it was nowhere near as dark as I was expecting it to be. At first glance, the concept sounds similar to that of The Promised Neverland. The primary setting takes place in a private academy that schools orphaned children from an early age. But every once in a while, kids would go missing, yet nobody seems to notice or even remember them after a few days.
When a girl comes to school whom only our main character, Maki, seems to remember, the truth about their academy comes out and so begins our group's attempts of escaping.
So, excuse me that I thought this series would involve more heavy sleuthing, more evil scientists, more conspiracies.
I knew I needed to regulate my expectations the moment our mysterious girl--Kiriko--arrived at the academy and started giving away the secret of the institution to Maki. I had hoped for a gradual reveal of things, and more importantly, some kind of investigation to amp up the tension rather than answers being handed away to the main characters.
Likewise, their methods of escape also did not involve much trial-and-error, or clever plotting to map up hidden areas, etc. as some of our characters were already aware of the academy's hidden passages. This, and several other similar issues, makes the element of mystery very lacking for a manga whose main selling point is supposedly mystery.
But once I realised that I shouldn't expect much in way of mystery, I started to recognise what I should be focusing instead on: The self-discovery of this group of children whose entire lives had been spent within walls, who know nothing of the real, outside world, and who struggle between settling for what they do have, no matter how "fake", versus taking that leap to the dangerous unknown.
Each of our five main characters (six if you count Kiriko) whose lives upended with Kiriko's arrival, had different ways of handling the revelation, and different ideas of how they should move forward. Some more actively pursued escape, others tagged along for the sake of it, another seemed to prefer burying their head in the sand and returning to the safe comfort of routine.
I couldn't stand this last character, especially their actions mid-way through the series, that risked the lives of their friends all for selfish motives, and I'm a bit annoyed that they never face any consequences or even confrontation from their friends for their selfish act. But then again, this is why--I suppose-- the series is titled The Hour of the Mice.
They are all, after all, children. Not superheroes with the power to change the world, not highly influential adults with the life experience to make better decisions. So though at the end of it all, they neither brought an evil corporation down nor even had any real influence on the outcome of their lives, I think that was the point.
It may sound defeatist, but it's more realistic this way.
Story: ☆☆
Art: ☆☆☆☆
The only reason I didn't enjoy this as much as I wanted to is because it was nowhere near as dark as I was expecting it to be. At first glance, the concept sounds similar to that of The Promised Neverland. The primary setting takes place in a private academy that schools orphaned children from an early age. But every once in a while, kids would go missing, yet nobody seems to notice or even remember them after a few days.
When a girl comes to school whom only our main character, Maki, seems to remember, the truth about their academy comes out and so begins our group's attempts of escaping.
So, excuse me that I thought this series would involve more heavy sleuthing, more evil scientists, more conspiracies.
I knew I needed to regulate my expectations the moment our mysterious girl--Kiriko--arrived at the academy and started giving away the secret of the institution to Maki. I had hoped for a gradual reveal of things, and more importantly, some kind of investigation to amp up the tension rather than answers being handed away to the main characters.
Likewise, their methods of escape also did not involve much trial-and-error, or clever plotting to map up hidden areas, etc. as some of our characters were already aware of the academy's hidden passages. This, and several other similar issues, makes the element of mystery very lacking for a manga whose main selling point is supposedly mystery.
But once I realised that I shouldn't expect much in way of mystery, I started to recognise what I should be focusing instead on: The self-discovery of this group of children whose entire lives had been spent within walls, who know nothing of the real, outside world, and who struggle between settling for what they do have, no matter how "fake", versus taking that leap to the dangerous unknown.
Each of our five main characters (six if you count Kiriko) whose lives upended with Kiriko's arrival, had different ways of handling the revelation, and different ideas of how they should move forward. Some more actively pursued escape, others tagged along for the sake of it, another seemed to prefer burying their head in the sand and returning to the safe comfort of routine.
I couldn't stand this last character, especially their actions mid-way through the series, that risked the lives of their friends all for selfish motives, and I'm a bit annoyed that they never face any consequences or even confrontation from their friends for their selfish act. But then again, this is why--I suppose-- the series is titled The Hour of the Mice.
They are all, after all, children. Not superheroes with the power to change the world, not highly influential adults with the life experience to make better decisions. So though at the end of it all, they neither brought an evil corporation down nor even had any real influence on the outcome of their lives, I think that was the point.
It may sound defeatist, but it's more realistic this way.
November 6, 2017
Actual rating: 4.5
That was SO GOOD! It’s been a long time since a manga captured me that much.
That was SO GOOD! It’s been a long time since a manga captured me that much.
September 11, 2014
Dopo aver letto Hitsuji no uta continuo a leggere opere di Kei Tōme.
Mi affascinano sempre i racconti in cui c'è di mezzo qualcuno che manomette la memoria altrui. E qui ce ne sono parecchie di manomissioni. Perché la Soryo non è esattamente solo una scuola, bensì allo stesso tempo funge anche da . E l'arrivo di Kiriko risveglia in altri studenti pensieri e ricordi che avevano sotterrato nel loro subconscio.
Mi affascinano sempre i racconti in cui c'è di mezzo qualcuno che manomette la memoria altrui. E qui ce ne sono parecchie di manomissioni. Perché la Soryo non è esattamente solo una scuola, bensì allo stesso tempo funge anche da . E l'arrivo di Kiriko risveglia in altri studenti pensieri e ricordi che avevano sotterrato nel loro subconscio.
October 13, 2012
Actual rating: 4.5
October 14, 2015
Well done take on the school prison trope.
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