Un manga signé Taiyou Matsumoto, le plus digne représentant du manga underground japonais Décidément, Soîchirô ne peut pas vivre tranquille. Alors que Kikuchi, qui en voulait à sa vie, a été arrêté, un autre ennemi est arrivé... Mais comme si cela ne suffisait pas, la prison va prendre feu et on va décider de libérer les prisonniers le temps de l'incendie. Evidemment, Kikuchi va en profiter pour s'enfuir...
Although Taiyo Matsumoto desired a career as a professional soccerplayer at first, he eventually chose an artistic profession. He gained his first success through the Comic Open contest, held by the magazine Comic Morning, which allowed him to make his professional debut. He started out with 'Straight', a comic about basketball players. Sports remain his main influence in his next comic, 'Zéro', a story about a boxer.
In 1993 Matsumoto started the 'Tekkonkinkurito' trilogy in Big Spirits magazine, which was even adapted to a theatre play. He continued his comics exploits with several short stories for the Comic Aré magazine, which are collected in the book 'Nihon no Kyodai'. Again for Big Spirits, Taiyo Matsumoto started the series 'Ping Pong' in 1996. 'Number Five' followed in 2001, published by Shogakukan.
Another beautiful volume as Sochiro continues to lead a pacifist’s life despite killers closing in on him. The brutal Kikuchi is back and his return made for a very tense reading experience, the kind you finish in one sitting.
Worth noting is that Kana dropped the ball on this volume, it’s half the width as the others for the same page count, flimsy and transparent pages does not make for a fun experience. And the book partially came apart by the time I was done. I’m super disappointed they would shit the bed like that out of nowhere.
one of my favorite closing lines: the black dog to the underworld, snow, to the lands of shinano, and the assassin, to the sahā world...still love the neighborhood cats who add texture to every far-up village scene by sitting on top of delicately-hatched roofs. not to mention their wry and funny commentary.