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Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams

(Musée du Louvre #16 & 17)

Naoki Urasawa

3.58 · Rating details · 215 ratings · 58 reviews

From award-winning author Naoki Urasawa comes a tale of crushing debt, a broken marriage, and the painting that can fix it all—if Kasumi and her dad can manage to steal it.

Kamoda will do anything to earn a quick buck, even if it means skipping out on his taxes to take his wife on a luxury cruise. But when a random tax audit bankrupts his family, Kamoda soon discovers his w ...more

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Dec 25, 2020 Rod Brown rated it liked it

This is a bit odd, almost sinking under the weight of all the things going on here.

First, this is part of the Louvre collection of graphic novels, which commissions artists from around the world to create stories inspired by the French museum and/or its contents.

Having taken up the baton, Naoki Urasawa decided to combine his Louvre tale with a homage to a 1960s Japanese manga series, Osomatsu-kun. I at least had a passing familiarity with Astro boy when he did a similar thing with PLUTO: Urasawa ...more

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Sep 08, 2020 Geoff rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc, comics, in-translation, net-galley, read-2020

This was a strange mix of farce / seriousness, France / Japan, crime / love, absurdity / sentiment. And while I have no idea what it was about (the fact that nothing is as it seems and there is light and darkness and surprise in everything?), I really enjoyed the art and the well written characterizations. Even the stock and comedy characters had depth. I'll be reading more by Urasawa for sure, even if I'm puzzled during and after.

**Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for a free copy ...more

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Jun 28, 2020 Rebecca rated it really liked it

Shelves: manga

Part caper, part musing on the nature of art, this is in some ways the manga equivalent of the epigraph to Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. It's a book that doesn't truly come together until the very end, and thus is one that really benefits from a re-read or two, but if you have the patience to do that and the inclination to see how your own views of art (as pertains specifically to anime and manga) influence your initial reading of the book, this is more than worth checking out.

There' ...more

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Sep 24, 2020 Sarah Marie rated it did not like it

Shelves: netgalley, ebook, arc, provided-by-author-publisher, to-review

1 star. I didn't care for this at all. This is one of the worst manga plots I've ever read and I can't believe I read the whole thing. Review to come. ...more

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May 25, 2020 Alyssa rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-and-crime, graphic-novels, reviewed

Hmm...
How can I say this? 🤔

I was a bit afraid when I started it after reading some reviews (especially because I bought an expensive "collector" edition of it) but it turned out to be a great experience.

It wasn't spectacular, but it was fun and enjoyable.

The fact that it's a two volumes (or single volume depending on editions I guess) makes it quite different in pace and complexity compared to almost every other Urasawa works (thinking of 20th Century Boys counting 22 volumes or Monster and its ...more

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Sep 11, 2020 Doc rated it really liked it

Shelves: manga, manga-one-shots, complete-manga-series

A journey for one family as a series of unfortunate events (mostly due to the father's bad choices) leads them to an adventure, new friends, and a dream.

What do you get in this book? How about some political satire as presidential candidate Beverly Duncan (who looks remarkably like a female Donald Trump) has been trying to win the extremist right with promises of building a wall along the Mexican boarder and wins the election partially due to their opponent getting caught up in a scandal. Not en ...more

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Jan 06, 2021 Eric Rutledge rated it really liked it

Shelves: manga

I'm always a fan of Urasawa's work, and this was no exception. Starting in Japan with a family in debt, it quickly changes focus to art stealing and a traveling to a whole new country for the father and daughter. The cast of quirky characters is always a delight and I enjoyed this as the short read it is.

I recommend it if you enjoyed some of his other work, especially Master Keaton. ...more

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Sep 30, 2020 E. G. marked it as to-read

Shelves: translated, fiction, graphic-novels-and-manga, urasawa, own, japan

--Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams

Author's Note
Sound Effects Glossary
Translation Notes ...more

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Apr 27, 2020 Kristina rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2020-read, manga

What did I just read? This was one of the strangest stories I've read, especially in manga format. The story begins on a family in crippling debt to the point that the wife leaves her husband and daughter behind. The father and daughter stumble upon a strange building called The French Research Institution and encounter one of the strangest characters I've seen in media. They become embroiled in an investigation of art thieves and ultimately find themselves in Paris. The ending was very mysterio ...more

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May 02, 2020 Samantha rated it liked it

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Thank you Netgalley and VIZ Media for the ARC.

Single-father Kamoda recently faced with tax auditing, collapsed marriage, manufacturing failure, and overwhelming debt desperately reaches out to the French Research Institute and agrees to perform an heist that will fix all of his problems.

I haven't read too much manga and nothing by Naoki Urasawa so I'm unfamiliar with his style comparative to the genre as a whole. But this one was strange. Starting with the Beverly Duncan (Hilary/Trump) masks, t ...more

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Mar 30, 2020 Chelsea rated it liked it

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Thank you to VIZ Media for providing me with an eARC of this graphic novel via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Mujirishi is a single volume story about an unfortunate man's unsuccessful attempt to get rich quick and the impact his willfully ignorant actions have on his family. (Plus there's a mysterious organization, trip to Paris, and expedition to the Louvre). I have not quite read a manga like this one before. The art style was not my favourite, but the storyline was solid and the ...more

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Mar 23, 2020 Nicki Markus rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-contemporary

Mujirushi was an entertaining read. The plot was fun and there was plenty of action and adventure as Kamoda and Kasumi attempted their heist. This is a complete, single-volume story, so no need to wait for further volumes to find out what will happen. Overall I liked the artwork, which suited the style of the piece, and reading this tale was a fun way to pass an hour.

I received this book as a free eBook ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Sep 23, 2020 The Dude rated it liked it

2.5, kinda boring

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Nov 26, 2020 S.Q. Eries rated it liked it

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. In Summary

I’m not familiar with Fujio Akatsuka’s Osomatsu-kun franchise, but if you are, you might get a kick out of this tale about a manipulative Francophile and a desperate family. Otherwise, Iyami “The Director” is visually dissonant and somewhat confusing against Urasawa-sensei’s art style. The flip side is that you get a lot of wonderfully rendered illustrations of the Louvre and its works as a bunch of amateurs attempt an art heist.

The Review

The story begins in modern-day Japan with Kasum In Summary

I’m not familiar with Fujio Akatsuka’s Osomatsu-kun franchise, but if you are, you might get a kick out of this tale about a manipulative Francophile and a desperate family. Otherwise, Iyami “The Director” is visually dissonant and somewhat confusing against Urasawa-sensei’s art style. The flip side is that you get a lot of wonderfully rendered illustrations of the Louvre and its works as a bunch of amateurs attempt an art heist.

The Review

The story begins in modern-day Japan with Kasumi Kamoda, a little girl whose father has gotten into dire financial straits. Due to a string of terrible business decisions, he’s drowning in debt, and his wife ran off with another man. His assets are about to be seized, and he’s on the brink of committing suicide. That’s when father and daughter encounter a crow carrying a note with a strange symbol and the words: the sign of dreams.

It’s an ominous opening. The kind that made me anticipate a dark story like Monster. So it’s completely jarring when Kasumi and her father follow the crow to a creepy Western-style house and end up before Fujio Akatsuka’s Iyami.

For those unfamiliar with Iyami, he’s a character from the 1960s Osomatsu-kun franchise, which has recently found new life in the Osomatsu-san anime. Characterized as a flashy Francophile and opportunist, Iyami was, according to Urasawa-sensei’s afterword, quite popular in mid-sixties Japan.

If you are a fan of Iyami, his sudden appearance might add an element of fun to Mujirushi. But if you’re like me and have no background on him, the buck-toothed character just comes off as weird, especially from a visual sense. Urasawa-sensei’s character designs tend to be more realistic while Fujio Akatsuka’s are decidedly cartoony. As a result, I kept feeling like Iyami was an inside joke Urasawa-sensei was constantly referencing that I wasn’t privy to.

Anyway, Iyami, who only introduces himself as “The Director” to Kasumi and her dad, tells a rather sketchy tale about himself, the Louvre, and the Vermeer painting “The Lacemaker.” He concludes by proposing a rather dicey plan to restore the Kamoda family fortunes by selling a counterfeit painting. Kasumi, who is the voice of logic and reason in her family, tries to talk her father out of it, but he’s fallen under the Director’s sway so the next thing you know they’re in Paris.

By the way, this is the second recent manga I’ve read that prominently features the Louvre (the first being the somewhat incomprehensible Cats of the Louvre). Both manga were published by Shogakukan, which makes me wonder if someone in that publishing house has some connection with the Paris museum. At any rate, Urasawa-sensei’s illustrations of European artwork and architecture have always been top-notch, and he doesn’t disappoint with his depictions of the Louvre and its iconic exhibits.

As the narrative proceeds, Urasawa-sensei throws in a bunch of disparate elements, including a Trump-esque American president, an aged French singer and her Japanese fluent firemen grandson, a couple of journalists, and two detectives on the hunt for art smugglers. And, as in many Urasawa works, all those pieces combine into a final culmination that shifts the fortunes of the protagonist. However, the conclusion felt abrupt, and the President Duncan scandal revelation felt especially shoehorned in. Moreover, the Director is presented as the mastermind pulling the strings behind the curtain, but there are key things he couldn’t have been privy to, such as the journalists’ secret photos. As such, I’m not sure if the Director is supposed to be viewed as superhuman or if this is meant to be interpreted as a chain of coincidences. Or perhaps that ambiguity is the point of the story?

Extras include thirteen pages printed in color, afterword, sound effects glossary, and translation notes.

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Dec 30, 2020 Rory Wilding rated it liked it

I haven’t read as much manga as I have with western comics, but if there is one manga artist that I would consider as my favourite in the field, Naoki Urasawa reigns supreme. From Monster to Pluto to 20th Century Boys (the latter of which I’m currently reading), Urasawa is known for ongoing narratives that often explored the darker aspects of humanity and yet is able to create a tone that isn’t always dour. Urasawa has certainly shown a lighter side as seen in Sneeze, his collection of short sto I haven’t read as much manga as I have with western comics, but if there is one manga artist that I would consider as my favourite in the field, Naoki Urasawa reigns supreme. From Monster to Pluto to 20th Century Boys (the latter of which I’m currently reading), Urasawa is known for ongoing narratives that often explored the darker aspects of humanity and yet is able to create a tone that isn’t always dour. Urasawa has certainly shown a lighter side as seen in Sneeze, his collection of short stories. So what tone does Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams presents?

Luck is not on young businessman Kamoda’s side, especially when he decides to cheat on his taxes in order to save money to take his wife on a luxury cruise, only for a surprise audit costs him both his business and his wife. On the brink of suicide, Kamoda and his daughter Kasumi are led by a crow and a mysterious symbol to the France Research Institute, where they meet the flamboyant Director, a man who claims he can change Kamoda's fate with a daring painting heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

More in the realm of a crime caper, Urasawa aims for something lighter, though he doesn’t negate the sad situation that Kamoda and Kasumi are in from the beginning. Kamoda, in particular, is in a depressed state and is willing to take his own life, leaving behind his young but strong-minded daughter. However, with the sudden appearance of the Director, a possibility of hope shines upon Kamoda, though Kasumi suggests otherwise.

The Director himself is actually the character Iyami from Fujio Akatsuka's classic comedy manga Osomatsu-kun, hence this manga crediting Akatsuka's Fujio Productions Ltd. with cooperation. This was a character who was so popular and influential in the mid-sixties in Japan, but despite my long interest in Japanese pop culture, even thus guy flew by me. In the context of Mujirushi, the Director is a mixture of mystery and flamboyance, and whilst he is not the main focus, his presence represents a recurring strange warmth that has been throughout Urasawa’s work.

There are elements that are reminiscent of Urasawa’s previous manga, such as an old-timer policeman who is edging towards retirement and the author’s continuing fascination towards Europe. However, despite the stakes of the heist as well as some strong characterisation towards the international cast, the story itself for all its silly extravagance, is somewhat flimsy where everything seems weirdly resolved too quickly, including a subplot involving the female American president looking a lot like the current actual one.

As always, Urasawa’s artwork is just as exquisite as the art displayed in the Louvre, of which he takes artistic advantage, from the various paintings to the objects from numerous periods of history. As rich his backgrounds are, my favourite aspect of Urasawa’s illustrations is the expressive characters that look distinct from one another, not just through their respected nationalities. As random as the President Beverly Duncan subplot is, Urasawa finds humour in drawing the Trump-like sensibilities of this character.

Although this doesn’t rank among the brilliance of Urasawa’s most significant work, Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams is a fun crime caper that is all about fulfilling one’s dreams under intense pressure. ...more

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Sep 24, 2020 Pip (Bookish_Pip) rated it really liked it

Shelves: bookshelf-book, manga-and-graphic-novels, reviews, 2020

I’ve only read Monster by Urasawa before so I was curious if he would be able to tell a mystery story over such a relatively short volume and he definitely did so. Mujirushi is an incredibly tight story and everything weaves into itself and comes together perfectly. I also really enjoyed how the narrative spun out in ways the characters and, perhaps society as a whole, didn’t plan for.

I came expecting a heist story but left with one that encompassed love, the nature of art and people’s dreams bu I’ve only read Monster by Urasawa before so I was curious if he would be able to tell a mystery story over such a relatively short volume and he definitely did so. Mujirushi is an incredibly tight story and everything weaves into itself and comes together perfectly. I also really enjoyed how the narrative spun out in ways the characters and, perhaps society as a whole, didn’t plan for.

I came expecting a heist story but left with one that encompassed love, the nature of art and people’s dreams but I suppose having the story’s themes completely turn on their heads by the end is expected of an Urasawa series! It was a great read and one that’s really made me curious as to the meaning of the ending and where the story could go after the last panel. I also think a second read of the story would be really impactful as it definitely should be with a good mystery series!

The art as always is excellent and his style is one I really, really love and enjoy, Urasawa is an exceptional caricaturist and makes some of the most interesting and dynamic looking characters in manga! The colour pages were also a joy to see, I love his watercolour works a ton! The characters, writing-wise, are perhaps a little less fleshed out compared to his other works but there’s only so much you can do in a 300 page manga. I really did enjoy the gullible father and his daughter though!

Iyami from Otsumatsu-San appears as a main character in this series??! (Otsumatsu-San is inescapable it seems 🤦🏻‍♀️) It was interesting to see his character used as a ‘trope’ or as a nod to the reader to clue them in to what he was truly doing/after if they are familiar with the show but a little strange nonetheless and equally took me out of the experience. “Why is this character here?!, was what was going through my mind while I read scenes featuring him).

While this character adds a knowing nod to readers familiar with the Otsumatsu-San series, I’ve noticed there’s concern in the Goodreads reviews over a character who is depicted the way he is, from readers who aren’t familiar with the work or the character, so Viz explaining his presence in the translation notes and on other pages was helpful but equally didn’t answer why he was there. Another note is that there’s a character named Beverley Duncan who is running as a presidential candidate and who is clearly modelled after Donald Trump. While I didn’t have a problem with it (political cartoons are a fact of life and, as I said, Urasawa is an excellent caricaturist) I think it’ll certainly date the story after the next year or so!

The manga itself is really nice, I love the gold foil and the translucent paper for the cover page just like the Monster perfect editions! And god bless French flaps on manga, let’s bring them back!! 🙏 Overall, it was a fun read and I’m really happy to be expanding my Urasawa collection but I would perhaps wait for this one to go on sale as it’s pretty expensive! ...more

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Dec 31, 2020 Raymond Brooks rated it it was amazing

An exceptional read. Stands on it's own in the many brilliant Urasawa works, but also a great companion to his short story collection Sneeze (recently collected), but whereas the short stories are set throughout his career, Mujirushi released in (2017-2018) and shows that he's still got that magic touch that made me love his previous works, regardless of genre.

Heartfelt, thoughtful and uses an unbelievable character crossover that makes this book unique, even in Urasawa's outstanding library of ...more

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Aug 10, 2020 Lilithcarter rated it liked it

Shelves: netgally, japanese-lit-abt-japan, 2020

I received the ARC copy of the book from Netgally in exchange for an honest review.

I have to say upfront that the reading experience for me was odd, as the format of the PDF wasn't right. It wouldn't work properly in any of my devices, (phone, tablet, laptop) it wouldn't download with kindle, so I used Digital editions as I normally would with any graphic novel or manga, it still didn't work properly, every time I try to change the page it would go to a random place in the book, or it wouldn't ...more

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Sep 03, 2020 Anam Cara rated it did not like it

Shelves: graphic-novel

This was the first graphic novel that I have read. I have to say that I was confused and disappointed.

First of all, since this was a Japanese book, I had to read it on my iPad in reverse. It took a while to get used to reading the frames from left to right and to scroll the pages from left to right. When I would put the book down and pick it back up. It would never be in the right place and I'd have to scroll both ways to get to the right page and scroll in the proper direction. This is NOT a go ...more

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Sep 19, 2020 Emmy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, manga

I LOVED this book! It was amazing! The story was so intriguing--a single father deeply in debt makes a deal with a strange man to steal a painting from the Louvre. But, there's so much more to it. The whole tone is dreamlike, the characters are excellent, and of course, the art is top-notch (but what else would you expect from Naoki Urasawa?). I couldn't put it down. This was exactly what I was hoping from Rohan at the Louvre, and while I certainly enjoyed that book, it didn't achieve quite what ...more

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Jul 27, 2020 Karina Reyes rated it liked it

This graphic novel follows a young Japanese girl and her debt-ridden father as they travel to Paris as part of the Director’s plan to steal a Vermeer painting and at the same time return a stolen artifact. It’s all a bit complicated and there are strange and unexpected plot twists that connect the grandmother and son characters they meet in Paris and the Director of the La France Research Institute in Tokyo. I really enjoyed experiencing the plot unfold. The drawing itself was so detailed and in ...more

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Aug 21, 2020 Shani rated it liked it

Shelves: arc, humor, manga

Kasumi's father, Kamoda is always looking for easy money. He is incredibly gullible and his schemes never work the way he hopes. After another failed attempt that leaves him with debt owed to the government and no business left to run, his wife leaves him and his daughter. Just when Kamoda is ready to give up, he receives a sign that leads him to The Director. Kasumi does not trust The Director but despite her warnings, her dad buys into the scheme which leads the two to Paris, France. In an att ...more

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May 09, 2020 D.J. rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed-stuff, sub-par-or-just-awful, seinen-manga

Et tu, Naoki?

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Comics mocking political figures have been around for a long time, but those comics were solely dedicated to political satire. Urasawa, on the other hand, is clearly inexperienced and misguided in his attempts to put Trump in a bad light. None of the mangakas who decide to mock Trump in their mangas know what they're doing, and so they fall back on the typical "make Trump look ugly and also make him act stupid" shenanigans. Or worse, turn him into a woman. Nowhere is there any deeper understanding of American politics or a more honest portrayal of Trump, it's all just nonsensical smearing. The mangakas of Death Note took their own cracks at it, both in Platinum End and that new 2020 one-shot, and it didn't go well for them, either. Why can't they mock the president of China instead, or something? Or a Japanese political figure? Are they afraid of being targeted? Do they just want to garner a larger western readership because their ideas aren't as good as they used to be?

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Alright, well, the Trump stuff is just one aspect of this short manga, right? Can the rest of the manga really be that bad? Oh yes, it can. Instead of the strong male characters that Urasawa used to write about in the past, we now have a weak, inept father being corrected all the time by his headstrong little daughter. The father is at the end of his rope, trying to provide for his family, and yet he continues to act impulsively despite how his impulses always end up endangering those he cares about. Long gone are the days of positive masculine portrayal where the men are pillars of good sense and moral standing. Let's just put women on a pedestal and let them get away with practically everything. Let's just make men look like retards who don't contribute anything to the family dynamic. What could go wrong?

Urasawa's bread 'n' butter is drama, intrigue, and well-written characters, yet he can't even deliver on those fronts. Ever since the odd Billy Bat, his writing capabilities have tanked. Urasawa has either changed his views drastically within the last decade, or his publishers have forced him to change, and it's begun this trend of mediocrity for the guy. But hey, if anything, this manga is simply a reflection of the broken times we live in, where not even people who've created some of the best stories out there can keep their standards from deteriorating.

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Aug 30, 2020 Wayne McCoy rated it really liked it

Shelves: graphic-novels

'Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams' by Naoki Urasawa is a manga about a little girl with a father who only seems to make bad decisions.

Kamoda is so eager to make money that he makes poor decisions. One decision costs him his wife. Another fill his warehouse full of rubber masks of the current US president. His daughter, Kasumi, wants things to be normal, but she and her dad get involved with an odd art enthusiast who has a plan to get them out of debt. Unfortunately, that plan involves a trip to Fra ...more

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Aug 21, 2020 Julien rated it it was amazing

I'm always here for a heist, so this intrigued me immediately. That being said, this was unexpected in a lot of ways. Based on the subject and the art style, I thought it might be a little bleak, but it's actually a really hopeful and tender exploration of dreams deferred and the lengths people will go to for family or even the memory of family. The characters are really well sketched both literally and figuratively, having totally understandable motivations even as they're thrust into this biza ...more

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Aug 19, 2020 Connor Foley rated it liked it

Naoki Urasawa is a legend, Monster, 20th Century Boys, and Billy Bat are all borderline masterpiece epics, so the idea of a more contained story of his really appealed to me, however, endings have always been Urasawa's main weakness, and having to contain the grand storytelling that naturally spills out of him resulted in an underdeveloped narrative with distant characters. It never really gets the chance to become something whole and instead becomes half of three different things, if that makes ...more

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Oct 01, 2020 Joseph Whitt rated it it was amazing

Loved it. If you already like Urasawa then you know he’s real good at what he does. It’s especially nice to see him doing a single volume story, normally his work tends to run a little too long. But this one is nice and brief but never feels rushed.

Side note, I feel like the US release should have included more of a history of Iyami? Given that the book features a character most Americans have zero exposure to and only giving a very brief description of him in the back, I don’t know, maybe incl ...more

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Aug 28, 2020 John rated it it was amazing

Shelves: manga

A con wrapped in a con wrapped in another con within a manga inspired by a manga inspired by an appreciation of the world of art. Of course, this comes from the mind of Naoki Urasawa who makes no bones about his appreciation of the medium (read Pluto, for instance) in which he has been so successful (and deservedly so). This is a well scripted, well illustrated single volume manga that hopefully will find its way onto uncountable bookshelves of old and new fans alike! ...more

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Jun 11, 2020 Elia rated it it was ok

Shelves: manga, traveling-to-foreign-lands

A down on his luck man trying to climb out of debt and take care of his daughter gets tangled up in an art heist targeting one of Vermeer's lesser known works in the Louvre. Despite some attempts at humor, mostly provided by a subplot about a very Trump-like female US president, the story mostly falls flat. The only moderately fleshed out character is the little girl, who as per usual in stories like these is the only one in the whole tale with any modicum of common sense. ...more

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Oct 17, 2020 April Gray rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-harder

There is so much going on here that I can't begin to try and recap it, and I don't really like doing that anyway- I was never good at book reports. I'll just say a down-on-his-luck man and his daughter get sucked into a whirlwind of a story, filled with mystery, intrigue, and a whole lot of intricately plotted, seemingly loose ends that somehow get tied together by the end. I thoroughly enjoyed this story- what a wild ride! I heartily recommend this book!

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About Naoki Urasawa

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Urasawa Naoki (浦沢直樹) is a Japanese mangaka. He is perhaps best known for Monster (which drew praise from Junot Díaz, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner) and 20th Century Boys.

Urasawa's work often concentrates on intricate plotting, interweaving narratives, a deep focus on character development and psychological complexity. Urasawa has won the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Japan Media Arts Festival exc ...more