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Dust 8
Un avión se estrella y todos los pasajeros a bordo han de morir en consecuencia. Pero la colisión no se produce en este mundo, sino en el de los espíritus. En concreto, se estrella contra una montaña conocida como la "montaña de la vida", en la que yace escondida una energía que conforma la base de la vida de toda criatura.
La colisión provoca que una enorme roca de la montaña se haga añicos y pequeños fragmentos, las "piedras de la vida", caen sobre ocho pasajeros. Gracias a estas piedras, los pasajeros condenados a morir logran salir con vida del mundo de los espíritus.
Los ocho pasajeros supervivientes sienten el poder místico que emana de las piedras y están convencidos de que siguen vivos gracias a ellas. El jefe del mundo espiritual, en un intento por recuperar las piedras, ordena a una kikimora, un espíritu guardián de la montaña de la vida, que vaya a recuperarlas.
La colisión provoca que una enorme roca de la montaña se haga añicos y pequeños fragmentos, las "piedras de la vida", caen sobre ocho pasajeros. Gracias a estas piedras, los pasajeros condenados a morir logran salir con vida del mundo de los espíritus.
Los ocho pasajeros supervivientes sienten el poder místico que emana de las piedras y están convencidos de que siguen vivos gracias a ellas. El jefe del mundo espiritual, en un intento por recuperar las piedras, ordena a una kikimora, un espíritu guardián de la montaña de la vida, que vaya a recuperarlas.
- GenresManga
416 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1972
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Osamu Tezuka
2,145 books1,299 followersDr. Osamu Tezuka (手塚治虫) was a Japanese manga artist, animator, producer and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion. He is often credited as the "Father of Anime", and is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during his formative years. His prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the father of manga" and "the God of Manga."
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June 13, 2020
This is the first of Tezuka's works I've read. I've known about his work since I was very small, thanks to Astro Boy and Kimba The White Lion television reruns. But this is the first unquestionably adult text of his I've engaged with.
It's a pretty good place to start, especially as it seems that it hasn't aged particularly badly – a problem with some of his other works, I understand.
Dust 8 tells the stories of characters who survive a terrible plane crash off the coast of Japan. The only problem is that they should have died. Instead, they collided with a magical mountain, debris of which has the power of life. The survivors, each holding a magical piece of rock, are brought back to life – though this is a state that disappears if the rock is ever taken.
It's difficult to talk about much of the story without giving anything away, but suffice it to say, the range of experiences the survivors have following their crash are wildly varied. There's penurious artists and wealthy stunt car racers. There's wild patriotism and the desire to do something for a fellow human. There's geopolitical intrigue and selfishness.
Overall, though, there's the spectre of death. What would you do if you had escaped death once? And what would you do if you knew death would be coming for you, and soon? Would you be afraid of death? How does it inform the way you live now?
(Also, should you make a giant robot brain as a memorial for your dead wife?)
These questions are more broadly aimed at the reader, as the characters are not incredibly developed. They are stand-ins, easily discarded so the reader can be put in the middle of things. I hadn't expected to be investigating my own mortality quite so much during a manga, but it's a surprisingly enjoyable thing to do.
This collection is slightly rejigged from the strips' first appearance: the introduction explains how the gathered version differs from the planned (ultimately cut short) initial run. It hangs together solidly, and provides an afternoon of morbid musing quite nicely, in the Final Destination vein.
What sort of stone keeps you alive?
It's a pretty good place to start, especially as it seems that it hasn't aged particularly badly – a problem with some of his other works, I understand.
Dust 8 tells the stories of characters who survive a terrible plane crash off the coast of Japan. The only problem is that they should have died. Instead, they collided with a magical mountain, debris of which has the power of life. The survivors, each holding a magical piece of rock, are brought back to life – though this is a state that disappears if the rock is ever taken.
It's difficult to talk about much of the story without giving anything away, but suffice it to say, the range of experiences the survivors have following their crash are wildly varied. There's penurious artists and wealthy stunt car racers. There's wild patriotism and the desire to do something for a fellow human. There's geopolitical intrigue and selfishness.
Overall, though, there's the spectre of death. What would you do if you had escaped death once? And what would you do if you knew death would be coming for you, and soon? Would you be afraid of death? How does it inform the way you live now?
(Also, should you make a giant robot brain as a memorial for your dead wife?)
These questions are more broadly aimed at the reader, as the characters are not incredibly developed. They are stand-ins, easily discarded so the reader can be put in the middle of things. I hadn't expected to be investigating my own mortality quite so much during a manga, but it's a surprisingly enjoyable thing to do.
This collection is slightly rejigged from the strips' first appearance: the introduction explains how the gathered version differs from the planned (ultimately cut short) initial run. It hangs together solidly, and provides an afternoon of morbid musing quite nicely, in the Final Destination vein.
What sort of stone keeps you alive?
August 12, 2018
Que pena ser uma obra inacabada, que pena, seria épico se houvesse o restante das histórias e um desfecho legal. Estou convencido de que o Tezuka é um dos maiores e mais prolíficos construtores de narrativas dr todos os tempos."
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