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City Hunter [シティーハンター] #4
シティーハンター 4 鐘とともに運命が!の巻 [City Hunter 4: Kane to Tomoni Unmei ga! no Maki]
The dark alleys of the Shinjuku District in Tokyo are filled with uncontrollable crime. Citizens seek the help of the City Hunter, a sure shot professional gunman who never misses his target with his Colt .357 magnum.
184 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 1986
About the author
Tsukasa Hōjō
755 books97 followersTsukasa Hojo (北条司) is a Japanese manga artist. He studied technical design while still at Kyushu Sangyo University, where he began to draw manga. He worked on several one-shot stories before releasing his serialized works: Cat's Eye, City Hunter and Angel Heart.
Hojo claims that he really did not have any inspiration for these works other than having to meet a deadline. He says he wrote down a few things, he thought about a few things, and one day the ideas just came to him, out of thin air. In reality, the process was a lot more complicated, with editors involved, but fans got the benefit of Hojo's sense of adventure and humor.
After the success of Cat's Eye and City Hunter, Hojo went on to work on other series such as Family Compo. His current ongoing series is Angel Heart, a spinoff of City Hunter set in an alternate universe. It has been serialized in the Weekly Comic Bunch since 2001 and 30 collected volumes has been published so far.
Tsukasa Hojo is Takehiko Inoue's mentor. Inoue worked as an assistant to Hojo during the production of City Hunter. Hojo is also a long-time acquaintance of Fist of the North Star illustrator Tetsuo Hara, who was also one of the founders of Coamix. Hojo contributed to the production Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior film series by designing the character of Reina.
He was honor guest of the eleventh French Japan Expo which was held in July 2010.
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukasa_...)
Hojo claims that he really did not have any inspiration for these works other than having to meet a deadline. He says he wrote down a few things, he thought about a few things, and one day the ideas just came to him, out of thin air. In reality, the process was a lot more complicated, with editors involved, but fans got the benefit of Hojo's sense of adventure and humor.
After the success of Cat's Eye and City Hunter, Hojo went on to work on other series such as Family Compo. His current ongoing series is Angel Heart, a spinoff of City Hunter set in an alternate universe. It has been serialized in the Weekly Comic Bunch since 2001 and 30 collected volumes has been published so far.
Tsukasa Hojo is Takehiko Inoue's mentor. Inoue worked as an assistant to Hojo during the production of City Hunter. Hojo is also a long-time acquaintance of Fist of the North Star illustrator Tetsuo Hara, who was also one of the founders of Coamix. Hojo contributed to the production Fist of the North Star: The Legends of the True Savior film series by designing the character of Reina.
He was honor guest of the eleventh French Japan Expo which was held in July 2010.
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukasa_...)
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August 19, 2022
Du sollst jemanden doubeln
Und deckst einen Betrug auf.
Zum Inhalt:
Ryo wird von Kataoka angeheuert, der seine Tochter Yuko beschützt wissen will. Dabei soll er jemanden doubeln, der einst Yuko das Leben vor 10 Jahren gerettet hat. Ryo nimmt den Job an und ahnt noch nicht, in was für eine Familienfehde mit dunklen Geheimnissen er da hinein geraten ist…
Cover:
Das Cover zeigt eine der Protagonistinnen als Seitenprofil, während Ryo als Schatten davorsteht. Wieder wird das Cover durch das Zielfernrohr eines Gewehres dargestellt und passt sich so sehr gut den anderen an.
Eigener Eindruck:
Im vierten Band muss Ryo ein dunkles Familiengeheimnis aufdecken, bei dem ich tatsächlich öfter noch einmal nachlesen musste, um die Zusammenhänge zu verstehen. Trotzdem ist auch diese Geschichte wieder spannend verpackt – wobei ich die humorvollen Aspekte sogar ein bisschen vermisst habe, denn die sind meiner Meinung nach viel zu kurz gekommen. Was mir dieses Mal auch ein bisschen zu Schaffen gemacht hat war, dass sich die Charaktere nun langsam sehr arg ähneln und man sie kaum noch auseinanderhalten kann. Ich hoffe das ändert sich noch einmal, denn so könnte doch der Lesespaß langsam versiegen. Sieht man aber davon ab, haben wir hier wieder einen hochinteressanten Fall, bei dem es einfach Spaß macht mit zu ermitteln und die unerwarteten Wendungen mit zu erleben.
Fazit:
Ich muss es euch wieder sagen, lest es. Die Qualität ist gleichbleibend stabil und ihr werdet es einfach mögen, wenn euch die anderen Bände auch begeistern konnten.
Idee: 5/5
Charaktere: 4/5
Logik: 4/5
Spannung: 4/5
Emotionen: 4/5
Gesamt: 4/5
Daten:
ISBN: 9783898850490
Sprache: Deutsch
Ausgabe: Flexibler Einband
Umfang: 184 Seiten
Verlag: Ehapa Comic Collection - Egmont Manga & Anime
November 27, 2018
Llega el cuarto tomo y se me sigue haciendo evidente que tendré que encontrar como sea lo que no se publicó en España... en fin, ya veremos (alguien sabe si se publicó en inglés?)
El tomo en sí hace lo que viene haciendo éste manga habitualmente: cerrar una trama larga (la de la actriz que quiere morir) y empieza una nueva, en ésta ocasión centrada en un nuevo trabajo de guardaespaldas para Ryo: proteger a la hija de un millonario hasta que cumpla los 21 años, en ese momento se hará pública la herencia de la chica.
El caso y lo que hace especial a ésta historia es que la chica parece obsesionada con alguien similar a Ryo, un tipo que la salvó en su niñez de unos secuestradores y que la ha dejado marcado cual príncipe azul.
Están bien esos momentos de Ryo comportándose como se supone que debe hacer, con aquellos otros en los que es él mismo. Además, el “misterio” sobre si es o no el chico del pasado unido a la presentación de un vejete que le metió en el mundo en el que se mueve ahora acaban por hacer del tomo algo no sólo entretenido, sino también interesante.
El tomo en sí hace lo que viene haciendo éste manga habitualmente: cerrar una trama larga (la de la actriz que quiere morir) y empieza una nueva, en ésta ocasión centrada en un nuevo trabajo de guardaespaldas para Ryo: proteger a la hija de un millonario hasta que cumpla los 21 años, en ese momento se hará pública la herencia de la chica.
El caso y lo que hace especial a ésta historia es que la chica parece obsesionada con alguien similar a Ryo, un tipo que la salvó en su niñez de unos secuestradores y que la ha dejado marcado cual príncipe azul.
Están bien esos momentos de Ryo comportándose como se supone que debe hacer, con aquellos otros en los que es él mismo. Además, el “misterio” sobre si es o no el chico del pasado unido a la presentación de un vejete que le metió en el mundo en el que se mueve ahora acaban por hacer del tomo algo no sólo entretenido, sino también interesante.
August 17, 2021
Peran Ryo dalam buku ini masih menjadi pengawal pribadi lagi meskipun berbeda klien. Kali ini dia diminta mengawal seorang gadis yang merupakan calon pewaris kekayaan seorang pengusaha terkemuka. Peran Kaori sampai buku keempat ini masih minor sebagai City Hunter. Setelah Umibozu yang muncul pertama kali di kasus sebelumnya, kali ini ada lagi tokoh lain yang muncul dan kelak akan punya peran dalam cerita-cerita City Hunter selanjutnya.
Saya kasih bintang tiga karena kasus yang ini tidak terlalu berkesan. Banyak celah yang sebenarnya bisa digali dari kasus ini. Kesannya penulis sedang "kejar tayang" dan ceritanya tampak tergesa-gesa.
Saya kasih bintang tiga karena kasus yang ini tidak terlalu berkesan. Banyak celah yang sebenarnya bisa digali dari kasus ini. Kesannya penulis sedang "kejar tayang" dan ceritanya tampak tergesa-gesa.
January 5, 2022
Pretty decent funny/crime manga series, the story was good but dull at times 😁😴👌
March 3, 2019
I enjoyed the conclusion of the ‘Barefoot Actress’ arc. The progression of Yumiko caring about her life instead of openly receiving death was well done. The conclusion of Seal’s death having been staged was superb, seeing that the actress had been played by the acting of Ryo and Seal.
At first, I thought the ‘Lame Teacher’ arc was going to be just like the ‘Sayaka School’ arc, due to their similar school settings, but it turned out to be distinct, but not as good. It played largely on this childish love of Ryo by Yuko, but the plot and action scenes felt subpar, since the main antagonist was scared off by a bullet that went through his cup. The humor was up there with some of the best of the series, especially with the way in which Ryo tricked Yuko into thinking Kaori was his brother, a transvestite, and then a step-brother who was in love with Ryo. Yuko hinting that she would be reunited with Ryo later was beautiful.
Rating Update 4/5/2019- Since the 'Lame Teacher' arc took up the majority of the novel, and I generally liked it (3 stars), the ending to the 'Barefoot Actress' arc being 4 stars cannot raise this volume to 4 stars.
Update 9 June 2019
With the adoption of my new rating system, a three star rating is befitting. The justification for these ratings come from the ratings assigned to the chapters in the rating update from April 5, 2019.
September 9, 2019
Update
A proper rating for the "Lame Teacher" arc would be 2.5 stars. There are the sections of Ryo pretending to be a teacher, the jokes about Kaori, and the sweet ending for Sayaka, but this is bogged down by the slow story, Sayaka's uninteresting, secret, villainous stepmother, and a slow plot all together. This is a weak three star-rated book.
September 14, 2019
Update
I did not like the 2.5 star rating for the "Lame Teacher" arc that was decided in the update from September 9, 2019. To create an accurate version for this volume, I have rated each chapter individually:
Chapter Thirteen (A Pounding Heart): Three stars
Chapter Fourteen (Shoot the Ghost): Three stars
Chapter Fifteen (A Lame Teacher): Two stars
Chapter Sixteen (The Scar of Memory): Two stars
Chapter Seventeen (The Knell of Fate): Three stars
At first glance, the cumulative rating is 2.6 stars, however, when adjusted for inflation because of the differentiating page lengths, chapter fifteen is over fifty pages and chapter sixteen is over sixty pages, both accounting for the majority of the volume. Unfortunately, the rating of this volume must be lowered because of these slow sections, that are explained in previous sections of this review. This is still a two star-rated book in the higher strata of two star-rated books.
January 4, 2020
Update
In the original review, when I write that "Seal’s death having been staged was superb", I probably refer to Ryo, whose death was staged.
At first, I thought the ‘Lame Teacher’ arc was going to be just like the ‘Sayaka School’ arc, due to their similar school settings, but it turned out to be distinct, but not as good. It played largely on this childish love of Ryo by Yuko, but the plot and action scenes felt subpar, since the main antagonist was scared off by a bullet that went through his cup. The humor was up there with some of the best of the series, especially with the way in which Ryo tricked Yuko into thinking Kaori was his brother, a transvestite, and then a step-brother who was in love with Ryo. Yuko hinting that she would be reunited with Ryo later was beautiful.
Rating Update 4/5/2019- Since the 'Lame Teacher' arc took up the majority of the novel, and I generally liked it (3 stars), the ending to the 'Barefoot Actress' arc being 4 stars cannot raise this volume to 4 stars.
Update 9 June 2019
With the adoption of my new rating system, a three star rating is befitting. The justification for these ratings come from the ratings assigned to the chapters in the rating update from April 5, 2019.
September 9, 2019
Update
A proper rating for the "Lame Teacher" arc would be 2.5 stars. There are the sections of Ryo pretending to be a teacher, the jokes about Kaori, and the sweet ending for Sayaka, but this is bogged down by the slow story, Sayaka's uninteresting, secret, villainous stepmother, and a slow plot all together. This is a weak three star-rated book.
September 14, 2019
Update
I did not like the 2.5 star rating for the "Lame Teacher" arc that was decided in the update from September 9, 2019. To create an accurate version for this volume, I have rated each chapter individually:
Chapter Thirteen (A Pounding Heart): Three stars
Chapter Fourteen (Shoot the Ghost): Three stars
Chapter Fifteen (A Lame Teacher): Two stars
Chapter Sixteen (The Scar of Memory): Two stars
Chapter Seventeen (The Knell of Fate): Three stars
At first glance, the cumulative rating is 2.6 stars, however, when adjusted for inflation because of the differentiating page lengths, chapter fifteen is over fifty pages and chapter sixteen is over sixty pages, both accounting for the majority of the volume. Unfortunately, the rating of this volume must be lowered because of these slow sections, that are explained in previous sections of this review. This is still a two star-rated book in the higher strata of two star-rated books.
January 4, 2020
Update
In the original review, when I write that "Seal’s death having been staged was superb", I probably refer to Ryo, whose death was staged.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 13, 2011
Ryo Saeba has a past?? *_^
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