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砂糖菓子の弾丸は撃ちぬけない A Lollypop or A Bullet
その日、兄とあたしは、必死に山を登っていた。見つけたくない「あるもの」を見つけてしまうために。あたし＝中学生の山田なぎさは、子供という境遇に絶望し、一刻も早く社会に出て、お金という“実弾”を手にするべく、自衛官を志望していた。そんななぎさに、都会からの転校生、海野藻屑は何かと絡んでくる。嘘つきで残酷だが、どこか魅力的な藻屑となぎさは徐々に親しくなっていく。だが、藻屑は日夜、父からの暴力に曝されており、ある日――直木賞作家がおくる、切実な痛みに満ちた青春文学。
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201 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 2004
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October 17, 2022
短いけれど心にずしりとくる話。いろいろ考えれば考えるほど悲しくなってくる。
November 23, 2015
This is a really tragic story of two young girls, their worlds and their friendship. A beautiful, but tragic story...
Some may find this manga a bit disturbing because of certain events in the manga: , I would not recommend this to younger readers
Some may find this manga a bit disturbing because of certain events in the manga: , I would not recommend this to younger readers
December 8, 2021
Hacia tiempo que no me topaba con uno de estos libros extraños pero a la vez interesantes de la literatura japonesa. A diferencia de lo que ma pasa con otros (como con «hombre lascivo y sin linaje»), éste, siendo extraño y muy confuso al principio, me ha logrado enganchar lo suficiente como para continuarlo y ahondar en lo que la mente (para muchos occidentales transtornada) del autor quería contarnos en estas historias de sentimientos preadolescentes tan presentes en la literatura del país del sol naciente (un gran acercamiento a esta sería «el marino que perdió la gracia del mar» y para los más duros «Hikari Club» de Norimuzu Akeya si no me equivoco.
En este libro en concreto, Sakuraba ha conseguido una historia que incluso podría enganchar a gran parte del público generalista, dando un final crudo y realista a una hisoria que, por momentos, nos deja soñar. Si las valoraciones fuesen sobre 10, podría haberle dado algo más de nota.
En este libro en concreto, Sakuraba ha conseguido una historia que incluso podría enganchar a gran parte del público generalista, dando un final crudo y realista a una hisoria que, por momentos, nos deja soñar. Si las valoraciones fuesen sobre 10, podría haberle dado algo más de nota.
March 2, 2018
まぁまぁ、、でも あんまりいい気持ちのする話ではなかったな
January 7, 2019
読み終えたあとに満足したけどこの作家の著作もっと読みたいなって思ってた
May 30, 2025
I think an actual sugar bullet would hurt less.
October 20, 2022
(Disclaimer: this review is based on a fan translation, which, for legal reasons, I shall not link.)
A Lollypop or a Bullet, known in Japanese as Satougashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai (translated as “Sugar-Candy Bullets Can’t Pierce Anything”), is a manga I found entirely by accident: while searching for Danganronpa series scanlations on an app, the word “Dangan” pulled up many unrelated titles - among them, this one. Curiosity then compelled me to read it despite it not being what it was looking for… I won’t post any spoilers here, but I will say that the more I reflected on its storytelling, the more I grew to adore it.
A while later, I learned that it was originally a novel by Kazuki Sakuraba. Although I was unsuccessful in reading the original Japanese text at the time (I daresay it’s still beyond my current skill level!), I did manage to find a translation eventually. “I loved the manga,” I told myself upon the discovery, “so this should be a treat!”
Wrong.
For starters, the very beginning of the written tale spoils its own ending in a needlessly redundant epistolary passage. Perhaps its effectiveness was lost in translation, but having checked the original JP text since then, I can confirm there is unneeded repetition (specifically in naming Ninayama, or Mount Nina, as a vital location). The overtly obvious revelation of the twist, as well as the prose’s janky flow, made those first few pages painful to read.
The stress didn’t stop there, either. Like I said, the flow of the writing was extremely janky, and it resulted in me being unable to connect with the same characters the manga adaptation had allowed me to love. Even when devastating events transpired, I felt nothing at all.
Overall, this was a disappointing book…but, at the very least, it helped me to love its manga more. If you want to experience this story, I’d advise reading the latter instead.
A Lollypop or a Bullet, known in Japanese as Satougashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai (translated as “Sugar-Candy Bullets Can’t Pierce Anything”), is a manga I found entirely by accident: while searching for Danganronpa series scanlations on an app, the word “Dangan” pulled up many unrelated titles - among them, this one. Curiosity then compelled me to read it despite it not being what it was looking for… I won’t post any spoilers here, but I will say that the more I reflected on its storytelling, the more I grew to adore it.
A while later, I learned that it was originally a novel by Kazuki Sakuraba. Although I was unsuccessful in reading the original Japanese text at the time (I daresay it’s still beyond my current skill level!), I did manage to find a translation eventually. “I loved the manga,” I told myself upon the discovery, “so this should be a treat!”
Wrong.
For starters, the very beginning of the written tale spoils its own ending in a needlessly redundant epistolary passage. Perhaps its effectiveness was lost in translation, but having checked the original JP text since then, I can confirm there is unneeded repetition (specifically in naming Ninayama, or Mount Nina, as a vital location). The overtly obvious revelation of the twist, as well as the prose’s janky flow, made those first few pages painful to read.
The stress didn’t stop there, either. Like I said, the flow of the writing was extremely janky, and it resulted in me being unable to connect with the same characters the manga adaptation had allowed me to love. Even when devastating events transpired, I felt nothing at all.
Overall, this was a disappointing book…but, at the very least, it helped me to love its manga more. If you want to experience this story, I’d advise reading the latter instead.
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