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Ikigami #4
Ikigami, Préavis de Mort #4
Tout semble se dérouler parfaitement pour le fonctionnaire Fujimoto, qui maîtrise à merveilles les rouages de son métier, mais son ressentiment à l'égard de la loi est de plus en plus violent. Il ne se doute pas qu'au sein de son service, d'autres que lui cultivent des velléités de rébellion. Quant à ceux qui ont reçu l'Ikigami, ils tentent, à leur échelle, de s'opposer au système qui les a condamnés, mais ce qu'ils découvrent à l'issue de leurs errements est parfois bien différent de ce qu'ils cherchaient...
229 pages, Paperback
First published September 5, 2007
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December 27, 2016
Least favorite of the series so far. The ending didn't make much sense to me, and part one seemed like the very first story from volume 1, just ever so slightly different
June 23, 2024
Altro volume stupendo! Un manga che non delude mai fino a questo momento!
January 20, 2015
I love how this is consistently good.
September 13, 2022
Deux nouvelles histoires donc deux Ikigami de livrés.
C’est le 4e tome et j’avoue que je commence à m’ennuyer. Les histoires commencent à se ressembler et je n’arrive plus à trouver de l’empathie pour ceux qui reçoivent l’ikigami.
Même l’histoire du personnage principal n’avance pas. Je commence vraiment à me lasser du manga et je ne pense pas que je vais continuer.
Tout n’est pas négatif mais je n’accroche plus à l’histoire. ça traine trop.
C’est le 4e tome et j’avoue que je commence à m’ennuyer. Les histoires commencent à se ressembler et je n’arrive plus à trouver de l’empathie pour ceux qui reçoivent l’ikigami.
Même l’histoire du personnage principal n’avance pas. Je commence vraiment à me lasser du manga et je ne pense pas que je vais continuer.
Tout n’est pas négatif mais je n’accroche plus à l’histoire. ça traine trop.
June 23, 2024
This manga is so much more emotional than it has any right to be.
September 16, 2024
Pas mal. La première partie est encore fois assez violente. La deuxième est très triste.
March 19, 2022
4.5/5
October 26, 2019
Tamura Sōichi jest nauczycielem języka angielskiego i jego metody wychowawcze nie znajdują aprobaty u dyrektora czy innych pedagogów. Niestety nie są też skuteczne, bo klas robi co chce, a uczniowie nie przykładają się do nauki. Najwięcej problemów sprawia Yoneda. I to właśnie on chce on ukarać belfra, który zrzuca wciąż wybryki uczniów na własne złe metody czy brak miłości rodziców. Pragnie, by nieudolny nauczyciel wyleciał z pracy. Postanawia wkręcić go dość mocny, trudny do udowodnienia występek: molestowanie. Czy jednak odsunięcie od ulubionego zajęcia jakim jest nauczanie i jeszcze otrzymanie zawiadomienia o własnej śmierci to nie za dużo jak dla jednego mężczyzny?
Druga historia, bo jak zwykle w Ikigami mamy do czynienia z dwiema odrębnymi historiami, zazębiającymi się tylko w historii doręczyciela Fujimoto, powiada o życiu Ryūty i Naoko. W tym małżeństwie od jakiegoś czasu nie układa się najlepiej. Szybko stali się rodzicami, a Ryūta nie do końca odnalazł się w roli ojca i głowy rodziny. Tak naprawdę nadal jest kochającym szybkie samochody chłopcem. Teraz, kiedy powinien się ustatkować, nadal wydaje masę kasy na tuning samochodów, bierze udział w ulicznych wyścigach i trwoni pieniądze. Właśnie o nie ciągle trwa walka między małżonkami. Naoko chce jednak lepszego życia dla swojej córeczki. Co jednak się stanie, kiedy otrzyma Ikigami? Czy jest w stanie w ciągu ostatnich 24 godzin swojego życia cokolwiek zmienić?
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Druga historia, bo jak zwykle w Ikigami mamy do czynienia z dwiema odrębnymi historiami, zazębiającymi się tylko w historii doręczyciela Fujimoto, powiada o życiu Ryūty i Naoko. W tym małżeństwie od jakiegoś czasu nie układa się najlepiej. Szybko stali się rodzicami, a Ryūta nie do końca odnalazł się w roli ojca i głowy rodziny. Tak naprawdę nadal jest kochającym szybkie samochody chłopcem. Teraz, kiedy powinien się ustatkować, nadal wydaje masę kasy na tuning samochodów, bierze udział w ulicznych wyścigach i trwoni pieniądze. Właśnie o nie ciągle trwa walka między małżonkami. Naoko chce jednak lepszego życia dla swojej córeczki. Co jednak się stanie, kiedy otrzyma Ikigami? Czy jest w stanie w ciągu ostatnich 24 godzin swojego życia cokolwiek zmienić?
Więcej na https://www.monime.pl/ikigami-tom-4/
May 2, 2025
"Il n’existe pas d’endroit au monde où nous sommes assurés d’être en sécurité…mais il existe souvent un endroit où nous sommes assurés d’être aimés, et il arrive qu’il soit plus proche qu’on ne le croit." "Au passage, il n’est encore jamais arrivé qu’une famille soit frappée 2 fois de suite par l’Ikigami."
December 28, 2025
İkigami mangalar içinde konusu en derin seridir benim için. Her hikayede kendimi hüzünlü ve düşünceli buluyorum. Hayatı, hayattaki şansları/şanssızlıkları, pişmanlıkları ve hayatın acımasızlığını çok güzel resmediyor. Kitabın ikinci hikayesi olan ‘huzurlu bir yer’ yüreğime dokundu üzücü bir hikayeydi.
March 27, 2020
I think this was my favourite volume so far.
Why haven't they made this into a dorama? It would make perfects sense to make a police procedural kind of show with this source material.
Why haven't they made this into a dorama? It would make perfects sense to make a police procedural kind of show with this source material.
March 29, 2022
PHEW. WHY DO I PUT THEMSELF THROUGH THIS
September 28, 2022
le volume que j'ai le moins aimé de la série pour le moment.
j'ai trouvé l'ep7 un peu incohérent et j'ai pas trop accroché avec les personnages de l'ep8... cela dit, le concept reste excellent !
j'ai trouvé l'ep7 un peu incohérent et j'ai pas trop accroché avec les personnages de l'ep8... cela dit, le concept reste excellent !
October 6, 2022
These two stories had little children as both main plot motivations so to me they were less impactful.
March 16, 2024
Seriyi baya sevdim, bir günde 4 kitabını okudum ve elimde devamı olsa devamını da okurdum. Konu gerçekten güzel ve konunun işlenişini de çok beğendim. Devamını okumak için sabırsızlanıyorum.
August 5, 2025
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April 9, 2025Story 1: A teacher who strongly believes in the infallibility of children gets falsely accused of spying on the girls in the changing room. There is a boy with a troubled home life in his class, and the teacher is always extra kind to him because he knows he has it rough. The boy resents this and wants to be punished because his acting out is more of a cry for help and the teacher is not meeting his need by being overly kind. It’s a misrecognition situation I guess. Anyway, the teacher gets served the Ikigami in the midst of his life crumbling because of the lie the boy told. He wants to get revenge but he still maintains his belief that children are not responsible, it is society/school/the parents fault when a kid does something fucked up. So he goes to harm the mom. The kid is really upset by this. Ultimately the teacher dies at the scheduled time and the kid clears his name posthumously. I thought of the audiobook I listened to recently, The Push, because it was also about whether or not children have any responsibility when they behave in truly cruel ways. I find false accusation narratives extremely stressful, especially when the accused is as kindly of a man as the character we had in this story.
Story 2: A couple that had a baby together as a teen and have tried to make it work in the intervening years. The kid is now 6 and has severe asthma. The husband is into fixing cars and has stunted maturity due to having to grow up so quickly because of the kid. The wife is frustrated with her husband’s constant absence and childish behavior. She gets served with an ikigami and panics that he won’t be able to properly care for the daughter. She decides to sneak her out of the country to dubai because the daughter is due to get her shots in kindergarten next year and she can’t bear the thought of her ever getting an Ikigami someday. The husband intercepts when he finds out about the Ikigami. He obviously loves his daughter just as much, he just has some maturing to do. She is in panic mode. She forgot the girl’s inhaler. The husband remembered it. This is just like that one episode of iCarly where Spencer is about to lose custody of Carly and in the end he’s like BUT YOUR INHALERRRRRRR and everyone is like omg u are a competent caretaker after all…..
At the end of story 2 it is revealed to Fujimoto that there were officers ready to stop the kid from ever getting on the boat. There was another reveal earlier when Fujimoto finds out that his supervisor participated in anti-social welfare program protests (in this case this refers to the vaccine program). Fujimoto is still interested in pursuing a relationship with the Psych in his office. He thought she had a bf but she doesn't. It is hinted that she is a dissident who is working from the inside… time will tell…. I am excited for the seeds of dissent to start sowing…….The first story implied that there are still plenty of social ills and problems with the youth that shouldn’t be present bc of the Ikigami system!
Story 2: A couple that had a baby together as a teen and have tried to make it work in the intervening years. The kid is now 6 and has severe asthma. The husband is into fixing cars and has stunted maturity due to having to grow up so quickly because of the kid. The wife is frustrated with her husband’s constant absence and childish behavior. She gets served with an ikigami and panics that he won’t be able to properly care for the daughter. She decides to sneak her out of the country to dubai because the daughter is due to get her shots in kindergarten next year and she can’t bear the thought of her ever getting an Ikigami someday. The husband intercepts when he finds out about the Ikigami. He obviously loves his daughter just as much, he just has some maturing to do. She is in panic mode. She forgot the girl’s inhaler. The husband remembered it. This is just like that one episode of iCarly where Spencer is about to lose custody of Carly and in the end he’s like BUT YOUR INHALERRRRRRR and everyone is like omg u are a competent caretaker after all…..
At the end of story 2 it is revealed to Fujimoto that there were officers ready to stop the kid from ever getting on the boat. There was another reveal earlier when Fujimoto finds out that his supervisor participated in anti-social welfare program protests (in this case this refers to the vaccine program). Fujimoto is still interested in pursuing a relationship with the Psych in his office. He thought she had a bf but she doesn't. It is hinted that she is a dissident who is working from the inside… time will tell…. I am excited for the seeds of dissent to start sowing…….The first story implied that there are still plenty of social ills and problems with the youth that shouldn’t be present bc of the Ikigami system!
February 23, 2017
This volume wasn't good at all.
November 13, 2011
Un manga dont j'avais lu les critiques les plus élogieuses... et qui sont méritées !
Un manga que je recommanderais (comme Une sacrée mamie, par exemple) à ceux (il y en a encore ?) qui croient que les manga sont superficiels, consacrés à la violence et au sexe, faits seulement de grands yeux et de grosses armes...
Dans ce monde sensiblement contemporain du nôtre, dans un pays non spécifié mais ayant toutes les apparences du Japon (confirmé par l'éditeur dans le 4e tome), dans cette uchronie, tous les enfants sont vaccinés et un vaccin sur 1000 contient une nanocapsule tuant son porteur entre 18 et 24 ans, à un jour et une heure programmés dès le départ.
Le héros, un peu terne, mais à l'évolution psychologique intéressante, est surtout un fil rouge entre des histoires indépendantes : il est chargé de délivrer l'ikigami, le préavis de mort, 24 h avant la mort, pour que le condamné règle ses affaires et se prépare à mourir.
Dans ce monde, toute contestation exprimée ouvertement est punie de mort. Pourtant, de nombreuses personnes, à commencer par le héros, se posent des questions sur la pertinence de cette pratique, sensée inculquer l'amour de la vie aux survivants...
Le manga multiplie les histoires, les contextes, des plus luxueux aux plus modestes, des promis à la mort. La réaction générale, très humaine, est, avant « ça n'arrive qu'aux autres », et en recevant l'avis, « Pourquoi moi ? ». Certains veulent se venger d'humiliations passées (mais les parents en payent les conséquences), d'autres cherchent à exploiter la mort de leur proche, ou s'éloigner d'un conjoint peu fiable.
La psychologie des personnages est bien fouillée, le thème est bien exploité avec ses conséquences judiciaires, politiques, psychologiques, etc.
Un superbe manga.
Un manga que je recommanderais (comme Une sacrée mamie, par exemple) à ceux (il y en a encore ?) qui croient que les manga sont superficiels, consacrés à la violence et au sexe, faits seulement de grands yeux et de grosses armes...
Dans ce monde sensiblement contemporain du nôtre, dans un pays non spécifié mais ayant toutes les apparences du Japon (confirmé par l'éditeur dans le 4e tome), dans cette uchronie, tous les enfants sont vaccinés et un vaccin sur 1000 contient une nanocapsule tuant son porteur entre 18 et 24 ans, à un jour et une heure programmés dès le départ.
Le héros, un peu terne, mais à l'évolution psychologique intéressante, est surtout un fil rouge entre des histoires indépendantes : il est chargé de délivrer l'ikigami, le préavis de mort, 24 h avant la mort, pour que le condamné règle ses affaires et se prépare à mourir.
Dans ce monde, toute contestation exprimée ouvertement est punie de mort. Pourtant, de nombreuses personnes, à commencer par le héros, se posent des questions sur la pertinence de cette pratique, sensée inculquer l'amour de la vie aux survivants...
Le manga multiplie les histoires, les contextes, des plus luxueux aux plus modestes, des promis à la mort. La réaction générale, très humaine, est, avant « ça n'arrive qu'aux autres », et en recevant l'avis, « Pourquoi moi ? ». Certains veulent se venger d'humiliations passées (mais les parents en payent les conséquences), d'autres cherchent à exploiter la mort de leur proche, ou s'éloigner d'un conjoint peu fiable.
La psychologie des personnages est bien fouillée, le thème est bien exploité avec ses conséquences judiciaires, politiques, psychologiques, etc.
Un superbe manga.
March 27, 2011
Volume 4 has offers two poignant ikigami stories. In the first, we meet a young man that was inspired by a teacher as a child and has become a teacher himself in the hopes that he can make the same difference in other students' lives. He is betrayed by the student he most wants to help and, after receiving his ikigami, has a mental break and goes after the student's mother - who he blames for not providing enough love and support to his student. But there is still a chance for him to make a lasting impression on the student who needed his understanding the most....
And in the second story, we have an interesting story of a woman who got pregnant at a very young age. Most citizens wait until they've cleared the 24-year threshold so they won't risk leaving a child behind if they are destined to die. However, this young woman chose to keep her child and marry the father. Her life has been a struggle and her marriage is failing, but she lives for the joy her daughter brings to her. When she receives her ikigami, she doesn't trust that her childish husband will give her daughter the love and care she needs, so she makes a desperate attempt to change the course of her child's life in her final hours...while her husband, learning of the ikigami, struggles to prove to his wife that he can be a better man for the daughter he also loves...
And in the second story, we have an interesting story of a woman who got pregnant at a very young age. Most citizens wait until they've cleared the 24-year threshold so they won't risk leaving a child behind if they are destined to die. However, this young woman chose to keep her child and marry the father. Her life has been a struggle and her marriage is failing, but she lives for the joy her daughter brings to her. When she receives her ikigami, she doesn't trust that her childish husband will give her daughter the love and care she needs, so she makes a desperate attempt to change the course of her child's life in her final hours...while her husband, learning of the ikigami, struggles to prove to his wife that he can be a better man for the daughter he also loves...
December 15, 2011
Four volumes in and I'm still really enjoying this series! The stories are well done and make you think; the characters have actual depth and are not just all good or all bad. I was hoping our hero Fujimoto might be getting a love interest, but not sure if that is going to happen. The poor guy certainly deserves one. I think teens would enjoy this series and there is really very little violence (and practically no sex) despite the "Explicit Content" warning.)
November 25, 2012
Two new stories about a totalitarian future Japan. This series manages to tell the story of a citizen who is being killed randomly to "promote the meaning of life" over and over and still find new angles, themes and ideas to communicate. I haven't gotten any nagging feeling of repetition so far, and now there have been a total of eight stories already.
February 6, 2012
Wow. This is the best Ikigami volume so far.
Unlike the usual pattern of having twisted "chosen ones" getting killed off, the two victims in this story choose to live their last hours seeking (and thus, giving) love and redemption to the people they care about. It really is poignant.
Unlike the usual pattern of having twisted "chosen ones" getting killed off, the two victims in this story choose to live their last hours seeking (and thus, giving) love and redemption to the people they care about. It really is poignant.
July 12, 2012
Y pensar que yo creía que era sólo en España donde se sentían así los profesores..."La última lección", que triste historia... También me gustó mucho "Un remanso de paz", aunque es la más dura de todos los Ikigami que he leído por ahora.
January 17, 2013
Âmes sensibles, s'abstenir : c'est trop triste ! Toutes ces vies gâchées par une loi inhumaine...
Enfin bref, à part ça, une excellente suite, dans laquelle on sent enfin les prémisses d'une révolution contre ce système barbare. J'ai hâte de lire la suite!
Enfin bref, à part ça, une excellente suite, dans laquelle on sent enfin les prémisses d'une révolution contre ce système barbare. J'ai hâte de lire la suite!
May 7, 2010
Motoro Mase' artwork is excellent.
This is a manga title that I would highly recommend to anyone. The premise can easily be converted into a Hollywood film.
This is a manga title that I would highly recommend to anyone. The premise can easily be converted into a Hollywood film.
April 7, 2017
Ugh. Mina and her mom's story was the ultimate feels.
July 27, 2016
The second story was so touching. Ugh!
I'm so glad to be back on this series. I love it so much.
I'm so glad to be back on this series. I love it so much.
September 3, 2016
The stories are starting to explore what happens after the unfortunate citizen's last day.
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