海之底

自衛隊三部作 #3

by Hiro Arikawa, 有川浩, 王靜怡 (Translator)

　　天氣晴朗的寧靜春天
　　平靜無波的海面下卻……

　　停泊於美軍橫須賀基地的海上自衛隊潛艦在接獲命令準備啟航時，卻因不明原因無法航行。艦長決定讓艦上所有人員撤退，然而當艦組人員離開時，卻目睹一群體型大如人類的甲殼類生物捕食基地人員……

　　主角為海上自衛隊，敵人則是神秘的巨大螯蝦群，人稱「海蠍（Regalis）」。在有川作品中少見地以密室發生的緊湊故事為主軸。

　　主要的故事舞台為停泊於美軍橫須賀基地的海上自衛隊親潮級潛艦「霧潮」。在接獲命令準備啟航時，卻因不明緣故陷入無法航行的狀態。於是艦長做出決定，要艦上所有人員撤退；然而當艦組人員步出霧潮艦時，目睹的竟然是一群體型大如人類的甲殼類生物捕食基地人員的淒慘畫面……

　　小說主角是海上自衛隊的一組年輕自衛官，夏木大和與冬原春臣。兩人雖然帶領十三名參加基地教學觀摩活動的兒童逃進了霧潮艦，卻也因此而行動受限。另一方面，地面上則由神奈川縣警官和警政廳參事組成特勤小組，為擬定因應海蠍來犯對策而奔走……是一部描寫現場一群男子拚盡全力奮鬥的災難科幻小說，情節緊湊，一氣呵成。有如以「大搜查線」加「卡美拉２ 雷基歐來襲（註：電影「ガメラ2 レギオン襲来」，一九九六年）」為主軸，探索理想的英雄形象。

Genres: Science Fiction

441 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2005

About the author

Hiro Arikawa won the tenth annual Dengeki Novel Prize for new writers for Shio no Machi: Wish on My Precious in 2003, and the book was published the following year. It was praised for its love story between a heroine and hero divided by age and social status, and for its depiction of military structures. Although she is a light novelist, her books from her second work onwards have been published as hardbacks alongside more literary works with Arikawa receiving special treatment in this respect from her publisher, MediaWorks. Shio no Machi was also later published in hardback. Her 2006 light novel Toshokan Sensō (The Library War) was named as Hon no Zasshi's number one for entertainment for the first half of 2006, and came fifth in the Honya Taishō for that year, competing against ordinary novels.

She often writes about the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and her first three novels concerning its three branches are known as the Jieitai Sanbusaku (The SDF Trilogy); she also wrote about the fictional Library Forces in the Toshokan Sensō series. Raintree no Kuni, which first appeared as a book within a book in Toshokan Nairan was later published by Arikawa as a spin-off with another publisher. It was adapted into a film titled World of Delight released on November 21, 2015.[2][3]Her novel Shokubutsu Zukan (ja) will be adapted into a film titled Shokubutsu Zukan: Unmei no Koi, Hiroimashita and scheduled for release on June 4, 2016.

Reviews

[MIL · Rating 4 out of 5]

這集的災難設定是三部裡比較嚴謹的
屁孩們的心理轉變也比閃到爆炸的前作好看一些
所以多給一顆星星

至於遲遲不出動自衛隊的劇情
本來覺得很不合理
但是想想新哥吉拉的內閣總辭射線
還有現實中的311核災
搞不好真的碰到大事日本政府就是那麼顢頇?

這集把防衛廳翻國防部，海上保安廳翻海巡署
看著有些凸兀
日文漢字的翻譯真是個難題啊

[Shirlee Chia · Rating 4 out of 5]

三本裡面，我好像最喜歡這本欸。雖然怪獸是最沒用、最容易被阡滅的。戀愛的成份不多不少剛剛好，少女望很討喜。
剛開始讀的時候，有點吃不太下蝦子。