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joshuavrysen's review against another edition
4.0
Unbelievable placement of translated sound effects on top of the original pages instead of as a glossary or at the bottom of the pages.
Yokoyama's panel and page composition is not something to be covered over.
Still amazing to have more of his work available, but definitely an unfortunate production mis-step in being able to fully appreciate Yokoyama's work.
Yokoyama's panel and page composition is not something to be covered over.
Still amazing to have more of his work available, but definitely an unfortunate production mis-step in being able to fully appreciate Yokoyama's work.
bookscomics's review
4.0
Three people are looking for a particular fourth. They find him and they take a taxi and leave. Very short and simple story.
Very much Yokoyama but different. The noisiness, the speed, the surreal/dream-like setting are all there and all fine. The thing I found the most different was the dialogue. Usually Yokoyama uses dialogue sparingly and when used it is to narrate what the characters are doing/seeing since it's usually really weird stuff that's happening. The constant noise and movement sometimes make things difficult to decipher, so the dialogue helps guide the images. This dialogue wasn't doing that. They were actually having longer conversations that just didn't do it for me. It wasn't a detached and alien narration of what was happening but it felt like a real conversation, with some emotion even. It didn't do anything for the story and it felt unlike Yokoyama's usual style. I might also just be nitpicky.
I still really enjoyed it. The ice was very shiny. The shine looked like an chainlink fence over the ice. The close ups in the beginning were cinematic and I liked them. The way movement and sound are illustrated are just great, per usual. Quintessentially Yokoyama's work but it made me want to read old favorites like Garden and World Map Room.
Very much Yokoyama but different. The noisiness, the speed, the surreal/dream-like setting are all there and all fine. The thing I found the most different was the dialogue. Usually Yokoyama uses dialogue sparingly and when used it is to narrate what the characters are doing/seeing since it's usually really weird stuff that's happening. The constant noise and movement sometimes make things difficult to decipher, so the dialogue helps guide the images. This dialogue wasn't doing that. They were actually having longer conversations that just didn't do it for me. It wasn't a detached and alien narration of what was happening but it felt like a real conversation, with some emotion even. It didn't do anything for the story and it felt unlike Yokoyama's usual style. I might also just be nitpicky.
I still really enjoyed it. The ice was very shiny. The shine looked like an chainlink fence over the ice. The close ups in the beginning were cinematic and I liked them. The way movement and sound are illustrated are just great, per usual. Quintessentially Yokoyama's work but it made me want to read old favorites like Garden and World Map Room.
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