Alive

author: Hajime Taguchi

name: Wayne

average rating: 2.93

book published: 2014

rating: 3

read at: 2014/10/18

date added: 2014/10/18

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'Alive' is a manga comprised of Short stories, all of a normal nature, but most have a twist. This book is from Gen Manga which is an indie manga publisher printing manga from the Tokyo underground.



Themes of depression, violence, fear of love, isolation and aging all run through the book. There is a story about a girl who gets a new pair of glasses that obfuscate things she doesn't like to look at, which makes math class and homework a bit hard to do. There's the girl who's decided to drop out of society and live in a shelter on the roof of her building, which works well until a storm comes. There is the man with the life-sized doll who doesn't want real relationships, or does he? There are themes of loneliness and isolation. Some stories are funny, many are poignant.



Some stories do tend to trail off, so it was a bit tough to figure out where one ended and another began. Sure, the characters changed, but it was hard to tell if it was a story change, or a scene change. Some stories have titles, but many don't so this added to the confusion. Overall I liked it. The nice thing about a collection like this is if a story isn't working for you, there's a new one in a few pages.



I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Gen Manga Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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