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[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1: "Vengeance Intercepted. Lie?" Suzuki, a former teacher, witnesses the moment a man who killed his wife is hit by a car. Apparently, it was the work of an assassin called "Oshiya". Suzuki follows him to find out who he really is. Meanwhile, "Whale," an assassin who specializes in suicide, and "Cicada," a genius with a knife, also begin to pursue "Oshiya. Each of them has their own agenda. When the thoughts of Suzuki, Whale, and Cicada intersect, th...
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(3.50/5)Very mediocre, and very uneven.
A shinkansen full of shady characters working at cross purposes - it certainly sounds like a fun premise. I was expecting a fun, fast-paced thriller full of amusing shenanigans and mindless violence - basically some good honest light entertainment. And there was some of that too, to be fair. It wasn't especially fast-paced, but there was some action and lots of amusingly out of place dialogue (which was fun in the beginning but got repetitive very soon).
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great premise, but the book the author wanted to write wasn't the one I wanted to read
The premise for this book is great -- a lot of hired killers end up on the same shinkansen. I was expecting a light hearted action story, with everyone getting in each others' way, accidentally foiling plans, stealing items back and forth from each other, and so on. Parts of this book are like that (and those parts are great!), but unfortunately what the author really wanted to write about was the most unpleasant character in the book, in a much more serious tone. That character is a te
Can’t say I loved it. There’s a certain character who the author really wanted to focus on who was interesting enough to be a unique addition to the zany cast, but not nearly as interesting as the author seemed to think. It feels like Isaka is trying to explore some sort of moral philosophy through this character, but the philosophical “payoff” at the end just feels kind of trite.
Some have complained about tonal inconsistency, but that doesn’t inherently bother me. I think the disconnect comes