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Mar 10, 2017 to Jul 28, 2017
7.7/10
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Well, I can see why Asano did this, and I know that this won't be the newers cup of tea certainly. reiraku is a serious introspective on a mangaka's mature life on the real terms, not the "bakuman terms" or something, I loved Bakuman but, as time goes by one grow up enough to enjoy this kind of stories even more than the pink-coloured ones. If you might want to know a narrowed asano's facet then this is for you, if you are expecting a shonenensque story this might not be for you. If you have ever felt frustrated about a recurrent decision in your life thisis for you. I'll let you choose your fighter in this one. Hope you pick up the right path.
Selling copies is the only thing that matters. So what if your first series just ended and you have no idea how to start the next one, your marriage is breaking up, your pure love of manga has been destroyed by the cruel reality of the industry and nothing seems to fill the sucking void inside you... (Source: VIZ Media)
"Mangaka are self-centered" The former sentence is the key to understand "Downfall" (Reiraku). This manga is mainly about the sort of person who becomes an artist and lives for the art. It may be perhaps a confession of life, who knows for sure but Asano himself. This story starts with a first-person description of one of the protagonist's former lovers. He claims he didn't understand her. We are shown the protagonist's success as an author as he finishes one of his series, but also a deep lack of satisfaction; his marriage is dull, people don't pay him as much attention as he'd like when he speaks; soonhe walks around the gigantic city of Tokyo like a ghost. At this point in his life he's come to hate his craft. Through the whole work, every page and every dialogue involves the protagonist and makes him the center of attention. Every decision he makes appears as if he were the omnipotent author of his life, as if he was just expecting the consequences of his actions "to see" what happens, yet none of them fulfill him. In a way he goes through his life as if he was writing manga. the complete subjectivity that Asano portrays on this work is one of the clues of interpretation that we're given. There are moments along the story in which we are shown the total lack of reliability of the narrator, and how biased his worldview is. Is that a requirement for exercising this kind of profession? Is this unique to Asano's line of manga? How do this kind of people go through their interpersonal lives? This work is short and by talking more about it, I run the risk of spoiling it. Because of that I just leave with these points that want to point towads an interpretation: It seems that Asano here reflects on his own works and his future as a writer, on the kind of person that dedicates their life to artistic self expression and the relation to a capitalistic market, but lastly on what the phenomenom of manga means to the readers. Here Asano creates an intimate work that gazes upon the individual and their ouvre.
I really thought I was going to read something great, unlike bakuman, reiraku showed a more obscure side about the mangakas, very similar but still different from the presentation of "i am a hero", closer to the real. I found the moment when the first and last chapter repeated some sentences but completely different visions, and that almost made it good, but I feel like I've been cut about 10 chapters of the series because it does not end, it closes more does not come to a conclusion, despite completing an "arc" yet yes it is too small to have any esplicitness that really was good.I feel frustrated to have read the endless end. was not bad overall, many people were satisfied with this, but for me there were missing chapters I hope I have helped.
tl;dr: A dreary manga about a burnt out mangaka that doesnât really have a point but is reasonably interesting considering how short it is. Manga itself is a pretty common theme in manga. After all, itâs easiest to write about something one has experience on and mangaka inherently have experience with manga. However, most such manga are mangaka channeling the experience they had with a previous successful work into the story of a mangaka making their way to the top. This is very much the opposite. This manga is about a mangaka thatâs completely burnt out on manga. It starts off with him ending a successfulseries, and the majority of the rest of it is him continuing going through life while still as a mangaka, but as one that has absolutely no desire to draw any more manga. Through flashbacks it shows how he was before when he was just starting out as a mangaka as well as the various factors that turned him into the jaded individual he becomes, mainly due to how everyoneâs self-worth seems to have become entirely centered around how many books they sell. And beyond that it basically just shows him moping around. A mangaka that isnât writing anymore manga is a pretty interesting character to focus on. This work presents mangakas as inherently self-centered as being so is necessary in order to be the type of person thatâs able to write good manga. This isnât that rare of a concept, as many other manga-oriented works do that as well, but theyâre usually shown to be quirky and interesting enough as writers that theyâre still likable. However, once a self-centered mangaka isnât writing manga anymore, theyâre just a self-centered individual without anything more to them. Thus, in this case, while this manga does paint the protagonistâs circumstances as somewhat complicated it ultimately does largely feel like a result of his own actions and mentality and the only aspect about him that particularly felt worthy of empathy was how lonely he was. And thus, it very much feels the protagonist is unlikable by design, and thus itâs not really the type of story the reader is supposed to get invested in the protagonist of, rather itâs just a look into the life of the protagonist in a specific phase of their life. I suppose that itâs decent enough at that and the emotions of being burnt out come through reasonably well. And considering how short it is I suppose thatâs enough to make the work decent overall, but not more than that. Itâs reasonably interesting in a sense, but it doesnât really feel like itâs trying to tell any sort of story or convey any sort of message, nor is it particularly amusing, so it doesnât feel like thereâs enough substance to it. It also doesnât really feel like it has anything that would leave and sort of lasting impact on the reader. So once again, itâs pretty short, so itâs a worthwhile enough read considering that I suppose, but itâs not particularly memorable or worth mentioning beyond that. The art is high quality, and the art style fits pretty well, but itâs a realistic type that doesnât look all that eye pleasing, so it doesnât draw much merit from that either.
English: Reiraku it's an immersive experience where we come face to face with the dark reality of a mangaka tired of his life, of his reality, without any reason to follow his routine, looking for a way to get out of it. Fukasawa is a character who feels as real as everyone else in this story, and that is what makes this manga so impressive and vivid to feel. I cannot say anything else, it's an experience to live, and you will understand if you ever felt that your inspiration died at some point in your life. Español: La verdad, no supe como expresar lo vivido eninglés, digo... Reiraku no solo va dirigido a mangakas, sino a gente que lo deja todo sin motivacion alguna, siento que Reiraku es una experiencia introspectiva para quien no sienta ganas de seguir viviendo sin querer necesariamente suicidarse... la verdad es que Reiraku es un manga a tener en consideración a la hora de hablar de realidad... Reiraku es realidad...