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Mar 28, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

顔、されど顔

face, but face

容貌は本人の努力の結果ではなく、持って生まれたもので、それ以下でも以上でもない。それなのに、なぜ人は｢美しい｣と感じるものに惹かれ、価値を見いだすのか。人は芸術作品ではないのに。多様性が叫ばれる中、行き過ぎたルッキズムに警鐘を鳴らす作品であったと思う。

Physical appearance is not the result of one's own efforts; it was born with; it is nothing less or greater than that. But why are people attracted to what they feel is “beautiful” and find value? People aren't works of art, though. While diversity was being called out, I think it was a work that sounded the alarm for looking too far.

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Nov 11, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

しんどかったけど読み応えがあった

It was tough, but it was worth reading

This review contains spoilers. 一巻からお話はかなりしんどかったんですが、しんどいほどお芝居が輝いて見えて、魅了されてしまった。幸せになって欲しかったな〜…！

This review contains spoilers. The story was pretty tough from volume one, but I was fascinated by the fact that the play shone brightly, and I was fascinated. I wanted them to be happy...!

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Apr 04, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

テレビで見て…

Watch it on TV...

This review contains spoilers. 主人公の累の醜い顔、一見するとバケモノだが、その裏腹に演技力は、天才級！絵柄も好みだし、話も飽きなく、ついつい「もうちょっと、もうちょっと…」と話に引き込まれて、先を見てしまった。ドラマ化もしていて、とってもオススメで、ホラー好きにはたまらない！それに「顔が醜い」ってことにコンプレックスを抱いているのが同じで、より共感して、気づくと主人公の累に感情移入していた…

This review contains spoilers. The main character's tired and ugly face is a monster at first glance, but contrary to that, his acting ability is genius! I liked the design, and I never got tired of talking, and I just got drawn into the story “a little more, a little more...” and looked ahead. It's also made into a drama, and I highly recommend it, and it's irresistible for horror lovers! Also, having a complex about “having an ugly face” is the same, and they sympathize more, and when they notice it, they empathize with the main character's energy...

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Dec 05, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

人間顔。

human face.

This review contains spoilers. 人間顔じゃない、とか言いつつ、結局は顔なのですわ。顔を専門に認知する脳部位があるくらいですからね。醜く生まれたらどういう生き方になるのか、そうじゃない人にはこれを読んで疑似体験してもらいたいです。でも主人公の累には類稀なる演技の才能があって、美しい顔さえあれば成功できるけど、成功すればするほど心は泥沼に引きずり落とされていき、それに抗おうとあがく。強い人です。今後どうなっちゃうんだろうか。お母さんの謎もあるし。知らなかった精神病態の話も出てきて勉強になりました。

This review contains spoilers. While saying that it's not a human face, it's a face after all. That's because there is a part of the brain that specializes in recognizing faces. I want people who aren't like that to read this and simulate what kind of life they would have if they were born ugly. However, the main character has extraordinary acting talent, and if he has a beautiful face, he can succeed, but the more successful he is, the more his heart is dragged down to a quagmire, and he struggles to resist it. He's a strong person. I wonder what will happen in the future. There's also the mystery of my mother. Stories about mental illness that I didn't know also came up, and it became a learning experience.

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Jun 17, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

ゾッとする美しさ

Shockingly beautiful

This review contains spoilers. 美しさにゾッとした！愛憎もりもり！重くて暗い。美醜に振り回されて才能も人生も棒に振ってしまうヒロイン。美しさってなんだろうとふと考えてしまった。

This review contains spoilers. I was horrified at how beautiful it was! Love hate morimori! Heavy and dark. A heroine who is swayed by beauty and ugliness and her talents and life are shaken to the wheel. I suddenly thought about what beauty is.

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Feb 29, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

苦しいけど、それだけじゃない

It's painful, but that's not all

ページをめくる手が止まらなかった。主人公の累が他人の顔を借りて、醜い自分を隠し、演劇界でのし上がっていく…その影にはもちろん踏み台になる人がいるわけで。残酷なシーンも多いですが、それだけじゃない。自分の行為に対する罪悪感、美醜によってもたらされる悲しみ(美しさゆえの苦しみもあるんですよね)などがきちんと描かれていて、とても心動かされる作品でした。一体この話はどこに向かうのか？と不安を抱きながら読み進めましたが、きちんと収まるところに収まった、という感じで非常に良かったです。残酷だけど、希望も感じさせる美しいお話でした。

I couldn't stop turning the pages. The main character's fatigue borrows someone else's face, hides her ugly self, and rises in the theater world... of course, there are people who become stepping stones in that shadow. There are also a lot of cruel scenes, but that's not all. The feeling of guilt over one's own actions and the sadness brought about by beauty and ugliness (there is also suffering due to beauty) were properly depicted, and it was a very moving work. Where on earth is this story headed? I read on while feeling uneasy, but it was very nice to feel that it fit properly. It was a beautiful story that was both cruel and made me feel hopeful.

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Jan 24, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

絵が気になって

I'm curious about the picture

絵が気になって読んでみたら、夢中になって３巻まで読んじゃった❗人生が良い方に激変したら前の人生には戻れない。痛感した?

I was curious about pictures and read them, but I got carried away and read up to 3 volumes ❗ If your life drastically changes for the better, you won't be able to go back to your previous life. are you keenly aware?

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Jan 19, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

圧倒的な存在感のキャスト

A cast with an overwhelming presence

一気に読んで、なんだか息苦しい気持ちになりました。かさねにもニナにも野菊にも、誰にも感情移入できず最後まで傍観者として、しかも目を逸らすことを許さない存在感のある作品でした。

I read it all at once, and it felt kind of stifling. Kasane, Nina, and Nogiku, it was a work that had a strong presence where no one could empathize with, act as a bystander until the end, and did not allow them to look away.

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Jan 19, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

引き込まれて一気に読んでしまいました。

I was drawn in and read it all at once.

This review contains spoilers. 手塚治虫先生の作品によく似ているなと感じます。舞台の話だし、少なからず影響はあるのかな？累には幸せになって終わってほしかったけど、安易なハッピーエンドには至らないのもまた良い。素晴らしい作品をありがとうございました。

This review contains spoilers. I feel that it is very similar to Tezuka Osamu's work. It's a stage story, so I wonder if it will have a significant impact? I wanted it to end up being extremely happy, but it's also good that it didn't come to an easy happy ending. Thank you so much for your wonderful work.

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Jan 14, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

まだ途中ですが

It's still in the middle

流石メディア化しただけ有るというか目が放せなくなりました。絵が昔っぽい感じがまた良いです(年輩の方でも男女関係なく読み易いと思います)まだ途中なので何ともですが、主人公も不幸な生い立ちなので何とか幸せになって欲しいと今の所思ってます。ガラ◯の仮面とか好きな人も読み易いかも。

As a matter of fact, it was just a media adaptation, or rather, I couldn't let go of my eyes. It's also nice that the picture is old-fashioned (I think it's easy to read even for older people regardless of gender), so it's still in the middle, so whatever, but since the main character also had an unhappy upbringing, I want them to be happy somehow. Maybe it's easy to read for people who like Gara's Mask.

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Nov 20, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

壮絶な物語り

A fierce story

This review contains spoilers. 最初は絵も話も怖く感じたが、段々と引き込まれていきました。累は醜く哀しいが、口紅を使って他人の顔と入れ替わることが上手くいくことを願うほど、応援したいと思える人です。他人の顔でもいいから成功して欲しいと思っていました。ラストの方で本来の自分自身で賞賛をつかみ、ようやく…と思ったら意外な展開に驚きます。ラストは理解するのが難しい場面で終わりますが、きっと累は幸せでありますようにと祈らずにはいられません。

This review contains spoilers. At first, I felt scared of the pictures and stories, but gradually I was drawn in. Tsumi is ugly and sad, but she is a person I want to support so much that I hope that using lipstick to replace someone else's face will go well. I wanted them to succeed, even if it was someone else's face. Towards the end, I grasped praise for my true self, and when I thought at last... I was surprised at the unexpected development. The last one ends in a scene that's hard to understand, but I can't help but pray that they will surely be tired and happy.

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Oct 28, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

そこはかとなく漂う手塚治虫感

There is a sense of Tezuka Osamu wafting through the air

なんだろうな、個人的に火の鳥やブラック・ジャックを読んでいるような感覚になる稀有な漫画。それから、僅かに笑うせぇるすまんのような雰囲気もある。ダーク。ひたすらにダークで怖いもの見たさで読んでしまう。めちゃくちゃ話が巧くて主人公の執着心にも納得だし、美女がめちゃくちゃ美女笑その美女を引き立てるためだろう。イケメンや男前が登場しないのもいい。

I wonder what it is, a rare comic that makes me feel like I'm personally reading Firebird or Black Jack. Also, there is an atmosphere where they laugh a little bit like they're sorry. dark I read it because I just saw something dark and scary. The insanely clever story is convincing with the protagonist's obsession, and the beautiful woman is insanely beautiful lol, probably to complement that beautiful woman. It's also nice that no good-looking guys or handsome guys appear.

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Sep 30, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

おもちろい！

Of course!

This review contains spoilers. この漫画すごいおもちろい！顔が変わっちゃうお話！交差する顔！美しいと醜い！対局の2人！美しいものの傷と醜いものの傷！傷だらけ！おもちろい！！

This review contains spoilers. Of course this comic is amazing! A story that makes your face change! Intersecting faces! beautiful and ugly! 2 people playing against each other! The scars of the beautiful and the scars of the ugly! It's full of scratches! Of course!!

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Apr 18, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

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見た目の醜さにより受けた負のエネルギーが憎悪を放つストーリー、とても読み疲れた。累もニナも野菊も持って生まれた美醜や才能や環境に翻弄されてそれぞれが不憫に思う。ただ、五十嵐幾だけがどうしても好感持てず。結局は持って生まれた者の自分基準の正義感で累を傷付ける自己満にしか見えなかった。

It was a story where negative energy received due to its ugly appearance radiates hatred, and I was very tired of reading it. They all feel sorry for being at the mercy of the beauty, ugliness, talents, and environment they were born with, Tame, Nina, and Nogiku. However, no matter what, I don't like Igarashi Ikuman. In the end, it seemed nothing but complacency that hurt one's fatigue due to a sense of justice based on one's own standards of those born with it.

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Feb 26, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

入れ替わり物語と言う勿れ

Don't say it's a replacement story

単純な入れ替わりファンタジーだったら、こんなに心に刺さらないだろう。執念、名誉欲、情念・・諸々の感情表現の混ざりあった物語。凄まじい

If it were a simple replacement fantasy, it wouldn't sting my heart this much. Obsession, desire for honor, passion... this story is a mixture of various emotional expressions. Terrible

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Jan 26, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

意外な結末

An unexpected ending

１巻見たときは怖い話なのかなぁと思ったら、読み初めてハマりました?続きが気になって一気に読んでしまいました?終わり方が意外な終わり方だったので、何度も読みました。

When I read volume 1, I was wondering if it was a scary story, but I was addicted to reading it for the first time? I read it all at once because I was curious about the continuation? The way it ended was surprising, so I read it over and over again.

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Aug 14, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

良き

good

実写映画にもなった累。アニメにはならないんだろうか。色んな人物の、愛憎が絡み合う物語。とてもおすすめです。

It was tiring that it also became a live-action movie. I wonder if it won't be an anime. A story of various characters where love and hate are intertwined. I highly recommend it.

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Jul 02, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

いい

That's good

とにかくハマる、この漫画を読んで映画の方も見てみようと思った。

Anyway, I thought I'd read this comic and watch the movie too, which I'm addicted to.

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Jun 08, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

容姿に翻弄される生き方

A way of life at the mercy of appearance

スリル満点の不思議な物語。母の形見の口紅を使って人生を変える一人の天才少女の物語。個人の価値観や世間の価値観など人の心の内面を丁寧に残酷に描き出している独特の絵のタッチと相まって恐ろしいサスペンスの様相を創り出している。

A mysterious story full of thrills. The story of a genius girl who changes her life using her mother's keepsake lipstick. Coupled with the unique touch of a picture that carefully and cruelly depicts the inner world of a person's heart, such as individual values and public values, it creates a terrifying suspense.

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Jun 07, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

美醜を考えさせられる

It makes me think about beauty and ugliness

とっっても読みごたえのある作品。美しければいいのか？醜いとホントに駄目なのか？考えさせられます。最後は展開が早く、もっとじっくり読みたかった。あと、舞台を見に行ってみたくなります。

It's a very difficult work to read. Is it better to be beautiful? Is being ugly really bad? It makes me think. The last one developed quickly, and I wanted to read it more carefully. Also, it makes me want to go see the stage.

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