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Oct 31, 2024 (PST) | Total Reviews: 43

A Socially-Relevant Yet Thrilling Tale

This is a heavily political story, so if that's not your thing, this isn't the series for you, especially if you aren't already on a plant-based diet. And even if you're already on one, the manga still challenges you. The main theme is undeniably about animal rights and veganism, but it's more than just that. How far should you go for your beliefs? Are extremists truly unhinged, or are we not taking our activism seriously enough? You can replace the main character with a minority or a neurodivergent person, and it still illuminates the struggles they have fitting into a society that doesn't want or understand them.

Out of all the manga I've read, this feels the most Western. From the art style, the writing, to the references, if I wasn't reading from right to left, I would've easily assumed this was a Western graphic novel. If I were to recommend a manga to someone who isn't a fan of the usual anime tropes, this would be one of them.

If you want a challenging and socially-relevant yet thrilling tale, this is well worth the read. I'm looking forward to the anime!

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Jul 30, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

とても面白い

It's very interesting

とてもおもしろすぎて試し読みから一気読みしてしまい、気付いたら何時間経ってたかことか。続きが待たれます。それにしてもチャーリーが素敵すぎる。

It was so interesting that I read it all at once from the trial reading, and when I noticed it, I wonder how many hours had passed. I'm looking forward to the continuation. Even so, Charlie is too nice.

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Jun 25, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

チャーリーは「純粋」ではない

Charlie isn't “pure”

This review contains spoilers. チャーリーは単純に「純粋」なヒューマンジーの少年ではないし、内なる悪性もどこかに存在します。教育というのは大切です。磨けばダーウィン事変のチャーリーにもなるし、放置すればみい山のみいちゃんにもなるということです。

This review contains spoilers. Charlie isn't simply a “pure” humanistic boy, and his inner malignancy also exists somewhere. Education is important. It means that if you polish it, it will become Charlie from Darwin's Incident, and if left unattended, it will also become Mii-chan from Miiyama.

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Jun 24, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

チャーリーの存在感が大きかったです

Charlie had a big presence

命や差別、テロを真正面から描いて、スリリングな展開です。学校で出来た友人ルーシーがとても良い娘です。チャーリーを守ろうとする両親と共に、大事な家族と言えるでしょう。

It's a thrilling development that depicts life, discrimination, and terrorism head-on. Lucy, the friend I made at school, is a very good girl. Together with Charlie's parents, who are trying to protect him, it can be said that they are an important family.

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Apr 25, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

考えさせられる

It makes me think

アニメが終わってしまったので、続きを読みに来ました。過激な考えもありますが、色々な視点で人間について考えさせられるおもしろい漫画だと思います。まだ謎もありそうで、とても楽しみです。

The anime is over, so I'm here to read more. There are radical ideas, but I think it's an interesting comic that makes you think about humans from various perspectives. There still seems to be a mystery, so I'm really looking forward to it.

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Apr 06, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

とうとう核心に触れた

I finally touched on the core

今まで今作を読んできて特にヒリヒリした展開の巻になってます。ルーシーが囚われてる状況、それがオメラスの手中にあるということがまずとんでもないことが起こる危険を孕んでいるし、ルーシーとオメラスの会話の中で、テロを起こした核心の理由、オメラスの行動の原動力でもあることにも触れています。この物語どこへ進んでいくのでしょうか？作者が導く着地点が気になり、また次の話を読みたくなります。よくあの状況でルーシーは気丈に振る舞えるなと感心するばかりです。

I've been reading this work until now, and it's a particularly tingling volume of developments. The situation where Lucy is imprisoned, and the fact that it is in Omeras's hands, poses the risk that something ridiculous will happen in the first place, and in the conversation between Lucy and Omeras, I also touched on the fact that it is the core reason that caused the terrorist attack and that it is also the driving force behind Omeras' actions. Where does this story go? I'm curious about the landing point the author is leading, and I want to read the next story again. I'm just impressed that Lucy is often able to behave in such a situation.

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Mar 31, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

衝撃の事実が。

A shocking fact.

チャーリーの言動に「おおー」と思いながら読んでたら、養父母の悲劇と彼の実母が遺したカードメッセージと、その後の登場キャラクターにビックリ。母が床に伏せる前にカードを使って解読不可能なメッセージっぽい並べ方してたの、伏線回収凄い。

When I read it while thinking “oh” to Charlie's words and actions, I was surprised by the tragedy of his foster parents and the card messages left by his real mother, and the characters that appeared after that. Before my mother lay her face down on the floor, she used cards to arrange them in a way that looked like undecipherable messages, and the foreshadowing collection was amazing.

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Mar 31, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

こんな漫画ありなの？？？

is there a comic like this???

あまりにも斬新な内容で…もちろん、漫画だから何でもアリでしょ？とは思うけどはじめは、ひたすら驚いていたけど、舞台がアメリカだからかなんだか本当に起こっていることのようで…とにかく、引き込まれます。

The content is so novel... of course, since it's a comic, anything is fine, right? I think so, but at first, I was just surprised, but it seemed like something was really happening, probably because the stage was in America... anyway, I'm drawn in.

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Mar 07, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

キャラの視点・考えの表現が上手い作者

An author who is good at expressing the viewpoints and thoughts of characters

現在アニメ化もされている話題の作品ですが、ピンキーは二度ベルを鳴らすが好きでうめざわ先生作者買いです。そちらの作品でもそうでしたが、特殊な環境のキャラを出して、そのキャラの視点・考えを表現しますが、他のキャラの視点や考えもしっかりと描かれています。

It's a popular work that is currently being animated, but Pinky likes ringing the bell twice, so I bought it by Umezawa-sensei. As was the case with that work, characters with special environments are shown to express the viewpoints and thoughts of those characters, but the viewpoints and thoughts of the other characters are also clearly depicted.

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Feb 04, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

小学生の子供まで真剣になる。

Even elementary school kids get serious.

この物語は、primevideoで知り…私が見てたら普段、漫画に興味のない11歳と10歳の息子達が、真剣になって一緒にみてます。小学生にはちょっと難しい言葉や表現があり、そこは私が解説しながら観てると…「○○がこうだから、こうなんじゃないか？」とか「それってダメなことなの？」など…子供達が考えながら見れる作品だったんだ！と、正直私が最初に考えさせられるいい作品だと感じ…そこに、子供達までそうなるとは。primevideoでは続きが一気にみれず、こちらで購入しました！本当にオススメです。

I learned about this story on Primevideo... When I watch it, my 11- and 10-year-old sons, who aren't usually interested in comics, get serious and watch it together. There are words and expressions that are a bit difficult for elementary school students, and when I watch them while explaining them... “Because ○○ is like this, isn't it?” or “is that bad?” etc... it was a work that kids could watch while thinking! To be honest, I feel like it's a good work that makes me think at first... and even children can do that. I couldn't see the continuation all at once on Primevideo, so I bought it here! I really recommend it.

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Jan 25, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

3巻まで

Up to 3 volumes

This review contains spoilers. アメリカの中西部を舞台にしたヒーロー映画を観ているような爽快感があって、面白かった。向こうの学校は5年・3年・4年だから、チャーリー15才なら高校2年生に編入？

This review contains spoilers. There was an exhilarating feeling like watching a hero movie set in the American Midwest, and it was interesting. The school over there is 5, 3, and 4 years, so if Charlie is 15, will he transfer to a 2nd year high school student?

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Jan 20, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

ものすごい　衝撃

Tremendous shock

アニメから来て　原作読んで　これまで自分の信じてきた　物の見方が　根底から覆されてしまった　初めの段階で　んんっ　あれーって　ざわざわする感じで　読み進めて　どこにも　これまで　自分が　確かだと思ってきた基準が　当てはまらなくて　でも　それが　不快感ではなくて　こういう考え方があるっていう事実を　コミック　具現化できることの　すごさ　万人？に　これは　ありなのでは　と　思わせるほど　明確な形にできるってことが　すごすぎる　凡人以下で　コミュ力不足で　底辺の　ONE　だと　思って　もう高齢者になってしまってから　ONEは　ONE　だと　励まされた思いです　感謝しかない

How amazing is it that comics can embody the fact that you have come from the anime, read the original story, and the way you look at things you've believed until now has been completely overturned with a sense of hassle, and even if the standards you've thought you've thought you're sure of don't apply anywhere, it's not uncomfortable, and there's this kind of way of thinking, everyone? The fact that it can be made into such a clear form that makes you think that this is possible is too amazing for an ordinary person or less, and I thought it was the bottom ONE due to lack of communication skills, and I was encouraged that ONE is ONE since they have already become elderly people. There is nothing but gratitude

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Jan 15, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

差別に苦しむチャーリー

Charlie Struggling with Discrimination

This review contains spoilers. 人間の父とチンパンジーの母から産まれた主人公のチャーリーはこの先差別に苦しむ人生を送るALAと言う動物を差別するもの達から解放するために暴力で世間を訴えるおかげでチャーリーは半分人間と半分動物で酷い扱いを受けられる里親のバートとハンナはそんなチャーリーを愛し学校に通ってるチャーリーは友人のルーシと仲良くなることにALAがテロを起こすたびにチャーリーは迫害を受け警察に酷い目に遭われたりと大変すぎるわ8巻まで読んでみてチャーリーを応援しなくなるね問題を全て解決して普通に社会に暮らせることを願いたい

This review contains spoilers. The main character, Charlie, who was born from a human father and chimpanzee mother, is going to sue the world with violence in order to free animals called ALA that discriminates against them, so Charlie is half human and half animal, and foster parents Bart and Hannah love Charlie and go to school and Charlie, who go to school, become good friends with his friend Lucy, so every time ALA causes terrorism, Charlie is persecuted and harshly treated by the police It's too difficult to get carried away, read up to volume 8 and you won't be supporting Charlie, I want to hope that they can solve all of their problems and live a normal life in society

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Dec 25, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

全然おしつけがましくない

I'm not being disciplined at all

ヴィ―ガンだとか結構社会的思想について語ってる漫画なんだけど全然押しつけがましくなくさらっとよめるこういうのは大抵説教臭くなるもんだけど

It's a comic that talks about social thought quite a bit, like Vigan, but it's not intrusive at all, and this kind of thing usually smells like a sermon

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Dec 23, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

つぶらな瞳がカワイイ。

Her squishy eyes are cute.

3巻まで。夢中になって読みました。アメリカが舞台のお話。海外ドラマを観ているようです。ストーリーもよく練られていて面白いです。

Up to 3 volumes. I was obsessed with reading it. A story set in America. It looks like they're watching foreign dramas. The story is also well-designed and interesting.

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Nov 11, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

映画を見ているような

Like watching a movie

This review contains spoilers. 言い回しが字幕吹替のようなセリフが多くて、物語もさながら、映画を見ている気分で追いかけてます。チャーリーのセリフが無垢で刺さる

This review contains spoilers. There are many lines whose wording is like dubbing with subtitles, and just like a story, I'm chasing them as if I were watching a movie. Charlie's line is innocent and stings

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Jun 08, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

チャーリーはどうなるのか

What's going to happen to Charlie

人間とチンパンジーののDNAを持つチャーリー彼は、人間以上の身体能力を持ち、知能も高い動物愛護家たちはチャーリーを孤立化することで動物愛護家に傾倒させ、みこしに担ごうとするチャーリーを、個人として尊重する、クラスメートのルーシーや、保護者達そして政府の三つ巴チャーリーはどうなるのか、先が読めません

Charlie, who has the DNA of humans and chimpanzees, he has more physical abilities than humans, and animal advocates who are highly intelligent make Charlie lean towards animal welfare by isolating him, and respect Charlie, who is trying to carry Mikoshi as an individual, and I can't read ahead what will happen to my classmate Lucy, parents, and Charlie the government's triad

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Mar 24, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

ハリウッドが忘れたもの

What Hollywood has forgotten

テーマもストーリーもアクションも、全盛期のハリウッド映画のような重厚な作品。通奏低音として描かれるアメリカ社会の分断にしても、保守もリベラルも生活に根ざした描写がされているのでどちらにも感情移入できるのは、日本人作家じゃないと逆に不可能だったかもしれない。世界が壊れかけている今こそ、この作品を映像化して世に問うてみてほしい。

The theme, story, and action are as profound as Hollywood movies in their heyday. Even with the division of American society depicted as a continuo bass, both conservatives and liberals are depicted rooted in life, so being able to empathize with either may have been impossible without a Japanese writer. Now that the world is about to break down, I want you to visualize this work and ask the world about it.

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Dec 16, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

存在する不条理

The absurdity that exists

This review contains spoilers. サイバーパンクの次にきたのは遺伝子改変に対する誘惑だろう。今、豚の内臓を人間に移植する技術が進んでいる。ペットのクローンも商業展開されている。そして人間が見ないふりをしていた最大の問題にぶちあたる。人とその他の生物の命に差はあるのか？人間の快適な生活や楽しみの為に他の生命はいくらでも搾取していいのか？と。この作品に登場したヴィーガンのハンナとギルバートはとても聡明な人達だった。ヴィーガンでも命を搾取している観点を踏まえて他人に強制する事はなかった。揶揄されがちなヴィーガンの思想を人の立場で明快に語った登場人物だったと思う。そしてこの作品の舞台はアメリカでなければならなかったと読んでいて強く思う。各個人が自分の立場で語る。ファイアアーベントの人間への底知れない絶望はアメリカでの黒人差別が背景にあるだろう。オメラスのこの世に存在する事の不条理と苦痛はこの世に存在する事の根源的な問いかけになっている。この世は全ての生命にとって生きるに値する世界なのか？技術革新は人間の存在を根底から問いかけてくる。お前達は特別なのか？と。

This review contains spoilers. What came after cyberpunk was probably the temptation to modify genes. Currently, technology for transplanting pig internal organs to humans is progressing. Pet cloning is also being developed commercially. And it hits the biggest problem that humans pretended not to see. Is there a difference in the lives of humans and other living things? Is it OK to exploit any amount of other life for a comfortable human life and enjoyment? and. The vegans Hannah and Gilbert who appeared in this film were very smart people. Even vegans did not force others based on the viewpoint that they were exploiting lives. I think he was a character who clearly talked about vegan ideas, which tend to be ridiculed, from a human standpoint. And when I read that the setting for this film had to be in America, I feel strongly. Each person speaks from their own standpoint. There is probably discrimination against black people in America in the background of Fireavent's unfathomable hopelessness for humans. The absurdity and pain of Omeras' existence in this world are fundamental questions about his existence in this world. Is this a world worth living in for all life? Technological innovation questions the existence of human beings from the bottom up. Are you guys special? and.

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Nov 23, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

社会派

Socialist

This review contains spoilers. アメリカならではの社会構成やテロなどの問題と、哲学的な問題提起が入り混じった社会派漫画。単純にチャーリーが見ていておもしろいけど、解決しそうにない問題が背後にあるので、どう決着がつくのか。

This review contains spoilers. A social comic that mixes issues such as social structure and terrorism unique to America with raising philosophical issues. There is a problem behind it that Charlie is simply interesting to watch, but is unlikely to be solved, so how will it be settled?

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