The Shadows of Who We Once Were Manga Reviews

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Jan 20, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

凄すぎる！

that's too amazing!

This review contains spoilers. 同級生の好奇心から始まった殺◯の連鎖。小学校時代の同窓会に出席したら突然のルール説明、罰ゲーム。人間、善の塊のような心の美しいヒトなどいないと私は思っている。《人間の善性》を見てみたい欲望に駆られた　みきお　は実験と称し、元クラスメイトに難題を課す。人間の醜い部分を殊更に追求しているかのように思える。《悪魔とは人間の中にこそ存在する》とは良く言ったモノである。人間が持っている悪性が如実に表現されているかのような作品。ある意味、みきおが一番の被害者であり、純粋ゆえの暴挙の行動なのかも知れない。

This review contains spoilers. A chain of killings that began with a classmate's curiosity. When I attended an elementary school reunion, I suddenly explained the rules and was a punishment game. I don't think there is a human being with a beautiful heart like a mass of good. Driven by a desire to see “Human Goodness,” Mikio calls it an experiment and imposes a difficult problem on her former classmates. It seems as if they are pursuing the ugly part of humans in particular. It is often said that “the devil only exists within humans.” This work seems to clearly express the malignancy that humans have. In a sense, Mikio is the biggest victim, and it may be an act of outrage for pure reasons.

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Nov 29, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

デスゲームと呼ぶのはもったいない

It would be a waste to call it a death game

セリフ回しもテンポも良く最終巻まで一気に読んでしまった複雑すぎる人間模様を多角視点から視れるので心理的なものを学ぶのにも良いかもしれないキャラの人間性に疑問が湧くかもしれないけれどそこは極限状態であることを差し引いて怒る前にワンクッション置いて読むのがよいかもしれない

The dialogue turns and tempo are good, and you can see the overcomplicated human pattern that I read all at once until the last volume from multiple perspectives, so it may be good for learning psychological things, and questions may arise about the character's humanity, but it might be a good idea to subtract the fact that it's in an extreme state and read it with one cushion down before getting angry

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Jul 04, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

面白い！

interesting!

This review contains spoilers. 人が死んでしまったり、泥沼になったりなど、ダークな部分が多い作品ですが、ハマる人には面白いと思います

This review contains spoilers. It's a work with many dark parts, such as people dying and getting into a quagmire, but I think it's interesting for people who are addicted to it

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Jun 27, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

ヤバイね。

that's dangerous.

これは中毒性がありますね。読み始めたら、もう、続きが気になってしまい、展開がどうなるのか、ものすごく気になります。

This is addictive, isn't it? Once I start reading it, I'm already worried about the continuation, and I'm really curious about how it unfolds.

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Jun 26, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

これは…

this is...

読んでいて、がっつり感情移入するとしんどい作品でした。でも、この緊張感でどんどん読めてしまいます。誰が生き残って、誰が、この事件をどう変えていくのか。今後への期待も含めて星5でお願いいたします。

It was a tough work when I read it and really empathized with it. But this sense of tension makes me read more and more. Who will survive, who will change this incident and how? Please give it 5 stars, including expectations for the future.

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Dec 20, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

おもしろい！

It's interesting!

出だしからドキドキが止まりません！読み進めるにつれてどんどん話が繋がっていくところが本当におもしろいです。リアルではあり得ないような話ですが、それでもとても引き込まれます。いっきに全巻読んでしまいました笑

I can't stop being excited right from the start! It's really interesting that the stories connect more and more as you read on. It's a story that can't be real, but it's still very engaging. I read the whole volume all at once lol

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Oct 06, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

おもしろい

entertaining

小学校の同級生が高校生になり同窓会をひらくそして殺し合いをさせられる人間性のグロさや予想外の結末や裏切りが?面白い漫画になっています

Are elementary school classmates turning into high school students, opening class reunions, and being forced to kill each other's gross and unexpected endings and betrayals? It's an interesting comic

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Sep 18, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

男はつらいよ女もつらいよ

It's Hard Being a Man, It's Hard Being a Woman Too

This review contains spoilers. ずっと前に読んだんですが、いまだに先生の最後の告白が忘れられないです。他のキャラのことはだいぶ忘れました。私の母は小学校の教員でしたが、話を聞くたびに学校の先生にだけはなりたくないと思ってました。いろいろ原因はあると思いますがストレスで片耳が全く聞こえなくなって結局40歳くらいで辞めました。教師はつらいよ。最後まで読んでなんだかやるせない気持ちになりましたね。

This review contains spoilers. I read it a long time ago, and I still can't forget the teacher's last confession. I've forgotten quite a bit about the other characters. My mother was an elementary school teacher, and every time I heard the story, I thought she didn't just want to be a school teacher. I think there are various causes, but I was unable to hear in one ear at all due to stress, so I eventually quit when I was around 40 years old. It's hard being a teacher. Reading it all the way to the end made me feel like I couldn't do it.

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キャラが立ってる

The character is standing

キャラクターの心の経緯が丁寧に描かれているので、たくさんいるけれど感情移入出来る。ある意味ダークヒーローものとも言えるかも。毎日の割引きを使って一気に読みました。

The character's state of mind is carefully drawn, so I can empathize with them even though there are a lot of them. In a sense, it could also be called a dark hero. I read it all at once using the daily discount.

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Jul 25, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

みきお君

Mikio

This review contains spoilers. ところどころで語られる、みきお君の考え方が同意できることばかりでした。みきお君なら、長いモノに巻かれていたいだけじゃ？と指摘されてしまいそうですが笑みきお君の姿や仕草、強くて柔軟な思考力、ケンカも強く武器も使える、と。暴力性と向き合い、だれよりも善意を無くしたくないみきお君が退場した時寂しかったです。みきお君には強さをもらえるので何度も読んでいます。願わくば、また次回作を読みたいです。

This review contains spoilers. There were only things I could agree with Mikio's way of thinking, which was discussed here and there. If it were Mikio, wouldn't you just want to be wrapped up in something long? It seems like it's going to be pointed out, but Smiley's appearance and gestures, strong and flexible thinking ability, strong fights, and can use weapons. I was lonely when Mikio, who faced violence and didn't want to lose his good intentions more than anyone else, left. Mikio gives me strength, so I read it over and over again. Hopefully, I'd like to read the next one again.

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極限状態のおそろしさ

Extreme state of sharpness

極限状態の人達の描写が、昔本で読んだバトル・ロワイアルみたいに残酷ですが、ためし読みしたら先が気になってとまらなくなりました。現実社会の問題が描かれているようで、実際に起こりそうでゾッとします。サスペンスとしてのストーリーが一気に読めるおもしろさでした。

The depiction of people in extreme conditions is as cruel as Battle Royale, which I read in old books, but once I tried it out, I couldn't stop worrying about the future. It seems like real-world problems are depicted, and it's scary that they actually seem to happen. It was fun to be able to read the suspenseful story all at once.

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Jun 16, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

善性

goodness

とにかく胸が締め付けられた。現実感のあるストーリーと非現実性が相まって呼んでいるのがしんどいが、続きが気になり最終巻まで一気に購入してしまった。

Anyway, my heart was tightened. It's tough to call it a story with a sense of reality combined with unreality, but I was worried about the continuation and bought it all at once until the last volume.

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Jun 07, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

二転三転

Two turns three turns

少しずつ転がって行く内容にハマります！クラス内での人間関係や、この状況になってからの人間関係、過去の内容などもちらほらと…続きが気になります！

I'm addicted to the content rolling around little by little! Relationships within the class, relationships after getting into this situation, past details, etc... I'm curious about the continuation!

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面白すぎる

It's too funny

This review contains spoilers. 次々に物語が進んでいきます。最初に物語の結末が発表されているのもいいところだと思います。人間って怖いなと思います。内海さんの作品はとても面白いです。ほかにも骨が腐るまでという作品もとてもおすすめです。ぜひ読んでみてください。失礼しました。

This review contains spoilers. The story progresses one after another. I think it's also a good thing that the ending of the story was announced first. I think humans are scary. Utsumi's work is very interesting. Other than that, I also highly recommend the work Till Your Bones Rotten. Please read it. I'm sorry.

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人間不信

Distrust of humanity

楽しいはずの４年ぶり同窓会。そこに当時の闇を懺悔させ、本性をむき出しにした上で人間性を問いたいと企てた人がいて、それが主催者だったらどうなるだろう。非日常的なテーマではあるが、人の闇や恨み、妬みは時間が経っても緩むだけで、ひょんな事から蘇ってしまうのかも、自分でも制御できない程に。途中から何が正しくて何が間違ているのかわからなくなって怖い話だとも思いました。

The first class reunion in 4 years that should be fun. There was a person there who repent of the darkness at that time and attempted to question humanity after exposing their true nature, and what would happen if that was the organizer? Although it is an extraordinary theme, people's darkness, resentment, and jealousy only loosen over time, and they may come back from an accident, to the point where they cannot even be controlled by themselves. I also thought it was a scary story because I didn't understand what was right and what was wrong along the way.

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Dec 22, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

絵が好み

I like pictures

絵が好みですがストーリーも登場人物ももちろん魅力的です。自分なりに推理したり感情移入できたりと楽しく読めました。

I like the pictures, but of course the story and characters are fascinating. I enjoyed reading it because I was able to reason and empathize in my own way.

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一気見しました。

I watched it all at once.

あっという間に全巻読んでしまいました。スピード感、話の重みが最後まで続きます。結末まで読んでよかった。考えさせられます。

I read the whole volume in no time. The sense of speed and weight of the story continues until the end. I'm glad I read to the end. It makes me think.

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3年A型の残酷版

Cruel version of type A in 3 years

狂気のホラーサスペンスです命の大切さに気付かされますあと人は大切にしなきゃなってめっちゃグロ描写あるんで苦手な人はやめときましょうでもストーリー自体もすごく面白いし、普通に伏線回収とかうまい。面白い

It's crazy horror suspense, it makes me realize the importance of life. After that, there are so many gross depictions that people have to be cherished, so let's stop people you don't like, but the story itself is also really interesting, and collecting foreshadows is usually good. interesting

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前作から読んでます

I've been reading since the previous work

This review contains spoilers. 今回も黒い人間心理を扱った作品で、深く感情移入しました。現実に起きてほしくないけど、いつ現実でこんなことが起こってもおかしくないくらい、人間の脆さも描かれていました。作品名忘れましたが、海猿の主演の人が演じてた学校ジャックの映画、あれの原作も読んでましたが、初めはそれに近いものを感じましたが、こちらはまた違った異常性があって読んでて展開が気になる作品でした。

This review contains spoilers. This time, too, it was a work dealing with dark human psychology, and I was deeply empathized with it. I don't want it to happen in reality, but it also depicted human fragility to the extent that it is not strange for this to happen in real life at any time. I forgot the title of the film, but I was also reading the Gakko Jack movie played by the person starring Umisaru, and at first I felt something close to that, but this one also had a different anomaly, so I was worried about the development.

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闇を見た

I saw the dark

ある人はきっとこの作品を見て憤慨し、侮辱していると、差別していると叫び回るだろうそれでもこの作品は必要な存在だ見つめなければいけない闇だ新しい『体験』をありがとうこの作品もまた『倫理や道徳にズバズバと踏み込む作品を世間に見せたらどうなるのか』という実験になるのでしょう

I'm sure some people will look at this work and be outraged, and if they are insulted, they'll shout that it's discriminating, yet this work is necessary; it's darkness we have to stare at; thank you for the new “experience,” this work will also be an experiment called “What would happen if we showed the world a work that quickly stepped into ethics and morality?”

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