New York, New York Manga Reviews (P.5)

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Aug 28, 2015 (PST) | Translate to English

養子の

Adopted child's

This review contains spoilers. 娘目線で二人の後日談を描ききったのはゲイ漫画としては珍しいです。色々あったけど幸せな人生だったのですね。

This review contains spoilers. It's unusual for a gay comic to completely draw a story between the two at a later date from a daughter's point of view. There were a lot of things, but it was a happy life.

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Aug 22, 2014 (PST) | Translate to English

表紙絵新しい！

The cover picture is new!

表紙絵が新しい！嬉しいです。ゲイだけど、人間ドラマです。ヒューマニズムにどっぷり浸かりながら、世界観を味わうといいですよ。

The cover picture is new! I'm happy. It's a gay drama, but it's a human drama. It's nice to fully immerse yourself in humanism and enjoy the view of the world.

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Aug 18, 2014 (PST) | Translate to English

読後感がとてもいい

The feeling after reading is very good

BLというと大抵、主人公2人の視点で話が進むものだと思うんですが、このお話は主人公の両親や周囲の人の心情も掘り下げて描かれています。なので登場人物の悩みや思いに感情移入できて、リアリティを感じることができました。BLという枠にはまらない壮大な人生を描いた物語だと思います。

When it comes to BL, I think the story usually progresses from the perspective of the two main characters, but this story also delves into the feelings of the protagonist's parents and people around them. So I was able to empathize with the characters' worries and thoughts, and I was able to feel reality. I think it's a story about a grand life that doesn't fit within the BL framework.

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長編小説を読み終えた感覚

The feeling of having finished reading a long novel

BL作品にはいろんなジャンルがありますが、これはそのなかでも、よりヒューマンドラマの色が濃いです。[きゅん]とか、ドキドキとか、そういうんじゃなくて、マンハッタンで運命の出会いを果たした二人の男性の生涯を描いた作品です。バカみたいにラブラブなBL作品も大好きな自分ですが、これはちがった意味で好きです。とても読みごたえがあり、分厚い小説を読み終えた気分でした。素敵な物語でした。ただ、2巻は少し不幸のエピソードが続き、大半を事件の捜査が占めるので(ハッピーエンドですが)、辛すぎるのが苦手な方は1巻だけで充分かと思います。ただ、2巻のラストを読むとより読み終わった後の余韻に浸れる気がします。

There are various genres of BL works, but among them, this one has a stronger human drama color. It's not about [Kyun] or Doki Doki, or anything like that, it's a work about the lives of two men who had a fateful encounter in Manhattan. I also love BL films that are silly and lovey-dovey, but I like this in a different sense. It was a great read, and I felt like I had finished reading a thick novel. It was a wonderful story. However, volume 2 continues with slightly unfortunate episodes, and the investigation of the incident takes up most of it (although it has a happy ending), so I think volume 1 is enough for those who don't like too much pain. However, when I read the last volume of volume 2, I feel more immersed in the afterglow after I've finished reading it.

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読みごたえがある

It's challenging to read

レビューを読んで、購入してみました。ストーリーに読みごたえがあり、感動で泣けます。絵が昔風ですが、内容がいいのであまり気になりません。ジャンル的には、バナナフィッシュと同じかと。バナナフィッシュの方が当事者寄りで、こちらは主人公の健全な両親に特徴があり、それぞれ良さがあると思いました。私はバナナフィッシュのが好きですが。「過去の傷を埋めるために現在があるの」という主人公の母の言葉など、泣ける名言が随所に。主人公の両親が本当に息子を愛している真面目な人たちでいいです。一巻は青春物、カミングアウトの物語ですが、二巻では一転して刑事物に。二巻は、ちょっと怖いので注意です。

I read the reviews and bought it. The story is worth reading, and I'm moved and I'm so moved that it makes me cry. The picture is old-fashioned, but the content is nice, so I don't really care. Genre-wise, I think it's the same as banana fish. Banana Fish is more involved, and this one has characteristics of the main character's healthy parents, and I thought they each had their own merits. I like banana fish though. There are many quotes that make you cry, such as the words of the main character's mother, “The present exists to fill the wounds of the past.” It's nice that the main character's parents are serious people who really love their son. Volume one is a story about youth, coming out, but volume two completely reverses it and becomes a detective story. Volume 2 is a bit scary, so be careful.

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泣きました

I cried

この方の作品は、おそらく初めて読んだと思いますが…とにかく内容が深い基本的にBLと言われるものを読まないので、BLにあたるか、判らないのですが…この作品は、他の方が言われる通りヒューマンストーリーです。色んな立場の人の感情がとてもよく描かれていて、それぞれの想いに共感出来ます。読んで良かったと思いました。

I think this is probably the first time I've read this person's work... I don't read what is basically called BL, which has deep content, so I don't know if it falls under BL... this work is a human story, as others have said. The emotions of people in various positions are depicted very well, and I can sympathize with their feelings. I thought it was good to read it.

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何度読んでも涙がでる

I'm in tears no matter how many times I read it

この作品は、「赤ちゃんと僕」以外でこの作者の作品を初めて読んだ作品です。いきなり色違いで、当時は驚きました。でも、「赤僕」もそうですか、人の矛盾など、描かれていて涙しました。ただ、ＢＬ作品を読みたいかたは、辞めた方が良いと思います。ＢＬ作品では無く、ヒューマンドラマです。偏見、嫉妬、その他の汚い部分や、一途な愛や絆がえがかれています。色々ありますが、少しでも書き出したら、文字数足りなくなりそうなので、辞めと来ます。とにかく、いろんな人に読んで欲しいです。

This is the first work I've read by this author other than “Baby and Me.” The color was suddenly different, and I was surprised at the time. But as is the case with “Red Servant,” it made me cry because it depicts human contradictions, etc. However, if you want to read BL works, I think it's better to quit. It's not a BL film, it's a human drama. Prejudice, jealousy, and other dirty parts, as well as unbridled love and bonds are being drawn. There are many things, but if I write it out even a little bit, I'm likely to run out of characters, so I quit. Anyway, I want all kinds of people to read it.

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泣けます(*^_^*)

It makes me cry (*^_^*)

ほんとに良かったー読んで良かったと思いました(*^_^*)何度も泣けるし、じーんときます。ただのBLではないです‼えっちもちゃんとあるけど、素晴らしかったです。ちょっと災難が多いなとも思いますが、ほんとにオススメです‼

It was really good - I thought I was glad I read it (*^_^*) It makes me cry over and over again, and it makes me freak out. It's not just BL ‼ It's there too, but it was amazing. I think there are a few disasters, but I really recommend it ‼

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これをＢＬ漫画だと思わないで下さい。

Please don't think of this as a BL comic.

他の方も書かれている通り、これはヒューマンドラマです。気軽な気持ちで読むとかなりショックを受けるかもしれません。それだけ重いテーマを扱っています。むやみに人に勧めれる作品ではないです。それでも、この作品は本当に素晴らしいです。こんなテーマで読後感が清々しいのは作者の描く力が素晴らしいからだとおもいます。読むたびに深みが増す作品です。

As others have written, this is a human drama. If you read it casually, you might be quite shocked. It deals with such a heavy subject. It's not a work I can unnecessarily recommend to others. Still, this work is really amazing. I think the reason I feel refreshed after reading this theme is because the author's ability to draw is amazing. It's a work that increases in depth every time you read it.

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読んでよかった

I'm glad I read

BLと言う言葉を使いたくない作品でした。凄いの一言です。キャラクターの心理描写に脱帽。心理描写が本当にリアルです。時に醜く、時に綺麗で。だけど絡み合わなくて。沢山のテーマが詰め込まれており、正直かなり重い話です。さっぱりとしたBL、甘いBLなどを期待して読むべきではないでしょう。想像以上の重さに最初は戸惑いましたが、本当に最後まで読んでよかった。ストーリーの展開に、読んでいて思わず「嘘…なんで？」「どうしてこうなるの？」と声を出してしまいました。それくらい入り込めました。登場人物もかなり魅力的です。人道から外れ、殺人を犯す者。確かに許されないことをしている者なのに、そういう行いをしてしまったまでの犯人の生き方や環境の残酷さを考えると切ない。作者さんは見せ方が本当に素晴らしかったです。別の方も書いていますが、本当に長いドキュメンタリーを見ているようでした。読み終えた後は夢から覚めるというより、ただただ彼らが愛しいという気持ちでいっぱいになりました。重いテーマの話が平気な方には、是非オススメしたい作品です。

It was a work where I didn't want to use the word BL. That's an amazing word. Hats off to the psychological depiction of the characters. The psychological depiction is really realistic. Sometimes ugly, sometimes beautiful. but they didn't get tangled up. It's packed with a lot of themes, and to be honest, it's a pretty heavy story. You probably shouldn't read it expecting a refreshing BL, sweet BL, etc. At first I was puzzled by how heavy it was than I had imagined, but I'm really glad I read it to the end. As the story unfolds, when I read it, I thought, “A lie... why?” “Why is this happening?” I made a loud voice. I was able to get in that much. The characters are also pretty fascinating. A person who deviates from humanity and commits murder. They are certainly people who do unforgivable things, but it's sad when you think about the cruelty of the criminal's way of life and environment until they did such acts. The way the author showed it was really amazing. Another person wrote it, and it was like watching a really long documentary. After I finished reading it, rather than waking up from a dream, I was filled with the feeling that they were simply loved. If you don't mind talking about heavy themes, I would definitely recommend this work.

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深い人間ドラマです

It's a deep human drama

この作者のお話は人間の情みたいなものを深くえぐるから読んだ後ぐっと来ます。ラブラブなんて軽い言葉では表せない…。息子がゲイだと知った母がすごく嫌悪感を抱いてでも息子の恋人の人柄にふれる内に受け入れていく課程が好き。

This author's story deeply explores things like human feelings, so I'll come back a long time after reading it. Love-love cannot be expressed in light words... I like the course where a mother who knows her son is gay accepts her son's lover while being in touch with her son's lover's personality even if she is really disgusted.

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感動!!

Impressed!!

全編を一気に読み終えてしまいました。(かなり時間がかかりましたが…汗)ゲイを扱った作品だからＢＬ枠なんでしょうが、カテゴリーに関係無く読んで感動出来る作品だと思います。読み終えた後、映画を見終わった感覚になります。

I finished reading the whole story all at once. (It took quite a while... sweat) Since it's a work dealing with gays, it's probably in the BL category, but I think it's a work that you can read and be moved regardless of the category. After I've finished reading it, I feel like I've finished watching a movie.

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何回でも読みたくなる

Makes me want to read it over and over

10年以上前に一度読んだ事があり、とても印象的でした。それからも何度か読みたいなって思いながらも、今回まで読まずにいました。10年前に感じた事。10年後に感じた事、感じ方が少しだけ変わったように思います。学生だったあたし結婚し、子供もいるあたしその時その時の思いや考え方はあっても、こんな素敵な作品に出会えて私は幸せです。とても素敵なストーリーです。

I read it once over 10 years ago and it was very impressive. Even though I wanted to read it a few times since then, I haven't read it until now. Something I felt 10 years ago. I think what I felt and how I felt 10 years from now changed just a little bit. As a student, I got married, and I have children, and I am happy to have come across such a wonderful work, even though I had my thoughts and ways of thinking at that time. It's a very nice story.

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自分の存在。居場所

My presence. A place to stay

とても大事なひとに出会えた奇跡。迷いながら傷つきながら、生き方を探していく登場人物たち。脇役まで魅力いっぱいなのでとても読み応えがあります。ゲイとして生きていくことの苦しみ。日本とは違う舞台。家族や友人との関わり。どう乗り越えていくのか続きが楽しみです。私は正直、BLが苦手なので最初は躊躇しましたが、あまりそれは苦にならず読めました。苦手な人も読める作品だと思います。

It was a miracle that I met a very important person. The characters search for a way to live while hesitating and getting hurt. Even the supporting characters are full of charm, so it's very readable. The pain of living as a gay person. A different stage from Japan. Involvement with family and friends. I'm looking forward to continuing to see how they overcome it. To be honest, I'm not good at BL, so I was hesitant at first, but it wasn't too bothersome and I was able to read it. I think it's a work that people who don't like it can read.

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人間ドラマ✨

Human drama ✨

学生の時、一度コミックを読んだんですが、初めはＢＬだって知らなくて?それでも抵抗なく読めましたよ?もう一回読みたいたいなって思ってたらコチラで出たので即買いしました✋ハードな部分もあるんですが、それより人間関係の難しさや、大切さ。人の愛し方のそれぞれが考えさせられる作品です?正直、うろ覚えなとこがあるんですが、(ネタバレします)最後の『私にはパパとダディがいるから幸せ』という少女が少し羨ましく思えるぐらい微笑ましく、暖かくなるラストです?

I read comics once when I was a student, but I didn't know it was BL at first? Still, you were able to read it without any resistance, right? I wanted to read it one more time, and it came up here, so I bought it right away ✋ There are hard parts, but more than that, relationships are difficult and important. Each one of the ways people love is a work that makes you think? To be honest, there's something I'm amazed at, but (spoiler alert) is the last one where the girl called “I'm happy because I have a daddy and daddy” is so smiling and warm that I feel a little envious?

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大都市の片隅の愛の物語

A love story in a corner of a big city

This review contains spoilers. シナトラ懐かしいな〜一昔前のお洒落な感じのBLかなと思って安易に手を出したことを後悔しました。皆さんも精神的に健康な時にお読み下さいね。所謂ファンタジーと呼ばれるようなBLの正反対に位置する作品だと思います。舞台は90年代のニューヨーク。警察官である主人公・ケインはゲイタウンで理想そのもののメルと出会う。やがて恋人となった二人が、多くの悲劇と試練に巻き込まれていくストーリー。90年代アメリカ（世界的にもか）の文化的・宗教的背景によるホモフォビアが凄まじく、怒りと悲しみで気分が悪くなるくらいでした。（これでも今は随分ましになったんだな…先人に感謝）他者のアイデンティティを平気で踏み躙り、迫害することを是とする思想や理念とは一体何なんでしょう。本当に悲しく、理解し難い概念です。マッチョイズムも強烈で、中盤くらいまでの、有害な男らしさ全開なケインにも辟易しました。ホモフォビアに加え、エイズについても描かれています。今ほど医療が充実していなかった当時では対症療法くらいしかなかったのか、ただ弱る姿を見ているしかないのは堪えました。それでも、悲しみの底から這い上がり、ようやく結婚というところで更なる悲劇。神よ、どうしてメルばかりこんな目に遭わせるのか。2巻はクライムサスペンスが中心になりますが、それもまた歪な親子関係、暴力の連鎖、移民に対する差別が複雑に絡み合っています。唯一の生還者であるメルのトラウマ、夥しい犠牲者を思うと悔しくてたまりません。こんな事件はフィクションだけにして下さい（泣）壮絶な事件も終結し一安心…とはいかず、PTSDに苦しむメルに寄り添うケインもまた、差別に苦しめられます。両親と上司の理解を得ているケインに立ち向かう強さがあることだけが、唯一の救いでした。深い悲しみや苦しみと戦いながら人生を共にしたケインとメルの、一本の映画を観たような気分です。最期なんてまるで『レ・ミゼラブル』で召されるバルジャンのシーンのようでした。もう一度読み返す気力が湧くかわかりませんが、出会えて良かったと思える一作です。

This review contains spoilers. I'm nostalgic for Sinatra ~ I thought it was a stylish BL from a year ago, and I regretted that I easily dabbled in it. Please read it while everyone is mentally healthy. I think it's a work that is the exact opposite of BL, which is called a so-called fantasy. The setting is New York in the 90s. The main character, Kane, who is a police officer, meets Mel, who is an ideal person, in a gay town. This is a story where two people who eventually become lovers get involved in many tragedies and trials. Homophobia due to the cultural and religious background of 90s America (and around the world) was so terrible that I felt sick due to anger and sadness. (Even with this, it's much better now... thanks to my ancestors) What exactly are ideas and ideals that require people to calmly trample on the identity of others and persecute them? It's a really sad and difficult concept to understand. Machoism was also intense, and I was disgusted by Kane, who fully showed his harmful masculinity until about the middle stage. In addition to homophobia, it also depicts AIDS. At the time when medical care wasn't as complete as it is now, I was able to endure the fact that I had no choice but to watch them weaken, probably only symptomatic treatment. Even so, it crept up from the bottom of sorrow, and finally it became a further tragedy when they got married. God, why does only Mel get into this situation? Volume 2 focuses on crime suspense, which is also intricately intertwined with distorted parent-child relationships, a chain of violence, and discrimination against immigrants. It's unbearable to think about the trauma of Mel, the only survivor, and the many victims. Please keep this kind of incident to fiction (crying) The fierce incident has come to an end and it's not reassuring... and Kane, who is close to Mel, who suffers from PTSD, also suffers from discrimination. Having the strength to stand against Kane, who has gained the understanding of her parents and boss, was my only salvation. I feel like I've watched a single movie between Kane and Mel, who shared their lives while battling deep sorrow and suffering. The end was like a Valjean scene summoned in “Les Miserables.” I don't know if it will give me the energy to reread it again, but I'm glad I came across it.

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これは同性愛の物語でも人間の話です。❤

This is a homosexual story, but also a human story. ❤

This review contains spoilers. 安っぽい愛じゃなくて、ちゃんと人間の軋轢や、差別、母親の嫌悪感や、最後は理解者になることは本当に理想的だなと思います。人間としてできるだけ精いっぱい恋と人生に生きた物語です。素敵だと思います。

This review contains spoilers. Instead of cheap love, I think it's really ideal to be someone who understands human conflicts, discrimination, mother's disgust, and in the end. It's a story about living in love and life to the fullest possible extent as a human being. I think it's wonderful.

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Oct 17, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

映画

movies

当時、花とゆめで読んでたのですが、あんまりヘビーな話で、途中でギブアップ。20年越しで最後が読めました。養女のエリカから語られる最終話がこんなに読後感が良いものだとは。読み応えあります！

I was reading it in Hana to Yume at the time, but it was such a heavy story that I gave up along the way. I was able to read the last one after 20 years. The last story told by her adopted daughter Erika had such a good feeling after reading it. It's worth reading!

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考えさせられる

It makes me think

blというよりも同性愛による様々な葛藤や差別など容易に乗り越えられない壁が辛く厳しいという現実を突きつけられました。このような作品がこんな昔に花とゆめに掲載されていたというのも衝撃です。是非少しでも多くの方の目に触れて欲しいです。

Rather than BL, I was confronted with the reality that barriers that cannot be easily overcome, such as various conflicts and discrimination due to homosexuality, are painful and severe. It's also shocking that this kind of work was published in Hana and Yume so long ago. I definitely want it to be seen by as many people as possible.

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しんどい

Tough

そんなにメルを不幸にさせなくても…何十苦なのよ。あの展開からまさかあんな事件が起きるとは思わなくてびっくりでした。BLという枠ではなく、ヒューマンストーリー＆ミステリーとして楽しむ作品です。

Even if you don't make Mel that unhappy... it's going to be a lot of trouble. I was surprised that I never thought such an incident would happen from that development. It is a work that can be enjoyed not within the framework of BL, but as a human story and mystery.

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