The Man in the Box Manga Reviews (P.10)

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なるほど

I see

This review contains spoilers. タイトルが二重内容になっていてなるほどと思った。誰も悪くないけど誰もが悪い、、わたしにはそう感じましたね。

This review contains spoilers. The title had double content and I thought that was true. Nobody is bad, but everyone is bad... I felt that way.

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面白かったぁー！！！！

that was interesting!!!

なんだコレ。おもしろすぎる。読む手が止まらなくて、普段購入しないのにクーポン使って続きを買ってしまった。でも想像の斜め上をゆく伏線回収で、気になってる方はぜひ、立ち読み以降も購入オススメ！！！

what is this. It's too funny. I couldn't stop reading it, and even though I don't usually buy it, I used a coupon to buy more. But if you are interested in collecting foreshadows that go diagonally above your imagination, I definitely recommend purchasing it even after standing reading it!!!

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人間って怖い

Humans are scary

ずっとハラハラしながら読みました、。人間の怖さを表した物語でした普通とは、何かを考えさせられました。

I read it in a state of nervousness the whole time... It was a story that showed the fear of humans, and it made me think about what normal is.

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見て損は無い

There's no harm in looking

ちょいホラー系の漫画が好きなので、この漫画は読んでよかったなと思いました。生きてる人間がいちばん怖いというのが分かる面白い漫画でした。

I like horror comics, so I thought I was glad I read this comic. It was an interesting comic where you can see that living people are the scariest.

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おもしろかった

That was interesting

登場する大人のほとんどが精神的に追い詰められておかしくなってる人でも全然他人事じゃない絵はシュールなのに内容が濃い1000円近く払っても惜しくないいい漫画だった皆さんが書かれてるように映画化して欲しいと思う

I want it to be made into a movie so that most of the adults who appear are mentally cornered and crazy, and the picture isn't someone else's problem at all, and it's a good comic that you don't regret paying close to 1000 yen even though it's surreal yet the content is strong

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それぞれの箱

Each box

This review contains spoilers. みんなにもそれぞれの「箱」が存在していると思う。かくいう私も箱に入れられている。私にたくさん酷いことをしてきた、元恋人のことが忘れられないのだ。頭では会うべきではないと理解しているのに、心が求めてしまう。そんな本音を隠して生きている。箱の中の男は、あの生活を続ける中で考える力を失ったのかもしれない。いや、あの生活に耐えるために考えることをやめたのだろうか。私も、相手への感情に憎悪と居心地の良さが共存していた経験があるからわかる。マイナスな感情を見ないフリしてプラスな感情だけに目を向けるととても楽だ。私は今まで、心で思うことが事実で、頭で考えることは世間体や常識に縛られた価値観であると思っていたが、そうでもないのかもしれない。心こそ他からの影響で簡単に左右されるもので、他者が歪めることもできてしまう。そこに歪めようという意思があるかは別にしても。固定観念という名の箱を、いつか取り払うことができたなら、真に自由になれるのかもしれない。私がそれを望むのなら。

This review contains spoilers. I think everyone has their own “box.” I, too, have been put in a box. I can't forget my former lover who did so many terrible things to me. I understand in my head that we shouldn't meet, yet my heart asks for it. They live by hiding their true intentions. The man in the box may have lost his ability to think as he continued with that life. No, I wonder if I stopped thinking in order to endure that life. I also understand it because I have had experiences where hate and comfort coexisted in my feelings towards the other person. It's so much easier to pretend not to see negative emotions and focus only on positive emotions. Until now, I thought that what I think with my heart is true, and that thinking with my head is a value bound by the public body and common sense, but that may not be the case. The mind is easily influenced by influences from others, and it can also be distorted by others. Regardless of whether they intend to distort it or not. If one day we can get rid of the box called stereotyping, maybe we can truly be free. If that's what I want.

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うん、人間

Yeah, humans

何回も　何回も「あぁ　そういうこと！？」と驚いて、最後は「うん、人間ね」って妙に　納得してしまいました。内容は暗いのだけど　なんだろう　そんなに後味悪くない作品でした。色んな人間の感情とか　闇とか　愛情（歪みも含め）とか。どちらかと言うと重くないけど　ある程度メンタルが元気な時に読む方がいいかな。

Over and over again, “Oh that's it!?” I was surprised, and at the end, I was strangely convinced, “Yeah, it's human.” The content was dark, but I wonder why the work didn't have such a bad aftertaste. Various human emotions, darkness, love (including distortion), etc. If anything, it's probably better to read it when it's not heavy, but when you're mentally well to some extent.

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映画化してほしい

I want it to be made into a movie

This review contains spoilers. 人間の情とは、洗脳とは、自我とは、、考えさせられる作品でした。娘の彼氏が寄り添ってくれる人で良かった。さっちゃんの家族はその後どうなってしまったんだろう。愛情がわからず娘を虐◯していた父としては、ある意味洗脳だったかもしれないが「箱の中で暮らしてやっと人間になれた」という言葉は本心なのかも？

This review contains spoilers. It was a work that made me think about human emotions, brainwashing, and ego. I'm glad my daughter's boyfriend is someone to snuggle up to. I wonder what happened to Sacchan's family after that. As a father who didn't understand his love and mistreated his daughter, it may have been brainwashing in a sense, but maybe the phrase “I was finally able to become a human after living in a box” is true?

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予想を裏切る

It betrays expectations

This review contains spoilers. 最初から途中　そして最後のストーリーまで想像以上というか　最初は単純な話かと思いきや　最後の最後も　色々な人間の欲望や理想　願いなどリアルな部分が描かれてるんじゃないのかなと思う。ありそうでない、なさそうでありそうな　読み終わりまた最初から読み直したくなる作品。

This review contains spoilers. From the beginning to the middle and to the end, I thought it was a simpler story than I had imagined at first, but I think the last end also depicts realistic parts such as the desires and ideals of various people. It's an unlikely, unlikely work that makes you want to finish reading it again and again from the beginning.

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一気に読めました

I was able to read it all at once

This review contains spoilers. どうしても立ち飲みだけでは気になりすぎて、はじめて購入しました。みんなが被害者でもあり加害者でもある。。そのなかでの幸せな家族のかたち。。歪んでいるけどその中にいるときっとそれが【普通】なんだなと。一見、普通にみえることがきっとまわりからみると普通じゃないなと思わせられる。深い。。ゆみこの彼氏がいい人でよかった。箱の男は外に出ない方が幸せだったのかもしれない。人それぞれの幸せについて考えさせられる作品だった。

This review contains spoilers. No matter what, I was too worried about just standing up, so I bought it for the first time. Everyone is both a victim and a perpetrator.. The shape of a happy family in the midst of that... It's distorted, but when I'm in it, I'm sure it's [normal]. What seems normal at first glance will surely make you think that it's not normal when you look at it from your surroundings. deep.. I'm glad Yumiko's boyfriend is a nice person. The man in the box might have been happier if he didn't go outside. It was a work that made me think about the happiness of each person.

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内容量に合わないほどの読みごたえ

Too good to read that it doesn't fit the amount of content

ページ数に対しての読みごたえが凄い。ミステリーで考える要素もありつつも、ストーリーが進むにつれてもったいぶらずに真実を教えてくれるので普段漫画を読まない方にもおすすめ。

The reading response to the number of pages is amazing. It also has elements of thinking about it as a mystery, but as the story progresses, it's also recommended for those who don't usually read comics because it tells me the truth without hesitation.

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家族のはこ

Family one

This review contains spoilers. 家族を箱に入れて、マインドコントロールして、支配する。箱に入れられた側は、最初は逃げ出そうとしていたけど、最終的にはそこに幸せを感じ、自ら止まろうと、箱に戻ろうとする。実家から逃げ出したいと思ってきたのに、何がおかしいのかだめなのか、自ら戻ろうとしてしまう、ストックホルム症候群と思われる自分と重なる。私も箱に入れられてきたのかもしれないし、この作品はその箱を具現化して分かりやすくこの世界の在り方を映してくれた作品なのかも。すごく考えさせられることがあって、面白い作品でした。ありがとうございました。

This review contains spoilers. Put your family in a box, control your mind, and control them. The side that was put in the box tried to escape at first, but in the end, they felt happy there and tried to return to the box in an attempt to stop themselves. I wanted to run away from my parents' house, but I was trying to return myself because of what was wrong or bad, and it overlaps with myself, which seems to have Stockholm syndrome. Maybe I was put in a box, and maybe this work embodies that box and shows the state of this world in an easy-to-understand manner. It made me think a lot, and it was an interesting work. Thank you very much.

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面白かった！

That was interesting!

初めて購入＆コメントしてしまうほど、とても良い作品でした。高かったけど、買って良かったです。イラストのタッチとは違う内容の深さに考えさられました。

It was such a good work that I bought and commented on it for the first time. It was expensive, but I'm glad I bought it. I was thinking about the depth of the content, which was different from the touch of the illustration.

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面白かった

That was interesting

This review contains spoilers. 気味の悪い入りではありましたが最後まで読んで、いわゆるヒトコワという感じで面白く読めました。ただ1つ分からなかったのは表紙以外どうして左の穴から右手を出しているのでしょうか。漫画だからそこまで気にしなくてもいいのかもしれないですが私の中ではそれがとても気味悪かったですね。

This review contains spoilers. It was a creepy entry, but I read it until the end, and it was interesting to read it as if it were a so-called human being. The only thing I didn't understand was that other than the cover, why was the right hand sticking out the left hole? It's a comic, so maybe I don't need to worry about it that much, but that was really creepy for me.

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面白かった

That was interesting

This review contains spoilers. 一気読みしました。絵が可愛くていいですが、もうちょっと誰が誰なのかわかりやすければいいなと思いました。試し読みで一番気になっていたいちごの後の親指下のサイン、あの部分だけでも十分不穏でしたが、あの後の内容を読んでぞくっときました。それにしてもお好み焼きの焦げみたいになった姿ってどんな姿なんだろうか。

This review contains spoilers. I read it all at once. It's nice that the pictures are cute, but I thought it would be nice if it was a little easier to understand who is who. The sign below the thumb after strawberry, which I was most interested in in the trial reading, was disturbing enough, but I was thrilled to read the content after that. Even so, what does burnt okonomiyaki look like?

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面白い切ない？

funny sad?

This review contains spoilers. うっすら箱の男はゆみこの父ではないと思ってたけど、それより予想外の展開でとても面白かった。お母さんがお父さんにしたことや、洗脳やマインドコントロールはだめなことなのに、ゆみこにとっては幸せなのかな？とも思ったり。箱から出てきたとき、お父さんがお母さんを庇っててなぜか切なくなった。本当に幸せと思ってたのか、完全に精神をやられてしまったのか。それぞれの気持ちもしんどいし、さっちゃんとの関係や家族の話にも、人って怖いなと、色々考えさせられた。本当に悪いのは誰かと言われれば、箱を作った男なのかなと、、なんでそんなものを作るのかがわからないけど。お父さんは優しいひとになったし、あんな状態でもそこに家族の幸せがあったんだからよかったじゃない、と思ってしまう私も洗脳されてるのかもしれないが。お好み焼きの焦げみたいな見た目は、そんな状態まで生きていた精神力？に驚いた。お父さんは途中まで、反骨心があったようだが、最後にはなくなってしまったのか、、それとも出てきた時にはまだ自我は持ち合わせていたのかも気になった。家族みんな本当の愛情であったのか？でも、ハワイのシーンは幸せな家族だと感じたし。人から不幸だと言われても本当のことはその人たちにしかわからないし、知らぬ間にコントロールされてるのかもしれないし、人との関係や、幸せとは？と思う作品だった。人により感じることや目線が違うとは思うけど、すごく楽しく読み進められました。その後の家族の姿とか、めちゃくちゃ気になります。続編とかあったら面白そうだけどないかな？

This review contains spoilers. I thought the man in the faint box wasn't Yumiko's father, but more than that, it was an unexpected development and it was very interesting. I wonder if Yumiko is happy even though what her mother did to her father and brainwashing and mind control are bad things? I also think so. When I came out of the box, my dad was protecting my mom, and for some reason I felt sad. Did they really think they were happy, or were they completely traumatized? Each feeling was tough, and talking about her relationship with Sacchan and her family made me think a lot about how scary people are. If anyone were to say who is really bad, I wonder if it's the man who made the box... but I don't know why they make such a thing. Dad has become a kind person, and even in such a state, I may have been brainwashed to think that it was good because my family had happiness there. Is the burnt appearance of okonomiyaki the mental strength that lived to such a state? I was surprised. Dad seemed to have a rebellious heart until halfway through, but I was wondering if it was gone at the end, or if he still had an ego when he came out. Was everyone in the family really in love? But I felt like the Hawaiian scene was a happy family. Even if people say they are unhappy, only those people know the truth, and they may be controlled without knowing it, and relationships with people and what is happiness? It was a work I thought. I think people have different feelings and perspectives, but I really enjoyed reading it. I'm really worried about what my family will look like after that. Wouldn't it be interesting if there was a sequel or something?

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展開がすごい

The development is amazing

This review contains spoilers. 続きが気になって電子版の漫画を人生で初めて購入しました。次から次へと展開が面白くて、人の弱さを再確認するようなお話だと思いました。最後の最後に「箱の男」の意味が分かるところ、すごく鳥肌が立ちました…たしかに、よくよく考えてみれば人が入れるサイズの鍵付きの箱を妊娠中の妻にプレゼントする元旦那がいちばんイカれてます。本当にただの作品としてだけだったんでしょうか、、？？ゆりかごのような箱を作ろうとしていたのも、読み終わった今思うとなぜ箱？？？ゆりかごでよくない？？？と思ってしまいました。ゾクゾクして本当に面白かったです！！

This review contains spoilers. I bought an electronic comic for the first time in my life because I was worried about the continuation. The developments one after the other were interesting, and I thought it was a story that reaffirmed people's weaknesses. When I understood the meaning of “the man in the box” at the very end, I got really goose bumps... Certainly, if you think about it carefully, the former husband who presents his pregnant wife with a locked box the size that a person can fit is the coolest. was it really just a work...?? I was trying to make a cradle-like box, but now that I've finished reading it, why is it a box?? isn't it good in a cradle??? It made me think. It was thrilling and really fun!!

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ちょうどいい

Just right

可愛い絵本のような雰囲気の絵で物語が進んでいく中で、たまにあるシリアスシーンとのギャップが刺さります。一巻で完結なので読みやすかったです。タイトルの回収の仕方(?)も良かったと思います。

As the story progresses with pictures that have a cute picture book-like atmosphere, the occasional gap with serious scenes sticks. It was easy to read since it was completed in one volume. How to collect titles (?) I think it was good too.

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すごい作品を読んだ

I read an amazing work

うまく感想が言えないけど、気がついたら購入してて最後まで読んでめっちゃ満足でした。絵は保育園の子が描いてるのって感じのクオリティだけどそれが逆に味がでてて怖さ倍増。この作品に、出会えてよかった。

I can't really express my impressions, but when I noticed it, I bought it and read it until the end, and I was very satisfied. The quality of the picture was like it was drawn by a preschool child, but the opposite flavor came out, making it doubly scary. I'm glad I came across this work.

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良い

good

This review contains spoilers. 70％オフを利用して、かなりお得に購入。そして即読了。迷ったら買うべきとレビューをみて後悔なしです。すべてのひとが理解をするのは難しく、邪魔をするのはいつも欲にまみれたひとたち。ただ、いつまでも続かないというのは幸せもそうなのだなと。進んでいくしかないことを勝手に感じました。

This review contains spoilers. Take advantage of 70% off and get a great deal. And I read it right away. I saw reviews saying I should buy it if I'm unsure, and I have no regrets. It's hard for everyone to understand, and those who get in the way are always greedy people. However, if it doesn't last forever, I think happiness is the same. I felt alone that I had no choice but to move forward.

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