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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Oct 11, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English
  ばかだな (クーパーが聞いたマックの声
  That's stupid (Mac's voice Cooper heard)
  忘れられない夏。遊びが一瞬で悲しみに変わった夏。思い出が苦しすぎて逃げた。三部作全て、少年時代の辛い出来事を共有するローナガン家の従兄弟同士３人のそれぞれの15年前の夏との向き合いかたを示す。本作は、幽霊物で、秘書物で、身近な者の死を体験した人間の自責の念からの脱却がテーマ。瀧川先生自身が描くのが珍しいというロン毛男。いえいえどうしてとてもチャーミングなビジュアルに仕上げてくれた。人柄がいいから事件の後遺症も強烈。現代の、いじめで他人を自死などに追い込む人間に爪の垢でも煎じて飲んで欲しい位。ブロンズ像という割にかなり痩身で、ヒロインが居ないとろくなものを食べずに済ませている、というのを裏付ける。書斎に籠って執筆生活は太陽とはあまり関係がない。むしろ、一線で活躍の著名ホラー作家であり、屋敷に取り憑いている霊がこの話の存在感ある脇役だとは、そういう系の要素揃えた感が技巧的。その割に、屋敷初日の心霊現象に神経質でなかったり、むしろ湖の方に向き合えない姿だったりが対照的に作られている。ヒロインは至って一般的な女性。読み手として気持ちを理解しやすい。物語前半はその心情描写がコミカルで、重い過去を彼女が知るのを後半に持って来るなどして、全体のトーンを軽く仕上げる工夫。邦題は意味深でなかなかセンスがいいと思う。但し副題はいつもながら陳腐。殆どその副題を表す場面なんて無いのに。それにしても何が眠るのか。湖なのか、彼の魂なのか。一方ヒロインは眠れぬ夜が続くー彼への思いを断ち切る困難さ。本作も、彼の心の処方箋のほうはヒロインが決定打を打たず、ここは第一作のメインキャラたち。祖父の心情は割と脇に置かれている。これは少年たちには残酷な事件であり、致し方なかったという側面があるのだが、ここにスポットは？第三作を随分前に読んだきりで思い出せない。確か、死んだ少年のガールフレンドの話であったと思うが、残された者達である少年一人一人の話で終わってしまったか？ これから見に行こうかと思う。秘書とボスの立場以外の設定である、過去に苦しむ彼の心が、解放され、前へ進む、というのがストーリーの側面を形成。ヒロインの料理に頼っていた姿を見せた後の、彼の頑張る料理への取り組みシーン、見当違いの努力が微笑ましい。作中のヒロインは余計空しくなっているが。64頁主語省略ややこしい。

  An unforgettable summer. In an instant, play turned to sorrow in the summer. My memories were so painful that I ran away. The entire trilogy shows how each of the three Ronaghan family's cousins, who share the painful events of their boyhood, dealt with the summer 15 years ago. The theme of this work is about breaking away from the sense of self-remorse of a person who is a ghost, a secretary, and experienced the death of someone close to him. It is rare for Takigawa-sensei himself to draw a man with long hair. No, why did they make the visuals so charming. Since he has a good personality, the sequelae of the incident are also intense. Today, I want people who drive others to suicide due to bullying to drink it by decimating them even with nail grime. She's quite slim for being a bronze statue, which confirms that she didn't have a heroine and didn't eat anything thick. Living in a study and writing doesn't have much to do with the sun. Rather, he is a famous horror writer active on the front lines, and the fact that the spirit possessed by the mansion is a supporting character with a strong presence in this story is skillful. For that reason, it was created in contrast to not being nervous about the psychic phenomenon on the first day of the mansion, or rather unable to face the lake. The heroine is a very common woman. As a reader, it's easy to understand feelings. The first half of the story is comical in its depiction of emotion, and the idea is to lightly finish the overall tone by bringing her knowledge of the heavy past to the second half. The Japanese title has a deep meaning and I think it has a pretty good sense. However, the subtitle is always trite. There are almost no scenes showing that subtitle. Even so, what sleeps? Is it the lake or his soul? Meanwhile, the heroine continues to have sleepless nights — the difficulty of breaking her feelings for him. Even in this film, the heroine didn't hit the decisive blow when it came to His Heart's Prescription, and here are the main characters from the first film. My grandfather's feelings have been put aside for the most part. This was a cruel incident for the boys, and there is an aspect that it was unavoidable, but what are the spots here? I've only read the third book so long ago that I can't remember. Certainly, I think it was a story about a dead boy's girlfriend, but did it end with a story about each and every one of the boys who were left behind? I think I'll go see it now. The fact that his heart, suffering from the past, which is a setting other than the position of secretary and boss, is released and moves forward forms an aspect of the story. After showing how she relied on the heroine's cooking, the scene of his hard work on cooking and his misplaced efforts make me smile. The heroine in the story has become extra empty, though. The omission of the subject on page 64 is a bit confusing.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Sep 19, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English
  泣いちゃった
  I cried
  あれ、評価低くない？15、16歳頃の 一番輝かしい時期 そして素晴らしい夏の日にあった悲劇 そりゃあ無理だよ 人生前向きとか無理無理 一緒にいた2人もトラウマを抱えている それぞれがそれぞれ 事件の日の その時の一言一言覚えている ヒーローもその日の悲劇的な事故を 繰り返し夢をみる 夢の中では助けられて みんなして笑い合う なんて悲しいことだろう 向き合うなんて 難しいよ ヒーローが繰り返し後悔する もしあの時 あんなことを言わなければ… 泣けたなあ 辛さがヒシヒシ伝わった ほかの2人の作品もぜひみたい 前に進む勇気をくれたヒロインと幽霊 笑 わたしはすごいいい作品に思える

  Isn't that a low rating? The most glorious period around the age of 15 and 16, and the tragedy that happened on a wonderful summer day well, that's impossible, the two people who were together were also traumatized, and each hero who remembers every word from that time on the day of the incident also repeatedly dreams about that day's tragic accidents and it's sad to be helped and everyone laugh at each other in a dream how difficult it is to face it, the hero repeatedly regrets But if I didn't say something like that at that time... I definitely want to watch the works of the other 2 people that conveyed my pain, the heroine and ghost that gave me the courage to move forward lol I think it's a great work

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Sep 08, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English
  あれ？おもしろかったのに
  huh? Even though it was interesting
  読み終わって評価を見たら2.４だった。低いなあ。シリーズの２作目から読んだのにちゃんとおもしろかった。つらい過去と向き合うのって勇気もいるけどきっかけが必要なんだと思った。思わず泣いちゃった。他の話も読みたい！

  When I finished reading it and looked at the rating, it was 2.4. that's low. Even though I read it from the second book in the series, it was really interesting. Facing a painful past takes courage, but I thought it was necessary to have an opportunity. I cried unintentionally. I want to read other stories too!

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