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A Distant Neighborhood, Vol. 1 (1998)

by Jirō Taniguchi(Favorite Author)

4.16 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

8492444282 (ISBN13: 9788492444281)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Ponent Mon

series

A Distant Neighborhood / 遥かな町へ

review 1: Finished this and volume two. I quite liked it although it was a little slow in the beginning. And a bit too fast at the end. I would have wanted a bit more of an epilogue to see if time had changed at all other than catching that glimpse of his father. Because it seems that since he spent so much time worrying about whether his decisions changed the future... meh, didn't seem enough like it was cut off and they didn't put the rest of the pages in. But I did enjoy this series!
review 2: Really enjoyed this, but it's only volume 1 of 2, and so it feels premature to judge it. I liked the more narrative drive to this story, over Taniguchi's other work like The Walking Man (which was great - perhaps better in many ways - but you have to be in the mood for that, whe... morereas this is easier to get into). The story is about a 48-year old career man who finds himself back at school as a 14-year old. He revels in his new-found youth, in a way that frankly disturbs his classmates. Of course, there are some of the clashes from a changed generational perspective. But the main plot starts to develop as he starts to realise that he is potentially changing history. It's nicely done. Kinda slow-paced, but well-judged in my opinion.I really like most of the art, although I'm not a fan of Taniguchi's facial expressions. Ah well. I just wanted to keep on reading straight into volume 2. less

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