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A Drunken Dream And Other Stories (2010)

by Moto Hagio(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1606993771 (ISBN13: 9781606993774)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Fantagraphics

review 1: Perhaps my rating is a little unfair because I'm not familiar with the artist and writer of this collection. Perhaps I should have read the interview in the back of this edition, but I decided not to. I just read the short stories. And they were good! For the most part. I enjoyed Iguana Girl, Hanshin: Half-God, and The Child Who Comes Home. Wasn't a huge fan of Marie, Ten Years Later. I dunno why. Just didn't like it.A lot of these stories were very depressing. And maybe that's why I didn't like it. I like my comics to be... happier? I guess? Castle Waiting is my favorite. It has its fair share of sad moments, but overall it's a happy story. And that doesn't take away from how deep and meaningful it is either. It can still be taken quite seriously. All of the stories in th... moreis collection dealt mainly with death and suffering, which I wasn't expecting. That's probably because, like I said, I'm not familiar with the writer. But oh well. The artwork was beautiful at least and some of the stories really did stand out to me.
review 2: I saw this collection of short story mangas had a lot of high reviews. When I read through the first couple of stories, I feared this would turn out like Gogo Monster where everyone loved it but me. But once I got passed the first couple, I really started loving the stories within this book's pages.My favorite story was by far Hanshin: Half-God. I honestly don't think words can describe how incredibly touching that story is because of how entirely true and believable it is. It's both heart breaking but a little triumphant, in my opinion.I did enjoy Hagio-san's artwork. She has an amazing way of telling stories in such a short amount of space. There is definitely something raw about her stories. Even though sometimes the artwork can be cutesie and silly, the stories are so personal and powerful. You even feel the emotion of the story when the artwork has it's moments of non-seriousness.A really very spectacular collection of short stories. Two thumbs from me! less

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