Midnight Fishermen: Gekiga of the 1970s

Midnight Fishermen: Gekiga of the 1970s

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  • Author:Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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Summary

The stories strip away the gloss of the Japanese Economic Miracle to reveal the stresses, desires and angst of the millions of young people who flocked to the cities where life was not what it was promised to be。 Compared to Tatsumi's earlier stories, this collection paints a much more pessimistic world。 The stories run on a different beat。 The banality of modern life and its values bleed through。 Yoshihiro Tatsumi plumbs the depths of the lost Japanese youth of the 1970s。 Today, 'youth' of every age group appreciates Yoshihiro Tatsumi。 They are attracted to him because they connect with the struggles and the darkness of modern life which he portrays。

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Jake Nap

Fine collection of Tatsumi stories not found anywhere else。 So ahead of his time。 Poor lettering job however。 I understand the bubbles are already there, they can’t remove them and it’s translated so the bubbles are big for the English translation, but I feel the Drawn and Quarterly published volumes did a better job at handling this problem。

Lengua Sucinta

Reseña completa en el blog: Lengua Sucinta Reseña completa en el blog: Lengua Sucinta 。。。more

Coke Fernández

6/10。Las historias no están mal, pero profundiza muy poco en cada una de ellas。

José Nebreda

Los jodidos 70。 En Japón。

Antonio

No soy lector habitual de manga y Tatsumi tampoco es un autor al uso por la negrura existencialista y el erotismo poco complaciente de sus relatos。 Son muy cinematográficos, estéticos y aparentemente fáciles de leer pero dejan mucho poso。 Los nueve que componen esta selección son un conjunto compacto sin momentos flojos。

Roberta

La sinossi è più che onesta。 Lo "stile dal taglio realistico", le "illusioni del "Japanese Dream" e le "periferie degradate di Tokyo" si susseguono una racconto dopo l'altro in una lettura che lascia un vago senso di disagio。 Mi è piaciuto davvero molto。 La sinossi è più che onesta。 Lo "stile dal taglio realistico", le "illusioni del "Japanese Dream" e le "periferie degradate di Tokyo" si susseguono una racconto dopo l'altro in una lettura che lascia un vago senso di disagio。 Mi è piaciuto davvero molto。 。。。more

Pedro Jorge

No conocía el término gekiga, un tipo de manga más socialmente comprometido。 Pero «Pescadores de medianoche» es una excelente recopilación de historias sobre la otra cara del milagro económico japonés。Mi reseña completa: https://youtu。be/YpR-DhpjxiQ No conocía el término gekiga, un tipo de manga más socialmente comprometido。 Pero «Pescadores de medianoche» es una excelente recopilación de historias sobre la otra cara del milagro económico japonés。Mi reseña completa: https://youtu。be/YpR-DhpjxiQ 。。。more

Chechu Rebota

Maravillosa recopilación de relatos cortos ambientados en el Japón de la segunda mitad de la década de los 70, cuando el crecimiento económico atraía a los jóvenes a la gran ciudad en busca de un buen trabajo y dinero y acababa engulléndolos。 Es un retrato de un país que estaba a punto de entrar en una crisis económica enorme y, de manera un tanto tangencial, se puede ver en estas historias por qué: los jóvenes sin trabajo o con un trabajo precario, la burbuja surgida por la compra de terrenos, Maravillosa recopilación de relatos cortos ambientados en el Japón de la segunda mitad de la década de los 70, cuando el crecimiento económico atraía a los jóvenes a la gran ciudad en busca de un buen trabajo y dinero y acababa engulléndolos。 Es un retrato de un país que estaba a punto de entrar en una crisis económica enorme y, de manera un tanto tangencial, se puede ver en estas historias por qué: los jóvenes sin trabajo o con un trabajo precario, la burbuja surgida por la compra de terrenos, la inestabilidad de los negocios, etc。 Las historias son oscuras y tristes y se centran en el día a día de una serie de personajes que tratan de sobrevivir y, en algunos casos, escapar de la miseria que envuelve sus vidas, pero pese a todo el autor logra que estos personajes desprendan cierta ternura en vez de juzgarlos。A destacar la (agradable) sorpresa que supone El castillo de la mujer, relato que rompe un poco con los demás y que recomiendo leer el primero o el último。 。。。more

August

My first manga read, and a very interesting one at that。 It was fun getting used to the old reading-inversersely-business of this medium, struggling to keep the eye moving from right to left instead of vice versa, and getting a first few impressions of the idiosyncrasies of (this suborder of) manga, e。g。 its succinctness (here resulting in a seemingly truncated form of narrative), mysterious allusions, exotic settings and dark humour (which sometimes for the Westerner, it must be said, borders o My first manga read, and a very interesting one at that。 It was fun getting used to the old reading-inversersely-business of this medium, struggling to keep the eye moving from right to left instead of vice versa, and getting a first few impressions of the idiosyncrasies of (this suborder of) manga, e。g。 its succinctness (here resulting in a seemingly truncated form of narrative), mysterious allusions, exotic settings and dark humour (which sometimes for the Westerner, it must be said, borders on the incomprehensible)。 Tokyo is a dark, dark place according to Yoshihiro Tatsumi - a city and a decrepit state of human life all at once。 Here people fight - or cheat - to stay alive, only to realize along the way that they are now stuck for good in this urban quicksand, which in turn leaves them no option but to relinquish all the fond dreams they once had of acquiring a small plot of land of their own in the tranquil Japanese countryside。 Abandon all hope, you who enter here! 。。。more

Alex Pler

Las miserias, los sueños y las esperanzas de pillos, yakuzas y prostitutas。 Con un dibujo feísta muy carismático y atmosférico y con una ternura por sus personajes perdedores。

Dani Mexuto

Xa levo uns anos traballando para unha multi xaponesa。 Mails con TODO subliñado en vermello e problemas de incomunicación, e á vez amizades brutais e moi alien, amabilidade ata que doe etc 。。。E é por iso que este gekiga explícame tanto, erame moi necesario 。。。, é un xenero que eu creo que non temos na Galiza e farianos inmesa falla。 Con isto enténdese que os xaponeses son moi parecidos a nós sen perder todo o que os fai alien, o gekiga convertete en xaponés cando o les, ves a merda do xapón expo Xa levo uns anos traballando para unha multi xaponesa。 Mails con TODO subliñado en vermello e problemas de incomunicación, e á vez amizades brutais e moi alien, amabilidade ata que doe etc 。。。E é por iso que este gekiga explícame tanto, erame moi necesario 。。。, é un xenero que eu creo que non temos na Galiza e farianos inmesa falla。 Con isto enténdese que os xaponeses son moi parecidos a nós sen perder todo o que os fai alien, o gekiga convertete en xaponés cando o les, ves a merda do xapón exposta á luz do día e empatizas, e entendelo todo, e doe, e deixache mal corpo despois。 Non é victimismo, como creo que facemos moito no noso país, é a merda en todo o seu esplendor e estética, case ata estar orgulloso dela。 Co que iso supón。Pescadores de medianoche é a compresión dun incompresíbel como é o xapón。 É a polla limonera。 。。。more

Khairulazizi

Novel graphic ini menghimpunkan kisah - kisah di Jepun pada tahun 70an。 Hasil kerja Yoshihiro Tatsumi yang mencipta dan memperjuangkan mazhab "gekiga" dalam industri komik Jepun。 Kisah - kisah pendek konflik dewasa yang membuatkan kita terfikir kadangkala apa yang kita mahukan kadang2 tidak ada makna。 #midnightfisherman #gekiga #sirimembacha Novel graphic ini menghimpunkan kisah - kisah di Jepun pada tahun 70an。 Hasil kerja Yoshihiro Tatsumi yang mencipta dan memperjuangkan mazhab "gekiga" dalam industri komik Jepun。 Kisah - kisah pendek konflik dewasa yang membuatkan kita terfikir kadangkala apa yang kita mahukan kadang2 tidak ada makna。 #midnightfisherman #gekiga #sirimembacha 。。。more

Sam Quixote

Midnight Fishermen is the final book by Yoshihiro Tatsumi to be published before his death in 2015。 It collects nine stories from the early 1970s, so unfortunately there’s no new material here, though they’ve never appeared in English translation before and they’re mostly good too。 They’re also pretty damn grim! The mood in all of them is mostly cynical, reflecting the difficulty the stories’ subjects, young people, had in surviving in the oppressive and growing metropolis of Tokyo。 The city is Midnight Fishermen is the final book by Yoshihiro Tatsumi to be published before his death in 2015。 It collects nine stories from the early 1970s, so unfortunately there’s no new material here, though they’ve never appeared in English translation before and they’re mostly good too。 They’re also pretty damn grim! The mood in all of them is mostly cynical, reflecting the difficulty the stories’ subjects, young people, had in surviving in the oppressive and growing metropolis of Tokyo。 The city is a hulking, dirty beast and the characters in the stories are all working or lower-middle-class who can only dream of upward social mobility, owning their own homes or working a decent job - themes that sadly remain relevant for too many today, in the West as in the East。 But the stories are compelling and well-told by Tatsumi with his characteristically powerful focus on humanity。 I enjoyed the one about the stripper who is threatened with arrest if she keeps on stripping, which felt like an unusual but still affecting modern romance about alienation in cities。 I also like the one about the man who buys a plot of land way, way out in the country but is overjoyed just to have his foot in the door of property ownership, and the story of the cormorant fisherman, in part because I couldn’t tell where it was going。 I only disliked the one about the robot servant which was like a crap Twilight Zone short。 The title story was way too on-the-nose with the ironic ending and the final one about the lantern angler overly underlined its obvious symbolism - they came off as amateurish in tone because of their lack of subtlety。 Otherwise, I really liked how the stories unconventionally stopped rather than ended in a way that played to Tatsumi’s largely realistic storytelling style。 Like Tatsumi’s other collections, Midnight Fishermen is dark but compelling reading by one of the greatest manga creators of all time。 While fans will need no encouragement to pick this one up, I heartily recommend Tatsumi’s books - particularly his masterpiece, A Drifting Life - to all comics readers。 。。。more

Mior Ikhmal

Holy fuck。

Christel

The 1970 years were still a hard time for Japan, especially for young people。 No good jobs, living in small apartments, and not much of a future seemed ahead。 Yohishiro Tatsumi told these stories, often in a raw and simple way。 However, some stories are rather complex and the graphics play well with space and perspective。 He called the new genre 'gekiga' (dramatic pictures) to distinguish it from other manga。This collection gives a good insight and introduces the world of gekiga to today's reade The 1970 years were still a hard time for Japan, especially for young people。 No good jobs, living in small apartments, and not much of a future seemed ahead。 Yohishiro Tatsumi told these stories, often in a raw and simple way。 However, some stories are rather complex and the graphics play well with space and perspective。 He called the new genre 'gekiga' (dramatic pictures) to distinguish it from other manga。This collection gives a good insight and introduces the world of gekiga to today's readers。 。。。more