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命(読みもの)

Life

手塚治虫 著/中野晴行 監修 Text: Tezuka, Osamu | Spv. Nakano, Haruyuki

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『手塚治虫からの伝言 5 命』(Inochi)

「命」をテーマにしたマンガ6話。「モモンガのムサ」は、ムサが、老クスノキに育てられ、狩人を目指す久少年と死闘を繰り広げる。「緑の果て」は、放射能で汚染された地球からきた5人の宇宙飛行士が、意志をもった植物がいる星にたどりつくと……。「ときには真珠のように」は、天才的な医者ブラック・ジャックが少年時代に命を助けてもらった本間先生の告白を聞く。「大将軍森へ行く」は、雨月大将が太平洋戦争末期に南方の島に不時着し、生きのびるものの怪しい世界に入っていく。「山太郎かえる」は、人間に捕獲されたクマの子ども・山太郎が逃げようと必死になり、ついに大自然へ帰っていく。「るんは風の中」は、孤独な高校生アキラが、広告ポスターの少女に恋をする。どの作品も、構図や視点の変化、コマ割りなどによって、ドラマチックに命のありようが描かれている。全5巻は『命』『友情』『ロボットと暮らす世界』『平和への祈り』『人間の未来』。(土居)

出版社 童心社
初版年 2018年
ISBN 978-4-494-01843-7
ページ数 214頁
サイズ 22×16
対象年齢 10歳から
キーワード マンガ 命

Life

ーMessages from Tezuka Osamu 5

A collection of six works by Tezuka Osamu, Japan’s “god of manga,” on the theme of life. In “Flying Squirrel Musa,” an abandoned squirrel is raised by a camphor tree some 1,200 years old, and engages in life-or-death battle with a teen who wants to be a hunter. In “The End of Green,” five astronauts who left radiation-polluted Earth arrive on a planet that has conscious plants; an astronaut falls in love with one of the plants. In “Sometimes Like Pearls,” the genius doctor Black Jack learns of a past medical failure by his teacher, Dr. Honma. (The title refers to how a scalpel Dr. Honma left inside Black Jack when he operated on him in his youth, was recovered later sheathed in calcium deposits.) In “The Great General Goes to the Jungle,” an attack causes General Ugetsu to make a forced landing in the south Pacific near the end of World War II; his life is saved by a tree spirit. “Yamataro Comes Back” features an orphaned bear raised by humans who is encouraged by Shiiroku, a steam engine, to run away. Finally, “Lunn Flies into the Wind” portrays an isolated high schooler, Akira, who takes heart when he develops a crush on a girl in a poster; he nicknames and talks to her and even hopes to meet her. In each work, due to the composition, shifts in perspective, and panel arrangement, a film-like drama unfolds, offering not just entertainment but also a chance to ponder life’s meaning. The same series offers volumes on friendship, robots, peace, and the future. (Doi)

  • Text: Tezuka, Osamu | Spv. Nakano, Haruyuki
  • Doshinsha
  • 2018
  • 214 pages
  • 22×16
  • ISBN 978-4-494-01843-7
  • Ages 10 +

Manga, Life