Archive for the ‘Yukito Ayatsuji’ Category
Another (manga review)
Posted on: May 18, 2014
- In: Hiro Kiyohara | Manga | Yukito Ayatsuji
- 5 Comments
Another, by Yukito Ayatsuji (story) and Hiro Kiyohara (artwork)
first English printing October 2013
where I got it: purchased new
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
..
To help him recover from a lung disorder, Sakakibara moves in with his maternal grandparents in a quiet idyllic town. His Aunt Reiko lives with them too. Raised by his travelling salesman father, Sakakibara is thankful for the quiet stability, but wishes his father would call him more often. This is the town Sakakibara’s mother grew up in, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to learn more about her, as she passed away shortly after he was born. His Mom and Aunt even attended the same school he has transferred into, and Aunt Reiko tells him, among other things, that the most important thing at this school is to go along with whatever his class decides. If one ever wanted to go it alone, or be a square peg in a round hole, this is not the time.
Due to his breathing disorder, Sakakibara has to spend a few days in the hospital. He’s visited by some new classmates, who ask him some very strange questions, and he sees another girl from his school, Misaki Mei, wandering around the basement. The conversation he has with Misaki is so odd that he wonders if he’s met a ghost. School begins, and Misaki is in his class. She’s got to be some kind of ghost, as no one else but him can see her.
Sakakibara makes new friends quickly, and they all seem to want to tell him something, but no one can seem to find the right moment, or get the words out when they do.
And then people start dying, in horrible, gruesome ways. One student trips down a flight of stairs while carrying an umbrella, and lands face down on the tip of the umbrella. the sister of another student is killed when the elevator she’s in plummets to the ground. Car accidents, heart attacks, drownings. You’d think they were just natural accidents, except they are happening constantly. And only to the families of students in Class 3.
the Little Red Reviewer 
Recent Comments