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Este mangaka es una apuesta segura te puede gustar más o menos aunque no hay una obra que no tenga sentimiento y te transmita multitud de sensaciones. Siempre es un placer perderme entre sus paginas y en esta ocasión me ha recordado una obra que he leído de Jack London de hecho aparece reflejado

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2.0

A collection of short stories by Jiro Taniguchi, the art is top notch (as is to be expected) although I found the subject matter to be even more regressive then usual. Taniguchi's fixation on old people taking themselves out to the wilderness to die is disturbing, racist in the way it was initially applied to Inuit people and then whales. It's really a shame since Taniguchi is not only so technically skilled, but also so effective at creating such delicious emotions.

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5.0

A mythological white moose god and an old bowhead whale frame this collection from beginning to end. The stories mostly involve human struggle against nature, though this may come in the form of deadly snow storms, angry oceans, accidental interruptions in whales hunting in the ocean, swimming lessons, and, well, ghosts... The art is superb. Whether it be facial expressions or detailed renditions of inanimate objects, buildings, and streets, Jiro Taniguchi's manga is alive and real. His expertise in drawing animals really shines through in these stories; the big bear, wolves, hunting dogs, whales, and mooses are all drawn in full glorious detail. Action scenes jump right out of the page full of muscle, blood, and sinew. All of the stories, save for the last one about the marine biologist and the whales, seem to be of bygone times, which is true for some, and not for others. But there is that languid, rural feeling, a certain melancholy that permeates throughout.

Recommended for Miyazaki fans and animal lovers (though there is some violence against wild animals).

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