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ブルータル 殺人監察官の告白 1
by 伊澤了, 古賀慶, Kei Koga, Ryou Izawa
Dan Hiroki is just like Dexter; if Dexter was an ambiguously gay pretty-boy whose favorite hobby was crafting horrible pottery… and if he was obsessed with The Exorcist movie from 1973 to the point of doing the infamous “spider walk” and spewing coffee from his mouth simply for his own enjoyment. Funnily enough, each “good deed” Dan acts on is inspired by The Exorcist. There’s even one based on the cross masturbation scene, and it’s… brutal. To say the least.
This strangely funny series is carried by the bizarreness and moe of the main character, as well as the sincerity(?) of his motivation to punish those who hurt others (women and kids specifically) to join his ex-lover in Heaven once he dies. Although, the reader wonders whether Dan is actually a vigilante hero or just plain psychopath. Even though he has noble motivations on the surface, he receives a perverse gratification from leading his victims into despair. Each chapter scales the violence and extremity of the last, and no type of “punishment” is off-limits… so have a barf bag handy!
My main complaint would have to be the structural homogeny of each chapter… each part (of which there are three disconnected stories per volume) is wacky and entertaining in its own right, but just like an episode of NCIS, does not amount to any greater story or characters. This didn’t bug me at first, but it becomes tiring the further you read on in the series. You become invested and want something… ANYTHING… to throw a wrench in Dan’s routine and put him to the test. I personally wish Koga would have given Dan an equal but opposite rival to really break his calm demeanor and heighten the stakes of his “good deeds”. By volume four I found myself losing interest due to how repetitive the stories felt, similar to other horror manga like Pumpkin Night and Happy Sugar Life.
Also, this series becomes significantly goofier past the first volume. One notable moment is in volume three where Dan kills a baby-hating misogynist via bungee jumping. It’s so weird and funny.
This strangely funny series is carried by the bizarreness and moe of the main character, as well as the sincerity(?) of his motivation to punish those who hurt others (women and kids specifically) to join his ex-lover in Heaven once he dies. Although, the reader wonders whether Dan is actually a vigilante hero or just plain psychopath. Even though he has noble motivations on the surface, he receives a perverse gratification from leading his victims into despair. Each chapter scales the violence and extremity of the last, and no type of “punishment” is off-limits… so have a barf bag handy!
My main complaint would have to be the structural homogeny of each chapter… each part (of which there are three disconnected stories per volume) is wacky and entertaining in its own right, but just like an episode of NCIS, does not amount to any greater story or characters. This didn’t bug me at first, but it becomes tiring the further you read on in the series. You become invested and want something… ANYTHING… to throw a wrench in Dan’s routine and put him to the test. I personally wish Koga would have given Dan an equal but opposite rival to really break his calm demeanor and heighten the stakes of his “good deeds”. By volume four I found myself losing interest due to how repetitive the stories felt, similar to other horror manga like Pumpkin Night and Happy Sugar Life.
Also, this series becomes significantly goofier past the first volume. One notable moment is in volume three where Dan kills a baby-hating misogynist via bungee jumping. It’s so weird and funny.