English Younglish

Artist : Yasutaka Tsutsui
Remaker : Gaku Tsugano
Publisher : Bookbox
Release Year : Feb, 2005(Kor)
Total Volume : 2(End)











by kaijer

It's the section of comic which is the second review for The Little Girl who Conquered Time!!

I'd like to say for this comic which has 2 volumes is, sure that it's absolutely my opinion, really, really terrible!!!.

it bases on the novel, however, it gave lots damages to the original seriously, and remaker added new episode and edited so alot, finally he recreated to the other character.

And also, in the plot, he seems to assume that readers already knows the story, so he omitted a detailed story. Therefore, when I read it, the plot is unlogical.

I think, it's the problem of translation....

Japanese Title : 時をかける少女
Artist : Yasutaka Tsutsui
Translator : Kim Young-Ju
Publisher : Bookstory
Release Year : June, 2007(Kor), 1965(Japan)
Page: 282

Collection
The Little Girl who Conquered Time
Nightmare
The Other World




The Little Girl who Conquered Time
Attractive combination of a material which is time machine, and love story, and impressive ending are the reason why it was loved for a long time that is the classic of Japanese SF. Since it first came out in 1965, it had remade several times for novel, drama, movie, comic, and animation. In ths, includes title "The Girl who Leapt through Time", total three novels which were written by Yasutaka Tsutsui.

Yasutaka Tsutsui(筒 井康隆) - He was born in Osaka in 1934. Educated at Doshisha University B.A in Aesthetics. He had often written a scenario in his university days. His works are, <4.8 Billion Delusions>, <The Tokaido War>, <Paprika>, <Picture Book of Vulgarity>, <Samba of Running and Chasing>, <End of the Silver Age>, <The Little Girl Who Conquered Time>, etc.

Source : "좋은 책을 고르는 방법, 알라딘"( http://www.aladdin.co.kr/ )


by Young
I read this after I watched the animation, so maybe, the review order may be, Novel -> Comic -> Movie -> Animation.

Im going to write the review of animation, actually, there are lots of vague parts when I watch the animation in a cinema. Later, I got it from dark market and watched it one more time. In this time, I understood a little more than before, but still have something to wonder.

So, that's why I bought this novel.

I DO NOT think that this animation is interesting(Of course, it's interesting, but not such as the other people recommend) and this also, is not so interesting as I thought. Maybe, after passing through the translation and edition might be reason, at least, I CAN NOT understand why It's great that was released to take advantage of the animation.

It's the base of the animation "時をかける少女", and it has happend 20 years ago from the animation. The main character is, Kazuya(In the novel, translated Kazuko) who was aunt of Makoto who the main character of animation.

As a whole, the plot was worked speedy, and I felt too short, and the puppy love of main characters which were shown in the animation, is to bring from original, but how to say.... it's like simple answer question(?). It's like, I like you but the way of saying is emotionless, just to say disdainfully. It's such as this kind of love story. It was not shown ardently and tantalizingly as animation.

Probably, the ad is flash, my expectaion might react I think.

Nightmare which was included this, is about, Masako who is a main character, has trauma. But unlike the fame that the author is a pioneer of literature of Japanese SF, it's not like SF, it's like usual horror thriller in Japanese style. And also, unlike delicacy, it's very simple and vain.

However, most like SF is, The Other World which is last one, but ,what the problem is... It finishes without conclusion. I don't know whether it has next work or not, but... while I was feeling that it's nice, it finished..so you might feel nonplused.

Each person has their own style, so I can't say which one is good or not, but in my opinion, if you like something which the others like, you can enjoy it, but it's still not my style, and I don't recommend it.

Artist : Choi Kyu Seok

Publisher : GCKBOOKS
Release Year : 2004년 4월
Page: 182

Collection
Love is Albumin : Choi Kyu-Seok
Colaman : Choi Kyu-Seok, Seo Kyoung-Soon
Rice Bowl : Choi Kyu-Seok
Dino Dooly : Choi Kyu-Seok
Leviathan : Choi Kyu-Seok
Choice : Choi Kyu-Seok
Flower : Choi Kyu-Seok
Pine Needles : Choi Kyu-Seok, Seo Kyoung-Soon, Jeong Hyun-Wook
Masquerade : Choi Kyu-Seok

Short Story of ChoiKyuSeok - For Dooly
Dooly who can't use magic anymore, because his finger was cut by press machine when he had rough work, Gil-Dong who died by resentment after he got swindled by Douner, Hee-Dong who often go to the prison, Chul-Soo who sold Douner to the Alien Lap for dissection, Ttochi who is a prostitute.

The writer remade < Baby Dino Dooly> which was the gaiety cartoon in 1980's, to < Dino Dooly> to YoungJump in 2003. This cartoon does not pursue only reality and dark side in the life, it has fierce agony about real life, so that's why lots people agree with it.

And also, < Love is Albumin > which was described comically and bitterly about food chain of life, < Colaman > which was prize of a dramatic section at 2002 Dong-A / LG International Cartoon Festival, sharp < Pine Needles > which was a Choi's debut work, etc, total 6 stories are included.

Choi Kyu-Seok - He was born in Jin-Ju in Kyoungnam in 1977, and was graduated in cartoon at Sang-Myung University in 2003. He made his debut at Rookie Cartoonist Festival in 1998. In 2003, he was invited at Angoulême International Comics Festival in France. His works, < Marshy Ecology Report >, < Sad Hommage about Dino Dooly >


by Young
I had a chance to know Choi Kyu-Seok, but it's a little diffrent from the other person who had a chance to know him. It's < Marshy Ecology Report >. He described the life of boarding oneself into the ecosysystem in a marsh, and put funny things, so it made me agree with it without my permission.

and ,this, Sad Hommage about Dino Dooly, it made me absolutely being his fan.

After I've seen it a long time ago, I wanted to see the other his works, so that's why I bought it.( I saw < Marshy Ecology Report > for webtoon in the past, so that's why I didn't buy it.) It's quite true as I have heard.

But, only one thing I regret that, in the book, there are lots of review which praised the writer, so it's unpleasant to my eye. I don't know the other people, but I have no doubt his ability so it's useless to me.

My favorite thing of him is, I think he is genius, the ability which twist the reality, is the best, and also, it make people reflect by themselves in the story, and the ability which remake for agreement is genius. And it's also fun.

And, one more.
I hope that he comes out the major market, and creates more various and interesting cartoon.