{"id":34467,"date":"2014-09-05T10:10:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T14:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=34467"},"modified":"2014-09-05T10:42:22","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T14:42:22","slug":"ikigami-the-ultimate-limit-vol-10-by-motoro-mase-translated-by-john-werry-english-adaptation-by-kristina-blachere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/ikigami-the-ultimate-limit-vol-10-by-motoro-mase-translated-by-john-werry-english-adaptation-by-kristina-blachere\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (vol. 10) by Motoro Mase, translated by John Werry, English adaptation by Kristina Blachere"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ikigami<\/a>So this is it … the finale in\u00a0one of the most bone-chilling, hair-raising manga series that I’ve been addicted to through the last few years. No surprise: it’s a doozy\u00a0\u2013 and another reminder that as far-fetched dystopic as the fatal premise might be, it’s not nearly as implausible as we want to believe.<\/p>\n

“[T]o make people value life,” one in 1,000 first-graders receives a fatal nanocapsule in his or her mandatory immunization; notice of death is delivered via ikigami\u00a0<\/em>(literally, “death paper”) to the victim (ages 18-24) exactly 24 hours before the predetermined moment of death.\u00a0To catch up with the victims thus far, click for the\u00a0full series here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although you could read the volumes\u00a0in any order\u00a0\u2013 each of the chapters are potential standalone episodes of the arbitrary ikigami<\/em> victims’ final day\u00a0\u2013 you probably don’t want to miss the ongoing narrative thread that follows Kengo Fujimoto’s initial misgivings about his new job\u00a0through the rest of his 10-volume tenure with the National Welfare\u00a0system. Stay orderly to stay tuned to Fujimoto’s personal relationships, his career challenges, and especially the state of his unsettled conscience. Living with death isn’t exactly easy.<\/p>\n

Volume 10 opens with a final ikigami<\/em> short, about a young\u00a0National Welfare policeman who\u00a0has\u00a0lost much of his gentle humanity to the violence he sees and perpetuates in the name of protecting the public. His chance encounter with a young mother still mourning the loss of\u00a0her daughter forces him to confront painful memories about his own relationship with his estranged mother.<\/p>\n

The second half is perhaps what we’ve all been waiting for: what happens to young Fujimoto who’s been living with constant upheaval in\u00a0his morals, beliefs, alliances, loyalty?\u00a0And\u00a0what of his mentor-sorta-confidante, the mild-mannered Mr. Ishii? And volumes later, does\u00a0Fujimoto still pine for\u00a0Dr. Kubo? With this last, final, there-will-be-no-more-to-come, all will be revealed …<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2005, 2014 (United States)
\nIkigami 10 \u00a9 Motoro Mase
\nOriginal Japanese edition published by Shogakukan Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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