Title: ConfessionAuthor: Kaiji Kawaguchi, Nobuyuki Fukumoto
First Published: April 1, 1998
Publisher: Kodansha
Pages: 312
Genre: Drama, Horror, Seinen, Suspense
Format: eARC
Source: NetGalley
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Stranded in a blizzard atop a treacherous ridge, badly injured, and quickly bleeding out, Ishikura knows he is about to die. But before he does, he decides to unburden his soul by telling his companion Asai a dark secret that has been weighing on him for years. No sooner do the words cross Ishikura's lips, however, than Asai stumbles upon the shelter they'd been searching for-only to realize his friend's confession has changed everything-and the brutal elements may no longer be the deadliest threat around.
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A deathbed confession goes wrong and two men find themselves trapped together in a mountaintop cabin as a storm rages outside. Between the storm and an injury, the men have no choice but to wait until help can arrive, as a long-held secret eats away at their sanity. I enjoyed the intense atmosphere of the paranoid cat-and-mouse game played between characters as tensions rose and their trust in each other unraveled. Confession is a taut thriller that is easy to fly through in a single sitting.
Originally published in 1998, Featuring stunning artwork with a style reminiscent of the 1980s, the manga was a blast from the past and a treat to read. The snowy mountain setting makes it a perfect read for the winter season.
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“Time heals all wounds—generally speaking. But some events, some incidents, can have an overwhelmingly powerful hold on the mind. They bind it to the past, freezing it in a certain moment, and halting the internal flow of time. Meanwhile, that which passes in reality turns to poison. Emotions fester, corrode, crumble, and mutate as that toxic courses through the heart.”
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About Kaiji Kawaguchi
Kaiji Kawaguchi is a Japanese manga author whose works include Eagle and Zipang. Generally, his stories involve Japan and examine the moral choices that people make in extreme situations. He received the Kodansha Manga Award three times, for Actor in 1987, for The Silent Service in 1990, and for Zipang in 2002. He has also received the Shogakukan Manga Award, for A Spirit of the Sun in 2006 and Kūbo Ibuki in 2014.
About Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Nobuyuki Fukumoto is a Japanese manga artist well known throughout the Far East for his unique and original gambling ideas, deep psychological analysis of characters and distinct artstyle. Yakuza and gambling are recurring themes in his manga. In English speaking countries, he is known best as the author of Akagi, a mahjong-related manga. In 1998, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji. An onomatopoeia “zawa” (ざわ…), meaning an uneasy atmosphere, appears frequently in his comics and is considered Fukumoto’s trademark.
In June 2010, he visited Finland as a guest of honor for Desucon
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