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Stealth Symphony #3
ステルス交境曲 3 [Stealth Song 3]
遺産の実験を行っていた製薬会社にジグのデータが存在した事から、警察は彼の翼に疑いを持ち始めた。そんな中、謎の仮面の集団が街に現れる。彼らの登場により、ジグをめぐる因縁は衝撃の結末へと突き進んでいく！
- GenresManga
200 pages, Paperback
First published October 3, 2014
About the author
Ryohgo Narita
363 books391 followersRyohgo Narita (成田 良悟, Narita Ryōgo) is a Japanese light novelist. He won the Gold Prize in the 9th Dengeki Novel Prize for Baccano!, which was made into a TV anime in 2007.[1] His series Durarara!! was also made into a TV anime, which began airing January 2010
There are two traits found in most of Narita's works:
* Narita writes extremely fast, one volume a month if he wishes - with tons of spelling errors and missing words as a tradeoff. The editors like to leave them sometimes just for fun, though.
* His work titles often have an exclamation mark at the end (i.e. Baccano!, Vamp!, Durarara!!, etc.).
Kanji names: 成田 良悟 & 成田良悟.
There are two traits found in most of Narita's works:
* Narita writes extremely fast, one volume a month if he wishes - with tons of spelling errors and missing words as a tradeoff. The editors like to leave them sometimes just for fun, though.
* His work titles often have an exclamation mark at the end (i.e. Baccano!, Vamp!, Durarara!!, etc.).
Kanji names: 成田 良悟 & 成田良悟.
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April 1, 2017
That's one hell of an ending.
Okay, so there are some problems with this three-volume urban fantasy series. About a third of its cast are unnecessary, the action scenes lack cohesion and can feel too cluttered at times, and the humor often fall flat for me. The biggest issue is the pacing; it introduced too many characters and information at breakneck speed, and this is particularly obvious at the beginning of the final volume, where my mind basically went like, 'who-is-this-and-what-the-hell-is-happening-now'.
However, the characters have grown on me, especially the 'main character' Jig, the fascinating and endearingly polite invisible being Toroma, the buoyant blind girl with proxy eyeballs Laika, and the stoic wolf borg commander Colt. I also ended up loving the general visual design by Yoichi Amano. Most of all, I was really impressed by the execution of its clever central theme/gimmick. The gimmick of Stealth Symphony is that 'everyone is not who you think they are'. Or, put in other words, your first impression of a given character will likely be at odds with their actual self and what they eventually do. This happened a lot of times throughout, and it made the comic a whole lot of fun.... and eventually, depressing.
As the saying goes, "save the best for the last", as the final (and very surprising) twist leads to a dark, unforgettable, climax. Love it or hate it, Stealth Symphony goes out with a bang, throwing away the typical 'the power of friendship and love can solve anything!' shounen ending for a painful resolution. The ending packs a lot of emotional punch, and I really can't help but respect the author for going down this route. Even with the pacing and execution issue, everything just sort of clicked together for me by the end, and I began to appreciate the amount of work Ryohgo Narita put in planting hints, information, and foreshadowing since the beginning of the story.
I found Narita’s notes at the end of each chapter very interesting. He speaks openly about the difficulties and challenges he faced in conceptualizing a manga storyline from short story form, the numerous adjustments he had to make due to Jump’s editorial mandates, and his dynamics with Amano. He also expresses humility by admitting that he started with a wrong approach and failed to make the story more immediately engaging. A lot of insightful stuff, which genuinely increased my appreciation for the manga.
With better composition and editing, Stealth Symphony could’ve been a really great series. Being in a less restrictive environment could probably help as well, as I think Narita’s vision of the series simply isn’t a good fit with weekly Jump and its target audience. As flawed as it is though, this is certainly a short shounen series that I won't forget.
Okay, so there are some problems with this three-volume urban fantasy series. About a third of its cast are unnecessary, the action scenes lack cohesion and can feel too cluttered at times, and the humor often fall flat for me. The biggest issue is the pacing; it introduced too many characters and information at breakneck speed, and this is particularly obvious at the beginning of the final volume, where my mind basically went like, 'who-is-this-and-what-the-hell-is-happening-now'.
However, the characters have grown on me, especially the 'main character' Jig, the fascinating and endearingly polite invisible being Toroma, the buoyant blind girl with proxy eyeballs Laika, and the stoic wolf borg commander Colt. I also ended up loving the general visual design by Yoichi Amano. Most of all, I was really impressed by the execution of its clever central theme/gimmick. The gimmick of Stealth Symphony is that 'everyone is not who you think they are'. Or, put in other words, your first impression of a given character will likely be at odds with their actual self and what they eventually do. This happened a lot of times throughout, and it made the comic a whole lot of fun.... and eventually, depressing.
As the saying goes, "save the best for the last", as the final (and very surprising) twist leads to a dark, unforgettable, climax. Love it or hate it, Stealth Symphony goes out with a bang, throwing away the typical 'the power of friendship and love can solve anything!' shounen ending for a painful resolution. The ending packs a lot of emotional punch, and I really can't help but respect the author for going down this route. Even with the pacing and execution issue, everything just sort of clicked together for me by the end, and I began to appreciate the amount of work Ryohgo Narita put in planting hints, information, and foreshadowing since the beginning of the story.
I found Narita’s notes at the end of each chapter very interesting. He speaks openly about the difficulties and challenges he faced in conceptualizing a manga storyline from short story form, the numerous adjustments he had to make due to Jump’s editorial mandates, and his dynamics with Amano. He also expresses humility by admitting that he started with a wrong approach and failed to make the story more immediately engaging. A lot of insightful stuff, which genuinely increased my appreciation for the manga.
With better composition and editing, Stealth Symphony could’ve been a really great series. Being in a less restrictive environment could probably help as well, as I think Narita’s vision of the series simply isn’t a good fit with weekly Jump and its target audience. As flawed as it is though, this is certainly a short shounen series that I won't forget.
May 23, 2020
Slice was probably my favorite character lol him and Souya
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