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One Missed Call #1-2
Llamada Perdida
oko recibe una llamada perdida y comprueba que el mensaje que dejan es de ella misma dentro de tres días. Un mensaje que le anuncia su propia muerte.
En la línea del llamado terror moderno oriental, el guionista de la adaptación, Yasushi Akimoto, consigue crear ese ambiente psicótico y angustioso que vuelve locos a los lectores amantes del terror.
Llamada perdida es la adaptación al cómic de la película de Takashi Miike, director de la "Audición" y de la más reciente "Iichi".
En la línea del llamado terror moderno oriental, el guionista de la adaptación, Yasushi Akimoto, consigue crear ese ambiente psicótico y angustioso que vuelve locos a los lectores amantes del terror.
Llamada perdida es la adaptación al cómic de la película de Takashi Miike, director de la "Audición" y de la más reciente "Iichi".
160 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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August 8, 2018
Overall, this was a confusing, rushed mess. It has some interesting ideas, but ultimately, it's too hard to follow and there's no satisfying payoff.
The characters are very similar in design, and rarely get enough attention to develop distinctive voices or personalities, or are introduced so quickly and vaguely that it's tough to keep track of who's who. Dialogue bubbles don't have tails, so you have to figure out who's talking by who the bubble is nearest to, or the style of the bubble, but when the characters look the same or they're not in the panel, it's super confusing. Also, a lot of sound effects often appear in the same kinds of bubbles as dialogue, and even if they don't they're in panels with no backgrounds to give context or a source for the sound.
There's barely any backgrounds in general, so it's difficult to get a sense of place, or if the setting has changed between pages. Coupled with the rushed pacing, it's a lot of work to piece together what's going on. Some panels just make no sense at all or have so little diegetic information in it that they just seem to be floating outside of the narrative.
There are interesting ideas here, by they are introduced so swiftly and then barely engaged with, and sometimes outright discarded for another one. The plot is so fast, that a great idea will be dropped in but you're straight on to the next thing and you're thinking "hey, wait! That was cool! I want to know more about that!". There are some genuinely creepy panels - the artist is obviously talented - but everything else is so spare and lacking in personality that they stick out for the wrong reasons.
If you've not read manga before, I would steer clear of this one, because it's very much jumping in the deep end in terms of reading right to left and the quirks of the medium. If you are a frequent manga reader, then your standards are probably higher and there are plenty of better, creepier titles out there.
The characters are very similar in design, and rarely get enough attention to develop distinctive voices or personalities, or are introduced so quickly and vaguely that it's tough to keep track of who's who. Dialogue bubbles don't have tails, so you have to figure out who's talking by who the bubble is nearest to, or the style of the bubble, but when the characters look the same or they're not in the panel, it's super confusing. Also, a lot of sound effects often appear in the same kinds of bubbles as dialogue, and even if they don't they're in panels with no backgrounds to give context or a source for the sound.
There's barely any backgrounds in general, so it's difficult to get a sense of place, or if the setting has changed between pages. Coupled with the rushed pacing, it's a lot of work to piece together what's going on. Some panels just make no sense at all or have so little diegetic information in it that they just seem to be floating outside of the narrative.
There are interesting ideas here, by they are introduced so swiftly and then barely engaged with, and sometimes outright discarded for another one. The plot is so fast, that a great idea will be dropped in but you're straight on to the next thing and you're thinking "hey, wait! That was cool! I want to know more about that!". There are some genuinely creepy panels - the artist is obviously talented - but everything else is so spare and lacking in personality that they stick out for the wrong reasons.
If you've not read manga before, I would steer clear of this one, because it's very much jumping in the deep end in terms of reading right to left and the quirks of the medium. If you are a frequent manga reader, then your standards are probably higher and there are plenty of better, creepier titles out there.
March 15, 2019
Rating: one and a half stars
As a massive fan of Takashi Miike, I was surprised I hadn't ever heard of the manga for One Missed Call. Being one of my first Miike movies, I've always had a small soft spot for the franchise, so upon finding the manga series, I immediately rushed into it.
My average manga score was finally starting to increase and look better, sigh.
This was pretty much an insult to Takashi Miike's franchise. An insult is pretty much putting it nicely.
The artwork just seemed lazy with two of the characters in the second volume looking so similar you couldn't tell them apart. The story followed the film exactly with literally no differences. The second volume was so rushed, there was no telling what was going on even with knowledge from the film. Again, the artwork just looked simple and basic as though the artist didn't even care about what they were doing.
This was just an overall mess and I can't even describe how much of a mess it was. Watch the films, skip this and thank me for it later.
As a massive fan of Takashi Miike, I was surprised I hadn't ever heard of the manga for One Missed Call. Being one of my first Miike movies, I've always had a small soft spot for the franchise, so upon finding the manga series, I immediately rushed into it.
My average manga score was finally starting to increase and look better, sigh.
This was pretty much an insult to Takashi Miike's franchise. An insult is pretty much putting it nicely.
The artwork just seemed lazy with two of the characters in the second volume looking so similar you couldn't tell them apart. The story followed the film exactly with literally no differences. The second volume was so rushed, there was no telling what was going on even with knowledge from the film. Again, the artwork just looked simple and basic as though the artist didn't even care about what they were doing.
This was just an overall mess and I can't even describe how much of a mess it was. Watch the films, skip this and thank me for it later.
March 29, 2011
Part of my cleaning out my cabinets. When I updated my manga database last week I stumbled on this one. It must have been one of those splurge purchases and then I had to read all the new manga for my book -so I never got around to reading it. Tonight I read it while watching a re-run on TV.
This one was not for me at all. I like horror, I like Japanese horror. But I did not like this. It was very hard for me to follow. The character designs were too similar and I kept confusing who was alive and who was dead and who was dying next. I don't typically have this problem with manga (and those who know me, know I read manga!) so it really threw me. The plot was compacted together in a way that made the pacing feel very rushed. I guess it really just didn't work for me.
This one was not for me at all. I like horror, I like Japanese horror. But I did not like this. It was very hard for me to follow. The character designs were too similar and I kept confusing who was alive and who was dead and who was dying next. I don't typically have this problem with manga (and those who know me, know I read manga!) so it really threw me. The plot was compacted together in a way that made the pacing feel very rushed. I guess it really just didn't work for me.
February 21, 2019
Al igual que otras personas que aquí han escrito, encontré este comic bastante mediocre, con una línea muy confusa y difícil de seguir. Y no es que con esto piense que todas las adaptaciones de película a comic sean malas, solo que esta no cuaja.
January 23, 2023
la gente tenía razón el libro es un poco caótico, la verdad es que no me he enterado muy bien de lo que ha pasado pero aún así ha estado bastante interesante el tema, lo único que hace falta pulir un poco más la historia y algunos detalles más
April 1, 2020
Confusing story because of too much plot holes. Also, confusing placement of speech bubbles.
October 19, 2021
Great idea for a comic book, but it didn´t turn out as good as I was hoping for.
August 17, 2023
1.5 stars.
Unfortunately, I found this really boring. Part 2 was slightly more interesting but it still really dragged.
Unfortunately, I found this really boring. Part 2 was slightly more interesting but it still really dragged.
February 11, 2017
Though I knee the general plot (victims get a phone call post-dated at the time of their death), I had a hard time working out what was going on. A lot of the difficulty is due to minimal character design (who's talking now?) and almost non existent backgrounds (are we in Japan or Taiwan, and whose flat is this scene taking place?).
Shelved as 'graphic-novels'
March 31, 2014
August 8, 2011
Una buena adaptación en manga de la novel·la i la pel·lícula homónima.
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