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音楽,映画,本,テレビ,長崎のことを好き勝手に日本語プラス英語で書いています。2017年に英検1級取得。Talking about Music, Films, Books, TV Programs, and Some Things in Nagasaki

持ってるだけで嬉しい本:AKIRA(作・画 大友克洋)の魅力③ 登場人物の魅力 Books That Makes Me Feel Happy Just By Owning Them: The Attractiveness of AKIRA (written and illustrated by Otomo Katsuhiro)③ The Attractiveness of the Characters

 前回述べた設定だけで、この物語の面白さはもう約束されたも同然です。しかし、さらに登場人物の性格付けが面白さに拍車をかけてきます。主な登場人物について列挙します。

 This story looks already promising with just the settings I mentioned last time. On top of that, the characterization makes this story interesting even more. The main characters are as follows. 

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 金田……この物語の主人公。社会適合性に欠ける問題児を集めた「職業訓練校」の生徒。盗品の改造バイクを駆り、仲間とつるんで暴走行為を繰り返す。薬物を常用し、春木屋という居酒屋をたまり場とする不良少年のリーダーである。権威を嫌い、大人には反抗的だが、仲間を大切にし、生来の屈託のなさと明るさで人望は厚い。特殊な能力はないが、抜群の運動神経と度胸、そして野性的な勘の鋭さで、数々の窮地を切り抜けていく。

  Kaneda……Kaneda is the main protagonist of this story. He is a student of ‘Vocational Training Center’ where only delinquents go to. He rides illegally customized motorbike which he has stolen and careers around repeatedly with his usual crowd. He uses drugs regularly and is the leader of a group of delinquents who hang out a pub called Harukiya. He hates authority so he always takes a rebellious attitude towards adults. He values friendship and is carefree and cheerful by nature so he is very popular with his friends. He doesn’t have any supernatural power but he tides over difficulties with his great athletic ability, guts, and keen intuition.     

 鉄雄……金田の幼馴染であり、暴走チームの仲間でもある。幼い頃は気弱でいじめられがちであり、助けてくれる金田を慕いつつも、劣等感から屈折した感情を抱いている。交通事故をきっかけに、特殊な能力に覚醒し、やがて制御が不能なまでの力を発揮してしまう。

 Tetsuo……Tetsuo is a Kaneda’s childhood friend and also a member of Kaneda’s motorcycle gang. He was so timid in his boyhood that he tended to be bullied. Kaneda used to help him so Tetsuo like him but also has inferiority complex and warped feelings against Kaneda. The traffic accident awakened his supernatural ability and he soon shows his uncontrollable power.

 ケイ……反政府組織の一員。仲間との連絡のために訪れた居酒屋「春木屋」で、ナンパしてきた金田を撥ねつける。その後、探していたタカシ(26号)を発見するも、軍と衝突し、後追いしてきた金田を連れて逃走する。特殊能力者たちの触媒としての能力を有することがのちに発覚し、怪物と化した鉄雄を制御する作戦の中で重要な役割を果たすことになる。

  Kei……Kei is one of antigovernment rebels. She visits a tavern called Harukiya to meet another rebel, and she rejects Kaneda who tried to pick her up. After that, she finds Takashi (No.26), who she has been looking for, but collided with the army and ends up running away with Kaneda who has followed her. She finds herself possessing supernatural ability to channel the powers of other psychics afterwards, then she plays an important role in the strategy to control Tetsuo who becomes a monster.

 このほかにも、軍の秘密研究施設の責任者である敷島大佐、特殊能力者の一人で宗教団体の主宰者であるミヤコ、鉄雄の侍女でのちに彼の心の支えとなるカオリなど、数々のキャラクターが物語に色を添えています。これら登場人物一人一人にまつわるプロットが絡み合い、下手すれば破綻しかねないほど煩雑なストーリーが、最終的に腑に落ちる形で収束するのが見事です。

 In addition to these characters, there a lot of attractive supporting characters such as the colonel Shikishima who is the head of the secret research facility, Miyako who is a psychic and the leader of a religion group, Kaori who is a waiting made for Tetsuo but later becomes his emotional support, and so on. These characters have there own episodes and the plots are woven so complicatedly that the story could lead to failure. However, it has the convincing ending so I was really impressed. 

AKIRA(3) (KCデラックス)

AKIRA(3) (KCデラックス)

  • 作者:大友 克洋
  • 発売日: 1986/08/21
  • メディア: コミック
 

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