外天楼

GETENROU

MANGA

STATUS
COMPLETE
VOLUMES
1
RELEASE
August 3, 2011
CHAPTERS
9

DESCRIPTION

Strange people live in a building called Getenrou. There are boys looking for porn, a space officer, robots, and then...a series of murders!?

Officer Sakuraba Saeko's curiosity is piqued by two siblings who appear to hold the key to solving the mystery, and she begins an investigation of her own. Will her “sloppy” logic be able to reveal the astonishing truth hidden in Getenrou?

Note: Nominated for the 2012 Manga Taisho Award.

CAST

Saeko Sakuraba
Ario Waninuma
Douge Kikuchi
Kirie Waninuma
Tsutomu Serizawa

CHAPTERS

REVIEWS

ErickVolk12
70/100
From stealing porn magazine to a murder mystery
This is my first review and English isn't my first language so if you have critics please tell me, it would be a big help. Also I tried to make this as spoiler free as possible.

Getenrou is one of the few series of Masakazu Ishiguro that has been fully translated. You may know him from a newer series like "Heavenly Delusion" or probably an older one like "And Yet the Town Moves". Heavenly Delusion kind of open the gate for me to check his other works and getenrou elicit an interest on me because of how mysterious and bizarre the synopsis is. Plus it just has 9 chapter so it wont take a lot of time to finish.

Just like i said, Getenrou is weird. It started with some boys who tried to sneak in porn magazine for their own amusement only to followed up by some sentai murder mystery on chapter 2. It feels like i read an entirely new series and that is how you'll feel while you read this manga, at least for some of the earlier chapters. Getenrou, just like Heavenly Delusion, is shrouded with mystery on how every dots in the story connected. Those weirdness will somehow clicked and makes sense in the end. While it reminded me of heavenly delusion, in term of how the story connected and progressed, it felt closer to Odd Taxi. If you somehow fall in love with this manga then the most likely reason is the mystery and the way how everything unraveled becuase that's definitely the best part about the manga. But its only 9 chapters and you can only do so much with that. Its fun and all but there's a feeling like it could be more and while i like how everything falls into place by the end of it, its not something amazing but also good enough considering its constrained. While it's surrounded by mystery, there are a lot of comedic moments too which is not that surprising if you have read/watch the author's other works. While i enjoy the comedy, i can see it might be bothersome for some people.

The art isn't something I would consider great but I still like it more than some anime/manga I've seen. It has a unique art style that separate them from the lot. It's so distinct you can already know who the author is from just a glance. One thing I really like though from Masakazu Ishiguro's character design is some character has a really distinct face. It's not something that important to me but it's great to see.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With only 9 chapters, the characters don't have many depth but its expected. They are there to move the story and they just did that nothing more and nothing less. They are likeable though, at least most of them are. Other than the characters, the other aspect that suffer from its short chapters is the world building. It's not bad btw, I will even consider it really good especially for how short the manga is but that's also the problem for me. I can't shake off the feeling that there are so many things it can offer if it has more chapters and it will also give it more room so the theme can be taken more seriously and explored better than what it is. So the question, should you read this manga? I would say depends. If you have one or two hour to kill i would say give it a shot, i mean its only 9 chapters. If you love Heavenly Delusion, then i would say probably yes. Its an interesting read because you can see the influence it might have on Heavenly Delusion, hell even i get to make more theory about Heavenly Delusion because of this manga. In the end, this manga is a fun little read for me. It's not breathtaking. It's not great either but good enough for what it is. Again this is my first review and if you have opinion about my writing please just tell me, I really appreciate it.
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