Ko Higaonna is a happy college student, a trusting young man with an alluring girlfriend, Satomi. But her busy schedule leaves little time for their relationship, and thus few opportunities for Ko to explore his sensual desires. When Ko discovers that a voyeur is spying on them, he embarks on a quest to uncover what exactly Satomi is doing in her spare time - and finds that he must also confront his own repressed longings.
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(For mature audiences.) Hideo Yamamoto's Voyeur, part of Viz Communications' gritty Pulp Graphic Novel series, enters the world of voyeurism at several levels. On the surface, this adult manga is a tale of simple perversion, about a man who dons night goggles to peer into the intimate moments of other peoples' lives. But as the book unfolds, Yamamoto exposes the depth of his suggestive title. The protagonist, Ko Higaonna, despises the young peeping Tom who keeps showing up in his life. But as Ko becomes concerned that his girlfriend, Satomi Shiraishi, is deceiving him about where she has been spending her evenings (she insists that she is studying for her TOEFL exam), he begins to indulge in a bit of voyeurism of his own. Like the hero of Hitchcock's Rear Window, Ko can't help but look into Satomi's life. The mystery behind her supposed virginal innocence beckons him to gaze into her windows and follow her through the streets. As his career as a spy unfolds, Ko is drawn to the voyeur who he at first rejected. The voyeur has refined observation to an art, and to Ko he reveals tiny clues--such as bruises on Satomi that suggest an amorous encounter--that slowly erode Ko's trust in his lover. When Ko abruptly learns the truth of Satomi's secret life, he must confront the charade of his own life--his politeness and servility in the face of hypocrisy. Together with his newfound conspirator, he leaves the path of material success and polite society to begin a career as a professional voyeur--a detective of sorts--who works to protect the unsuspecting from the voyeuristic predators he now sees everywhere. Despite this somewhat formula-driven ending (which is clearly a setup for a series about Ko's detective career), Yamamoto has crafted a superior manga that braves the waters of sexual deviance only to interrogate the reality of urban life beneath the surfaces that so tantalizes the stereotypical voyeur. --Patrick O'Kelley
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Slick, Dramatic,
This review is from: Voyeur, Volume 1 (Paperback)
I bought this on a lark when I saw the Amazon had it in their recommended slot. Yamamotos' slick artwork and great characterization drew me in. The stories are paced well and it was a pleasant read. Voyeur is culled from "adult" manga in Japan, so there's just the right amount of sleaze mixed in with the action. It's not gratuitous nudity and sexual content like the XXX comics that we have here. A refreshing change from the usual stuff that we see in manga. A plausible fun read with sympathetic, realistic characters. Now, where did I put my night vision goggles? followed by a sequel in Japan. "Voyuers Inc." is about two different characters and is by a different artist.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This Is Not Your Father's Comic Book, Or Is It?,
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This review is from: Voyeur, Volume 1 (Paperback)
I haven't even finished this book and I've given it five stars. How can I explain that a book that looks like a comic, suggests porngraphic thoughts and still keeps your interested in...yes!...there is a story behind all this.But what most amazed me was the drawings and how I felt after just a few dozen pages that I wasn't even really reading. It was like I was in the story. Every page had it's share of 'wordless graphical' thoughts. I don't think I'll ever experience a read again quite like my first manga!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Starts Off Strong....,
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This review is from: Voyeur, Volume 1 (Paperback)
I bought this having read the Ichi The Killer manga and loving the ridiculous length and depth into which that book examined the lives and motives of each of these characters. Voyeur, while certainly entertaining, is a bit shallow, and seems to focus a bit too much on one screwed up college kid instead of examining the lives of those he peeps on, or even the person he peeps with. Nice artwork, nothing exceptional. But after the first chapter of the book it goes right down hill and turns into a weird spy/comedy genre, with plot-holes abound. But, if you don't mind spending money on half a good book and can stomach some wannabe-intellectual motives then its a rather enjoyable experience and, at the very least, works as a decent mystery, with suspense and intrigue usually running high.
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