Customer Reviews

Voyeur, Volume 1

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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.

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!

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.