Um conto sobre memrias e o sentido da vida I made it in english too It is below Children of the Whales um mang que me surpreendeu de forma positiva. Comecei a llo por conta da arte e pela sinopse. Estava numa vibe de procurar algum mang que tratasse sobre uma civilizao perdida e o anilist me recomendou isso. E pra minha surpresa foi muito mais do que eu estava esperando Usando a sinopse da VIZ Chakuro o arquivista da Mud Whale registrando diligentemente as vidas e mortes de seu povo. Como um dos poucos portadores da timia ele sabe que seu tempo limitado e est determinado a deixar um histrico melhor do que seus antecessores. Mas o ritmo constante de sua existncia isolada na Mud Whale abruptamente interrompido quando um grupo de reconhecimento descobre uma jovem misteriosa que parece saber mais sobre sua casa do que eles... Children of the Whales um mang riqussimo A narrativa comea de forma reclusa focando mais nos residentes da Mud Whale e em como eles reagem s ameaas externas e s novas circunstncias os rodeando. E ela progressivamente avana aumentando o escopo da histria no devido ritmo. Vale ressaltar que o storytelling desse mang finssimo Ele narrado pelo Chakuro o arquivista da Mud Whale ento vemos quase todos os eventos pela viso dele e ainda temos narraes durante a narrativa. No apenas visual como a maioria dos mangs . A adio de narraes contribuiu e muito para uma experincia ainda mais enriquecedora pelo menos para mim. Deu um charme a mais pra histria e acho que passou a essncia de ser um dirio. At porque a histria t simulando os registros do Chakuro ento faz sentido ter narraes. Os personagens so timos Todos na Mud Whale se conheciam ento eles tinham uma relao muito boa um com outro todos eram amigos e isso foi retratado de forma esplndida pela Abi Umeda Ela conseguiu passar uma sensao de proximidade entre todos ou no mnimo uma relao vvida com emoes aqui e ali. Vou dizer uma coisa aqui. O protagonista no papel o Chakuro mas na realidade ao meu ver o protagonista de verdade o Ouni. O Chakuro mais um storyteller do que um protagonista em si. Seguimos ele por ali e por aqui mas no final tudo revolve ao Ouni literalmente tudo. O mundo bem fascinante. O mar de areia substituindo o mar de gua d um charme pra obra mudando bastante coisas. Os pases borda do mar tm que se preocupar com a questo da subida do mar igual na realidade. Os barcos no entanto so diferentes. No h remos eles se movem por seres chamados Nous. E aqui que eu vou comear a falar sobre o tema principal do mang: emoes. H diversos pases no mundo de Children of the Whales mas o Imprio de onde a Lykos vem o mais importante. Por que? O imprio no tem nome. um pas sem nome. Se referem como Imprio por ser imperialista apenas. Os habitantes do pas no possuem nome sendo chamados por termos que facilitam o militarismo. A prpria Lykos no tinha nome. E terceiro e mais importante os habitantes no tm emoes. Os Nous para funcionarem necessitam de emoes. a comida deles. Ento o Imprio fornecia as emoes de seus membros privandoos disso. Lykos sofreu disso. E quando ela resgatada pelos habitantes da Mud Whale h um choque de culturas imenso. Imagine uma pessoa sem emoes se encontrando com diversas pessoas com diversas emoes. um choque e tanto e vemos isso claramente pelas interaes entre eles. Quanto mais tempo uma pessoa passa longe dos Nous mais as emoes voltam. Ento a cada dia que a Lykos passa longe dos Nous mais emoes dela voltam e ela vai percebendo que ela no quer voltar mais pro Imprio. Ela finalmente conseguiu um lugar que ela pode amar e se sentir feliz por que ela quereria fugir? E a a narrativa segue com vrios imprevistos muitas reviravoltas momentos emocionantes e outras coisas. Outro ponto que o mang toca sobre o sentido da vida. Como os marcados no viviam muito com cerca de 30 a 40 anos eles usavam de seu tempo ao mximo pra satisfazer os nomarcados. Seja registrar acontecimentos ou defender a Ilha. E o mang se aprofunda bastante nesse ponto. E por ltimo outro ponto sobre as memrias. Isso est ligado a questo das emoes sobre o quo forte elas so e se vale a pena abrir mo delas das memrias delas. Isso uma das motivaes do Orca mas spoiler ento zip H quem diga que o preconceito um tema forte. Eu concordo mas no diria que o foco. Ele t presente bem presente mas um elemento usado pra narrativa no algo que a Abi Umeda foca. No um 86 da vida mas tambm no algo escrachado como Shingeki. algo interessante mas nada extremamente surpreendente. A arte magnfica Foi o que me atraiu ao mang ento vou botar algumas aqui e vocs decidam: 200https://i.ur.com/4M1VaqN.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/rP6Zmxp.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/LfOJmIy.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/IEquaSc.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/zw5Ysef.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/J3Hiis4.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/CL29WnF.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/2aOW45f.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/vIBQbga.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/yAWJzFW.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/gn4Mzhq.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/PRTbJEI.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/VIVNork.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/wW3NByt.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/qF0vbjg.jpg 200https://i.ur.com/7L0uxXs.jpg Fechando a review ento. Children of the Whales um excelente mang que toca em assuntos delicados mas que os executa de maneira esplnida. Possui um worldbuilding fascinante junto com personagens carismticos que engrandecem a obra. A narrativa tima com um bom pacing e o storytelling se destaca. Em suma um timo mang que recomendo a todos IN ENGLISH A tale about memories and the meaning of life I wrote the review in portuguese and I was lazy to translate it to english so I used Google Translate. Sorry in advance for any gramatical errors Children of the Whales is a manga that surprised me in a positive way. I started reading it because of the art and the synopsis. I was in the vibe of looking for some manga that dealt with a lost civilization and the anilist recommended it to me. And to my surprise it was much more than I was expecting Using the synopsis of VIZ Chakuro is the archivist for the Mud Whale diligently recording the lives and deaths of his people. As one of the few carriers of timia he knows that his time is limited and is determined to leave a better track record than his predecessors. But the steady pace of her isolated existence at Mud Whale is abruptly interrupted when a reconnaissance group discovers a mysterious young woman who seems to know more about her home than they do ... Children of the Whale is a very rich manga The narrative begins in a recluse way focusing more on the residents of the mud whale and on how they react to the external and new exteriors surrounding them. And it progressively advances increasing the scope of the story at the right pace. It is worth mentioning that the storytelling of this manga is very thin It is narrated by Chakuro the Mud Whale archivist so we see almost all events from his perspective and we still have narrations during the narrative. Its not just visual as most manga is. The addition of narrations contributed a lot to an even more enriching experience at least for me. It gave an extra charm to the story and I think it has become the essence of being a diary. Because the story is simulating Chakuros records so it makes sense to have narrations. The characters are great Everyone at Mud Whale knew each other so they had a very good relationship with each other they were all friends and this was portrayed splendidly by Abi Umeda She managed to convey a sense of closeness between everyone or at least a vivid relationship with emotions here and there. I will say something here. The protagonist on the role is Chakuro but in reality in my view the real protagonist is Ouni. Chakuro is more of a storyteller than a protagonist in itself. We followed him around and around but in the end everything turns Ouni literally everything. The world is quite fascinating. The sea of sand replacing the sea of water gives a charm to the work changing a lot of things. Countries at the edge of the sea have to worry about the issue of rising sea which is the same in reality. The boats however are different. There are no oars they move by calls called Nous. And this is where Im going to start talking about the main theme of the manga: emotions. There are several countries in the world of Sons of Whales but the Empire where Lykos comes from is the most important. Why? The empire has no name. It is a country without a name. It is only as an Empire because it is imperialist only. The countrys inhabitants have no name called by terms that facilitate militarism. Lykos herself had no name. And third and most importantly the inhabitants have no emotions. The Nous to work ingredients of emotions. Its their food. Then the Empire supplied the emotions of its members depriving them of it. Lykos suffered from this. And when she is rescued by the inhabitants of the Mud Whale there is an immense clash of cultures. Imagine a person without emotions meeting several people with different emotions. It is quite a shock and we see this clearly from the interactions between them. The more time a person spends away from the Nous the more emotions come back. So every day that Lykos passes away from the Nous more of her emotions come back and she will realize that she doesnt want to go back to the Empire anymore. She finally got a place that she can love and feel happy for why would she want to run away? And then a narrative follows with several unforeseen events many twists and turns exciting moments and other things. Another point that the manga touches is about the meaning of life. As the marked did not live long around 30 to 40 years old they used their time to the maximum to satisfy the unmarked. Be it recording events or defending the Island. And the manga gets really deep at that point. And finally another point is about memories. This is linked to the question of emotions about how strong they are and whether it is worth giving them up their memories. Thats one of Orcas motivations but its spoiler so zip There are those who say that prejudice is a strong theme. I agree but I wouldnt say its the focus. It is present very present but it is an element used for narrative not something that Abi Umeda focuses on. It is not an 86 of life but neither is it as tight as Shingeki. It is something interesting but nothing extremely surprising. Art is magnificent Thats what attracted me to the manga so Im going to put some here and you decide I put it above Closing the review then. Children of the Whales is an excellent manga which touches on delicate subjects but which performs them splendidly. It has a fascinating worldbuilding along with charismatic characters that enhance the work. The narrative is great with good pacing and storytelling stands out. In short a great manga which I recommend to everyone