Madobe no Linoa - Vol. 1 Ch. 3 - Ghost Cat

[MangaDex]

 

[maeribaeri]

Wonder what came first - the book series about a phantom cat, or Pete.

Also, just in case anyone's curious, the blacked out part on the file seems to be "Kriminalfall", criminal case, which was then changed to Selbstmord, suicide

 

[welnic]

 

[BluWacky]

Wonder what came first - the book serious about a phantom cat, or Pete.

Also, just in case anyone's curious, the blacked out part on the file seems to be "Kriminalfall", criminal case, which was then changed to Selbstmord, suicide

Well, I could tell you the answer to the first question, but those would be spoilers...

I've been in two minds as to what to do with the "German-ness" of the story (and the French, for that matter). The setting isn't a specific place, after all, and I presume that the target audience is expected to take it as it appears rather than nitpicking. For instance, I don't know enough about German policing to know whether police sergeants do have full jurisdiction at crime scenes compared to inspectors (it doesn't sound right to me), or if the ranks really translate properly (or whether any of this was true in 1992!). I couldn't tell you if that's even true in Japanese policing. Hagino isn't really aiming for historical veracity, though.

 

[Serverclosed]

That bitch is infuriating.

 

[maeribaeri]

I've been in two minds as to what to do with the "German-ness" of the story (and the French, for that matter). The setting isn't a specific place, after all, and I presume that the target audience is expected to take it as it appears rather than nitpicking. For instance, I don't know enough about German policing to know whether police sergeants do have full jurisdiction at crime scenes compared to inspectors (it doesn't sound right to me), or if the ranks really translate properly (or whether any of this was true in 1992!). I couldn't tell you if that's even true in Japanese policing. Hagino isn't really aiming for historical veracity, though.

I keep wondering how much this story may be inspired by the works of Naoki Urasawa, actually. A manga about a mysterious murder set in 90s Germany featuring a foreigner on the run from the authorities rings a bell (Monster), as does a cartoonish mascot character haunting its creator and developing a life of its own (Billy Bat).
Which would somewhat explain the specific choice of the setting.

 

[BluWacky]

I keep wondering how much this story may be inspired by the works of Naoki Urasawa, actually. A manga about a mysterious murder set in 90s Germany featuring a foreigner on the run from the authorities rings a bell (Monster), as does a cartoonish mascot character haunting its creator and developing a life of its own (Billy Bat).
Which would somewhat explain the specific choice of the setting.

This is exactly what caught my eye about it in the first place, to be honest (I looooooove Urasawa's art and his thrillers in particular, and wish I knew what to look for when trying to find more manga like them). Hagino isn't aiming to emulate the shock value of Urasawa's twists - what we see is what we get really in Linoa - but Theo's design very clearly evokes that of Tenma's when he is on the run in particular.