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Following the Third World War, humankind left the toxic surface of the Earth and built an underground city to survive. A serious social problem emerged in this new society: hyperorexia, or severe overeating, a side effect of the Pure Trance life-sustaining pill. This dreamy science fiction fantasy — a sexy story of catfights, alien safari adventures, evil experimentation, and a girl who dreams of becoming a pop idol singer—is the long-awaited debut graphic novel of famous Japanese manga artist Junko Mizuno. Pure Trance breaks every stereotype of shojo manga (girls' comics).
- Sales Rank: #608905 in Books
- Published on: 2015-02-25
- Ingredients: Example Ingredients
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.00" w x 6.00" l, 1.50 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 192 pages
About the Author
Junko Mizuno - born in Tokyo, May 27, 1973. In 1996, Junko Mizuno self-produced a booklet called "MINA animal DX" which brought her to the attention of the publishing industry in Japan. Soon after, she debuted as a professional comic artist and illustrator. She is constantly working on new comics, illustrations, paintings and designs for products ranging from toys to clothing.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
JG Ballard meets Lisa Frank
By Santanico
The work of Junko Mizuno - possibly the most unique and eccentric manga artist working today - finds what is perhaps its closest comparison in the sculptures of Australian artist Patricia Piccinini. Piccinini's depictions of fleshy, misshapen yet oddly lovable bioengineered laboratory creatures manage to combine horrifying possibilities of futuristic genetic tampering with an adorability and childlike cuteness that threatens to tip over into the realm of the grotesque. Mizuno's first graphic novel, _Pure Trance_, finds just such a precarious balance, and struts along it as smartly and proudly as an expert tightrope-walker.
In the not-so-distant future, society has been driven underground after a (deliberately vaguely defined) apocalypse has rendered the surface world uninhabitable. One of the most serious ills threatening this society is the proliferation of eating disorders, a side-effect of the only available food source: the nutrition capsules known as `Pure Trance'. A medical clinic has been established for the treatment of these disorders; unfortunately, under the psychotic dictates of the Director - a whip-wielding, drug-crazed dominatrix with a penchant for porn and skimpy underwear - the clinic has fallen into decadence, becoming a center for bizarre medical experiments and hideous acts of malpractice.
While most of the nurses have retreated into apathy, a handful still retain their ideals. One such is the book's heroine, the sweet, selfless Nurse Kaori. Kaori, as the only nurse daring to oppose the Director's wishes, is the Director's obsession and scapegoat; she frequently finds herself subject to severe physical abuse, which she endures stoically. However, when the Director threatens the lives of four orphaned test-tube babies (two of whom possess mysterious powers), Kaori flees the clinic with the children and escapes to the unknown territory of the surface world.
Interwoven with the primary storyline are surreal grace notes involving sadistic artificial nurses, a Britney-esque pop star turned Mad Max-ish feral warrior, medical-themed strip bars, surgery with a chainsaw, a pedophilic genetic engineer who spends all his time creating pretty blonde Lolitas (all of whom want nothing to do with him), and a jaw-dropping love scene involving a human girl and a creature resembling a human brain attached to a floating vertebrae. All of this is supplemented by "trivia" footnotes at the bottom of each page; these footnotes are occasionally relevant to the storyline, but more often are merely amusing (particularly funny is one pertaining to a TV show called _Wigs Out of the Closet_).
The mind-boggling impact of such concepts, however, would be only half-formed without the added and immeasurable benefit of Mizuno's witty, subversive illustrations. Mizuno is rightly famous for her unique ability to combine unbelievably cutesy-pie imagery (shoujo manga taken to a hyper-cartoonish, Powerpuff-Girl extreme) with shocking acts of violence and sexual perversity. Such an approach manages to take the sting out of images that would otherwise be too appalling to contemplate, rendering them with the charm and simplicity of a children's book illustration and inviting us to laugh rather than be horrified. It's as if an early JG Ballard novel were illustrated by Lisa Frank; a David Cronenberg film re-created with My Little Ponies.
Interestingly, though her illustrations may be childlike, her women never are. Mainstream manga has an unfortunate tendency to reduce female characters who are allegedly grown women to cute, submissive little dolls; by contrast, Mizuno's women, cute as they are, bleed, swear, behave badly, and suffer intensely. Though _Pure Trance_ is by no means as weirdly emotive as Mizuno's later work (her _Princess Mermaid_, in particular, comes close to being heartbreaking), one does, despite oneself, end up feeling and caring for these cartoonish figures.
Occupying a genre territory somewhere between the New Weird (a recent offshoot of Fantasy fiction heavily influenced by Surrealism) and the more eccentric, body-horror-influenced end of Cyberpunk, Pure Trance is the Japanese love-child of Lewis Carroll and William Gibson, with a dash of _Valley of the Dolls_ camp melodrama for good measure: a hallucinatory freefall through childhood archetypes and futuristic nightmare.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Hello Kitty on acid
By zee rose
I'm a fan of Junko Mizuno, so I was more than willing to get Pure Trance since I already have Cinderalla.
It is the future and World War III has ruined the earth's surface, causing mankind to retreat underground in large cities. Due to a food shortage, people have to eat Pure Trance and meat is outlawed.
Like all of Junko Mizuno's works, the art style is cartoonish, giving a retro, pop art and 80s cartoons aimed towards girls like Strawberry Shortcake, as well as underground comix like Cherry.
The story is interesting to say the least. It can be difficult to understand at times, since Mizuno is vague on character details. For example, the villain of the story, The Director, is never explored. It is never revealed why she is insane and murderous. And how did she rise to power? As for characterization, Mizuno's characters tend to fall a little flat. The main character is always a sweet, innocent girl. The villain is either insane or malicious on some level. Everyone else is a smoking, drinking cutie pie or bizzare on some level. However, if you're looking for depth in characters, trying reading some Tezuka. Another thing is that there is absence of male characters most of the time, except for two. That's right. TWO. The other thing is that they look alike. I digress.
Pure Trance is worth reading if you want a crash-course in introducing yourself to the world of Junko Mizuno. I would suggest at least picking it up and trying it out to see if you would enjoy the art style.
Plot: B
Characters: B-
Art: A
Readability: B (You may end up re-reading this one)
On average: B (try the library)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Psychedelic faux shojo theatre
By Rob
For those looking at this purely from the title, Yes, this is indeed inspired by or a compliment to the "Pure Trance" CD volumes; we're told this on the inside flap of the book though anything else it has to do with the music other than the name isn't told, but none of that matters.
This book is an insanely fun, gory, violent and yes, cute, traipse through the mind of Mizuno. Her distinct style lies in between typical over-drawn shojo characters and excessive violence dubbed "kawaii noir". At first glance, it much closer to the shojo style of things but Mizuno really has a short temper with such shallow and frivolous characters and her way of cutting them up and putting them in their place is fun and, if you look deeper, maybe a critique on her own culture a bit. But on the surface level it's still great.
This was Mizuno's first full-length manga, expanded from an original story of the same name. Sometime in the future, the world's inhabitants went underground from the fallout of a past war. Now, society is run much the same way, though all the communities are sustained with capsules instead of edibles. The allegory here is almost preachy, but ISN'T because it's always fun and never forced down your throat, heh-heh. When the psychedelic overworld meshes with the insanely cute of the underworld you have some damn fine art on your hands. Mizuno is a great artist, and one of the only drawbacks of such a book is the fact that it is in black and gray - a minor complaint, but one all the same for anyone who has seen Mizuno work with color!
Another reason for my rating of only four stars is the story itself. It's not very meaty and at times is pretty predictable. It also closes without much of any closure at all, but you're driven to flip through at least a second time for the "Pure Trance Trivia" at the bottom of most every page (which Mizuno recommends you only read after you've completed the story, and I recommend the same). Another small complaint is the apparent sameyness of some of the characters. Most are easily distinguished but when the girls start mixing up their wardrobe it might force you to flip back a few pages to the wonderful, full-page drawings at the beginning of each chapter. Wait, that's no complaint at all!
All in all, this is a great addition to any avant-horror collection and will probably reveal even more fun on repeated readings. Mizuno's head is full of all the psychedelia-tainted nightmares and ghosts that roam the streets of Shinjuku. When ko-gal blood flies, everyone loves it.
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