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Hotel Calforinia (SUGIMURA Shinichi) RSS Feed  
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Description

Sugimura's famous work.

Amazon description:

It's like a well filmed movie, anyone who has read this work would certainly feel that way. It starts with a bang, the middle is a series of unexpected events, one after another, and then it ends with a big finale. A great, entertaining production from the first page to the last. First published in 1992, this is the collectors edition.

The stage is resort hotel, which someone had the great idea of building way too deep in the mountainous areas of Hokkaido. Due to a landslide which causes the disappearance of the Hotel Director, the employees are cut out from the outside world and completely isolated. Though the next town is far away, the hotel is elegant and lavish, and the staff begin living their lives together in this strange environment, which the story in unimaginable directions. The staff begin to dress up in costume and stop listening to what people say, shots are fired at Yakuza who came to collect on a debt, bears are wandering around, and even a warrior clad in armor makes an appearance.

The progression of the story is extremely light and quick. There's no point that it's ever boring and the tempo will keep you reading through the book. Then, you'll find all sorts of crazy developments happening, and it'll look like it's all going to end up a huge mess, but as the story charges towards the ending it'll make you want to stand up and clap your hands.

There are a number of habits that Sugimura Shinichi has in his images, however they're also humorous and have a personality to them that you'll never forget. And surely there would be no mistake in calling him top class in the manga world when it comes to his power in composing kinetic, rowdy stories. That feat is supported by his ingenuity in direction. He'll boldly use compositions, come up with images full of impact, and you'll never get bored of it no matter how many times you read it. It's a masterpiece and not letting yourself read it would be a complete waste.


Type
Manga

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Associated Names
ホテルカルフォリニア

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Status in Country of Origin

5 Volumes (Complete)
2 Volumes (Complete, 1999 Reprint)


Completely Scanlated?
No

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User Rating
Average: 4 / 10.0 (1 votes)
Bayesian Average: 6.21 / 10.0
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Last Updated
December 25th, 2023 12:16pm PST - 10 months ago

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Year
1991

Original Publisher

Serialized In (magazine)
Young Magazine (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)
No

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Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #775 decreased(-28)
Monthly Pos #1754 decreased(-146)
3 Month Pos #2310 decreased(-1156)
6 Month Pos #4781 decreased(-347)
Year Pos #5826 decreased(-1646)

List Stats
On 9 reading lists
On 15 wish lists
On 3 completed lists
On 7 custom lists

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