Dragon Head

STORY

On the way back from school trip, some high school students get shut into a closed tunnel caused by a sudden huge earthquake when they were on train. Luckily survived three students, Teru, Ako and Nobuo, then seek a way to survive. What do the three survivors, staying in dark for a long time, see after escaping from the tunnel? Reading the comics, you can see human nature and madness when faced in an ultimate situation.
(Minetaro Mochizuki/1994-2000/10 books/Kodansha)

COMMENT by Shun

This was released out as a new panic type comic ahead from the others. When the comic first came out, it shocked a wide range of readers. I think most of the readers expected that it would become a landmark of panic type cartons. But, it didn’t. The farther the story went, the worse the comic became. As a result, it was evaluated as a trash.
I was a high school student when this comic came up, and I was also one of those who first loved it then left it later. My friends and I were frequently guessing ‘’why the big quake occurred?’’ or ‘’how this story would end up’’, and we were all looking forward to reading the next comics.
In fact, for the beginning to the middle of the story, you will perhaps get turned on by the terrifying story. My personal must-see scene is this; Nobuo, one of the three survivors, gradually gets insane and becomes lunatic at last caused by packed in tunnel where is dark and makes people lonely.
Even after escaping the tunnel, the survivors face several problems such as encountering a wired armed group, battling with rioters and so on, anyways you won’t probably get bored till the ending.
However, in my opinion, I don’t get the last episode, or well, I should say it’s a crap. It ended up with the scene of poetic words in which expressed weakness and strength of human beings. It was just like ‘’you estimate the ending by yourself, ok?’’ …What?? You see no mentions about any reasons of the quake, and you can’t even see it is a good ending or a bad ending. Frankly, probably the writer couldn’t handle the story because it expanded too broad, I believe. I can’t stop doubting the writer’s ability. What a shame.

Shun's Score 6