Senkou Scramble - Comments
Comments about Senkou Scramble
The novel's official twitter account and website have begun to post comments about "Senkou Scramble" from the people who have already read it, I translated these comments and I hope to add more and more in the future ♥
I also take the chance to show you the first expositions of the novel in bookstores!
Plus in detail Shige's signature, with his personal stamp and saying "Please take care of "Senkou Scramble"!!"
Thanks to Pongdesu & yuia03 @twitter
"It enthused me with its painful reality, the maniacal details inserted everywhere and the colored descriptions that always surprise. I want to read many other works from him." (Sasano)
"I thought the conflicting relationship of the idol and the paparazzi was sweet, things develop so fast, I was completely drawn into it." (Kishida)
"Only a real life idol could picture the troubles of the heart of an idol. It's a story that brings to life the stylish spirit being setted in Shibuya" (Y.)
"The relationship between the two main characters is complicated but they understand each other thanks to the city and the nature around them. The novel depicts Shibuya in a charming and sensorial way, I don't know any other novel able to do that." (Yamamoto)
"The shock I received reading "Pink&Gray" is repeated. It's the first time I look so much forward the next work of a writer." (Ikeda)
"It made me perceive how a heart that stopped, that lost its purpose to live, could come back to life. I want everybody who lost their spirit in everyday's life to read this novel." (Kuroda)
"The idol and the paparazzi, with so many events happening one after another, seem to be completely unrelated, but at the same time the author succeeded in picturing "the suffering human beings" spendidly." (Murao)
"The development is thrilling, the characters are brutally realistic, then it's metropolitan. A fashionable novel that can suck you in its world." (Koto)
"I began reading it distractedly but then I was completely drawn into the speed of development. It was very interesting." (Uchiyama)
"Two people born again embracing their pain. The afterimage of their story impresses on the back of your eyes." (Kubo Misumi, novelist)
"It's something that only Kato-san could write, the troubles of the idol were very realistic, they hit straight to your heart. They story is very lively, I felt the writer's improvement." (Inoue, chief of Kadokawa Shoten share society)
"In secret at the beginning of the night the two escape together in search of a place to sleep. It's strong, beautiful and painful. It's like reading a contemporary myth." (Nakamura Kou, novelist)
"This novel is one of the very few living myth in the contemporary literature" (Ubukata Tou, novelist)
Note: I can't be sure since there's no first name but the commenters with only their last name are probably bookstores staff.