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G O T H
With a unusual title “ Goth” that usually refer to Gothic, this novel had
brought a mysterious side of horror stories. Goth is a novel by Otsu-ichi and has
been adapted into manga (comic) and movie as well. Both novel and manga
published in Japan by Kadokawa and published in English by Tokyopop. The novel
won the Honkaku Mystery Prize. This novel is about two high school students
fascinated by murder.
Goth is consists of six short stories but it has main plot that grew
unexpectedly after folowing the continuation
of story. The title of the six stories are Goth,
Wristcut, Dog, Twins, Grave, and Voice.
Altough manga adaptation is based on novel,
there are differences with the novel. The
differences are manga adaptation (that
ilustrated by Kendi Oiwa) eliminates Dog
storyline, and combines Voice and Twins, with
Morino taking Natsumi's role in the final story.
The main characters are two high
school students, a boy who remains unnamed
until late in the story, and a girl named Yoru
Morino. Both share a similar interest in
gruesome murders. The first chapter, Goth,
tells about Morino finds a diary written by a
serial killer. It describes a third victim that has yet to be discovered, so she and
the narrator go to look at it. Morino then begins dressing like the third victim, and
a few days later, sends a text message to the narrator, which reads only, "Help." .
Second is Wristcut tells about flashback to before Morino and the narrator were
friends. After finding a doll with no hands in the science lab garbage can, the
narrator breaks into the science teacher's house, convinced he has been the one
cutting hands off people of all ages in the city. He then steals the teacher's hand
collection, and plants evidence to suggest Morino was the one who stole them -
because he wants Morino's hand, and the scar from when she cut her wrist.
Next is Dog chapter that tells about the narrator investigates a series of
dog kidnappings after his sister discovers a pit filled
with their bodies. A young girl and her pet dog have
been plotting to defend themselves against her
mother's abusive boyfriend. Twins contents are
Morino has been having trouble sleeping, and is
looking for a rope to put around her neck - the right
rope will help her sleep. At the narrator's urging, she
tells the story of how she and her twin sister, Yū,
often pretended to be dead...until Yū accidentally
hung herself. Grave or we can translate the original
title in Japanese (Tsuchi) into Soil tells about Saeki
spends all his free time gardening, digging holes to
try and control his obsession with burying people
alive. He's already given in once, and killed a young
neighbor boy, drowning him in his coffin. Now he's
snatched a high school girl off the street - according to her ID, her name is Yoru
Morino. The last chapter is Voice that mainly about Natsumi's older sister was
recently found chopped to pieces in an abandoned hospital. A few weeks later, a
mysterious high school boy gives Natsumi a tape - a
message from her sister, recorded just before she was
murdered. If she wants the rest, she will have to come to
the hospital, and allow him to murder her.
There are several characters with theirself strange habits. Boku (translated to
english means “me”) is the narrator. A high school
student obsessed with death. Said his passions are to
"haunt crime scenes to look for details" and to "stand
where a body had been not long ago". Yearns to watch
Morino's death. Yoru Morino is a high school student
obsessed with death. Tends to keep to herself and not
talk to anyone. Befriends the narrator after an incident
involving Mr. Shinohara. Has a glaring white scar on her
wrist. Next character is Mr. Shinohara. Mr. Shinohara is
Morino's science teacher that has an obsession with hands. The Cafe Manager is
manager at Morino's favorite cafe. He is never named. Mr. Saeki is a man who
lives near Morino. He's obsessed with burying people alive. Yū Morino is Yoru's
twin sister. Natsumi Kitazawa has a shadowed background because of her older
sister was recently murdered, and her world has fallen apart. When a mysterious
boy approaches her with a tape of her sister's final words, she can't stop herself
from listening. Last character is Itsuki Kamiyama, a friend of Natsumi's from junior
high, he is a student at the same school as the boy who gave her the tape. While
he seems outgoing and friendly, at the end of the novel he is revealed to be the
previously unnamed narrator.
My complaint about this book is that the murder case is drawn too extreme
about slicing body part and how the murderer torture their victim. And because of
distribution of this book is limited it`s very hard to find this book in bookstore.
Inspite of the weakness, this is a great mystery story that`s written by Japanese
writer, Otsu-ichi. Little by little as the story continue, truth was revealed and the
ending make a great surprise. Eventough it`s just consist six short stories,
because the explanation and point of view the writer used, I enjoyed a lot to read
this story.
Overall, Goth is a terrific horror story. The plot is good and the character so
mysterious and well developed. This story has “a black aura” in it`s story and that
“black aura” support background story and make Goth really worth to read.