I support Rep. Barbara Lee Congresswoman ( D-California ) . "I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States," she said.| Title | Writer | Publishing Office | First Edition | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network Potpourri | Hana to Yume COMICS | YANAHARA,Nozomi | Hakusensha Co., Ltd. | 1997/12/10 | 410 yen ( Without Tax : 390 yen ) |
The stage is the near future world which fell into confusion by the large-scale crustal movement that happened 50 years ago once. Nevertheless people used the satellite network system that survived, and revive with civilization. The people survived calmly.
A town named the "Potpourri Pot" that Kohe who is a hero lives in is the town which is small, and is peaceful. However, in the "Potpourri Pot", many immigrants came over from the city named "Central City". People of "Central City" and people of "Potpourri Pot" cannot easily understand each other, because the environment that they lived until now was much different. On the contrary, they are going to talk only in network so that there is satellite network system. Their relation becomes bad soon.
However, only Kohe will ask the new town where immigrant person from "Central City" lives in in the resident of "Potpourri Pot". The reason is because there is Mary who got to know with network one year ago in a new town.
While Kohe meets Mary, he will notice that there is the facial expression that does not appear in a word. And Kohe mediates between people of "Central City" and people of "Potpourri Pot".
I thought that relation between Kohe and Mary that they do not become straight easily, let readers smile. But in addition I had interest in the point that the problems that computer network had were shown. Especially I think a scene that Kohe's reaction and other people's reaction are different when they watched E-mail from Mary is interesting. Other people understood only characters, but Kohei read the facial expression and the tone from E-mail, too. I felt that the scene showed causes of quarrel that we often have on the computer network concisely.
There is a story that YANAHARA,Nozomi of the writer bought PC for the first time when these comics were drawn. Because nevertheless she can draw the weak point of computer network, I think that there is very wonderful sensitivity to her.
Kohe shows that the facial expression was erased by the computer network to us. And he shows that there are the facial expression that we overlook in conversation of real world. These show the method which we are not more aware of the difference of reality world and computer world to us.
I think that such points are charm of "Network Potpourri".
Satellite network system devised by YANAHARA,Nozomi was maybe realized by Iridium by about autumn, 1998
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