Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin

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Japanese: RAINBOW 二舎六房の七人

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 22

Chapters: 235

Status: Finished

Published: Nov 21, 2002 to Jan 4, 2010

Genres: Award Winning, Drama

Themes: Delinquents, Historical, Psychological

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Young Sunday (Weekly)

Authors: Abe, George (Story), Kakizaki, Masasumi (Art)

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Ranked: #157²

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Popularity: #556

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MangaYoung Sunday (Weekly)Abe, George (Story), Kakizaki, Masasumi (Art)

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Six minors (16 or 17 years) answering to the nicknames of Joe, Mario, Suppon, Baremoto, Heitai and Kyabetsu are put into a reformatory for offences such as aggravated assault, swindle, flight, etc. Their stay in hell begins immediately. Accommodated by a doctor paedophile, they are placed under the monitoring of a despotic and brutal crew. Companions of cell of certain Sakuragi (called Anchan), the tension flares up between the band of buddies and their new "friend."

A brawl breaks out and our six prisoners are done rossés by mysterious young man thanks to his boxing talent.

The story will not only follow the lives of these seven characters surviving in their hellish environment, but also their disillusions due to the rejection by the outside world and by their close relations. This is about the extraodinary and invincible friendships between these young men.

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Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin won the 51st Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category, along with Taiyou no Mokishiroku Dainibu: Kenkokuhen.

The series was serialized in Young Sunday until its final issue on July 31, 2008. Serialization transferred to Big Comic Spirits on June 15, 2009.

The series was published in French as Rainbow by Kazé in 3-in-1 omnibuses from October 7, 2015 to May 24, 2017.

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Sakuragi, Rokurouta

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Oct 4, 2021

235 of 235 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

MrOGZ (All reviews)

16 people found this review helpful

Beautiful manga, even yet a masterpiece. Really one of the best mangas I've read in a long time. The story made me tear up so many times I've lost count, and the character development is so realistically on point that it made many of the other mangas I read that I thought had a good character development look bad. I can see why people complain about the manga's tone, but considering this was a not-so popular manga back in early 2000's I'd say the art makes up for it. This manga is one of the motivations for me to start boxing, and now in 2months read more

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Nov 12, 2021

235 of 235 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Wallanimx (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

"Regardless of where you're at, or what the circumstances are, please do not give up. If you can only muster a single step forward, please take that step." - George Abe (creator of Rainbow)

This series is based on 7 young men who are surviving through a horrible depression in Japan after WWII. Survival through theft, conning, violence, etc. This leads to their imprisonment into juvie. A horrid environment where the guards treat them like filthy, easily discardable vermin. And because of this, it forces them to become allies and later friends in order to survive their sentences.

One of the 7, Sakuragi, has been in read more

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Mar 9, 2018

235 of 235 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

redrabbt13 (All reviews)

15 people found this review helpful

In my opinion, Rainbow is not really a feel-good type of manga, so if you're looking for a good hero story to lift your spirits Rainbow isn't the story for you.
But if that's not what you're looking for I would say that Rainbow does have some of the best story arcs I have read in a long time. It's drama, mixed in with redemption, and A LOT of tragedy. It has it's really depressing moments, but the promise of a good story providing a consistent stream of adrenaline-pumping moments keeps the reader reading.

Artistically its also a beautiful manga. I can't get over the read more

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Jan 11, 2021

235 of 235 chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

Uppah (All reviews)

1 people found this review helpful

Review written in French, then translated by a deep learning software (because I'm lazy to do it myself and with mid-term exams I don't have the time, although I can do it).

English part :

Rainbow, the work of Georges Abe illustrated by Kakizaki is certainly well known from this site, in a way, it seems to me, very positive. And if, undeniably, it is a success, the manga is nevertheless very imperfect, by its tone a little too manichean and some other aspects.
The story we are told is fascinating, the beginning in the juvenile prison reminds Shamo/Coq de Combat in some aspects, the tone is however very different, the two stories having little else in common. It happens to be really touching at times, but sometimes there is a tendency for the author to overpathosize the pathos, which tends to undermine the narrative. On the other hand, credibility flies out the window a few times, which can come out of the story (I've done that a few times).

A profoundly political work, which swears with the rest of the production, for better or for worse, because if as a narrative, it's rather pleasant, for the underlying message, the constant is quite different. In the end, all of this seems to be bathed in a naive, even vulgar idea of the inmates of juvenile prisons. But as said, the story is pleasant to follow, and if you want a more interesting work for its depiction of the juvenile prison environment, I recommend Shamo/Coq de combat (well, only the first 13 volumes, after that it's no use, it's crap ... but the beginning is really excellent). To come back to the story of Rainbow, it follows itself well, the characters who compose it are all endearing, and those adding to the group throughout the story are just as endearing. The events behind the story's progress are almost "to much", in the sense that one wonders if one day the group of heroes will be able to live in peace. But at the same time, knowing the manga industry, one understands why these choices are made, especially since, once again, it's fun to follow the story all the way through (you even really want to know what happens next at times). The style of Kakizaki, although it is not necessarily one of those I particularly like, is very successful and creates an atmosphere that fits the story. The confrontation scenes are intense, never a board seems strange or even failed (at least I didn't have that impression).

The fact remains that it is a successful political and social pamphlet, certainly too politicized in certain aspects, all refined by the stroke of Kakizaki.
A masterpiece, certainly not, but a good manga, pleasant to follow from beginning to end.

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French part :

Rainbow, l’œuvre de Georges Abe illustrée par Kakizaki est de manière certaine bien connu de ce site, d’une manière, il me semble, très positive. Et si, indéniablement, c’est une réussite, le manga n’en est pas moins très imparfait, par son ton un peu trop manichéen et quelques autres aspects.
L’histoire qui nous est contée est prenante, le début dans la prison pour mineurs rappelle Shamo/Coq de Combat par certains aspects, le ton est cependant bien différent, les deux histoires n’ayant pas grand-chose d’autre en commun. Ça arrive à être vraiment touchant par instants, mais on retrouve parfois une tendance de l’auteur à trop verser dans le pathos, ce qui a tendance à desservir le récit. Par ailleurs, la crédibilité s’envole à quelques reprises, ce qui peut sortir de l’histoire (ça a été mon cas à quelques reprises).

Une œuvre profondément politique, qui jure avec le reste de la production, pour le meilleur comme pour le pire, car si en tant que récit, c’est plutôt plaisant, pour le message de fond, le constant est bien différent. Tout ceci semble finalement baigner dans une idée naïve, voire vulgaire, des détenus de prisons pour mineurs. Mais comme dit, l’histoire est plaisante à suivre, et si vous souhaitez une œuvre plus intéressante pour sa représentation du milieu carcéral pour mineur, je vous recommande plutôt Shamo/Coq de combat (enfin uniquement les 13 premiers tomes, après ce n’est pas la peine, c’est de la merde … mais le début est vraiment excellent). Pour revenir à l’histoire de Rainbow, elle se suit bien, les personnages qui la composent sont tous attachants, et ceux s’ajoutant au groupe au fil de l’histoire le sont tout autant. Les évènements à l’origine de l’avancement du récit font presque « to much », dans le sens où l’on se demande si un jour, le groupe de héros arrivera à vivre tranquille. Mais en même temps, connaissant l’industrie du manga, on comprend pourquoi ces choix, surtout qu’encore une fois, ça reste plaisant à suivre tout du long (on a même vraiment envie de connaitre la suite par moments). Le style de Kakizaki, bien qu’il ne fasse pas forcément parti de ceux que j’affectionne particulièrement, est très réussi et permet de créer une ambiance qui colle au récit. Les scènes d’affrontement sont intenses, jamais une planche ne semble étrange ou bien même ratée (enfin je n’ai pas eu cette impression).

Reste que c’est un pamphlet politique et social réussi, certainement trop politisé par certains aspects, le tout affiné par le trait de Kakizaki.
Un chef d’œuvre, certainement pas, mais un bon manga, plaisant à suivre de bout en bout.

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