“Alabaster, a semitransparent ex-convict, uses an invisibility beam to destroy beauty and manipulates an invisible girl named Ami.”
Alabaster
アラバスター
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Synopsis
Alabaster, a semitransparent ex-convict, uses an invisibility beam to destroy beauty and manipulates an invisible girl named Ami.
"Alabaster" is a criminal science fiction of suspense depicting the dark side of the human psyche that envies beautiful things. James Block is a young black man with sinister intentions. When he is in prison, a strange old man tells him about the "F" laser beam that makes humans and any other living things invisible. After he has been released from prison, James receives the F laser beam. But because the beam is imperfect, he becomes semitransparent with an ugly figure. From that time on, he calls himself "Alabaster" and hates anything beautiful. Using the F laser beam, he begins to eliminate hypocrites and those who boast of their beauty. When living things are exposed to the F laser beam long enough to become transparent, they die. Meanwhile, Dr. F, who told Alabaster the secret of the F laser beam, had previously used his daughter as a guinea pig to investigate its effects. The daughter, who was pregnant at the time, gave birth to a girl. The girl, who was named Ami, is completely invisible. Alabaster approaches Ami and begins to use her for his dark purposes. (Source: tezukaosamu.net)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.33
Running avg · Mar 2019 → Feb 2021
- 8 “Definitely not the best from Tezuka, but still a nice one. Its themes reminded me of Black Jack, so I advise you to read some tomes of it before Alabaster. There are some nice ideas and thoughts,...”
- 7 “Alabaster succeeds in telling an engaging story of how an innocent character falls from grace and becomes a truly evil person. It’s a quick and easy read and i’d recommend it to most fans of manga....”
- 8 “Alabaster, not your regular or I say typical Tezuka Manga or Story. As you have already read or seen Osamu Tezuka's other works like Astro Boy, Black Jack, Dororo, Buddha, etc. You can grasp the...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Alabaster begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 10 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 20m approx
- Published Dec 1970 – Jun 1971
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M14014 catalog