My favorite adventure books and movies. Manga artist Koyubi

Summer is here, and so is the season for adventure. Heading into the great outdoors to unleash your senses, embarking on a journey where you face solitude all by yourself, or searching for the reality on the other side of the world... Why are people drawn to adventure? To find the answer, we asked adventure-loving Koyubi-san to tell us about his favorite adventure works. Works that will get your heart racing just by watching or reading them. Here are some adventure works that will overturn your common sense this summer!

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illustration: Ryo Ishibashi / text: Ryota Mukai / text&edit: Emi Fukushima

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Experience the psychedelic wonders rooted in the places you visit

I am drawn to folkloric adventures that begin with the power of the land. The novel "Pig's Revenge" is set in Okinawa. The story begins when a woman is startled by the sudden appearance of a pig and loses her soul (mabui).

"The Pig's Retribution"
"The Pig's Retribution"
One night, a pig appears at a bar. A woman is so startled that she loses her soul (mabui). In order to retrieve it, four men and women head to Maja Island. This Akutagawa Prize-winning work makes full use of Okinawan folklore. Author: Matayoshi Eiki / Bungeishunju Bunko / Out of stock.

In Okinawa, when something shocking happens, they say they "lost the mabui." Through the journey to retrieve it, the film beautifully depicts the spirituality of the area, its view of life and death, and even the regeneration of humanity.

The YouTube channel "Koulomb Kurosawa" is appealing for its choice of subject matter and intelligent perspective. Recently, I've been watching a documentary that closely follows the work of a "sewer rat hunter" discovered in the slums of Phnom Penh.

"Coulomb Kurosawa"
This is the YouTube channel of Kowloon Kurosawa, who works as an editor and writer. This video is a segment from "Close-up on a sewer rat hunter [A Cambodian journey]." He follows the work of a special hunter he met in Phnom Penh.

Apparently, brown rats are in demand for food. Strange things happen in front of Coulomb, such as when he rushes into the area and suddenly finds a hunter, but what's great about him is that he never rejects anything. This attitude may be the secret to attracting the wonders rooted in the land.

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