"The mood is important"
This is a word that Ishimori, who likes movies, often uses when talking about his favorite work. For example, when it comes to horror movies, Ishimori praises “Exorcist”. Because it has a mood. Certainly, the mood that the priest discovered from the scene of discovering the devil's statue at the site of excavation in northern Iraq in the movie introduction department was strong enough to grab his heart. Because the mood is in the base, fear is further promoted.
In the Indiana Jones series, Ishimori always praises the first film “Raiders Lost Ark”. That is because there is a mood. All the works are wonderful, and younger ones like the roller coaster, the second work `` Indy Jones '' is fascinated, but packed with the essence of the adventure play of the past year, thoroughly The climax, where the holy communion holding the ten commandments is held, is nailed to the mysterious mood.
In recent years, when I looked back at the three works, I really understood what Ishimori gave up. In a word, “mood”, but in essence, it is the world view of the work, and the atmosphere and atmosphere created from it. I think that caricatures and novels also refer to the feeling of touch when reading.
『リュウの道』も恐らく石森という作家は、徹底してムードに拘って創った作品に違いありません。乾いたような、時に湿る、核戦争後の原始に戻った地球、その世界観に、正直僕は興奮して鳥肌が立ったのを覚えています。この作品を知らないマンガ好きの方に分かりやすい例えをしますと、後に発表された梅図かずお先生の『漂流教室』に触れた時、それに近い肌触りを覚えました。最近では、諫山創先生の『進撃の巨人』も、そのエグさといい、独特な世界観は近いものを感じたのです。
かなり異論はあるかと思いますが（笑）、『リュウの道』→『漂流教室』→『進撃の巨人』と勝手に引いたライン。何が一番言いたかったのかと申しますと、そのＳＦ叙事詩という括りの中で、『リュウの道』は紛れもなくパイオニアだということです。
