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The modish newfangled manga serial fromShonen Jumpis a piece formulaic , butSuper Smartphone ’s big impact may not be in its outrageous and ' fun ' premise … but in teaching young manga fans the terrifying power of ' Big Data ' and a man of constant surveillance .
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The " Super Smartphone , " as it ’s introduced to Q , use a mystery hunting locomotive called " GooGuGu " to go through nearly every piece of information on Earth . Anything write , built , or developed by humans has a record it can get at , from lost coin , to buy histories , to diary entryway . Unfortunately , the phonedoeshave limitations . So even if the phone ca n’t simply tell apart Q where the overleap tyke is currently located , he can take up putting together pieces of information to narrow down the pool of suspect . With such data at hand , the solution is simple : cross - referencing vehicles in the vicinity of the kidnapping with related purchases , the suspect is identified , reported anonymously , and the day is saved .
This story may seem like an expected bit ofscience fabrication phantasy manga , clearly in the realm of science fable with some of the phone ’s more fantastic abilities , this kind of deduction using evenanonymizeddata is very real .
Super Smartphone ’s tone may be a bit more pollyannaish , but the social system of this first chapter is potential to give reader like impressions tothe former chapters ofDeath Note , another manga where a mysterious and powerful object falls into the possession of a blase teenager adept . Light ’s superpower over life and death finally make him to fall behind sight of what right and awry even were ; face up with the tycoon of perfect surveillance and infinite data , does Q even stand a fortune of delay on the right racetrack ?
This question is certain to be at the cutting edge ofShonen Jump ’s coming chapter ofSuper Smartphone , and its success may very well depend on how both author and protagonist deal with the thorny issue of power and surveillance .
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