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''The Broken Ear'' (), also published as ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'', is the sixth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper フランス語:''Le Vingtième Siècle'' for its children's supplement フランス語:''Le Petit Vingtième'', it was serialised weekly from December 1935 to February 1937. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who pursue the thieves of a South American fetish identifiable by its broken ear. In doing so, he ends up in the fictional nation of San Theodoros, where he becomes embroiled in a civil war and discovers the Arumbaya tribe deep in the forest. ''The Broken Ear'' was a commercial success and was published in book form shortly after its conclusion. Hergé continued ''The Adventures of Tintin'' with ''The Black Island'', while the series itself became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. In 1943, ''The Broken Ear'' was coloured and re-drawn in Hergé's distinctive ''フランス語:ligne-claire'' style for republication by Casterman. ''The Broken Ear'' introduces the recurring character General Alcazar, and was the first to include fictional countries. The story was adapted for both the 1956 Belvision animation, ''Hergé's Adventures of Tintin'', and for the 1991 Ellipse/Nelvana animated series ''The Adventures of Tintin''. ==Synopsis== Tintin investigates when a fetish created by the Arumbaya tribe of South America is stolen from Brussels' Museum of Ethnography, only to be returned the following day. Tintin realises that the replacement is a fake, and draws a connection to a local sculptor Jacob Balthazar, who has recently been murdered. Balthazar's parrot—a witness to the murder—is obtained by two Hispanic men, Alonso Pérez and Ramón Bada, who try to kill Tintin when he begins to investigate their connection to the crime. From the parrot, Alonso and Ramón discover that Balthazar was murdered by Rodrigo Tortilla, and they follow him aboard a ship bound for South America. There, they murder Tortilla, but find that he did not have the original fetish. Tintin arranges their arrest when the ship docks at Los Dopicos, capital of San Theodoros. In the city, Tintin is framed as a terrorist, arrested, and sentenced to death by firing squad; but survives when a revolution topples the government, and the new leader, General Alcazar, appoints Tintin his aide-de-camp. Alonso and Ramón capture Tintin, and interrogate him in the hope of locating the missing fetish, but he escapes and apprehends them. As aide-de-camp, Tintin opposes Alcazar's decision to go to war with neighbouring Nuevo Rico over the oil-rich Gran Chapo, and is framed as a traitor by the international oil and weapon companies. He escapes imprisonment with the aid of the mercenary Pablo; and decides to enter the forest and find the Arumbayas, in the hope that they can explain to him why people wish to steal the fetish. From a British explorer, Ridgewell, living among the Arumbaya, Tintin learns that a diamond was stolen and hidden inside the statue. Returning to Belgium, Tintin discovers that Balthazar's brother has produced a range of replicas of the fetish, which he had discovered among his deceased brother's belongings, and learns that the original has been purchased by a wealthy American, Mr. Goldbarr; now aboard a ship to the United States. Catching up to the boat, Tintin finds that Alonso and Ramón are aboard, and they struggle for the possession of the fetish. It smashes on the deck, with the diamond falling into the sea. Tintin, Alonso and Ramón struggle, and fall overboard. Tintin is rescued, but Alonso and Ramón drown and are shown ''en route'' to Hell. Goldbarr gives Tintin the stolen fetish to return to the museum, where it is repaired and put back on display. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Broken Ear」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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