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The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan #4
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, Vol. 4 - manga
When Yuki is grazed by a car on her way home from school, her minor injuries belie the drastic change that has taken place within her: the "Yuki Nagato" after the accident is not the same person as the Yuki from before. The new Yuki has all of the same memories, but they feel as if they were lived by someone else. How will Yuki's fellow club members react to their new friend? And how will Yuki respond to the lingering impressions of her feelings for Kyon...?
160 pages, Paperback
First published May 2, 2012
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Nagaru Tanigawa
168 books277 followersNagaru Tanigawa ( 谷川 流 Tanigawa Nagaru)
Nagaru Tanigawa is a graduate of the Kwansei Gakuin University School of Law. In 2003, he won Kadokawa's Grand Prize for Literary World for his work on the Haruhi Suzumiya series.
Nagaru Tanigawa is a graduate of the Kwansei Gakuin University School of Law. In 2003, he won Kadokawa's Grand Prize for Literary World for his work on the Haruhi Suzumiya series.
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October 18, 2017Oh look, another manga series I'm not allowed to read in public places because of my embarrassing reaction to all the squishy adorableness.
Seriously, you can ask witnesses: I was sobbing over how adorable these two characters are and how tragic everything is with their lives. (Aka, it's not tragic at all; it's just so darn cute I can't even handle it.)
Also I want Kyon with Haruhi but also with Nagato and I don't know how to handle this. Like it's a good thing there are parallel universes because otherwise I wouldn't be able to choose. aaahhhh
Seriously, you can ask witnesses: I was sobbing over how adorable these two characters are and how tragic everything is with their lives. (Aka, it's not tragic at all; it's just so darn cute I can't even handle it.)
Also I want Kyon with Haruhi but also with Nagato and I don't know how to handle this. Like it's a good thing there are parallel universes because otherwise I wouldn't be able to choose. aaahhhh
July 7, 2014
Do I want this to end? No.
December 9, 2019
There are some really sweet and honest moments that I’m starting to like. There’s not really a plot, but there’s an youthfulness to it that I like.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 22, 2018
Thank goodness Yuki was not seriously hurt by the car at the end of the last volume as is stated early on in this one but something is off about Yuki which has gotten Ryoko worried. It seems that after the accident Yuki began to suffer from depersonalisation disorder and didn't really feel like she was herself even though she had access to all of her memories. This book deals with how Yuki deals with people around her that care for the old Yuki but are also willing to accept the new one as well if it comes down to it. Of course being a spin off of the original Haruhi Suzumiya series her new personality could have been Yuki from another world temporarily taking over while this world's Yuki recovered from shock but no news if that is the case or not. :)
My fave moment would probably be when Ryoko tells new Yuki is she understands old Yuki's feelings then she likes the same guy causing an uncharacteristic full faced blush that was quite charming and leading her to realize she cares for him as well.
My fave moment would probably be when Ryoko tells new Yuki is she understands old Yuki's feelings then she likes the same guy causing an uncharacteristic full faced blush that was quite charming and leading her to realize she cares for him as well.
April 23, 2024
3.5/5
Okay now this is a story worth telling!
This volume is a vast improvement from the previous three and actually has a really interesting premise that I wish was the basis for the entire series rather than just one volume because it is so much more compelling than whatever we got before.
After a near death encounter Nagato goes through a big personality shift. Although not Amnesia she is essentially a hollow outsider who is inhabiting the body and memories of this Yuki Nagato. A very interesting take on the amnesia trope and a very clever way to implement the personality of the original Nagato from the Light novels into this series. Although I never talked about it Nagato in this series is a completely different character from the one in the light novels however I never complained about that. Simply because the Nagato from Disappearance was intended to be completely different to the original, it was kind of a big plot point in that story and since this spin off is inspired by that world it makes sense for this Nagato to feel like the Disappearance one. However I did not expect Tanigawa to make the effort to actually implement the original Nagato's personality into a plotline and it's so good it actually makes me even more annoyed that the series doesn't stay true to the characterisations of the cast more often, because when the Characters feel the same it opens the door for a lot more compelling stories that can be told within this genre.
The volume is about this new Hollow Nagato slowly adjusting to Life as another person. She goes to school, goes to the lit club and hangs out with Asakura and Kyon. She is essentially living the same life however it is this simple life of Yuki Nagato that make her begin to understand why the original Yuki felt the emotions she did. Towards her hobbies, to her friends and her affection for Kyon. This volume is also surprisingly the most consistently Kyon actually felt like Kyon. He's a good guy but he has little moment of snarc, laziness and random angry outbursts. It's funny how the closer Nagato is to her original counterpart the more the rest of the cast feel like the originals as well. I feel like that's a big sign for which direction the series should have taken.
What's also impressive is that I was actually emotionally invested in this new Nagato navigating her emotions and the emotional gut punch at the end genuinely made me feel something. This is the first time I actually bought the Nagato, Kyon, Asakura trio as the core of this story. It turns out when a compelling story is being told you don't actually need the Haruhi/Kyon dynamic because this is actually really great stuff!
Unfortunately and this is where I get annoying again. This entire storyline is painfully rushed. It quite clearly needed to be told in more than one volume for us to be truly invested in this new Nagato. This storyline needs way more time for Nagato to reform new bonds with Asakura and Kyon and especially the rest of the side cast who were pretty much absent this entire volume. It's frustrating how we finally get a good storyline but it remains half bakes. We could have seen new Nagato form new bonds with Haruhi and Mikuru etc and so when the time comes for her to dissappear it'd be even more of a gut punch. The potential for full emotional effect was right there but unfortunately it remains in just one volume. I really really hope the next 6 volumes doesn't go back to typical mediocre romcom shenanigans and that we get a big amount of time dedicated to some falling action from this storyline
Okay now this is a story worth telling!
This volume is a vast improvement from the previous three and actually has a really interesting premise that I wish was the basis for the entire series rather than just one volume because it is so much more compelling than whatever we got before.
After a near death encounter Nagato goes through a big personality shift. Although not Amnesia she is essentially a hollow outsider who is inhabiting the body and memories of this Yuki Nagato. A very interesting take on the amnesia trope and a very clever way to implement the personality of the original Nagato from the Light novels into this series. Although I never talked about it Nagato in this series is a completely different character from the one in the light novels however I never complained about that. Simply because the Nagato from Disappearance was intended to be completely different to the original, it was kind of a big plot point in that story and since this spin off is inspired by that world it makes sense for this Nagato to feel like the Disappearance one. However I did not expect Tanigawa to make the effort to actually implement the original Nagato's personality into a plotline and it's so good it actually makes me even more annoyed that the series doesn't stay true to the characterisations of the cast more often, because when the Characters feel the same it opens the door for a lot more compelling stories that can be told within this genre.
The volume is about this new Hollow Nagato slowly adjusting to Life as another person. She goes to school, goes to the lit club and hangs out with Asakura and Kyon. She is essentially living the same life however it is this simple life of Yuki Nagato that make her begin to understand why the original Yuki felt the emotions she did. Towards her hobbies, to her friends and her affection for Kyon. This volume is also surprisingly the most consistently Kyon actually felt like Kyon. He's a good guy but he has little moment of snarc, laziness and random angry outbursts. It's funny how the closer Nagato is to her original counterpart the more the rest of the cast feel like the originals as well. I feel like that's a big sign for which direction the series should have taken.
What's also impressive is that I was actually emotionally invested in this new Nagato navigating her emotions and the emotional gut punch at the end genuinely made me feel something. This is the first time I actually bought the Nagato, Kyon, Asakura trio as the core of this story. It turns out when a compelling story is being told you don't actually need the Haruhi/Kyon dynamic because this is actually really great stuff!
Unfortunately and this is where I get annoying again. This entire storyline is painfully rushed. It quite clearly needed to be told in more than one volume for us to be truly invested in this new Nagato. This storyline needs way more time for Nagato to reform new bonds with Asakura and Kyon and especially the rest of the side cast who were pretty much absent this entire volume. It's frustrating how we finally get a good storyline but it remains half bakes. We could have seen new Nagato form new bonds with Haruhi and Mikuru etc and so when the time comes for her to dissappear it'd be even more of a gut punch. The potential for full emotional effect was right there but unfortunately it remains in just one volume. I really really hope the next 6 volumes doesn't go back to typical mediocre romcom shenanigans and that we get a big amount of time dedicated to some falling action from this storyline
September 8, 2019
Felt like a meta-analysis of the mains' relationship. Quite cute.
May 6, 2016
I like the other Yuki more, I was nice see how Kyon bothers for Yuki but still I don't like that Haruhi isn't there I thought I would be more like a love triangle, anyways the last words of the new Yuki were unexpected.
March 25, 2016
Oh man what a volume!
Volume 4 was a roller coaster of heartbreak and joy, and I loved every page. Can't wait to see where they take this one!
Volume 4 was a roller coaster of heartbreak and joy, and I loved every page. Can't wait to see where they take this one!
June 18, 2013
Liked it but thought main plot and concept a little too incomprehendable, also this volume feels like a conclusion of the series, I hope not, I like Yuki-chan
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