Please Save My Earth, Vol. 8

ぼくの地球を守って [Boku no Chikyū wo Mamotte] #8

by Saki Hiwatari

Haruhiko didn't intercept his letter to Tamura, which convinces Mrs. Yakushimaru to allow her sons to aid Tamura. When Mikuro slips Haruhiko a warning, he calls out Tamura and Mikuro, thinking Mikuro is helping Rin. When Haruhiko walks in on the psychic battle, can he stop it? Can he afford not to?

Genres: Manga, Shojo, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Drama, Comics

184 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Saki Hiwatari (日渡早紀 in Japanese) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. Her first work, "Mahōtsukai wa Shitteiru" was published in the weekly shōjo anthology Hana to Yume in 1982.

Reviews

[Othy]

Sooooo good. I only had up to issue 6 collected since high school, and I've seen the anime, but only now, twenty years later have I started collecting this manga again. Issue 7 is incredibly expensive, so I started here with 8 - and wow did I miss a great story! Here we mostly learn about Shion, and it is pure shoujo melodrama and character study. The history of the Moon characters and their culture and religion is fascinating. I wish they animated all of this!

And the big cat! Only seen in the credits of the anime for me up til now! The mystery is resolved...kinda. Kyaa is still pretty weird.

[XA]

odio decir que ahora me cae bien el prro de shion

[Joseph Leake]

Heavy stuff, this volume. There's some major deepening of Shion's character and background here, and it's fascinating, but also disconcerting: he is a tragic and sympathetic but also loathsome person all at once. However, the details of the religion and history of this long-lost interstellar culture — only glimpsed thus far — is really excellent: this is evocative fantasy stuff that feels solid and tangible.

[Sans]

Yesss, finally getting deep backstory on these characters previous lives.

[Felicia]

This volume is almost entirely dedicated to Shion's past. It beautifully illustrates how our character is often shaped by the experiences we live through. It shows the different ways individuals react to situations and how the reality before them is perceived. The splash pages are absolutely stunning.

[✨Sky✨ ♏]

4,5 stars

[Joy Rosales]

Poor baby Shion, I just want to give him a hug 😭

[Fidia]

Perdebatan pikiran Sion jadi juara di vol. ini

[Kristin ✨]

Finally some backstory and background to these characters

[[Name Redacted]]

A heartbreaking entry in the series, trading action for reflection. We learn more about Shion's life and how he became the man Rin remembers being. I actually think this was handled better in the anime, but it's still fantastic in comic-form. Ohhhhhhh, Lazlo & Kyaa! Why?!?

[Tina Olah]

The story starts to go into Shion's past in this volume, and features some of the most memorable scenes from the anime. The anime adaptation, from what I remember, also ends close to the last 20 pages or so of this manga volume....looking forward to reading the continuation of the story!

[NUIT BLANCHE]

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