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Future Diary #Mosaic
未来日記モザイク
雨流みねねは、指名手配中の国際テロリストにして、未来日記９番目の所有者。本編では描かれなかった彼女の逃亡の軌跡が、この「モザイク」で明らかになる…。「未来日記」に潜む謎を補完する、ファン必携の一冊!!
195 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 26, 2008
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July 19, 2016
Uryuu es mi favorita.
June 21, 2021
This is a review of the entire series!
I debated between giving this 2 or 3 stars, and would lean more toward 2.5. There were a couple of things I really liked about it, but many more things I really didn't like about it.
High schooler Yukiteru Amano is a socially awkward loner who considers himself a bystander. He'd rather mind his own business instead of getting involved with other people, writing every mundane activity of his life in a cellphone diary. Secretly tormented by his solitude, he invents an imagery friend called Deus Ex Machina who claims to be the Lord of Time & Space. Taking pity on the lonesome Yuki, Deus grants his diary the ability to record future events. After learning that 11 other people with unique future diaries show up around Japan, Yuki learns that Deus is not a product of his imagination, and he has been selected to take part in a death game that involves fighting to become the next ruler of causality by outsmarting each other with their new prophetic devices. Luckily for Yuki, one of the death game's participants is his fellow classmate Yuno Gasai, the prettiest girl in his school who happens to love him so much that she would put her life on the line to protect him.
Speaking of Yuno, she's where most of the fun comes from. She's a severely unstable, possessive sociopath that will happily slaughter anyone and anything that get in the way of her selfish romantic fantasies. She's famous for inventing the infamous yandere trope (psycho/killer/stalker love interest) While she can technically be seen as the villain of the series and it's hard to fully sympathize with her because of how violent, impulsive and controlling she is, all of the other characters are so unlikable and bland that I often found myself rooting for her to just rip everyone else in the story to shreds.
Yuki is the main character, but he's such a whiny and idiotic pushover that I couldn't connect with the unhealthy relationship brewing between him and Yuno. I understand it's supposed to be a psychological thriller, but the story seemed to romanticize their relationship rather than portraying it for what it really was: predatory, abusive and horribly toxic. I would've rather had Yuno as the main protagonist and explore her tragic and demented backstory through much more intriguing characters to bounce off of rather than through a relationship with one of the lamest dudes in manga history.
The plot jumps around way too fast. None of the competitors have interesting personalities or motives so I didn't really feel any stakes or tension in the action. The only side character I somewhat liked is (funnily enough) another batshit crazy girl who plays the role of a cosplaying terrorist named Uryuu Minene. The dialogue could get really bad as the characters never reacted to death, betrayal or horrifying situations realistically. There's a point where a character discovers three dead bodies in his girlfriend's house, runs away in fear, then casually remains her partner for the rest of the series like nothing ever happened. There are many more scenes exactly like this where characters don't react and process things in remotely realistic or believable ways.
Some of the twists in the later parts of the series involving time and causality were admittedly cool, but they're introduced in a rushed and convoluted way which makes it feel messy overall. The action was good, there were a few emotional moments and the absolute chaotic nature of Yuno and Uryuu were exciting to watch unfold, but everything else about the characters, story and conflict of the narrative fall apart at the seams.
I debated between giving this 2 or 3 stars, and would lean more toward 2.5. There were a couple of things I really liked about it, but many more things I really didn't like about it.
High schooler Yukiteru Amano is a socially awkward loner who considers himself a bystander. He'd rather mind his own business instead of getting involved with other people, writing every mundane activity of his life in a cellphone diary. Secretly tormented by his solitude, he invents an imagery friend called Deus Ex Machina who claims to be the Lord of Time & Space. Taking pity on the lonesome Yuki, Deus grants his diary the ability to record future events. After learning that 11 other people with unique future diaries show up around Japan, Yuki learns that Deus is not a product of his imagination, and he has been selected to take part in a death game that involves fighting to become the next ruler of causality by outsmarting each other with their new prophetic devices. Luckily for Yuki, one of the death game's participants is his fellow classmate Yuno Gasai, the prettiest girl in his school who happens to love him so much that she would put her life on the line to protect him.
Speaking of Yuno, she's where most of the fun comes from. She's a severely unstable, possessive sociopath that will happily slaughter anyone and anything that get in the way of her selfish romantic fantasies. She's famous for inventing the infamous yandere trope (psycho/killer/stalker love interest) While she can technically be seen as the villain of the series and it's hard to fully sympathize with her because of how violent, impulsive and controlling she is, all of the other characters are so unlikable and bland that I often found myself rooting for her to just rip everyone else in the story to shreds.
Yuki is the main character, but he's such a whiny and idiotic pushover that I couldn't connect with the unhealthy relationship brewing between him and Yuno. I understand it's supposed to be a psychological thriller, but the story seemed to romanticize their relationship rather than portraying it for what it really was: predatory, abusive and horribly toxic. I would've rather had Yuno as the main protagonist and explore her tragic and demented backstory through much more intriguing characters to bounce off of rather than through a relationship with one of the lamest dudes in manga history.
The plot jumps around way too fast. None of the competitors have interesting personalities or motives so I didn't really feel any stakes or tension in the action. The only side character I somewhat liked is (funnily enough) another batshit crazy girl who plays the role of a cosplaying terrorist named Uryuu Minene. The dialogue could get really bad as the characters never reacted to death, betrayal or horrifying situations realistically. There's a point where a character discovers three dead bodies in his girlfriend's house, runs away in fear, then casually remains her partner for the rest of the series like nothing ever happened. There are many more scenes exactly like this where characters don't react and process things in remotely realistic or believable ways.
Some of the twists in the later parts of the series involving time and causality were admittedly cool, but they're introduced in a rushed and convoluted way which makes it feel messy overall. The action was good, there were a few emotional moments and the absolute chaotic nature of Yuno and Uryuu were exciting to watch unfold, but everything else about the characters, story and conflict of the narrative fall apart at the seams.
May 14, 2015
Very funny! :D
July 6, 2020
Pretty good spin off manga of the awesome psychological manga “Mirai Nikki or Future diary” 👌😁😻
September 16, 2013
この本は面白そうと思ったが。
「未来日記」が大好きなのにこの漫画はぎこちない物だった。
少し楽しい分があるけどあまり笑わない。
残念だった。
「未来日記」が大好きなのにこの漫画はぎこちない物だった。
少し楽しい分があるけどあまり笑わない。
残念だった。
August 12, 2017
This was excellent. A little out of order but there may be reasons for it. A lot of these shorts were incorporated into the anime but I don't remember Minene's attacks specifically on religious figures in either the main manga or the anime, so that was new.
July 14, 2019
Uryuu Minene was one of my favourite characters from the original series, so it was just an absolute delight to read more about her :)
I never shipped Yuki and Yuno, but Nishijima and Minene are very ship-able.
I never shipped Yuki and Yuno, but Nishijima and Minene are very ship-able.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 6, 2018
After watching the anime series, this spin-off has been overly pleasing to read. idk what to say
September 3, 2022
I wanted to like Mirai Nikki but it just felt childish. I thought maybe a comic focusing of Minene would be a bit more mature but it still has the same issues as Mirai Nikki did.
August 21, 2023
Es una buena adición a la historia principal, me gustó.
December 16, 2024
MI SHIPP !! YO LOS AMO TANTO
February 6, 2012
Not as good as the main series but it was nice to see extra events from one of the most interesting character in the manga, Uryuu.
December 22, 2015
I loved the last chapter with the encounter of Akise and the whole festival. That was interesting since it didn't have almost anything to do with the main manga.
May 15, 2016
Amo a Uryuu con todo mi corazón. Me rio y lloro tanto con ella que se convirtió en unos de mis personajes favoritos.
Y ADEMÁS ES SÚPER SHIPPEABLE CON NISHIJIMA.
Y ADEMÁS ES SÚPER SHIPPEABLE CON NISHIJIMA.
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