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終末ツーリング [Shuumatsu Touring] #5
Les Promeneuses de l'apocalypse - vol. 05
終末世界を 少女2人がセローで旅する大ヒットツーリングコミック第5巻!
ヨーコとアイリの終末旅は軽井沢から群馬方面へ。
が、その途中で浅間山の火山ガスを吸ったヨーコが倒れてしまう。
そこに現れた1人の少年に助けられ、
たどりついたのは草津温泉で……。
大自然の恵みは人類がいてもいなくても変わらず存在し続ける。
ツーリングと温泉、この組み合わせは滅びない。
ヨーコとアイリの終末旅は軽井沢から群馬方面へ。
が、その途中で浅間山の火山ガスを吸ったヨーコが倒れてしまう。
そこに現れた1人の少年に助けられ、
たどりついたのは草津温泉で……。
大自然の恵みは人類がいてもいなくても変わらず存在し続ける。
ツーリングと温泉、この組み合わせは滅びない。
First published October 26, 2023
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December 16, 2024
4.5 stars - rounded up for being incredibly satisfying.
After we left things off with a wicked cliffhanger, this volume spends almost all its time in a single spot with an extended storyline of the type it hasn’t really attempted before.
The extent to which it pulls it off is a testament to the sharp storytelling on display and shows a side to the mangaka that hadn’t really been hinted at amidst all the scenery and sightseeing. This is definitely more of a blend and it makes for a great change to the usual.
Oh, you can just tell that things are going to be a little strange when a boy enters the fray, but the boy in question, Eight, is yet another robot. That does lend more strength to my theory that Youko is the only human left alive and if she ever meets her ‘Onee-sama’ it will be pure heartbreak.
Eight’s job is to tend to the hot springs the girls find themselves at and Youko is sidelined for a while to recover while Eight and Airi explore the area. As they do, we get a lot of hints that things are fine, but a little too fine. The sort of fine that balances on a knife’s edge and could go wrong at any time.
Do not, under any circumstances, teach a robot to smile. That’s just asking for it.
When it all hits the fan, what really impressed me is just how nebulous it keeps the outcome. The danger passes, sure, but does it? And will the girls get a new travelling companion? Will the girls continue together as a pair? It keeps shifting the goalposts until the last minute and I appreciated that. It’s rare that I doubt what will happen and this pulled that off.
Sidelining Youko was a smart play because it lets Airi take centre stage for a little bit and this story reminds us that we still have no idea what Airi is, precisely. She’s an android of some sort, but for as advanced as Eight might be, Airi is that much more, with real emotions.
This is not what I want the series to become, but it makes for a hell of a digression. Even things that I don’t love, like Youko being a shonen hero when required, get a pass. Youko’s incredibly Pollyanna-esque nature (she spins everything positively) seems especially credulity-breaking too, although that feels a lot more like a defence mechanism against the world she finds herself in.
Definitely a big change from the normal, yet sprinkled with the same love and affection the series has for its main conceit of going places and seeing things. It goes big here and achieves something unique and does it very, very well.
After we left things off with a wicked cliffhanger, this volume spends almost all its time in a single spot with an extended storyline of the type it hasn’t really attempted before.
The extent to which it pulls it off is a testament to the sharp storytelling on display and shows a side to the mangaka that hadn’t really been hinted at amidst all the scenery and sightseeing. This is definitely more of a blend and it makes for a great change to the usual.
Oh, you can just tell that things are going to be a little strange when a boy enters the fray, but the boy in question, Eight, is yet another robot. That does lend more strength to my theory that Youko is the only human left alive and if she ever meets her ‘Onee-sama’ it will be pure heartbreak.
Eight’s job is to tend to the hot springs the girls find themselves at and Youko is sidelined for a while to recover while Eight and Airi explore the area. As they do, we get a lot of hints that things are fine, but a little too fine. The sort of fine that balances on a knife’s edge and could go wrong at any time.
Do not, under any circumstances, teach a robot to smile. That’s just asking for it.
When it all hits the fan, what really impressed me is just how nebulous it keeps the outcome. The danger passes, sure, but does it? And will the girls get a new travelling companion? Will the girls continue together as a pair? It keeps shifting the goalposts until the last minute and I appreciated that. It’s rare that I doubt what will happen and this pulled that off.
Sidelining Youko was a smart play because it lets Airi take centre stage for a little bit and this story reminds us that we still have no idea what Airi is, precisely. She’s an android of some sort, but for as advanced as Eight might be, Airi is that much more, with real emotions.
This is not what I want the series to become, but it makes for a hell of a digression. Even things that I don’t love, like Youko being a shonen hero when required, get a pass. Youko’s incredibly Pollyanna-esque nature (she spins everything positively) seems especially credulity-breaking too, although that feels a lot more like a defence mechanism against the world she finds herself in.
Definitely a big change from the normal, yet sprinkled with the same love and affection the series has for its main conceit of going places and seeing things. It goes big here and achieves something unique and does it very, very well.
December 27, 2024
The artwork is nice and I love the balance between the little cute moments and depressing because it’s still taking place in the apocalypse and This one actually got me in the feels a little bit. The stories getting really interesting and I really want to know where it goes from here.
November 10, 2025
More mystery, tension, character development, and questions raised. This story arc is not as relaxing as usual!
August 31, 2025
This one was a riot of different emotions! Things get very dark for a while, in a way that really leaves you on the edge of your seat. Hard to put down and achingly poignant. All the feels.
May 15, 2024
C’est toujours un plaisir de retrouver nos arpenteuses d’un Japon détruit et encore plus quand cela change de nos habitudes et que de belles rencontres sont au programmes.
Depuis le début, il y a un charme tranquille et presque suranné à suivre notre duo sur les routes défoncées du Japon, tandis que Yoko suit les traces de sa soeur disparue. C’est sympa, paisible, plein de nostalgie avec ce gimmick de la photo ou du post insta de la soeur aînée qu’on suit. Cela permet aussi de parler de paysages autrement et de présenter un post-apo feel good qui change de ceux en général plus aventureux et politiques que les auteurs nous proposent habituellement.
Dans ce tome cependant, on rompt un peu la monotonie. Yoko tombe subitement malade et doit être soignée. Heureusement, un garçon passe par là et lui vient en aide, l’occasion de faire une pause dans la station thermale où il habite et de faire connaissance.
J’ai beaucoup aimé cette petite pause dans le récit comme l’autrice sait en ménager, notamment à cause de la nature de celui qui leur vient en aide. Eight est un personnage vraiment intéressant de part son lien à ce qui l’a enchaîné à cette source thermale et le lien qu’il va quand même, malgré tout, tisser avec nos jeunes filles, ce qui va amener un tiraillement de loyauté intéressant lui aussi. Nous sommes vraiment, comme chez Becky Chambers (en romans) dans de la SF positive qui réfléchit au futur de notre humanité avec douceur mais intelligence. Ça fait du bien. Les questions transhumanistes qui sont posées me plaisent même si ici on reste assez en surface et qu’on n’a pas le temps de trop creuser.
Ce tome en tout cas avait une jolie dynamique entre mission de sauvetage, guérison, découverte du lieu et son habitant, repos dans les sources, petits mystères et perturbations finales humaine et naturelle qui viennent mettre un coup de stress. On alterne les moments tranquilles et ceux où on est plus curieux, pour terminer avec de l’explosif avant de dire au revoir à ce havre de paix pour repartir à l’aventure. C’est un schéma que l’autrice maîtrise bien et qui est efficace. En tout cas, même après 5 tomes, je ne décroche pas.
Jolie pause rafraîchissante dans un lieu bien connu des Japonais : les sources chaudes, ce tome continue d’explorer notre rapport au transhumanisme et aux paysages détruits à travers les thèmes de la reconstruction et des liens qui entravent dont on voudrait se libérer. C’est doux, c’est reposant mais ça fait réfléchir aussi. Parfois j’aimerais que l’autrice se pause encore un peu plus pour approfondir ses réflexions mais c’est déjà de la bonne SF positive à la Escale à Yokohama et en manga, ça me va très bien !
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Depuis le début, il y a un charme tranquille et presque suranné à suivre notre duo sur les routes défoncées du Japon, tandis que Yoko suit les traces de sa soeur disparue. C’est sympa, paisible, plein de nostalgie avec ce gimmick de la photo ou du post insta de la soeur aînée qu’on suit. Cela permet aussi de parler de paysages autrement et de présenter un post-apo feel good qui change de ceux en général plus aventureux et politiques que les auteurs nous proposent habituellement.
Dans ce tome cependant, on rompt un peu la monotonie. Yoko tombe subitement malade et doit être soignée. Heureusement, un garçon passe par là et lui vient en aide, l’occasion de faire une pause dans la station thermale où il habite et de faire connaissance.
J’ai beaucoup aimé cette petite pause dans le récit comme l’autrice sait en ménager, notamment à cause de la nature de celui qui leur vient en aide. Eight est un personnage vraiment intéressant de part son lien à ce qui l’a enchaîné à cette source thermale et le lien qu’il va quand même, malgré tout, tisser avec nos jeunes filles, ce qui va amener un tiraillement de loyauté intéressant lui aussi. Nous sommes vraiment, comme chez Becky Chambers (en romans) dans de la SF positive qui réfléchit au futur de notre humanité avec douceur mais intelligence. Ça fait du bien. Les questions transhumanistes qui sont posées me plaisent même si ici on reste assez en surface et qu’on n’a pas le temps de trop creuser.
Ce tome en tout cas avait une jolie dynamique entre mission de sauvetage, guérison, découverte du lieu et son habitant, repos dans les sources, petits mystères et perturbations finales humaine et naturelle qui viennent mettre un coup de stress. On alterne les moments tranquilles et ceux où on est plus curieux, pour terminer avec de l’explosif avant de dire au revoir à ce havre de paix pour repartir à l’aventure. C’est un schéma que l’autrice maîtrise bien et qui est efficace. En tout cas, même après 5 tomes, je ne décroche pas.
Jolie pause rafraîchissante dans un lieu bien connu des Japonais : les sources chaudes, ce tome continue d’explorer notre rapport au transhumanisme et aux paysages détruits à travers les thèmes de la reconstruction et des liens qui entravent dont on voudrait se libérer. C’est doux, c’est reposant mais ça fait réfléchir aussi. Parfois j’aimerais que l’autrice se pause encore un peu plus pour approfondir ses réflexions mais c’est déjà de la bonne SF positive à la Escale à Yokohama et en manga, ça me va très bien !
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September 16, 2025
Youko had collapsed from inhaling poisonous gas around volcanic Mount Asama. Help comes in the form of a very surprising android boy who has been maintaining the area and keeping it in perfect shape for human visitors. While Youko regains her full strength, she and Airi enjoy spending time with Eight and enjoying the comforts and sights of the area. But when it comes time to leave, they find a surprising obstacle.
This was a change in routine for this series. For one thing, Youko and Airi stay in one place the whole time. For another, Youko doesn’t have any time-travel dreams in this one. And there’s a bit of an unexpected suspenseful twist to the plot in this volume.
Notes on content:
Language: I don’t remember any.
Sexual content: They get in some hot springs, but nothing is indecent. There’s a butt shot of android Eight getting into a recharging station.
Violence: There are some perilous moments from the volcano and other things, but most everyone ends up ok.
Ethnic diversity: The human is Japanese.
LGBTQ+ content: None specified.
Other: An android is struggling with programming directives conflicting with experience.
This was a change in routine for this series. For one thing, Youko and Airi stay in one place the whole time. For another, Youko doesn’t have any time-travel dreams in this one. And there’s a bit of an unexpected suspenseful twist to the plot in this volume.
Notes on content:
Language: I don’t remember any.
Sexual content: They get in some hot springs, but nothing is indecent. There’s a butt shot of android Eight getting into a recharging station.
Violence: There are some perilous moments from the volcano and other things, but most everyone ends up ok.
Ethnic diversity: The human is Japanese.
LGBTQ+ content: None specified.
Other: An android is struggling with programming directives conflicting with experience.
December 11, 2025
And the scifi elements continue to slowly creep in at the corners of this post-apocalyptic manga series that I'm obsessed with. In this Youku and Airi have found their way to a volcano that includes a delightful hot spring that they can relax in-- that is after they meet a "boy" who is a robot who takes care of the area with animals and upkeep and desperately wants to be with the girls for companionship. They ask him to tour with them, but he realizes he cannot leave his home base because his robotic upkeep materials and charging dock are there (in the book he replaces a few parts that are injured). It turns mildly horrifying for a few brief moments where he tries to keep the girls there but they realize that it's better to keep moving themselves and take back off on their Serow motorbike to tour Japan with a few more clues as to Airi's own background as well.
It's a spectacular series that re(introduces) me to the beauty that Japan has to offer.
It's a spectacular series that re(introduces) me to the beauty that Japan has to offer.
April 4, 2025
Most of this volume is taken up with a single storyline, about the girls meeting a new and different android and making friends with him. There's a lot of twists in this story, and I wasn't sure where it was going until the very end. I'm just getting a little frustrated with the way this book avoids talking about where all the people went. It's mostly fine, but here there's literally a scene change to avoid showing that conversation. I really think it's time to start getting some answers.
July 14, 2025
Ich weine nicht, du weinst ;_;!
Ugh, der Band find so schön an, als sie einen Jungen finden, und dann endet es in Tränen. Der Autor kann diese Wendungen wirklich so gut einbauen, es ist immer zum heulen, während zeitgleich irgendwas schönes passiert oder man über grundlegende Dinge nachdenken kann - kann ein Roboter fühlen etc. Mup, das war wirklich sad.
Ugh, der Band find so schön an, als sie einen Jungen finden, und dann endet es in Tränen. Der Autor kann diese Wendungen wirklich so gut einbauen, es ist immer zum heulen, während zeitgleich irgendwas schönes passiert oder man über grundlegende Dinge nachdenken kann - kann ein Roboter fühlen etc. Mup, das war wirklich sad.
May 7, 2026
That volume was insane. This was not only the longest but also the most emotional arc so far. The story about Eight works perfectly into the overall story of loneliness in a post apocalyptic world. And it includes Yokos personality and her relationship with Airi really well into it. What a sad but beautiful story
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August 30, 2025
Retour à cette série après un petit bout de temps ! J'ai apprécié que la formule se renouvelle. Autrement, ça aurait pu être lassant à la longue. On a de l'action, des mystères, quelques éléments intrigants sur ce qu'est devenu le monde...ça repart bien !
January 19, 2025
I felt like plot-wise this was the strongest in the series. I am interested to see where it goes in volume 6.
July 2, 2025
a little more action going down in this one
September 22, 2025
I’m so sad now 😭😭😭 Might be my favorite volume yet.
October 9, 2025
I hope all those chickens and goats are okay after the volcano erupts !
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