Q Hayashida (林田球, Hayashida Kyu) is a manga author from Tokyo. Hayashida studied oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts. She has discussed her childhood and artistic inspirations in interviews but maintains a high level of privacy about her personal life, to the point that her true name and face are unknown. Hayashida's first major manga was Maken X Another (1999-2001), a comic book adaptation of a video game. Her most famous work is the 23-volumes long Dorohedoro (2000-2018). It was originally serialised in the alternative manga magazine 'Monthly Ikki', but it was later moved to 'Hibana' when Ikki ceased publication, and finally transferred to 'Monthly Shōnen Sunday'. Dorohedoro has been partially adapted into an anime on Netflix in 2018. Hayashida's most recent manga series Dai Dark began serialisation in 2019 in the pages of Monthly Shōnen Sunday.
I recently gave up on the creator's other series, Dorohedoro, when I realized I just didn't care about the plot. While the characters in this series are a bit more likable and humorous, I have gotten bored with their pointless bumbling about also. The villains they are up against have some sort of plans, but I just don't care how anything turns out. It doesn't help that the childhood flashbacks to school seem to be over, and those were the more tolerable parts of the previous books.
I might return to this if I find out it has ended, but I think it's a current series in Japan with no ending in sight at the moment.
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Contents: Bone 38. Dark, Light, Gray Area -- Bone 39. ZHMM ZHMM RUMBLE RUMBLE SPLUT SPLUT --Bone 40. Gelatinous Nightmare-- Bone 41. Metamorphosis -- Bone 42. 14 - 11 -- Bone 43. Hiss Terrier -- Bone 44. Welcome to Failson Land -- Bonus Bone: We can't speak for others, but these two need it. "It?" What do you mean . . . ? -- Design of Taytor Hassoku -- Crossword Puzzle
3.5, mostly because this volume felt like it was a little bit all over the place, and not sure where it wants to go next. Or, it does to a certain point, but I'm just getting a bit tired of it, maybe?
It was still kind of fun, and I particularly enjoyed seeing Katastrophos in its new form, but it was also slightly too muddled at times, and the bonus bone wasn't that good this time, to boot.
Volume 8 is not available yet, it seems (at least at the library), so time to take a break from this mindless entertainment series.
Continuano le grottesche avventure delle Quattro Calamità, sempre più immerse in un universo strano, violento, ma anche grossolanamente comico. La trama s’infittisce e compaiono nuovi personaggi, come sempre la storia si ferma con un “to be continued” che spero non ci metterà un altro anno ad arrivare