Seraph of the End, Vol. 32

終わりのセラフ [Owari no Seraph] #32

by Takaya Kagami, Yamato Yamamoto (Illustrator), Daisuke Furuya

PRONTI A RICOMPATTARSI E A TORNARE IN AZIONE. Grazie a ciò che hanno scoperto sbirciando nel passato, Yu e Mika elaborano una strategia che non implichi il sacrificio di qualcuno. Il primo passo è mettersi in contatto con i vampiri di Saito. Intanto anche la squadra di Shinoa si organizza…

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Vampires, Shonen, Comics, Dystopia, Young Adult

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 4, 2024

About the author

Also known as 鏡貴也.

Reviews

[Jaye Berry]

Terrible time to learn this series isn't even close to completing yet after I read everything.😭 I feel like it's getting close but then so far away with alllll the crazy shit that is going on. Very unfortunate, anyway Mikayuu canon otp.

Absolute crazy shit is happening, really cool lots going on which makes it even more painful I cannot continue.

[Diana H. · Rating 4 out of 5]

It feels like I’ve lost a battle of attrition catching up to this again,,, it’s been four years, but only two hours of elapsed reading time. Crazy how that works. Feels like revisiting a childhood home or something like that.

[Emily M · Rating 5 out of 5]

OK, time to check in and see how my precious sons are doing!

There was a big reveal last volume about Yu and Mika’s origins, and why they seem fated to be drawn to each other…not that they actually care about that, because what matters to them is the last 16 years of life they can remember, together and (painfully) apart.

But, interestingly, it does catalyze two decisions that seem pretty healthy:
1) Mika getting some motivation back, because he realizes that the “angel Mika” who won’t get resurrected if Guren’s plan succeeds is actually YU, not him! Therefore, he doesn’t have to feel conflicted, but can focus on what he wanted in the first place: keeping Yu safe!
2) Mika having a chat with Yu about the latter’s own overly-self-sacrificing tendencies, and Yu pointing out he has the same problem!
Yu: OK, then my goal will be to not let God punish anybody!
Mika: (Puts hand on his shoulder and stares him in the eyes) And you are including YOURSELF in that statement, right? You getting brought back to life as Angel Mikaela, only to wind up getting punished in the First’s place and dying in order to bring back both all the angels and all the humans. I WILL NOT LET THAT HAPPEN. Understood?...I will not help you unless you promise not to give up on yourself, all the way to the very end!
Yu: (Considers) What about the other way around? If we figure out somehow that you’re actually the angel Mikaela, will you promise me the same thing? Don’t sacrifice yourself, no matter what.
Mika: Yeah. Yeah, I will. This whole damn story is about people sacrificing themselves. As long as that keeps happening, nothing will ever end. It’s all one big vicious cycle of desire and obsession.
Look at my boys using their words and brains! (Sniff!) They grow up so fast…

Getting a bit more slice-of-life-like Yu and Mika time is still delightful. The pair hunting multiple boar and bears to feed Yu’s newly Luffy-like appetite (because he’s actually eating for the both of them) is very funny to me! Especially since Mika seems to have started the fire by using his demon tail as a fire drill!
Yu: “Even as far back as the orphanage, it was always someone else’s plan. Now it’s our turn to have plans and trick people. Isn’t that fun?”
Absolutely! And seeing Mika give big toothy grins and laugh out loud for the first time since he was human feels really good too.

Having a long conversation between Shinoa and Mitsu is refreshing as well. And what a conversation!

M: Still, you at least had one person who loved you. I didn’t even have that.
S: I love you, Mitsu. Lots and lots.
M: Huh?
S: If you were ever on the verge of death, and I could give my life to save yours, I’d do it. I mean it.
M: Wha?! H,hey!
S: … But, y’know? That’s not a meaning for living. I just don’t personally value my life, that’s all.
NGL, I do kinda ship these two in a toxic yuri kinda way! So it’s a shame they both still seem to have a strong crush on (the entirely oblivious) Yu.

Regardless, Shinoa – just like Mika – now has a new burst of motivation and some new related abilities, and is forming her own plans with the squad. So that’s fun (and slightly alarming).

Plus, we get Ferid backstory! Not too surprised he’s always been a psycho. Though, knowing what we now know, his obsession with reincarnation as a 16 year old human seems very prescient. Though the thing with Crowley! Eating him, and a bunch of other vampires, and “digesting” them slowly so they turn into demons, as a way to boost his own power! Crowley seems very unbothered by it. He just wants to know what Ferid’s plans are…and, unlike the others, Ferid actually responds to him.

The author confirms in an end note that we are indeed entering the climax/final battle…so now I’m REALLY annoyed at how hard I’m finding it to read the next set of chapters (at least on something bigger than my smartphone, which the Shonen Jump app would allow)!

[akira · Rating 5 out of 5]

whAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO WAIT LONGER????? i'm happy that its ongoing bUT YOU'RE TELLING ME I GOTTA WAIT

ok but i NEED more elaboration cause right now is deadass new information overloadddd and i just can't wait to jump back in with shinoa's squad 😭

[Caitlin ~WordsAreMyForte~ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nothing happens in this volume. Empty, meaningless conversations. Protags who spell everything out to the reader. A ridiculous love triangle that makes zero sense and is with the wrong characters. Plot that has derailed into meaningless meandering. If my library wasn’t getting these still I would’ve dropped this series by now.

[C'att Alisson · Rating 5 out of 5]

No entiendo nada, pero lo amo.

[Valentina | Hikarisshelf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Non sto più capendo niente

[Ciel Dahlberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

the story gets crazier... again.

[GONZA · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every time I think there's an arc about to end, things get exponentially more complicated....

Tutte le volte che penso ci sia un arc sul punto di finire, le cose si complicano esponenzialmente....

I received from the Publisher a complimentary digital advanced review copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.

[Meow · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was all going so well in the previous volumes, when we found out about the First's plan. I really really enjoyed reading that part. But now...so many random things are happening. It just makes no sense anymore.

[Lucy Tonks (the invisible life of a reader) · Rating 5 out of 5]

istg ferid if you kill krul...
BUT ALSO SHINOA LOVE HER DEVELOPMENT
theres so much happening rn tho i cant keep up

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ch 131-135

Read on SJ app

This series jumped the shark forever ago, and yet I have invested so much time into it that I have to see how this train wreck ends.

[Olia]

ZMIENIŁA SIĘ KRESKA😭

[Sam | Queen Hera · Rating 4 out of 5]

Waiting to the end of the year to catch up with all my mangas is a bit confusing, because I forget everything that I read the year prior lmao

I keep loving Yuu and Mika even if they are dumb dumbs.

[Naomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

WTF Ferid?!?!

[Isel · Rating 5 out of 5]

You know. I kind of want the First to be saved...

[Annie Pnat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yay finally back in present time. Missed the group.

[Sheepy · Rating 5 out of 5]

ive felt like this series is nearing it's end but then it does something that completely changes my thoughts on that, but not making the series bad or less enjoyable, crazy

[Olivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well…Ferid is a bit more of a monster than I thought.

[Fizza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank God Shinoa got a power boost! Now go destroy everything my precious child, and rid us of this story once and for all!

[Tam · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this volume. It had enough suspense, action and funny bits to enjoy and get me through.

[cata :] · Rating 2 out of 5]

si shinoa y mitsuba dejaran de hablar de yuu y se hicieran lesbianas todo sería mejor, YOUR HUSBAND IS GAY !!

[Ya Boi Be Reading · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 rounded down. I am so glad it starts with essentially a quick rundown of everyone's goals (vampires taking the side of resurrecting Angels I think, Sika Madu resurrecting original Mikaela, and humans resurrecting humans) and where Yu and Mika now stand (resurrecting everyone without God punishing anyone like they've done in the past). It's interesting to see them try to join the vampires (at least partially) and trick them by playing on their beliefs that Yu and Mika have their past lives’ souls in them and not swapped. That said with the recent art change the book-long fight when they came in did not hit like it should have.
Then the plot complicates further. I guess Sika Madu might die soon or get overtaken by Shinoa? It seems like it and Shinoa's group now seems to want to be its own faction. We also get a sudden Ferid backstory as we see his wicked uncaring pre-vampire life and how he wants to end reincarnation / still living and just end it all. Whether for himself or everyone is unclear. So then he fucking vores Crowley. Now I know what you're thinking. And yes it is spiritual vore because why not? Turns out Ferid has been spiritually voring a bunch of vampires because vore is what Seraph of the End needs 30 books in. So I guess he's doing his own thing slowly killing / absorbing vampires to end everything? Who knows. Honestly this book ends without really solving anything. Shinoa starts killing or going after Sika Madu but that isn't over. She was made to control demons so she uses Kiseki and Gekkouin which is cool but seems a bit out of left field. I thought she was only meant to hold Sika Madu. I guess she was meant to also control him and others. Could he I just forgot which with Seraph of the End's lore and how its doled out can you blame me? Yu and Mika facing the vampires as he tries to get close to Sika Madu isn't over. He gets close and it's implied Sika Madu might carry on his mission to them but again still not covered. And Ferid appears before Krul meaning she might get vored. Who knows. This volume certainly doesn't.

[Elyse · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I am only reading this series now for Mika & Yuu, what the hell is going on with the plot? It is all over the place...

[rowan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crowley nooo😭💔