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すべての人類を破壊する。それらは再生できない。[Subete no jinrui wo hakai suru. Sorera wa saisei dekinai.] #8
Magic: The Gathering. Destroy all Humankind. They Can’t Be Regenerated, Vol. 8
Una nuova studentessa è arrivata nella scuola di Hajime Kano e non c’è niente di meglio, per fare amicizia, di una bella partita a Magic: The Gathering. Nuovi tornei, nuove carte e nuove (molto più pericolose) schermaglie si profilano all’orizzonte…
200 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2015
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July 22, 2026
To reiterate, I think if I was going to engage with Magic: The Gathering at all without playing it, which is how I engage with it these days (okay, I do want the crazy Clue/Magic hybrid they released a couple years back, but that’s because I love Clue!), this would be my idealized form. It’s not perfect, but it’s good.
The creativity that I have mentioned before with regard to its implementation of the cards to accent the plot and the gameplay is pretty clever. This volume has one of the most clever aquarium visits I have ever seen, which is saying something.
There’s even a lot of focus on a Three Kingdoms based expansion that came out in this era that I had never heard of in my life. That was a cool little factoid that I would never have been privy to if not for this series. It’s not just a soulless cash-in.
Most of this volume is taken up with tournament play, but not before Hajime and Yakumo end up on a date together. I appreciate Yakumo’s determination, but we know where this is going.
Still, credit to her for being more honest than anybody else in the story. I did like the way that Hajime pulled himself back from taking things too far - realizing that, whatever he has with Yakumo, Emi has his heart. If he ever admits it.
Somewhat cleverly, Emi’s whole ‘end of the world’ thing pivots from the millennium and to the fact that she’s soon going to have her game and Hajime ripped from her life. Her mom turns out to be less than strictly evil, but she’s also pretty intractable.
While not quite what the story has in mind, I do like the way this makes a case for why Emi likes Hajime so much. In addition to their love of Magic, Hajime is free to live the life she wants and I think there’s an appeal there. It makes for good head canon at least.
The tournament play is pretty good, I think it eats up a lot of page time, but I’ll allow it. I think other games have been slightly more effective, but as story arcs go this is perfectly acceptable.
I do have a genuine quibble with Lou, the French girl who was added last volume. I genuinely don’t see the point of her, except to give Emi somebody to bounce off, which she never really needed.
Lou’s mostly a trope; how many overly affectionate foreign girls who wear more revealing clothes have existed in the history of the medium? Yeah, you can be more than the trope you’re given, but she never gets there.
It’s tricky. I enjoyed this volume, but nothing ever quite hit me in a way that made me think it was much better than usual. I love the nostalgia, as always (can’t beat a DDR reference), but there’s not a ton new here and some of that new has been done in other manga.
3.5 stars - overall good, but I don’t feel it was quite strong enough to round up. Another big sigh for not having those half stars - this is better than a mere 3, but I can’t express it other than in this space.
The creativity that I have mentioned before with regard to its implementation of the cards to accent the plot and the gameplay is pretty clever. This volume has one of the most clever aquarium visits I have ever seen, which is saying something.
There’s even a lot of focus on a Three Kingdoms based expansion that came out in this era that I had never heard of in my life. That was a cool little factoid that I would never have been privy to if not for this series. It’s not just a soulless cash-in.
Most of this volume is taken up with tournament play, but not before Hajime and Yakumo end up on a date together. I appreciate Yakumo’s determination, but we know where this is going.
Still, credit to her for being more honest than anybody else in the story. I did like the way that Hajime pulled himself back from taking things too far - realizing that, whatever he has with Yakumo, Emi has his heart. If he ever admits it.
Somewhat cleverly, Emi’s whole ‘end of the world’ thing pivots from the millennium and to the fact that she’s soon going to have her game and Hajime ripped from her life. Her mom turns out to be less than strictly evil, but she’s also pretty intractable.
While not quite what the story has in mind, I do like the way this makes a case for why Emi likes Hajime so much. In addition to their love of Magic, Hajime is free to live the life she wants and I think there’s an appeal there. It makes for good head canon at least.
The tournament play is pretty good, I think it eats up a lot of page time, but I’ll allow it. I think other games have been slightly more effective, but as story arcs go this is perfectly acceptable.
I do have a genuine quibble with Lou, the French girl who was added last volume. I genuinely don’t see the point of her, except to give Emi somebody to bounce off, which she never really needed.
Lou’s mostly a trope; how many overly affectionate foreign girls who wear more revealing clothes have existed in the history of the medium? Yeah, you can be more than the trope you’re given, but she never gets there.
It’s tricky. I enjoyed this volume, but nothing ever quite hit me in a way that made me think it was much better than usual. I love the nostalgia, as always (can’t beat a DDR reference), but there’s not a ton new here and some of that new has been done in other manga.
3.5 stars - overall good, but I don’t feel it was quite strong enough to round up. Another big sigh for not having those half stars - this is better than a mere 3, but I can’t express it other than in this space.
September 4, 2026
Some great moments here, mostly centered around Emi, but plenty of good scenes with Yakumo, Kano, and Lou in the tournament as well.
Chapters 29-32
Chapters 29-32
August 9, 2026
So much going on in this one. Hajime and Yakumo going on a date was pretty awesome and then for her to confess as well! But there is still a lot on Hajime's mind and Emi is a bit broken up over the date as well. I am glad she did by the end take some matters into her own hands. The Regional Championships to represent Japan were pretty fun. The matches, like usual, were all visually epic. Sadly we are left hanging on the match we all wanted to see. The last thing on my mind is what is up with Emi's mother she is such a witch lol
July 26, 2026
Hajime goes on a date with Yakumo, while Emi struggles with the situation. The Regional Championship for Magic begins, and everyone is vying to represent Japan in the world wide competition. Hajime has a surprise opponent.... can he win? Very exciting story, with lots of drama. Everyone seems to want to date Hajime right now, very different from the beginning of this story.
September 13, 2026
Love Triangle Drama with some Duels
Three Kingdoms makes a cameo in this era of MtG as well as the shop owner throwing himself into the fight. Good duels and Kano learnig. Just wish they would get on with it since everyone is declaring their feelings for him. Watch him somehow get stuck on a date night with one of the male characters akin to FF7 and Barrett
Three Kingdoms makes a cameo in this era of MtG as well as the shop owner throwing himself into the fight. Good duels and Kano learnig. Just wish they would get on with it since everyone is declaring their feelings for him. Watch him somehow get stuck on a date night with one of the male characters akin to FF7 and Barrett
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October 30, 2025A questo punto stiamo forse un po' esagerando con il "chissà cosa avrà voluto dire con questo palesissimo gesto romantico?!"
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