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少女終末旅行 / Girls' Last Tour #1
Girls' Last Tour, Vol. 1
Civilization is dead, but Chito and Yuuri are still alive. So they hop aboard their beloved Kettenkrad motorbike and aimlessly wander the ruins of the world they once knew. Day after hopeless day, they look for their next meal and fuel for their ride. But as long as the two are together, even an existence as bleak as theirs has a ray or two of sunshine in it, whether they're sucking down their fill of soup or hunting for machine parts to tinker with. For two girls in a world full of nothing, the experiences and feelings the two share give them something to live for...
160 pages, Paperback
First published November 8, 2014
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About the author
Tsukumizu
22 books75 followersTsukumizu (つくみず, a pseudonym, real name unknown) is a Japanese cartoonist.
They are best known for the manga series Girls' Last Tour (2014-2018), a slice-of-life in a post-apocalyptic setting, and Shimeji Simulation (2019-2024), a 'yonkoma' (four panel strip) surrealist comedy.
They are best known for the manga series Girls' Last Tour (2014-2018), a slice-of-life in a post-apocalyptic setting, and Shimeji Simulation (2019-2024), a 'yonkoma' (four panel strip) surrealist comedy.
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September 21, 2018
It feels strange to call this a hopeful post-apocalyptic manga, since all signs point to the main characters eventually starving or freezing to death, but watching these two girls enjoy exploring the ruins of their world leaves me with a somewhat pleasant feeling? Chito and Yuuri basically ride around on a heavy quad motorbike looking for food and fuel, taking in the sights, speculating about what life was like before civilization collapsed. They encounter other survivors, but no one seems to be trying to collect a group, plan for the future, build anything, etc. It's more existential, I guess? There doesn't seem to be an overarching plot, but I'm still really digging something about these two friends and their adventures. If you're looking for something a little quirky after the end of the world, try it out.
February 1, 2022
Two friends wander unhurriedly through urban landscapes depopulated in the wake of some catastrophe. There seems to be little danger aside from naturally occurring accidents, and the girls' attitude is one of mild curiosity rather than fear or depression. They take small pleasures as they come across them: finding food or exploring interesting remnants.
June 22, 2017
Across a snowy expanse of concrete and metal -- a mountain range of desiccated tank innards, abandoned power-plant monoliths, and an open-ended fuselage or two; across this range of exquisite nothingness rests the quiet cityscape into which Chii-chan and Yuu-chan venture every single day. This terrain is an almost absurdly awkward bounty: the remains of a war-torn urban threshold long rubbed free of life by the harsh elements.
Are Chito and Yuuri the only ones left alive in this cold and forgotten world?
Hard to say. But if so, that's okay. Chito, short and intuitive and a bit of a handy-person, mounts her trusty tank-bike (kettenkrad) and trudges through the snow in search of food and supplies. Tagging along is Yuuri, a tall and bright-eyed sharpshooter whose alternating bouts of kindness and laziness make her the most perfect/imperfect travel companion in all of human history.
GIRLS' LAST TOUR tracks Chito and Yuuri as they wander this anonymous, blizzard-prone, urban wildscape. It's a low-concept manga with a potentially, very high reward. Tsukumizu's cute lineart wobbles and weaves in expert contrast to the high-end mechanics of rusting military vehicles and ages-old weapons of death, and yet, narratively speaking, neither Chito nor Yuuri desire anything more out of life than survival itself.
Make no mistake, war has crushed, scarred, or scorched absolutely everything in sight. However, in this comic, there is less room for explaining how or why things are the way they are then there is for Chito and Yuuri to focus on surviving from one chilly day to the next. They search indiscriminately, but somehow always manage to locate precisely what they need: camaraderie, a glimpse of the stars, chocolate-flavored rations, or a warm place to pack it in for the night.
To clarify, what is most fascinating about this comic is its willingness to eschew the temptation to pull its readers into a miasma of unanswerable questions, and instead kick up its feet and treasure the indifferent exhalation that whatever will be, will be.
Readers may never learn about the war that destroyed most of civilization, how many lives were lost, or even how widespread the conflict was. But that's okay, because when Yuuri asks "Why would they do that?" in response to defining war as one person killing another, readers realize that the consequences of war -- death -- is less about heavy machine guns and giant airplanes than it is about one life deliberately snuffing out that of another. Indeed, why would anybody do that?
Similarly, in GIRLS' LAST TOUR, readers may never learn how old Chito and Yuuri are, how long they have scoured this city (or, stratum) for spare parts, or even whether they have any treasured memories of long-lost family. But that's okay, because when Chito likens she and her friend's lonely survival to that of perpetual futility, she furtively mumbles, "Hey, Yuu . . . Why are people alive, anyway?" What if, "at the end of that road," their efforts to survive this traumatized world are truly all for naught? Indeed, why exist in a world where nothing else exists?
Quiet existentialism is a running theme in this book. Yuuri, the tall one, comes across as a bit of an oaf: she frequently dozes off, and she finds it difficult to focus on the smallest tasks that don't involve muscle or aggression; and yet, there's something frightfully scary about her character's muted resilience. Yuuri is not ignorant, just unable to recall the full functionality of things; she's not unmotivated, but merely lacks a formal education; and while a bit clumsy, the girl more than makes up for it with kindness and loyalty.
For example, Yuuri apologizes profusely after accidentally using one of Chito's journals for kindling. She goes through great pains to use proper grammar and sentence structure, and also takes the time to draw a cute photo of Chii-chan sleeping. Chito is largely unsympathetic. But Yuuri, after absorbing her travel-mate's assorted curses and sniffles, extends her arms for a warm hug, because even if it's the end of the world, friendship is currency.
Chito is constantly thinking, worrying, and on the look-out. Yuuri is not. So when Chito asks why people are still alive, despite civilization's obvious state of decay, Yuuri, feeling modestly slighted, rams the butt of her rifle into Chito's helmet, deadpanning, "I thought your head went funny."
The humor is dry and abrupt, but it's also quite insightful, because Tsukumizu makes clear that the oafish Yuuri is well aware that attempting to resolve the unresolvable leads only to frustration and stress. Yuuri is well aware of the consequences of surrendering she and her friend's survival to an army of unknowns. That way lies madness. Which is why Yuuri listens to Chito's complaining for a few more beats, and then promptly takes a nap. Is the world around them dead or alive? Who cares. It'll still be there when she wakes up.
GIRLS' LAST TOUR is a slow and patient read. It's the type of manga some scholars might say belongs to a much older era of European exploration comics, what with its preference for exhibiting emptiness in vast but cluttered landscapes, and for its recurring deliberations on human nature through excruciatingly small, pinhole dialogue.
On its face, GIRLS' LAST TOUR is a ruminative buddy comedy. But for readers willing to wade a little deeper, they'll encounter a book with an inquiring mind and a humble, sideways smirk.
Are Chito and Yuuri the only ones left alive in this cold and forgotten world?
Hard to say. But if so, that's okay. Chito, short and intuitive and a bit of a handy-person, mounts her trusty tank-bike (kettenkrad) and trudges through the snow in search of food and supplies. Tagging along is Yuuri, a tall and bright-eyed sharpshooter whose alternating bouts of kindness and laziness make her the most perfect/imperfect travel companion in all of human history.
GIRLS' LAST TOUR tracks Chito and Yuuri as they wander this anonymous, blizzard-prone, urban wildscape. It's a low-concept manga with a potentially, very high reward. Tsukumizu's cute lineart wobbles and weaves in expert contrast to the high-end mechanics of rusting military vehicles and ages-old weapons of death, and yet, narratively speaking, neither Chito nor Yuuri desire anything more out of life than survival itself.
Make no mistake, war has crushed, scarred, or scorched absolutely everything in sight. However, in this comic, there is less room for explaining how or why things are the way they are then there is for Chito and Yuuri to focus on surviving from one chilly day to the next. They search indiscriminately, but somehow always manage to locate precisely what they need: camaraderie, a glimpse of the stars, chocolate-flavored rations, or a warm place to pack it in for the night.
To clarify, what is most fascinating about this comic is its willingness to eschew the temptation to pull its readers into a miasma of unanswerable questions, and instead kick up its feet and treasure the indifferent exhalation that whatever will be, will be.
Readers may never learn about the war that destroyed most of civilization, how many lives were lost, or even how widespread the conflict was. But that's okay, because when Yuuri asks "Why would they do that?" in response to defining war as one person killing another, readers realize that the consequences of war -- death -- is less about heavy machine guns and giant airplanes than it is about one life deliberately snuffing out that of another. Indeed, why would anybody do that?
Similarly, in GIRLS' LAST TOUR, readers may never learn how old Chito and Yuuri are, how long they have scoured this city (or, stratum) for spare parts, or even whether they have any treasured memories of long-lost family. But that's okay, because when Chito likens she and her friend's lonely survival to that of perpetual futility, she furtively mumbles, "Hey, Yuu . . . Why are people alive, anyway?" What if, "at the end of that road," their efforts to survive this traumatized world are truly all for naught? Indeed, why exist in a world where nothing else exists?
Quiet existentialism is a running theme in this book. Yuuri, the tall one, comes across as a bit of an oaf: she frequently dozes off, and she finds it difficult to focus on the smallest tasks that don't involve muscle or aggression; and yet, there's something frightfully scary about her character's muted resilience. Yuuri is not ignorant, just unable to recall the full functionality of things; she's not unmotivated, but merely lacks a formal education; and while a bit clumsy, the girl more than makes up for it with kindness and loyalty.
For example, Yuuri apologizes profusely after accidentally using one of Chito's journals for kindling. She goes through great pains to use proper grammar and sentence structure, and also takes the time to draw a cute photo of Chii-chan sleeping. Chito is largely unsympathetic. But Yuuri, after absorbing her travel-mate's assorted curses and sniffles, extends her arms for a warm hug, because even if it's the end of the world, friendship is currency.
Chito is constantly thinking, worrying, and on the look-out. Yuuri is not. So when Chito asks why people are still alive, despite civilization's obvious state of decay, Yuuri, feeling modestly slighted, rams the butt of her rifle into Chito's helmet, deadpanning, "I thought your head went funny."
The humor is dry and abrupt, but it's also quite insightful, because Tsukumizu makes clear that the oafish Yuuri is well aware that attempting to resolve the unresolvable leads only to frustration and stress. Yuuri is well aware of the consequences of surrendering she and her friend's survival to an army of unknowns. That way lies madness. Which is why Yuuri listens to Chito's complaining for a few more beats, and then promptly takes a nap. Is the world around them dead or alive? Who cares. It'll still be there when she wakes up.
GIRLS' LAST TOUR is a slow and patient read. It's the type of manga some scholars might say belongs to a much older era of European exploration comics, what with its preference for exhibiting emptiness in vast but cluttered landscapes, and for its recurring deliberations on human nature through excruciatingly small, pinhole dialogue.
On its face, GIRLS' LAST TOUR is a ruminative buddy comedy. But for readers willing to wade a little deeper, they'll encounter a book with an inquiring mind and a humble, sideways smirk.
May 30, 2023
"Знаєш, навіть коли сенсу нема, інколи трапляється щось хороше" 💔 розчулили мене дівчатка 🥹.
December 23, 2021
3.8|5
• Book Riot’s 2019 Read Harder Challenge - 11. A book of manga •
It might not be a five star read, but I just couldn’t stop thinking about this since I’ve read it.
• Book Riot’s 2019 Read Harder Challenge - 11. A book of manga •
It might not be a five star read, but I just couldn’t stop thinking about this since I’ve read it.
March 3, 2019
This manga isn't about character to any great extent--you learn as much about Chito and Yuuri in the first chapter as you're going to. The setting is really interesting, though; just as the title implies, you get a tour of parts of the post-apocalyptic landscape as the episodes go along. A seemingly sketchy art style adds a warm touch to what could easily have been a lot of clinical detail in the backgrounds.
August 14, 2024
I really really loved the vibes in this. Lots of abandoned brutalist architecture and rusting military vehicles under a backdrop of a snowy, post-apocalyptic world. The art-style is really pleasing and easy to follow. I love how the sketchiness and simplicity of the urban backgrounds leave a lot of room for your imagination to fill in what isn’t shown, yet still paints such a clear image of the environment.
The plot so far is simple but the characters are incredibly charming. I really like the two girls and their existential conversations about life as they try to survive and find small joys. Their personalities are pretty different but their strengths cover the others’ weaknesses and their bond is very strong. Their attitudes about their situation aren’t depressed or panicked, but mostly curious and a bit hopeful, which sets the tone for the book.
This book was a really nice and easy one to pick up. Very unhurried and vibey. I liked sinking into the lonely atmosphere of this story. Excited to continue following the girls in the next book.
The plot so far is simple but the characters are incredibly charming. I really like the two girls and their existential conversations about life as they try to survive and find small joys. Their personalities are pretty different but their strengths cover the others’ weaknesses and their bond is very strong. Their attitudes about their situation aren’t depressed or panicked, but mostly curious and a bit hopeful, which sets the tone for the book.
This book was a really nice and easy one to pick up. Very unhurried and vibey. I liked sinking into the lonely atmosphere of this story. Excited to continue following the girls in the next book.
January 20, 2024
This is a review for the manga as a whole and not this individual volume, so it will probably be somewhat spoilerish.
The anime for this manga had been on my radar for some time. I knew very little about it, other than it was usually compared to Kino's Journey which I enjoyed. I think I watched the entire anime within a forty-eight-hour period of starting it, and I immediately knew I had to read the manga to find out more.
So, I had already read the manga a couple times in unofficial translations by this point, so this isn't exactly my first read. I've had plenty of time to process my feelings towards this story, and there was really an extraordinary amount to process.
The first thing most people I know who have either seen the anime or read the manga say is it's very depressing. I'll be honest, just looking at the basic plot makes it seem like a horrifically sad and hopeless tale. Yet, I never was hit by any pity for these two girls in this hopeless situation. If anything, I envied them.
They were born into a dying and nearly dead world, in a collapsed society built in the ruins of an older collapsed society. They seem to have been separately taken in by an older man after something conceivably happened to their separate sets of parents. That was the only family/parental figure they can remember. They lose him at a very young age and are forced into the world to fend for themselves.
They are almost entirely ignorant of humanity, history, morality, and basically anything that we humans take for granted from our social constructs. So, they experience the remnants of this long dead world from an entirely fresh perspective, and it's so well executed to make it breathtaking. I was in constant awe of how effortlessly thought provoking it was. Heavy concepts were given fresh perspective from the eyes of these two unbiased observers. War, death, life, the afterlife, art, music, literature, and that's only the first ones to come to mind.
They have one simple purpose, and that's to find their way to the highest level of the multilayered ruins, hoping there's something up there. Yet, the journey comes to mean more to them than the destination. All the experiences they share together on their trek make their lives worthwhile, as unfair as their lives seem. Despite having only each other for almost the entirety of the story, they always had each other. Both of them had one ever faithful and unshakable companion to help them navigate through life.
I guess that's why I'm envious of them. The simplicity of their existence, coupled with having a person they loved deeply to get through it with, sounds nice. I suppose that's odd to say about two young girls forced to scrounge for every bit of food and water they can find, but the author herself mentioned feeling envious of them in the afterword. I guess I'm not alone, and that's one of the feelings these manga volumes gave me. I felt that as long as this story existed, and there was an author out there who could invoke these kinds of emotions in me, I'd never be alone.
There are so many powerfully emotional scenes that it's hard to even begin going into the finer details of the plot, so I'm not going to do that. I just want to say that I'm not sure if a work of fiction has ever moved me like this. Even the artwork, which I don't have much of an eye for, constantly made me want to sit and appreciate it. Every time I read this, I'm filled with a sense that everything will be okay, in the end, and that life, for all its hardships, is very much worth living.
The anime for this manga had been on my radar for some time. I knew very little about it, other than it was usually compared to Kino's Journey which I enjoyed. I think I watched the entire anime within a forty-eight-hour period of starting it, and I immediately knew I had to read the manga to find out more.
So, I had already read the manga a couple times in unofficial translations by this point, so this isn't exactly my first read. I've had plenty of time to process my feelings towards this story, and there was really an extraordinary amount to process.
The first thing most people I know who have either seen the anime or read the manga say is it's very depressing. I'll be honest, just looking at the basic plot makes it seem like a horrifically sad and hopeless tale. Yet, I never was hit by any pity for these two girls in this hopeless situation. If anything, I envied them.
They were born into a dying and nearly dead world, in a collapsed society built in the ruins of an older collapsed society. They seem to have been separately taken in by an older man after something conceivably happened to their separate sets of parents. That was the only family/parental figure they can remember. They lose him at a very young age and are forced into the world to fend for themselves.
They are almost entirely ignorant of humanity, history, morality, and basically anything that we humans take for granted from our social constructs. So, they experience the remnants of this long dead world from an entirely fresh perspective, and it's so well executed to make it breathtaking. I was in constant awe of how effortlessly thought provoking it was. Heavy concepts were given fresh perspective from the eyes of these two unbiased observers. War, death, life, the afterlife, art, music, literature, and that's only the first ones to come to mind.
They have one simple purpose, and that's to find their way to the highest level of the multilayered ruins, hoping there's something up there. Yet, the journey comes to mean more to them than the destination. All the experiences they share together on their trek make their lives worthwhile, as unfair as their lives seem. Despite having only each other for almost the entirety of the story, they always had each other. Both of them had one ever faithful and unshakable companion to help them navigate through life.
I guess that's why I'm envious of them. The simplicity of their existence, coupled with having a person they loved deeply to get through it with, sounds nice. I suppose that's odd to say about two young girls forced to scrounge for every bit of food and water they can find, but the author herself mentioned feeling envious of them in the afterword. I guess I'm not alone, and that's one of the feelings these manga volumes gave me. I felt that as long as this story existed, and there was an author out there who could invoke these kinds of emotions in me, I'd never be alone.
There are so many powerfully emotional scenes that it's hard to even begin going into the finer details of the plot, so I'm not going to do that. I just want to say that I'm not sure if a work of fiction has ever moved me like this. Even the artwork, which I don't have much of an eye for, constantly made me want to sit and appreciate it. Every time I read this, I'm filled with a sense that everything will be okay, in the end, and that life, for all its hardships, is very much worth living.
November 8, 2017
81st book read in 2017.
Number 595 out of 645 on my all time book list.
Interesting, but so so boring.
Number 595 out of 645 on my all time book list.
Interesting, but so so boring.
March 25, 2024
Hello Darkness!
Note. read the whole thing, my heart hasn't been the same since then.
Note. read the whole thing, my heart hasn't been the same since then.
September 22, 2024
This was a slow, relaxing manga.
Not much happens in this kind of manga. In this one, we follow two girls who are traveling through an abandoned world, just riding their half-track vehicle and low-key searching for food and shelter and meeting one other person who’s a mapmaker and is also just traveling without much purpose.
I wanna continue reading this series, because I liked following them and who knows who they’ll meet and where they’ll go next.
The world is different from the one we’re used to. It looks like humans used to build higher and higher levels or strata to live on. The girls are traveling higher and higher but seemingly without much purpose.
This manga isn’t super long so it can easily be finished in a day. Don’t expect too much from it, just go along with the ride ;).
Not much happens in this kind of manga. In this one, we follow two girls who are traveling through an abandoned world, just riding their half-track vehicle and low-key searching for food and shelter and meeting one other person who’s a mapmaker and is also just traveling without much purpose.
I wanna continue reading this series, because I liked following them and who knows who they’ll meet and where they’ll go next.
The world is different from the one we’re used to. It looks like humans used to build higher and higher levels or strata to live on. The girls are traveling higher and higher but seemingly without much purpose.
This manga isn’t super long so it can easily be finished in a day. Don’t expect too much from it, just go along with the ride ;).
June 10, 2025
Ein total interessantes Setting aber die Figuren sind irgendwie flach und die Dialoge einfach nur dämlich.
September 6, 2025
pozytywnie mnie zaskoczyła:) bardzo spokojna, taka wręcz melancholijna, refleksyjna, za dużo się nie dzieje, więc jak lubicie akcje to to nie dla Was 😅
June 21, 2021
The lifeless corpses of tanks and other machines of war are strewn across a metallic forest. Humanity's last war has ended nearly a century ago. Under the shelter of one of these, two of humanity's last survivors lay their helmets and cans underneath cracks in the roof, where sparse rainfall is leaking through. The sound produced is grating at best - monotonous 'clack's out of sync, lacking any recognisable rhythm. Yet, the two girls call it 'music'.
What is 'music'? One of the girls, who had read about it before in a book, proposes that it's "the rhythm that connects various sound pitches". But how are they supposed to know? Without knowledge of the innumerable societies and cultures that had come before them, how much of the past would they be able to piece together with the decaying, war-torn scraps of the present?
This is the story that Chapter 12, simply titled "The Sound of Rain", tells. The other 43 chapters of Girls' Last Tour do an excellent job of presenting the post-human landscape of its world, showing us societal norms, cultural practices, and moral values we've taken for granted, but which our main duo has to relearn. The past isn't the only thing they look towards, though. The pressing need to survive, and find what they are surviving for, occupies the relative monotony of their every day. From a meeting with humanity's last pilot, to a sobering encounter with the world's last fish and its robotic caretaker, they learn that some values and truths, like compassion and war, are timeless.
To them, this series is a journey of learning to become content with hopelessness.
In a bonus chapter, the two girls come across a poem, Hermann Hesse's "Auf Wanderung dem Andenken Knulps". Its second stanza is a poignant summary of their journey thus far, and to come.
"Don't be sad, the time is coming,
And then we'll rest. Our little crosses stand
On the bright roadside in twos.
And it rains and snows
And the winds come and go."
(please watch the anime adaptation)
What is 'music'? One of the girls, who had read about it before in a book, proposes that it's "the rhythm that connects various sound pitches". But how are they supposed to know? Without knowledge of the innumerable societies and cultures that had come before them, how much of the past would they be able to piece together with the decaying, war-torn scraps of the present?
This is the story that Chapter 12, simply titled "The Sound of Rain", tells. The other 43 chapters of Girls' Last Tour do an excellent job of presenting the post-human landscape of its world, showing us societal norms, cultural practices, and moral values we've taken for granted, but which our main duo has to relearn. The past isn't the only thing they look towards, though. The pressing need to survive, and find what they are surviving for, occupies the relative monotony of their every day. From a meeting with humanity's last pilot, to a sobering encounter with the world's last fish and its robotic caretaker, they learn that some values and truths, like compassion and war, are timeless.
To them, this series is a journey of learning to become content with hopelessness.
In a bonus chapter, the two girls come across a poem, Hermann Hesse's "Auf Wanderung dem Andenken Knulps". Its second stanza is a poignant summary of their journey thus far, and to come.
"Don't be sad, the time is coming,
And then we'll rest. Our little crosses stand
On the bright roadside in twos.
And it rains and snows
And the winds come and go."
(please watch the anime adaptation)
July 4, 2017
So this one is getting an anime, though I have been curious about this manga for a long time before that was announced.
I have to say it was pretty decent, though it was a bit boring, and I wish we had gotten a bit more information on this world of theirs. What happened to Earth? What will happen to this Earth and the people still existing on it? Why don't they go into the buildings (maybe there is still food to be found there)? I am guessing as the story progresses we will see more of this world (and not just of this giant city the girls are traversing), and maybe get some answers.
Yuu and Chii were good characters though they are a strange pair. Considering they have been together for quite some time, I am guessing they are friends, however I just didn't see it. More often than not I just saw two girls forced to be together.
At times I disliked Yuu because of her attitude and how, even though she was supposedly friends with Chii, she stole her food and threatened her with a gun. Ever heard of sharing? Also the way she barely listens to a word anyone says.
I also like that we meet another person, and an interesting person at that. I hope we will see more of him, and I want to wish him luck with his maps.
Art was so-so (body proportions are wacky, the art seemed hurried), but it did fit with the story and the world.
All in all, I think I will not read this further and rather wait for the anime to come out. Maybe this story works better there.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I have to say it was pretty decent, though it was a bit boring, and I wish we had gotten a bit more information on this world of theirs. What happened to Earth? What will happen to this Earth and the people still existing on it? Why don't they go into the buildings (maybe there is still food to be found there)? I am guessing as the story progresses we will see more of this world (and not just of this giant city the girls are traversing), and maybe get some answers.
Yuu and Chii were good characters though they are a strange pair. Considering they have been together for quite some time, I am guessing they are friends, however I just didn't see it. More often than not I just saw two girls forced to be together.
At times I disliked Yuu because of her attitude and how, even though she was supposedly friends with Chii, she stole her food and threatened her with a gun. Ever heard of sharing? Also the way she barely listens to a word anyone says.
I also like that we meet another person, and an interesting person at that. I hope we will see more of him, and I want to wish him luck with his maps.
Art was so-so (body proportions are wacky, the art seemed hurried), but it did fit with the story and the world.
All in all, I think I will not read this further and rather wait for the anime to come out. Maybe this story works better there.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
August 4, 2018
In what I take to be a stranger entry in the "cute girls doing cute things" genre, I give you Girls' Last Tour.
It's the story of two girls surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. There isn't much of a story, or conflict, or even much in the way of characterization. There's no destination and no cause given for this strange new world. We don't know how long these characters have been wandering together, nor how they're related.
I was a bit bored myself while reading this one. There's not a whole lot threatening their survival. They seem to have plenty of food and fuel, and they seem to be able to find it somewhat regularly. There's not much survivalist instinct in them either. While they say they're actively searching for resources, we don't really get to see them hunt for it. They just sort of wander into it each chapter. They seem capable, but we aren't really showed that.
The art style is a strange mix of blobby, cartoony humans and exceptional, realistic backgrounds of an empty world. I could happily stare at those backgrounds with their crumbling buildings for a while. I can't say the same for the humans, and they look kind of strange on the backgrounds.
So all in all, I'd say Girls' Last Tour just wasn't for me. I can see things in it that others might like, but it doesn't make me want to read more.
It's the story of two girls surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. There isn't much of a story, or conflict, or even much in the way of characterization. There's no destination and no cause given for this strange new world. We don't know how long these characters have been wandering together, nor how they're related.
I was a bit bored myself while reading this one. There's not a whole lot threatening their survival. They seem to have plenty of food and fuel, and they seem to be able to find it somewhat regularly. There's not much survivalist instinct in them either. While they say they're actively searching for resources, we don't really get to see them hunt for it. They just sort of wander into it each chapter. They seem capable, but we aren't really showed that.
The art style is a strange mix of blobby, cartoony humans and exceptional, realistic backgrounds of an empty world. I could happily stare at those backgrounds with their crumbling buildings for a while. I can't say the same for the humans, and they look kind of strange on the backgrounds.
So all in all, I'd say Girls' Last Tour just wasn't for me. I can see things in it that others might like, but it doesn't make me want to read more.
August 11, 2021
Even if it's meaningless, sometimes nice things happen.
Chito
Ah what a beautiful manga! It was sad and happy at the same time. I love the girls' relationships, and their slow trip through this abandoned world.
Chito
Ah what a beautiful manga! It was sad and happy at the same time. I love the girls' relationships, and their slow trip through this abandoned world.
December 31, 2017
Very weird. It felt like Camus crossed with Joseph Heller. I am intrigued enough to reserve judgement until I see more.
August 19, 2017
Melancholy girls wander around a post-apocalyptic landscape doing nothing much of interest. Snooze.
January 22, 2018
I debated on what I wanted to rate this. I'm really intrigued by the world, but I definitely want to see where the series goes with it. It reminds me in some ways of Blame! and Kino's Journey.
April 2, 2020
3.5 stars
This was cute! I liked this slice of life postapocalyptic story.
This was cute! I liked this slice of life postapocalyptic story.
April 6, 2023
Oh to be living through the post apocalypse with my best friend. We drive around and watch the city revert back to nature around us. That's the stuff
September 21, 2025
Nije me povukla da nastavim sa idućim brojem. Ideja postapokaliptičnog slice-of-life žanra mi je super, ali falila mi je neka udica da me zadrži.
Možda bi recept poboljšao naglašeniji antagonistički duh između devojaka — plavuša Čiko ima zanimljiv psiho momenat kada se pri podeli hrane sudare lične želje i ravnopravnost — pa da u svakoj epizodi postoji tačka gde benefiti zajedništva preovladaju pritisak ograničenih resursa, pre nego što se atmosfera ponovo opusti u ustaljeni, relaksirani ton u depresivnom, tihom okruženju.
Možda bi recept poboljšao naglašeniji antagonistički duh između devojaka — plavuša Čiko ima zanimljiv psiho momenat kada se pri podeli hrane sudare lične želje i ravnopravnost — pa da u svakoj epizodi postoji tačka gde benefiti zajedništva preovladaju pritisak ograničenih resursa, pre nego što se atmosfera ponovo opusti u ustaljeni, relaksirani ton u depresivnom, tihom okruženju.
March 2, 2022
carino come inizio, mi ci è voluto un po’ per abituarmi a quelle che io chiamo “avventure da capitolo” (un capitolo ha una particolare storia autoconclusiva).
molto particolare lo stile di disegno, spero che mi sorprenda
molto particolare lo stile di disegno, spero che mi sorprenda
April 25, 2025
Загалом наче й непогано, але не Йокогама, звісно.
July 14, 2018
I really like the idea of a post-apocalyptic slice-of-life manga, and I absolutely fell in love with the first two chapters of Girls’ Last Tour. I enjoy Chito and Yuuri's personalities and their back-and-forths; I like the pacing; and I like Tsukumizu’s distinct art style.
However, from Chapter 3 onward I found myself asking some questions that began to pull me out of the experience. How old are the girls? What year is it? Even with access to old books and their survival skills, how do the girls know about some things and not others? How did they get to be alone and where they are now? I’m pretty sure the point of this book isn’t how the world got messed up and I realize that I’m approaching this book with a much too literal mindset, but the specificity of some dialogue and plot points got me wondering about probability/logistics and world-building. And that got me distracted from enjoying Girls’ Last Tour 1 the same way I did (and still do love) pages 1-21.
That being said, if you’re in the mood for a light read with two likable characters having philosophical-leaning conversations in a quiet world a la Kino’s Journey, I think you'll enjoy this book a lot!
However, from Chapter 3 onward I found myself asking some questions that began to pull me out of the experience. How old are the girls? What year is it? Even with access to old books and their survival skills, how do the girls know about some things and not others? How did they get to be alone and where they are now? I’m pretty sure the point of this book isn’t how the world got messed up and I realize that I’m approaching this book with a much too literal mindset, but the specificity of some dialogue and plot points got me wondering about probability/logistics and world-building. And that got me distracted from enjoying Girls’ Last Tour 1 the same way I did (and still do love) pages 1-21.
That being said, if you’re in the mood for a light read with two likable characters having philosophical-leaning conversations in a quiet world a la Kino’s Journey, I think you'll enjoy this book a lot!
April 30, 2022
Girls' Last Tour is a manga that follows two girls, Chito and Yuuri, who are working together to survive in a world where civilization has completely crumbled and most other people are largely gone. They wander the ruins on a motorbike and scavenge for what they need while providing each other with the companionship (platonic) that they need to continue in this broken world. Overall, Girls' Last Tour has a surprisingly hopeful feel for a post-apocalyptic world and feels strangely slice of life.
Girls' Last Tour is one of those stories that makes me wonder if maybe I'm just not a slice of life fan. It's pretty rare for me to really get into these kinds of stories and this one registered as just fine throughout. I didn't dislike it but I wasn't particularly compelled to see what happened next as the answer was generally not much beyond the girls exploring. If you like hopeful, cute stories though, it might be more your cup of tea. I'm undecided on whether I'll continue with the series since I was pretty meh on this first volume.
CAWPILE Rating
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Characters: 7/10
Art Style: 7/10
Writing: 7/10
Plot: 6/10
Intrigue: 6/10
Logic: 7/10
Enjoyment: 7/10
Overall: 6.7/10 = 3.5 stars (rounded down to 3 for GR)
Girls' Last Tour is one of those stories that makes me wonder if maybe I'm just not a slice of life fan. It's pretty rare for me to really get into these kinds of stories and this one registered as just fine throughout. I didn't dislike it but I wasn't particularly compelled to see what happened next as the answer was generally not much beyond the girls exploring. If you like hopeful, cute stories though, it might be more your cup of tea. I'm undecided on whether I'll continue with the series since I was pretty meh on this first volume.
CAWPILE Rating
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Characters: 7/10
Art Style: 7/10
Writing: 7/10
Plot: 6/10
Intrigue: 6/10
Logic: 7/10
Enjoyment: 7/10
Overall: 6.7/10 = 3.5 stars (rounded down to 3 for GR)
January 1, 2018
I'm already watching the anime adaptation but I wanted to read the original manga version and it is a bonus that it is being published by Yen Press as I really like the job they do on the manga that they bring over.
Girls' Last Tour takes place in an unknown future. There has been war although that seems to be a long ago thing. Chi and Yuu are making their way from one level to another in a particular city. The art is sparse yet pointed. Chi and Yuu are cute in design and action but their dialogue is sprinkled with sublime and sometimes dark humor. It might seem an aimless journey as there doesn't appear to be an overall arc. The journey appears to be the story arc and for me, that's enough.
Girls' Last Tour takes place in an unknown future. There has been war although that seems to be a long ago thing. Chi and Yuu are making their way from one level to another in a particular city. The art is sparse yet pointed. Chi and Yuu are cute in design and action but their dialogue is sprinkled with sublime and sometimes dark humor. It might seem an aimless journey as there doesn't appear to be an overall arc. The journey appears to be the story arc and for me, that's enough.
September 3, 2017
An odd one, this: two young girls and an armoured vehicle wander a barely inhabited post-collapse world. The tone is gentle, stories of friendship and survival; the setting is an endless industrial wasteland. It's like a cross between the gargantuan post-human architecture of Blame! and the contented winding-down of mankind in Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - all with sketchy chibi artwork. Those are two of my favourite ever manga - so I like the idea of this a lot even though the content in this first volume is a little on the flimsy side. Points for originality, for sure.
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