Platinum End, Vol. 5

プラチナエンド [Platina End] #5

by Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata (Illustrator)

With Saki having finally gotten over her trauma, the only thing holding her back now is the lack of angel wings. But perhaps theres a way for her to gain a pair of her own. Then, Mirai and his team will need all the help they can get when a new god candidate appears—one who wields a samurai sword!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Fiction, Japan, Shonen, Supernatural

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 3, 2017

About the author

Tsugumi Ōba (Profile in Japanese: 大場 つぐみ), born in Tokyo, Japan, is a writer best known for the manga Death Note. His/her real identity is a closely guarded secret. As stated by the profile placed at the beginning of each Death Note manga, Ōba collects teacups and develops manga plots while holding his knees on a chair, similar to a habit of L, one of the main characters of the series.

There is speculation that Tsugumi Ōba is a pen name and that he is really Hiroshi Gamō. Pointing out that in Bakuman the main character's uncle was a one-hit wonder manga artist who worked on a gag super hero manga, very similar to Gamō and Tottemo! Luckyman in all aspects. Also that the storyboards drawn by Ōba greatly resemble Tottemo! Luckyman in style.

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

The newest god candidate is fucking annoying and gross and I hope he dies soon.

Kidnapping Mukaido's pregnant wife and kid is just so low.

[Mads · Rating 3 out of 5]

the cat ear suit was so needed😩🙏

[Mizuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

New Characters show up! Cool angels! Sharp and clever plots! This series is still going strong.

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was probably strongest volume yet. Seeing a family go through hell to survive is always the best part of this story. And actually have the female character do important things is nice. Overall, a step up from the last few volumes. Art is still great.

[Elias Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an okay volume. But I feel like it's going down. Or maybe I was a little bit disappointed. This two last volumes not as good as the others. But still good.

[Ken Kap · Rating 4 out of 5]

the cat suit was a nice addition

[Josiemaus85 · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5⭐️ es geht rasant weiter.

[Emi · Rating 3 out of 5]

No sé qué me pasa con este manga. Me encantan los mangas que hacen juntos estos autores, el dibujo es magnífico, el argumento interesante y está al mismo nivel que otros manga suyos... pero no me acaba de enganchar. No sé si es por el toque religioso o porque me recuerda a Death note con su trama enrevesada y sus batallas de ingenio, pero no me aporta nada nuevo.

[Sharon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay, that's it - I'm officially DNF-ing this series.

Really disappointing for me as a consistent Death Note stan, but honestly this series is just not on that level. Personally, I find many of the ethical questions posed in Ohba's previous work is being rehashed here, but in a less interesting way. Additionally, many of the characters share significant traits with Death Note characters, but they're not necessarily new takes on the ideas.
This series covers many sensitive topics in incredibly poor ways - most specifically, suicide and mental health, terminal illness, and bullying and abuse of children. And it also crossed territories about statutory rape/pedophilia that I don't even want to touch, let alone the way some of the underage female characters are drawn.

I would not recommend this series. It underutilizes its paranormal plotline in favor of rehashing topics that have already been covered more successfully by Ohba himself. The pacing is all over the place and it really is just a mishandled story.

[Vikas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another crazy God candidate who follows Metropolitanman and now the team is again in danger but now the stakes are bigger so let's see how it goes and then let's carry on and Keep on Reading.

I have always loved comics, and I can and I have. I love comics to bits, may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more. You should also read what you love, and I hope you will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I just want to Keep on Reading.

[Julia · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this would get better, but it's just doubling down on all the things I disliked about the previous volumes. To make matters worse this whole volume focused on a shitty character that will probably die next volume.
(side note: I thought all the candidates had angels of the opposite sex? It's been true for the first 7. Obata doesn't seem like one to pass up on drawing a sexy lady. *shrug*)

[Benjamin Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This kidnapping plot feels straight out of the predecessor, still lacking the excitement of the Death Note.

[Marty · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW! Penso sia uno dei volumi più avvincenti, non vedo l'ora di andare avanti, ho alte aspettative!

[Lexi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Didn't like this volume as much as the last two. A new antagonist is introduced and he is really weird and creepy. Not just his personality, but the way he is drawn. He used to be an ugly, socially awkward teenage boy, but after becoming a god candidate, he got plastic surgery. He's supposed to be gorgeous now, but to me, he looks even creepier than before. It's fitting one of the chapters is called "Man in the Mirror" because this guy's face reminds me of Michael Jackson after his plastic surgery, and that's not a compliment.

[Amarinske · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars

this build-up is strong and I like the character development in this series.

The fact there are passionate, intelligent characters in here makes better and feel like a Tsugumi Ohba story even more.

[DW]

Nope. Pointlessly disturbing while simultaneously boring. Cliffhanger or not, I'm not reading any further.

[Kazu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Madre mía, se está liando la cosa que da gusto. Estoy deseando ver cómo se va a resolver este lío!

[Ben Truong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Platinum End, Vol. 5 continues where the previous tankobon left off and contains the next three chapters (13–15) of the on-going manga series.

With anew gusto, Saki Hanakago wants to be more useful in the team, so she asks the group how she could get wings. Baret, the angel of knowledge, and Nanato Mukaido's angel, explains that there are five ways to gain wings: (1) Kill a God Candidate and steal their wings, (2) Hit a dying God Candidate with a Red Arrow to give their powers to you, (3) Granted wings from a God Candidate who has extra wings, (4) Having the wings bequeathed to them from a dying God Candidate from natural causes, and (5) Their angel gets promoted –having hearing that Revel, Saki Hanakago's angel, decides to try his hardest for promotion.

Meanwhile, Saki Hanakago stabbed her parents with a Red Arrow and have her parents rent a new headquarters for them, because three people and three angels in a tiny room get rather uncomfortable. So, Saki Hanakago had her parents rent an abandon church on top of a high-rise, which is easy access for Mirai Kakehashi and Nanato Mukaido to get through via air, while Saki Hanakago could just use the lift – that is until she gets her wings.

The team finally gets a lead in their investigation to the identity of Metropoliman, but before they could investigate, one of Nanato Mukaido's red arrow returns to him – early. Meaning one of the people that Nanato Mukaido had charmed was killed. Fearing the worst, Nanato Mukaido takes off to home with Mirai Kakehashi not far behind. Nanato Mukaido finds that his pregnant wife and daughter were kidnapped and for the first time since his aunt, Mirai Kakehashi shoots a Red Arrow at the fleeing God Candidate, but missed.

Later on, Metropoliman contacts Nanato Mukaido through his mobile phone and tells him where his pregnant wife and daughter are – at an abandoned amusement park. With haste, Nanato Mukaido rushes to his family with Mirai Kakehashi not far behind, leaving Saki Hanakago behind again. Spotting his family, Nanato Mukaido tries to save them, but was instead trapped along with them. Meanwhile, we have Mirai Kakehashi outside having to face not one, but two God Candidates – the one who kidnapped Nanato Mukaido's family and Metropoliman.

One character of note is introduced in Platinum End, Vol. 5: Sokotani Hajime, a God Candidate working under Metropoliman and his angel Balta – the Angel of Intuition.

Sokotani Hajime was born poor and extremely ugly. Growing up, he was always shunned and mocked by others. One day, he goes home to see his mother committed suicide by hanging herself – feeling hopeless, he decides to follow his mother into the afterlife. However, Balta shows up making him a God Candidate. Using the Red Arrows, he managed to make himself beautiful via plastic surgery, but is unable to communicate with girls, because he is so unused to speaking to them.

Meanwhile, he develops an obsession with Metropoliman. Balta, his angel, he discovers that Metropoliman is everything that Sokotani Hajime isn't – he's rich, beautiful, and confident, which the low confident Sokotani Hajime latched onto as his hero. He witness Metropoliman exploits from the beginning to the battle at Grand Tower, which makes him hate Mirai Kakehashi and Nanato Mukaido for fighting and hurting Metropoliman �� his hero – his god.

To get closer to his hero, Sokotani Hajime investigates the identity behind Metropoliman and with help with his angel – Sokotani Hajime discovered that Kanade Uryu is the person behind the mask. Through emissaries (i.e., students effect from red arrows) Sokotani Hajime offers to be his subordinate, which Kanade Uryu eventually accepts so long as he could capture another God Candidate – which he did.

Sokotani Hajime finds one of the detectives that Nanato Mukaido has under a red arrow and interrogates him to discover who's controlling him. Sokotani Hajime then kills him and kidnapped Nanato Mukaido's family. He managed to doge the red arrow that Mirai Kakehashi shot and prepare a trap at an amusement park, which was successful in capturing Nanato Mukaido. He is currently facing Mirai Kakehashi with his hero and idol Kanade Uryu as Metropoliman.

Tsugumi Ohba has written another wonderful tankobon. I particularly like the interactions with Nanato Mukaido and his daughter – it's just so precious. Nanato Mukaido's daughter is so cute and precious and it is certainly clear how much Nanato Mukaido loves his daughter. He even designed her wedding dress, knowing that he would not be alive to see her be a bride, but she could still wear the dress he made for her. As always, Takeshi Obata's art is simply amazing and accentuates the text rather well.

All in all, Platinum End, Vol. 5 is a wonderful continuation of the series and I can't wait to read more. I'm intrigued to find out how the story continues.

[Mangrii · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 / 5

La quinta entrega de Platinum End supone el prolegómeno de una gran batalla. Mientras la enfermedad va haciendo mella en el cuerpo de Mukaidô y la lucha junto a Saki y Mirai por el bien de su familia, alguien rapta a su mujer e hija. El tomo presenta la historia de origen de un nuevo (y repugnante) candidato a dios, explora un poco a Saki tras las revelaciones del tomo anterior, y nos deja con la miel en los labios de un callejón sin aparente salida.

Una entrega más que sigue jugando a las estrategias (aunque esta vez, menos rebuscadas e inteligentes) y que da la impresión de que no esta sucediendo nada pese a todas las acciones que suceden constantemente. Las comparaciones son odiosas, es verdad, pero tras leer la otra obra del gran tándem Obha y Obata la serie se siente como que falta algo. Eso no quita que el argumento es interesante y repleto de posibilidades, con todas esas reglas y personajes con las que juegan constantemente.

El arte de Takeshi Obata es simplemente increíble. Se nota que el manga se publica en una revista mensual y no semanal, lo que le da tiempo al artista para desarrollar todo su potencial. Leería cualquier cosa dibujada por este mangaka.

PD: En este tomo hay una escena de sexualización a tope con una explicación de lo más ridícula...

[Rolando Marono · Rating 3 out of 5]

Esta historia se volvió un poco repetitiva. No tenemos un conflicto real aquí y cuando lo tenemos se vuelve confuso.
Se introduce un nuevo candidato a Dios y su historia de origen me pareció atractiva. Lamentablemente este volumen se siente como una especie de introducción para el siguiente. Con la introducción de este nuevo personaje, todavía no se explorar sus mecánicas ni la forma en la que interactuará con los demás.
La historia de Mukaido se vuelve aún más desgarradora y las mecánicas entre los personajes se complican.
El protagonista, Mirai, no me termina de convencer. A diferencia de Light, Mirai es lo opuesto. Y aunque podría funcionar, en esta historia alenta la trama y sus actitudes no se sienten orgánicas. Después de 5 volúmenes, aún con toda la explicación que han dado, sigo sin entender por qué se rehúsa a asesinar y eso se está volviendo tardado porque el personaje sigue sin crecer o evolucionar.
De igual manera, siento que esta historia no será muy larga y no me sorprendería que tuviéramos 12 volúmenes nada más. En ese caso nos estaríamos acercando a la mitad y la historia no avanza ni para bien ni para mal.

[Doc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Saki doesn't want to be a backup player letting the boys go to battle just because she lacks wings of her own. There are ways this can happen as Baret explains and Saki is gun-ho to whatever takes though she would prefer it not be after cancer claims her ally Nanato because she would rather fight beside him and Mirai against their opponent. Little do any of them know that a new canidate is about to make his presence known who's twisted views may very well put Nanato and the rest of them in dire danger. Ah man...what a cliff hanger too...that is cruel. :)

My favorite moment of the book is Nanato defending his design for Saki's new suit (looking incredibly cat-girl like) saying it was designed fully for function not cuteness. Of course the declaration of war on Nanato sending him after his family was a pretty masterful part of the book too. :)

[78sunny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Die ersten Teile dieser Reihe haben mich total begeistert, aber mittlerweile flacht es gehörig ab. Inhaltlich möchte ich hier nichts mehr verraten, weil ich nicht spoilern will. Gefühlt ist in diesem Teil so gut wie gar nichts passiert. Ich finde dieses ganze Engels-Hirachie-Prinzip und die ganzen verschiedenen Pfeilarten und ihre Einsatzmöglichkeiten immer verwirrender und finde es anstrengend mich zu konzentrieren, um da noch mitzukommen. So richtig weiß ich nicht, ob ich die Reihe noch weiter verfolgen möchte. Zwei Teile liegen noch auf meinem SUB, aber wirklich Lust habe ich nicht darauf.
Der Zeichenstil ist allerdings der absolute Hammer und das Cover ist mit dem Glitzerlook wieder sehr schön. Etwas störend empfinde ich lediglich die teils chaotischen Actionszenen, wo mir nicht immer klar ist, was da genau gezeigt wird.

Story 2,6/5
Charaktere 3,0/5
Zeichenstil 4,0/5
Gesamt 3,0/5

[AB · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art looks pretty but doesn't really serve any purpose. The paneling is chaotic and hard to read the flow. There are always too many characters and too many actions to follow and it's frustrating
The story and characters are dud so far too.
I have read All you need is kill which was drawn by Takeshi Obata but I didn't find any of these problems there. I am familiar with Death note too
I seriously can't tell what went wrong here.
I am planning on reading Bakuman and maybe one day Death note. So maybe I can figure things out then.

[Cha · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
Hum mitigée à la sortie de la lecture de ce tome. Avec ce qui se passait à la fin du tome 4, j'attends beaucoup plus de la part de Saki....là bof je reste sur ma faim !

Il y a de beaucoup d'actions, tout s’enchaîne très rapidement mais en même temps on a l'impression qu'il se passe rien, qu'on fait du place... Ce n'est que vers la fin que l'intrigue avance enfin ! Et là il faut attendre le prochain tome !

[Aurora · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aparece un nuevo candidato a Dios, con el Ángel de la Intuición, Hajime. Que personaje tan repugnante y horrible. La verdad es que no me gusta nada, siento que es un recurso tonto para la historia.
La esposa e hija de Mukaido han sido secuestradas por Hajime, que lo único que le interesa es conocer y estar bajo en mando de su gran Metropoliman.
Llegan al rescate pero parece que no tienen escapatoria...
La verdad no se que me pasa con esta historia, sigue sin engancharme lo suficiente.

[Andrea Manganiello · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sicuramente il duo sa come sfornare una storia accattivante, il manga ti lascia incollato ai suoi sviluppi e difficilmente ti lascia un attimo di respiro. Però, a meno che non ricordi Death Note migliore di quello che realmente è, continuo a credere che il livello sia un po' inferiore al predecessore. Vedremo! In questo volume si ha l'inizio di quello che sembra essere la fine di un'arco narrativo.

[Juan Carlos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un nuevo candidato a Dios es presentado y este es un tipo muy fuera de si. Este se une a Metropoliman para tender una trampa a nuestros protagonistas y termina el tomo en una escena muy intrigante. Necesito seguir leyendo!!!!

Como siempre las ilustraciones son fenomenales. Las expresiones que hace el nuevo candidanto en cierto punto es gracioso y perturbador.

3.5

[Alma Guevara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lo siento, el nuevo candidato es algo denso, tenía potencia pero eso de lograr ser el sirviente de Poliman fue inusual.

El traje de Saki está lindo, pero el fanservice se nota mucho, ¿No le podían diseñar algo más? Digo, el traje de Mirai tienen ese estilo sombra, me recuerda al de Scorpion de Mortal Kombat, aunque trataron de justificarlo, me sigue pareciendo innecesario.

[Lori CucVig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Era tempo della comparsa di un nuovo candidato... alcune cose migliorano, altre peggiorano. Il finale è in sospeso. Perciò dovremo proprio vedere. Siamo nel mezzo dell'azione, mi aspetto che tutto sia nelle mani di Saki, ma... solo andando avanti con la lettura lo scopriremo. Cos'è la bellezza? Un altro piccolo interrogativo indagato attraverso il nuovo personaggio.

[Café de Tinta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me está dando rabia el manga porque a veces parece que no avance a ninguna parte. Se tiran páginas ahí maquinando sobre si la flecha blanca que si la roja que si las alas y cuando se pone la acción a tope se acaba el tomo.