プラチナエンド 10 [Platina End 10]

プラチナエンド [Platina End] #10

by Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata (Illustrator)

「ボクは自分の欲に使わず死にたい人の手助けに使う」結糸向はTV放送に自ら出演し、神候補の存在を世界中に明かした。思わぬ事態に、あらゆる機関から狙われることになった明日たちは、警察の協力者・星と弓木の力を借り、残りの神候補との接触を図るが…!?　残り6人――。環境も思想も異なる者たちが、それぞれ思い描く未来とは!?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Comics, Fiction, Shonen, Supernatural, Graphic Novels

208 pages, Paperback

First published February 4, 2019

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

[Mads · Rating 5 out of 5]

really loved the existential suffering discussions in this volume, felt we were long overdue for some kind of crisis

[Kesa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chapter 32 will surely make the average person think about some things they've never thought about. Thought provoking and philosophical stuff in here.
After a couple of "just o.k." volumes this one is much better written and I didn't have to internally facepalm. Mirai convinces Yuri Temari and Shuji Nakaumi to join them. Cooperating with young fellow Susumu Yuito through phone calls because they cannot fully trust him yet due to the fact that he's in possession of white arrows.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting volume, mostly full of philosophizing and discussing what it would mean to be god, the nature of suicide, etc. We finally see who the final god candidate is!

Summary for reference:

32 – A Boy’s Hope: Mirai, Saki, and Minamikawa meet Shuji Nakaumi by interfering with him about to hit his brother with a red arrow to have him kill himself. Shuji explains that he has been hitting his family members with red arrows and telling them to kill themselves, but the fact that they actually did it means they wanted to in some way, since the red arrows can’t make someone do something they absolutely don’t want to do. He is bitter about his mother having an affair with a younger man or something. Minamikawa talks Shuji down and convinces him to come with their group by telling him if he doesn’t, or if he kills himself (which he wants to do), it will cause problems for them. Shuji apparently doesn’t want to cause problems for other people. Shuji’s angel is Ogaro, the “Angel of Darkness,” who supposedly knows secrets and doesn’t care about becoming special rank. The group returns with Shuji to Yumiki and Hoshi’s home.

33 – The Other Five: The group discusses their next move. Shuji explains his philosophy, which is that people are inherently selfish and suicide should be regarded as an honorable act. Mirai and Saki appear in public and announce that they would like people to discuss which god candidate they would choose so that no one is unhappy. They meet with Susumu Yuito.

34 – False Appearance: Mirai and Saki continue to talk with Susumu. They propose that they all keep the peace amongst themselves and keep in contact – they give him a phone to reach them with. The next day, Nasse, Penema, Revel, and Ogaro go to meet with Yuri Temari, who is still being hidden in a safe house by the Japanese government to keep her safe. They bargain with her to join Mirai’s group in exchange for wings from one of the angels who can give them. They arrange an escape for Yuri that involves tricking her guards and using a decoy. She joins up with Susumu who takes her to Yumiki and Hoshi’s home.

35 – The Power of Numbers: We see glimpses of the rest of Japan where people are discussing the god candidates and the effect the ordeal is having on society. Mirai’s group discusses what they would do as god, what it means to be god, etc. Ogaro agrees to give them information, though the other angels warn that if Ogaro gives too much away she will be stripped of her angel rank and sent back. She explains that the winning god candidate can choose to control humanity at will in addition to completely destroying it, that they could erase the god-choosing process as it is, and they can allow other previous god candidates to keep their angel abilities. Also, the one who becomes god has to rule from Heaven and can’t leave, which makes some of them not want to do it. They decide to do a majority vote and each vote for one of them to become god. Ultimately, Shuji is picked because he is kind of non-committal about it, appears to be kinder and less selfish than some of them, and his only real goal is to make it so people who kill themselves are praised for it.

36—Last Supper: Ogaro reveals that the final angel is the Angel of Destruction, and suggests that whoever the angel has chosen is likely going to be someone who would bring about destruction. We get a scene where we finally see the final god candidate, who is apparently some kind of angsty scientist. The Angel of Destruction is creepy-looking af. The volume ends with Mirai and Saki setting out presumably to go find the final god candidate.

[Lexi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally, this series gets interesting again. In this volume, we meet the remaining 2 god candidates, an emo pre-teen, and a renowned professor. The first couple of chapters contained an engrossing philosophical discussion about the ethics of suicide/euthanasia, and the introduction of the Angel of Destruction and their candidate added the perfect dash of intrigue. I'm getting excited about this story once more!

[Mizuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is still going strong, and it's pretty amusing to see kids flying around with wings (borrowed from the Angels) and more Angels floating around unseen by other mere mortals.

PS: also like how more of the secrets about the 'Heaven' realm is revealed!

[Daniel Rio Romo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creo que Platinum End es una serie bastante irregular (hay momentos en que hay demasiado "fanservice", las tramas avanzan un poco a trompicones,...) pero en este capítulo creo que se ha profundizado un poco más en el tema del suicidio, y creo que lo que ahora se está planteando puede llevar a buen puerto.

[Rolando Marono · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pensándolo bien, creo que si se acerca el final de Platinum End.
Tanto el tomo nueve como este mejora un poco al introducir otra línea argumental distinta a la de Metropoliman. Parece que ahora si van a decidir quién será el Dios y este tomo presenta a unos hermanos candidatos a Dios bastantes interesantes.
De los 6 participantes que quedan logran juntar casi a todos y empiezan a debatir quién debería de ser Dios. Este momento es importante y da varios giros interesantes para la trama.
Parece ser que el candidato que falta por introducirse, puede agitar las cosas y darnos un último conflicto antes de terminar la serie. Creo que si acabará en el tomo 12 parece que aunque quieran alargar las cosas más, no hay suficiente trama para hacerlo.
Este tomo se siente apresurado al igual que el otro, pero al mismo tiempo se nota que no les queda mucha historia.
Este tomo me hizo emocionarme un poco por quién resultará ser el Dios al final, algo que no sucedía desde el tercer tomo me parece.

[Ben Truong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Platinum End, Vol. 10 continues where the previous tankobon left off and contains the next five chapters (32–36) of the on-going manga series.

Mirai Kakehashi and Saki Hanakago with the help of Officers Hoshi and Yumiki help round up the last of the God Candidate, in which they find Shuji Nakaumi, a teenager who believes in the benefits of suicide and plans to help his brother commit suicide, before doing it himself and he is saved by Mizuki Minamikawa, who was once the best friend of Kanade Uryu, also known as Metropoliman.

Having known five of the six God Candidates they decided to form a summit and Mirai Kakehashi and Saki Hanakago meets with Susumu Yuito, who agrees with the summit and frees Yuri Temari from her police captors. Eventually, together, through a democratic process they agree to make Shuji Nakaumi to be the next God. However, it is unlikely that the sixth and unknown God Candadte would agree to it, because their angel would be Muni, the Angel of Destruction.

Revealed to the audience is the final God Candidate in Gaku Yoneda and double Nobel Laureate in Physics and Literature, who thinks that the world be better off without humanity and his angel hopes that when he becomes God that would happen, because as God he can do anything and remake the world in any manner the human wishes.

No additional deaths are noted in this tankōbon, bringing the death toll of the God Candidates to seven with six other still living. Tonma Rodriguez, the comedian was quickly killed off earlier in the series, Shogo Hatakeyama, Saburo Tabuchi, and Chiyo Nakayma were killed when Metropoliman made his reveal to the world at Jinbo Stadium. Hajime Sokotani was killed by Metropoliman during the final battle, with Kanade Uryu being killed by Nanato Mukaido, who succumbed to his cancer.

Tsugumi Ohba has written another wonderful tankobon. It is a transitional tankōbon that feels that the end is nigh. The last two God Candidates are rather interesting one who wishes for death and seemingly afraid of everything and the other a nihilistic. As always, Takeshi Obata's art is simply amazing and accentuates the text rather well.

All in all, Platinum End, Vol. 10 is a wonderful continuation of the series and I can't wait to read more. I am intrigued to find out how the story continues.

[Doc · Rating 4 out of 5]

The final god candidate and his angel are shown to us at last. Will this be the end of everything?

For those looking for more action in this series although there is some (in the great escape of Yuri) this volume is more about who should be god among the remaining 6 candidates and how they can get the 6th candidate to come out so a unanimous decision can be made and end this competition before the governments of the world have a chance to mess things up. However with the identity of the final angel exposed unease has permeated the now 5 strong crew of god candidates as they seek out the 6th candidate. Although they do not know who the person partnered with the Angel of Destruction is like we the readers will hopefully get more chances to see this uniquely hair styled man has up his sleeves in the future. :)

[The Book Dragon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Whew... this one is... heavy. We've found our 5th god candidate and he's obsessed with suicide. He argues that suicide should be allowed to those who truly wish to die, including himself. But Mirai, Saki, and the group's accidental new edition Minamikawa convince him to... at least reevaluate and join their god candidate support group.

Next is to break Temari (god candidate #4) out of her maximum security safe house/prison so all five of the ones we know about can try to convince the final candidate to show themselves.

This series has 14 volumes.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

See my review of the entire series at my blog The Writer's Library.

[Urbon Adamsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book starts with critics and deep thoughts about the nature of suicides, which is something with a high rate of occurrence in Japan.

All candidates are now revealed.

5 out of 6 are trying to get together to decide without violence who will become God.

Only 1 is still isolated. The candidate chosen by the angel of destruction.

[Lori CucVig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eccolo il tema centrale di questa saga... il suicidio e la morte volontaria. Non è facile trattare di questi argomenti e mi piace che la maestra Ohba si metta alla prova. Era già comparso negli scorsi volumi, ma qui abbiamo l'esposizione di più punti di vista, grazie anche alla comparsa di un nuovo personaggio. Ci manca, da conoscere, un solo candidato... vedremo come prosegue.

[Michael Schmid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ich mag die aktuelle Entwicklung sehr und auch das der Band wieder ruhiger ist und mehr die Weichen für die Zukunft stellt. Ich bin e der Meinung dass nun der letzte Arc folgt und freu mich schon sehr darauf! :)

[Amarinske · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's moving towards the end game and getting better. We get discussions about what is a good thing to do. Should you let everyone live or is it ok to permit suicide?
I love where this plot is going, this one was a strong one.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Almost GOD canidates have been found, there's only one left for Mirai and Saki to find. Mirai shows his real face to Susumu in space. The remaining angel is the angel of destruction that could wipe out all of humanity.

[Kevin Rodriguez · Rating 2 out of 5]

And like that a new antagonist is reveled. There's only a few books left, so who knows if he'll be a major threat. At least he has a cool design (and is an actually adult as compared to the kids that are the heroes).

[ReadingFrog · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars.

[fx _manz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Las ilustraciones en este tomo son muy buenas, me gustaron mucho. Y la perspectiva que tiene El Niño (olvide el nombre) sobre el suicidio me hizo razonar al momento de leerlo.

[Brina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es wird zunehmend philosophisch - bin gespannter denn je...

[Kazu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Por fin se conoce la identidad de todos los candidatos a Dios y debo reconocer que el último me da demasiado mal rollito. Después de lo que pasa, no sé quién debería ser nombrado Dios.

[Devangi Sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

amazing story though the fight scene are difficult to read as always in the manga . really excited for the anime

[Alésia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incroyable, j'adore les nouveaux candidats

[Maxime Facon Lisiak · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zaraki?¿

[Virginy · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,75/5

[Sanne Blomme · Rating 4 out of 5]

God Candidates assemble!
Let's head into the endgame!

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

This series has had its ups and downs in quality and logic, with all the fetishizing of baby-faced female characters ("It's not a sexy catgirl suit, those parts are all functional!" "Sure, bro, even the boob- and booty-emphasizing design." *5 minutes later, an S&M-porn-dressed villainess appears*) but this volume dealt very awkwardly with suicidal thoughts--with long arguments for and long, clumsy, sometimes cringey arguments against--and had the protagonists come to a really baffling decision on the God candidate choice (seriously, HOW is that a good idea and not just a self-serving one that'll blow up in your face???).
I'll read the next one because at this point I just have to see how this plays out, but oy, this series is nowhere near as good as Death Note... -_-

[Ariel Cruz Aleman · Rating 2 out of 5]

This volume was a waa way too slooow for me

[Dylan Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

7/10

Not as trash as people online want you to think it is. Needs some stronger characters though