What do you think?
Rate this book
不滅のあなたへ [Fumetsu no Anata e] #12
To Your Eternity, Vol. 12
The fight for Renril reaches its peak, but when Kahaku's left hand betrays Fushi and his allies, a great crisis descends upon the city... March arrives in time to see Fushi, but not to save him, and now Bon must mastermind a plan to turn the tide of battle.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 17, 2020
18 people are currently reading
285 people want to read
About the author
Yoshitoki Oima
398 books699 followersSee also: 大今良時
OIMA Yoshitoki: 大今良時
Associated Names:
Yoshitoki Ohima
Yoshitoki Ooima
Yoshitoki Ōima
Even though her one-shot Koe no Katachi won critical acclaim, it took a longsome law suit to get a magazine to publish it because of its socio-critical theme. Eventually, it was featured in the February edition of Bessatsu Shounen Magazin, where it placed first, and later in the 12th edition of the 2013 Weekly Shounen Magazine.
She has also collaborated with UBUKATA Tow for the manga adaption of his novel Mardock Scramble.
OIMA Yoshitoki: 大今良時
Associated Names:
Yoshitoki Ohima
Yoshitoki Ooima
Yoshitoki Ōima
Even though her one-shot Koe no Katachi won critical acclaim, it took a longsome law suit to get a magazine to publish it because of its socio-critical theme. Eventually, it was featured in the February edition of Bessatsu Shounen Magazin, where it placed first, and later in the 12th edition of the 2013 Weekly Shounen Magazine.
She has also collaborated with UBUKATA Tow for the manga adaption of his novel Mardock Scramble.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 59 reviews
July 19, 2023
This volume concludes the longest story arc yet in the series, and I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, I am happy with how it ultimately ended and the story seems to be moving in an exciting direction.
On the other hand, I feel the magic that this series once had is gone. The ingenious simplicity and beautiful tragic wonder that made me love the first 5 or 6 volumes has been traded in for a darker, more traditional fantasy battle epic...something more akin to Lord of the Rings. Which is fine and all, but nowhere near as unique, fresh, and great as it use to be. The artwork has also taken a noticeable dip in quality. Characters from earlier volumes return in this one and they just weren't drawn as well as they were before.
I was thinking about dropping the series at this point, but I am interested to see what happens next so I'll keep reading for now.
On the other hand, I feel the magic that this series once had is gone. The ingenious simplicity and beautiful tragic wonder that made me love the first 5 or 6 volumes has been traded in for a darker, more traditional fantasy battle epic...something more akin to Lord of the Rings. Which is fine and all, but nowhere near as unique, fresh, and great as it use to be. The artwork has also taken a noticeable dip in quality. Characters from earlier volumes return in this one and they just weren't drawn as well as they were before.
I was thinking about dropping the series at this point, but I am interested to see what happens next so I'll keep reading for now.
April 18, 2022
Fushi levels up again, but not without a price . . . and not without confusing this reader more than a little, but the conclusion says, "Don't worry, we're moving on anyway."
August 19, 2021
Pese a la interesante premisa, el maravilloso dibujo y la capacidad para transmitir el sentimiento que tiene la autora, siento que la novela tiene potencial para mucho más. Se introducen temas interesantes y controvertidos, pero no se ahonda en ellos, como si la autora no se atreviera a tratarlo, como si temiera el camino al que la conduce su propia obra. He quedado con ganas de mucha más profundidad en los personajes, los poderes de Inmo y lo temas propuestos. Además, el final resulta muy insatisfactorio por ser acción sin más contra unos obstáculos que no tienen ninguna fuerza y porque de forma artificial se intenta que el lector empatice con los personajes, sin conseguirlo. Una premisa interesante que se desarrolla de forma irregular y que se cierra de manera demasiado fácil y sencilla.
Reseña completa: https://paseandoentrepaginas.blogspot...
Reseña completa: https://paseandoentrepaginas.blogspot...
April 22, 2021
The end of an era, and what a great ending it was. Everything feels organic and it's clear that, from the beginning, Oima did a lot of work outlining and laying down the framework to execute a story of such scope with care. Every piece comes together naturally for a satisfying conclusion to the first major arc of the manga. Now onto adventures in modern times! Should be a really interesting change of pace.
September 25, 2020
I love and adore this series but this volume was rather disappointing, especially as an ending to a larger arc. While I do still love this series, it’s got me concerned for what could happen in future volumes. I feel like there’s been a major tone change in this volume and that tone was what I fell in love with in the first place. While this volume hasn’t ruined the series for me entirely (it’s still one I’ll be pre-ordering and looking forward to) it’s one that might not hold the whole of my heart anymore.
🚨🚨 ———Spoilers from here!!!!! ———🚨 🚨
•
•
•
Bringing all the dead characters back like Gugu, Tonari and March felt odd for the series. At first I was hoping Fushi may have been seeing their ghosts after he took on Prince Bon’s form but, no, they’re actually here and get to live their lives again. For me, this felt like an absolute tone change. How can you feel any sort of loss for any of the characters Fushi meets in the future and sees killed or die along the way if he can just magic them back to life? (Even Ligurd the Owl came back to life!!!) I hoped that perhaps these were just forms of his friends who lacked the personalities and traits they once had but no, of course not. It felt like Oima has been written into a corner and had to Deus Ex herself out of the problems she’d set up with a ‘remember all your favourite characters, now they’re back!’ Maybe this wouldn’t have been as bad if Fushi hasn’t then gone on to restore the whole town and army. So of course they won, how could they not? To Your Eternity doesn’t feel quiet as lonely now does it? With the anime coming out and with subsequent rereads of the series, knowing all the characters that died will come back in some form will definitely effect its reread and watch/rewatchability for me personally.
To bring all the characters back was one thing but to then let them live out their futures in one page in a short explanatory panel is another. If you bring them back, please let me see how they live their lives out but not in these third person, removed panels. Even the shots which encompassed these characters lives felt distant and unfulfilling. The aside for Iddy’s death was particularly frustrating even thought I got my wish for Fushi seeing his friends as ghost, but the one thing that really upset me the most was March’s death. I doubt it was March’s choice so seeing Tonari and Hairo euthanise a very young girl due to her grief over Fushi’s decision to leave everyone behind was distressing to say the least and an ending I didn’t think she deserved.
Left Hand and Kahaku were some of my favourite parts of the series as a whole, he was a really interesting character and Left Hand was as well. I was hoping that while Kahaku probably wouldn’t stay a permanent feature, that Left Hand or something like it would. After the iron factory explosion, I very much doubt we’ll see anything like it in the new Future arc even though we’ve been teased a character called Mizuha who looks similar to Kahaku so I’m curious to see what her relationship will be with Fushi as Kahaku’s confession of love for them before he died was quite powerful.
With that said, I’m curious to see where the Modern arc will go and what it’ll cover, but I’m not looking forward to seeing it’s ending. The micro-arcs in To Your Eternity seem to struggle to find their endings anyway (they meander for a while and then strike upon an ending rather suddenly) but it’s never felt so abrupt and messy than in volume 12 at its most crucial point. While I am disappointed in this arcs ending, it’s a series I’ll see through to the end and hope Yoshitoki Oima will give it a good finale.
🚨🚨 ———Spoilers from here!!!!! ———🚨 🚨
•
•
•
Bringing all the dead characters back like Gugu, Tonari and March felt odd for the series. At first I was hoping Fushi may have been seeing their ghosts after he took on Prince Bon’s form but, no, they’re actually here and get to live their lives again. For me, this felt like an absolute tone change. How can you feel any sort of loss for any of the characters Fushi meets in the future and sees killed or die along the way if he can just magic them back to life? (Even Ligurd the Owl came back to life!!!) I hoped that perhaps these were just forms of his friends who lacked the personalities and traits they once had but no, of course not. It felt like Oima has been written into a corner and had to Deus Ex herself out of the problems she’d set up with a ‘remember all your favourite characters, now they’re back!’ Maybe this wouldn’t have been as bad if Fushi hasn’t then gone on to restore the whole town and army. So of course they won, how could they not? To Your Eternity doesn’t feel quiet as lonely now does it? With the anime coming out and with subsequent rereads of the series, knowing all the characters that died will come back in some form will definitely effect its reread and watch/rewatchability for me personally.
To bring all the characters back was one thing but to then let them live out their futures in one page in a short explanatory panel is another. If you bring them back, please let me see how they live their lives out but not in these third person, removed panels. Even the shots which encompassed these characters lives felt distant and unfulfilling. The aside for Iddy’s death was particularly frustrating even thought I got my wish for Fushi seeing his friends as ghost, but the one thing that really upset me the most was March’s death. I doubt it was March’s choice so seeing Tonari and Hairo euthanise a very young girl due to her grief over Fushi’s decision to leave everyone behind was distressing to say the least and an ending I didn’t think she deserved.
Left Hand and Kahaku were some of my favourite parts of the series as a whole, he was a really interesting character and Left Hand was as well. I was hoping that while Kahaku probably wouldn’t stay a permanent feature, that Left Hand or something like it would. After the iron factory explosion, I very much doubt we’ll see anything like it in the new Future arc even though we’ve been teased a character called Mizuha who looks similar to Kahaku so I’m curious to see what her relationship will be with Fushi as Kahaku’s confession of love for them before he died was quite powerful.
With that said, I’m curious to see where the Modern arc will go and what it’ll cover, but I’m not looking forward to seeing it’s ending. The micro-arcs in To Your Eternity seem to struggle to find their endings anyway (they meander for a while and then strike upon an ending rather suddenly) but it’s never felt so abrupt and messy than in volume 12 at its most crucial point. While I am disappointed in this arcs ending, it’s a series I’ll see through to the end and hope Yoshitoki Oima will give it a good finale.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 7, 2021
Un final flojo para un manga que se ha ido desinflando con el paso de los capítulos. Aunque sea el desenlace de la primera parte, voy a permitirme considerarlo su final total porque no voy a continuar leyendo, menos aún con la premisa que anuncian las últimas páginas del tomo para con lo siguientes. No sé hasta qué punto muchas preguntas se quedan sin respuesta por ello, pero creo que a estas alturas ya deberían haberse respondido: el porqué de la existencia de Inmo, el objetivo del Observador y los Golpeadores, cómo funcionan los poderes de Inmo, qué es el mundo del Phi... Por ello, el final de esta primera parte no termina de cuadrar.
Así pues, la guerra se termina sin mucha pompa ni circunstancia, no por las pérdidas, sino porque un conveniente narrador cuenta su final para terminar la historia cuanto antes. Al igual que los últimos tomos, se siente rápido y sin pensar. No he entendido por qué sucede ese "final feliz"; de base, ni las habilidades de Inmo ni las de Bon acaban de tener sentido y ello provoca que el desenlace resulte muy conveniente. Bonito, sí, pero sin mucha coherencia. Que se cuente el futuro de los personajes con bloques de texto tampoco me parece la mejor decisión, pero es lo que tiene querer hacer una segunda parte siglos más tarde de esta historia.
Este tomo final, al igual que toda la serie, ha resultado una decepción. El manga parte de una de las mejores premisas que he leído en mucho tiempo (una esfera inanimada inmortal que debe aprender los valores del ser humano y aceptar la pérdida que viene con la mortalidad), pero jamás llega a consolidarse en sus temas. Los dos primeros arcos son realmente buenos en su trato del ser humano; a partir de ahí, Ôima pierde el norte y comienza a sugerir conceptos muy interesantes sin desarrollarlos. Es un manga frustrante porque nunca termina siendo realmente malo; se nota que la autora tiene ideas geniales y que domina el storytelling (especialmente en ese primer capítulo glorioso), además del uso de sutilezas muy efectivas que contrastan con el efectismo de otras obras del medio. Sin duda, podría achacarle la mayoría de problemas del manga a la necesidad de reducir la historia a doce tomos. Numerosos personajes, subtramas y conceptos vuelan por las páginas sin terminar de conectar con el objetivo de llegar a un final que se basa antes en la acción que en la emoción, el foco inicial, creo, de la obra. Así, me quedo con el buen recuerdo de los primeros tomos, pero a partir del arco de la prisión, todo comienza a irse a pique. To Your Eternity es un manga repleto de ideas con mucho potencial que no termina de ser explotado.
Así pues, la guerra se termina sin mucha pompa ni circunstancia, no por las pérdidas, sino porque un conveniente narrador cuenta su final para terminar la historia cuanto antes. Al igual que los últimos tomos, se siente rápido y sin pensar. No he entendido por qué sucede ese "final feliz"; de base, ni las habilidades de Inmo ni las de Bon acaban de tener sentido y ello provoca que el desenlace resulte muy conveniente. Bonito, sí, pero sin mucha coherencia. Que se cuente el futuro de los personajes con bloques de texto tampoco me parece la mejor decisión, pero es lo que tiene querer hacer una segunda parte siglos más tarde de esta historia.
Este tomo final, al igual que toda la serie, ha resultado una decepción. El manga parte de una de las mejores premisas que he leído en mucho tiempo (una esfera inanimada inmortal que debe aprender los valores del ser humano y aceptar la pérdida que viene con la mortalidad), pero jamás llega a consolidarse en sus temas. Los dos primeros arcos son realmente buenos en su trato del ser humano; a partir de ahí, Ôima pierde el norte y comienza a sugerir conceptos muy interesantes sin desarrollarlos. Es un manga frustrante porque nunca termina siendo realmente malo; se nota que la autora tiene ideas geniales y que domina el storytelling (especialmente en ese primer capítulo glorioso), además del uso de sutilezas muy efectivas que contrastan con el efectismo de otras obras del medio. Sin duda, podría achacarle la mayoría de problemas del manga a la necesidad de reducir la historia a doce tomos. Numerosos personajes, subtramas y conceptos vuelan por las páginas sin terminar de conectar con el objetivo de llegar a un final que se basa antes en la acción que en la emoción, el foco inicial, creo, de la obra. Así, me quedo con el buen recuerdo de los primeros tomos, pero a partir del arco de la prisión, todo comienza a irse a pique. To Your Eternity es un manga repleto de ideas con mucho potencial que no termina de ser explotado.
October 13, 2025
3.25*
i would have lowkey given up on this series after the end of the renril arc in this volume but it looks like a fun arc is about to begin (as indicated in the last few pages of this volume). i continue to have a lot of admiration for fushi and march; that doesn’t change. overall, i can’t say i am not glad this long arc has ended, especially because i am not a fan of fantasy battles as such. i am still holding on to the overall themes and vibe of this story though – of mortality, death, friendship, found families and humanity.
i would have lowkey given up on this series after the end of the renril arc in this volume but it looks like a fun arc is about to begin (as indicated in the last few pages of this volume). i continue to have a lot of admiration for fushi and march; that doesn’t change. overall, i can’t say i am not glad this long arc has ended, especially because i am not a fan of fantasy battles as such. i am still holding on to the overall themes and vibe of this story though – of mortality, death, friendship, found families and humanity.
June 4, 2021
Parece que termina el primer gran arco argumental y se viene un salto temporal de varios siglos.
Tengo sentimientos encontrados de los que no se podría hablar sin enmarcarlos como spoilers, pero se podrían resumir en que la historia va perdiendo fuelle poco a poco.
Lo he dicho anteriormente: cuando más brilla la historia es cuando la mangaka se centra en la emoción en vez de la acción.
Los primeros cuatro tomos son brillantes, pero a medida que van apareciendo más y más personajes, más desconexión sientes con ellos. De todos los nuevos personajes, creo que solo recordaré a Bon y porque su evolución me ha parecido interesante, pero nada que ver con el impacto de March o Gugu.
He visto que muchos paran de leer a partir de aquí, desanimados por la falta de respuestas y el rumbo que está tomando la historia, pero no es mi caso. Sigo lo suficientemente interesada como para quedarme a ver qué hará Fushi en un contexto contemporáneo y si creará ese mundo que tanto desea.
Tengo sentimientos encontrados de los que no se podría hablar sin enmarcarlos como spoilers, pero se podrían resumir en que la historia va perdiendo fuelle poco a poco.
Lo he dicho anteriormente: cuando más brilla la historia es cuando la mangaka se centra en la emoción en vez de la acción.
Los primeros cuatro tomos son brillantes, pero a medida que van apareciendo más y más personajes, más desconexión sientes con ellos. De todos los nuevos personajes, creo que solo recordaré a Bon y porque su evolución me ha parecido interesante, pero nada que ver con el impacto de March o Gugu.
He visto que muchos paran de leer a partir de aquí, desanimados por la falta de respuestas y el rumbo que está tomando la historia, pero no es mi caso. Sigo lo suficientemente interesada como para quedarme a ver qué hará Fushi en un contexto contemporáneo y si creará ese mundo que tanto desea.
October 14, 2020
*rating and review refer to the whole series*
The first 4 volumes of this series are really good with an interesting premise, good characters and an engaging story. The prison island arc after that had less interesting characters but was okay. The arc after that looked at all the really good things it could have done relating to LGBT issues and instead went homophobic with iffy commentary on transgender thrown on top. It doesn't get better after that. The arc after that is just messy, I lost all connection to the characters and just wanted it to be over.
There's 3 new characters introduced I don't care for and are not especially likeable, the really good bits about all friends of the immortal dying earlier are made moot because he can resurrect them infinetly now and we get the motivations of the big bads which... are.... Urgh?
Starting after the prison arc, the plot also gets increasingly hard to follow and skips around a lot and theres some weird continuity.
The manga should have ended here, after that last arc. Everything was more or less wrapped up, arcs finished, character journeys ended. All it needed was maybe one chapter or two showing us black hoods goal and wrapping up the story.
We didn't get that.
We got "hey its AU current world Japan now and the world's finally at peace (except its obviously not??) and are you exhausted yet?".
And that's the point I stopped reading. Because I'm really not interested in anything that happens anymore.
I had started hoping somewhere that this story would turn out to be a reimagined "The Egg" by Andy Weir and I still think it's at least inspired by it. But the narrative as it is now feels like it lost its roots.
So 2.5 stars for a beginning I relly enjoyed and an increasingly disappointing story after.
The first 4 volumes of this series are really good with an interesting premise, good characters and an engaging story. The prison island arc after that had less interesting characters but was okay. The arc after that looked at all the really good things it could have done relating to LGBT issues and instead went homophobic with iffy commentary on transgender thrown on top. It doesn't get better after that. The arc after that is just messy, I lost all connection to the characters and just wanted it to be over.
There's 3 new characters introduced I don't care for and are not especially likeable, the really good bits about all friends of the immortal dying earlier are made moot because he can resurrect them infinetly now and we get the motivations of the big bads which... are.... Urgh?
Starting after the prison arc, the plot also gets increasingly hard to follow and skips around a lot and theres some weird continuity.
The manga should have ended here, after that last arc. Everything was more or less wrapped up, arcs finished, character journeys ended. All it needed was maybe one chapter or two showing us black hoods goal and wrapping up the story.
We didn't get that.
We got "hey its AU current world Japan now and the world's finally at peace (except its obviously not??) and are you exhausted yet?".
And that's the point I stopped reading. Because I'm really not interested in anything that happens anymore.
I had started hoping somewhere that this story would turn out to be a reimagined "The Egg" by Andy Weir and I still think it's at least inspired by it. But the narrative as it is now feels like it lost its roots.
So 2.5 stars for a beginning I relly enjoyed and an increasingly disappointing story after.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 17, 2021
Wie kann eine Mangaserie so gut sein? Part 1 ist nun beendet und wir gehen über zu Part 2! Ich bin so gespannt wie Fushi sich in dieser neuen Umgebung zurechtfinden wird und wer wird ihm auf dieser Reise zur Seite stehen? (Ich hoffe der Anime schafft es auch bald ausgestrahlt zu werden.)
September 14, 2020
The healing of my soul found in this volume made it all worth it!
May 30, 2021
Finale della saga di Renril commovente! Per fortuna che si è conclusa: l’autrice quando si dilunga troppo annoia decisamente… è stato così anche per la saga precedente dell’isola di schiavi…
July 16, 2023
I wonder what more will happen next? 🤔
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 1, 2022
...end of part one??? You can never tell what's what with this comic.
Overall this was a fine ending volume to the war arc, and the era as a whole, if slightly abrupt in places. Just as soon as worst comes to worst, the miraculous reversal comes as a result of Bon's making up for his lies. Kahak comes to his lowest point too, but also manages to slightly make up for what he's done. I was actually quite surprised by how much I felt for Kahak in this volume. I never really liked him from his introduction, and his behaviour ranged from off-putting to disturbing. He was always trying and failing to prove himself to the others, only digging himself deeper each time.
Left Hand and Eko I was disappointed in. I felt there was so much more potential to the two of them.
It was nice seeing Fushi finally making a decision of his own, even in the face of the reactions of his comrades. But even so, it's still a decision to live for others first. As Gugu points out, it's not a dream of his own like the wishes of the others. The fact that Black Hood endorsed it isn't exactly reassuring either. Human welfare, except in an abstract sense, has never been a concern of his. This whole covering the Earth thing makes me wonder, weren't the knockers basically burrowing into his skin all this time? No wonder he always knew exactly where they were. I wouldn't be surprised if they turn out to be his creations. They're awfully similar to Fushi in a lot of ways, and Black Hood seems pretty blasé about the number of times they've almost returned Fushi to nothing. I'm a little doubtful they'll come up much in the new era. Maybe if we ever get some answers about Black Hood.
I would've liked a few more chapters about what happened to Fushi's companions after the war, a few pages each, like Kahak got. A panel or two and a little text box seems like short shrift for most of them. The bear and Pioran didn't come up at all, actually. I'm sure at least Tonari, Gugu and Bon will come up in the new era, but I wonder whether we'll ever see the three warriors again. Other than Messar, they didn't get much characterization and weren't that close to Fushi in the grand scheme of things, but maybe they'll want to see what comes in the new world.
Whatever quibbles I might have, this still easily one of my favourite running manga, and I eagerly await whatever "part two" has in store.
Overall this was a fine ending volume to the war arc, and the era as a whole, if slightly abrupt in places. Just as soon as worst comes to worst, the miraculous reversal comes as a result of Bon's making up for his lies. Kahak comes to his lowest point too, but also manages to slightly make up for what he's done. I was actually quite surprised by how much I felt for Kahak in this volume. I never really liked him from his introduction, and his behaviour ranged from off-putting to disturbing. He was always trying and failing to prove himself to the others, only digging himself deeper each time.
Left Hand and Eko I was disappointed in. I felt there was so much more potential to the two of them.
It was nice seeing Fushi finally making a decision of his own, even in the face of the reactions of his comrades. But even so, it's still a decision to live for others first. As Gugu points out, it's not a dream of his own like the wishes of the others. The fact that Black Hood endorsed it isn't exactly reassuring either. Human welfare, except in an abstract sense, has never been a concern of his. This whole covering the Earth thing makes me wonder, weren't the knockers basically burrowing into his skin all this time? No wonder he always knew exactly where they were. I wouldn't be surprised if they turn out to be his creations. They're awfully similar to Fushi in a lot of ways, and Black Hood seems pretty blasé about the number of times they've almost returned Fushi to nothing. I'm a little doubtful they'll come up much in the new era. Maybe if we ever get some answers about Black Hood.
I would've liked a few more chapters about what happened to Fushi's companions after the war, a few pages each, like Kahak got. A panel or two and a little text box seems like short shrift for most of them. The bear and Pioran didn't come up at all, actually. I'm sure at least Tonari, Gugu and Bon will come up in the new era, but I wonder whether we'll ever see the three warriors again. Other than Messar, they didn't get much characterization and weren't that close to Fushi in the grand scheme of things, but maybe they'll want to see what comes in the new world.
Whatever quibbles I might have, this still easily one of my favourite running manga, and I eagerly await whatever "part two" has in store.
June 24, 2021
Volume 12 completes the first arc of the historic period. Why do I feel underwhelmed? There was some Power Ranger energy with the reincarnated team, who eventually are given sad, little post-scripts after spending so long with them. Well, some of them. It's strange that a few of these characters have almost entire volumes dedicated to them at the beginning of the series, while others have just sort of showed up. I miss the tone from the beginning. I have the next volume which is the beginning of the next arc and will see how I feel about it but I might stop reading there and sell this series off. It doesn't totally live up to the premise, feels mostly rushed and inconsistent, but also I picked this up solely because I wanted to read a popular, ongoing fantasy manga series that was popular with the kids. This isn't the one for me, though. Yes, it kept me reading for twelve volumes, but only because I was hoping it would get better.
June 15, 2022
The battle is finally over. Immo won by working out that he could bring everyone back to life making them basically immortal soldiers while he kept up their bodies. I'm still not sure how I feel about the whole resurrection thing, it's a bit weird and has changed the feel of the whole story.
I did not like the way March's story went. Her initial arc was so well done even though it was so sad. But this new arc for her felt wrong somehow and I especially didn't like how it ended for her.
But now everyone we knew has aged and died and we are back to just knowing Immo. But he is busy trying to spread his roots across the whole world, so is basically in a coma.
It'll be interesting to see where the story goes now that this arc is finished.
I did not like the way March's story went. Her initial arc was so well done even though it was so sad. But this new arc for her felt wrong somehow and I especially didn't like how it ended for her.
But now everyone we knew has aged and died and we are back to just knowing Immo. But he is busy trying to spread his roots across the whole world, so is basically in a coma.
It'll be interesting to see where the story goes now that this arc is finished.
September 2, 2020
2020 Read #572
Y’all...I’m kinda pissed. I was hoping we were reaching the end of the story, and — there’s a new arc now? In the modern era? On one hand that sounds cool, but on the other — @#$*!! This series doesn’t need to go the way of other shonen manga where it overstays its welcome. Because the story we’re getting? It’s so damn convoluted already!! I am just not enjoying this series as much as I once did. And that makes me sadder more than anything else.
Y’all...I’m kinda pissed. I was hoping we were reaching the end of the story, and — there’s a new arc now? In the modern era? On one hand that sounds cool, but on the other — @#$*!! This series doesn’t need to go the way of other shonen manga where it overstays its welcome. Because the story we’re getting? It’s so damn convoluted already!! I am just not enjoying this series as much as I once did. And that makes me sadder more than anything else.
![Profile Image for 小さな N (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)⊃ [_|_] ♡.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.gr-assets.com%2Fimages%2FS%2Fcompressed.photo.goodreads.com%2Fusers%2F1611850887i%2F5476828._UX200_CR0%2C21%2C200%2C200_.jpg&w=128&q=75)
August 6, 2020
Total review score for individual chapters 107-116: 3.38
June 15, 2025
This is, by pure chance, the very end *exactly* of the anime to date, which is convenient for me in a lot of ways (I now know to specifically look for 13-19, since I have 20 and 21 and missed a LOT of the others).
That said, I didn't exactly LOVE the "ending" of this chapter/season. While a lot of the characters got to , I didn't like the directions they went, specifically . The rest were okay, if maybe not totally to my taste, but THAT bit was completely unsatisfying!
I suppose it's hard to be PERFECT, though. Maybe it's just the fact of the story having spanned LITERALLY CENTURIES but I guess ghosts just never grow, once they're dead. (Funny how Fushi is still so naïve after LITERALLY CENTURIES, but then he was manufactured, not born, and probably lacks something that keeps him naïve as a result.)
Otherwise, it's very good, and the anime did a marvelous job translating things pretty much exactly (though, this translation names her "Iddy" instead of "Eko" for how she tried to pronounce kitty/neko). The anime, of course, took the liberty of padding out things like their individual endings, which are a single panel per character* here, and added in a post-credits scene that leads more directly into the next "stage" of the series (but left out the "Mizuha" scene in this volume). It's just a little more charming seeing the original art, though.
Maybe the pretty but irritatingly syncopated theme song has been getting to me a bit on the rewatch.
Recommended for fans of the series, sadly impenetrable to complete newcomers.
*except Iddy/Eko, nothing's explained about her fate, which seems important as one of the few(?) remaining clay people! I guess the "major" ghosts are the only ones who get an epilogue.
That said, I didn't exactly LOVE the "ending" of this chapter/season. While a lot of the characters got to , I didn't like the directions they went, specifically . The rest were okay, if maybe not totally to my taste, but THAT bit was completely unsatisfying!
I suppose it's hard to be PERFECT, though. Maybe it's just the fact of the story having spanned LITERALLY CENTURIES but I guess ghosts just never grow, once they're dead. (Funny how Fushi is still so naïve after LITERALLY CENTURIES, but then he was manufactured, not born, and probably lacks something that keeps him naïve as a result.)
Otherwise, it's very good, and the anime did a marvelous job translating things pretty much exactly (though, this translation names her "Iddy" instead of "Eko" for how she tried to pronounce kitty/neko). The anime, of course, took the liberty of padding out things like their individual endings, which are a single panel per character* here, and added in a post-credits scene that leads more directly into the next "stage" of the series (but left out the "Mizuha" scene in this volume). It's just a little more charming seeing the original art, though.
Maybe the pretty but irritatingly syncopated theme song has been getting to me a bit on the rewatch.
Recommended for fans of the series, sadly impenetrable to complete newcomers.
*except Iddy/Eko, nothing's explained about her fate, which seems important as one of the few(?) remaining clay people! I guess the "major" ghosts are the only ones who get an epilogue.
March 4, 2022
Ha terminado una era y con ello la autora ha vuelto a utilizar un nuevo time-skip para nuestra sorpresa. Pero antes de ir al final de este volumen, vayamos repasando cada uno de los eventos. March ha vuelto para hacer lo que mejor ella saber hacer, preocuparse por su hijo (Fushi), diciéndole a Bon qué podría hacer para traer nuevamente a la vida a su amigue. Una gran decisión por parte de Bon, haciendo un salto de fe para darle su cuerpo como recipiente a Fushi, y brindarle la capacidad de volver a la vida. Si bien Bon muchas veces no me gustó su desarrollo de personaje, creo que ha dado la nota alta en este volumen, cerrando de brillante manera en el lecho de su muerte en el epílogo de esta era. Pero volviendo a March, Fushi vuelve a la vida y toma los recuerdos de sus amigos, por lo que termina reviviendo a viejos amigos y aliados: Gugu, Tonari, Hylo, Kai y Messar.
Podrá tener muchas fallas en cuanto a narrativa, profundidad, pero son historias de fantasía donde debemos aceptar que algunas cosas ocurren porque es así, sin darle mayores vueltas. Por eso, es que me gusta mucho como se fue desarrollando este viaje, para tener esa comida familiar, con unos llantos desconsolados de March por no volver a compartir con Fushi. La decisión de nuestre protagoniste es cuestionable, como digo, no me esperaba un time-skip, tenía ganas de disfrutar mucho más de March y Gugu, pero bueno, es la decisión que toma la autora para mostrarnos el viaje hasta la eternidad de cada uno de las y los personajes.
Independiente si fue la decisión acertada o no, agradezco de volver a compartir nuevamente con los primeros personajes, donde me dieron el amor que tengo a este manga, porque sin duda este volumen con los primeros han quedado grabado en mi corazón.
Podrá tener muchas fallas en cuanto a narrativa, profundidad, pero son historias de fantasía donde debemos aceptar que algunas cosas ocurren porque es así, sin darle mayores vueltas. Por eso, es que me gusta mucho como se fue desarrollando este viaje, para tener esa comida familiar, con unos llantos desconsolados de March por no volver a compartir con Fushi. La decisión de nuestre protagoniste es cuestionable, como digo, no me esperaba un time-skip, tenía ganas de disfrutar mucho más de March y Gugu, pero bueno, es la decisión que toma la autora para mostrarnos el viaje hasta la eternidad de cada uno de las y los personajes.
Independiente si fue la decisión acertada o no, agradezco de volver a compartir nuevamente con los primeros personajes, donde me dieron el amor que tengo a este manga, porque sin duda este volumen con los primeros han quedado grabado en mi corazón.
April 24, 2021
The nokker in Kahaku's arm attacks Fushi and steals all his vessels and Bon is forced to make a tough decision but, in doing so, allows Fushi to (mostly) unlock his full potential.
Then Fushi goes into a coma and fuses with the world, lying dormant for a few...centuries? millennia? A long time. Thus concludes Part 1 of this tale. 12 books in...and we've only just finished Part 1. See y'all in the future.
Then Fushi goes into a coma and fuses with the world, lying dormant for a few...centuries? millennia? A long time. Thus concludes Part 1 of this tale. 12 books in...and we've only just finished Part 1. See y'all in the future.
April 10, 2023
3,5 stars
After the Nokker inside Kahaku betrays Fushi, the battle seems all but lost. How can they possibly beat the Nokkers when Fushi has lost all that he was? There seems little hope, but then Prince Bon has an idea ...
There were parts of this volume that I liked very much, amongst them, Bon's sacrifice and the reunions.
Still, the ending had me a little frustrated, and there were several parts that were a bit confusing in this volume as well. There were a number of shifts and panel transitions that could have been made clearer.
Also, the ending felt a little bit like ... regression?
An important theme in the last volumes has been Fushi's humanity, and I feel like that battle is unnecessarily lost at the end.
I suppose I expect a kind of reset in the next volume, and I'm interested to see what happens, but I confess I was a tad disappointed with the Renril arc finale.
After the Nokker inside Kahaku betrays Fushi, the battle seems all but lost. How can they possibly beat the Nokkers when Fushi has lost all that he was? There seems little hope, but then Prince Bon has an idea ...
There were parts of this volume that I liked very much, amongst them, Bon's sacrifice and the reunions.
Still, the ending had me a little frustrated, and there were several parts that were a bit confusing in this volume as well. There were a number of shifts and panel transitions that could have been made clearer.
Also, the ending felt a little bit like ... regression?
An important theme in the last volumes has been Fushi's humanity, and I feel like that battle is unnecessarily lost at the end.
I suppose I expect a kind of reset in the next volume, and I'm interested to see what happens, but I confess I was a tad disappointed with the Renril arc finale.
February 16, 2021
I am so emotional over this immortal blob, it's ridiculous.
June 2, 2021
❌ SPOILER ❌
Cuatro estrellas y media. ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌠
Escena favorita: el suicidio de Bon para que Fushi volviese a la vida.
A ver, ¿me estás diciendo que Fushi se fusionó con la tierra? ¿Han muerto todos y ahora estamos en lo que parece es el siglo XXI? Mi March. Bon, Hylo, Kai, Mess, Gugu... ¿No los volveremos a ver? Literalnmente me los revivieron a todos los que amaba y ahora de nuevo no los tengo... NOOooOOoO
Cuatro estrellas y media. ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌠
Escena favorita: el suicidio de Bon para que Fushi volviese a la vida.
A ver, ¿me estás diciendo que Fushi se fusionó con la tierra? ¿Han muerto todos y ahora estamos en lo que parece es el siglo XXI? Mi March. Bon, Hylo, Kai, Mess, Gugu... ¿No los volveremos a ver? Literalnmente me los revivieron a todos los que amaba y ahora de nuevo no los tengo... NOOooOOoO
November 21, 2021
End of an Era
An act of kindness turned into betrayal, a soul from the past changes the odds, and noble sacrifices help fight against the nokkers even as they overpower the defenders. Sorry folks but I can't say anymore without telling you spoilers since most of this volume is involved with Fushi's new talents and how it affects others but I can tell you by the end the arc will conclude and we will see a major time leap as Fushi attempts to stop the nokkers once and for all.
An act of kindness turned into betrayal, a soul from the past changes the odds, and noble sacrifices help fight against the nokkers even as they overpower the defenders. Sorry folks but I can't say anymore without telling you spoilers since most of this volume is involved with Fushi's new talents and how it affects others but I can tell you by the end the arc will conclude and we will see a major time leap as Fushi attempts to stop the nokkers once and for all.
January 28, 2021
3.5*
This volume brings us to the end of the first era of this series. This series has definitely gone off in some truly interesting directions over the last 12 volumes. It had a very strong beginning for me but then it kind of slowed down and I wasn't sure I truly wanted to continue. I'm still not sure, we'll have to wait to see what the future entails.
This volume brings us to the end of the first era of this series. This series has definitely gone off in some truly interesting directions over the last 12 volumes. It had a very strong beginning for me but then it kind of slowed down and I wasn't sure I truly wanted to continue. I'm still not sure, we'll have to wait to see what the future entails.
March 27, 2021
J'ai beaucoup aimé retrouver les personnages qu'Imm a connu le long de sa vie !
La fin est triste mais les tomes suivants vont être super je pense ! Cette nouvelle vie avec cette nouvelle famille s'annonce passionnante. Je pense qu'il ne manque plus que Linh pour que ce soit parfait (oui je veux que GooGoo ait une fin heureuse 😭❤❤).
La fin est triste mais les tomes suivants vont être super je pense ! Cette nouvelle vie avec cette nouvelle famille s'annonce passionnante. Je pense qu'il ne manque plus que Linh pour que ce soit parfait (oui je veux que GooGoo ait une fin heureuse 😭❤❤).
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 12, 2024
Being sci-fi, the epilogue of this arc was told in an imaginative and disjointed manner. Seeing little March again was an immense pleasure, but good things are short-lived. Every character met along Fushi's way took their place. I look forward to the next development of the story in the present day.
April 19, 2025
Wir knüpfen wie immer an den vorherigen Band an. Dieser Band ist dieses Mal vor allem am Anfang von Action geprägt. Die Geschichte entfaltet sich spannend und interessant. Ich finde es schade das wir nicht länger verweilen denn die Story wird voran getrieben.
Die Charaktere finde ich interessant und ich bin neugierig was jetzt kommt.
Die Charaktere finde ich interessant und ich bin neugierig was jetzt kommt.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 59 reviews