すべての人類を破壊する。それらは再生できない。 （２） (角川コミックス・エース)

すべての人類を破壊する。それらは再生できない。[Subete no jinrui wo hakai suru. Sorera wa saisei dekinai.] #2

by Takuma Yokota, 横田 卓馬, Katsura Ise (Original Story)

流行のカードゲーム「マジック：ザ・ギャザリング」を通して、交流を深めていく、はじめと慧美。そんな中、二人は東京に出かけることに！ ※特別特典公式プロモカードは書籍版のみの特典となり、電子書籍には付属しません。

Genres: Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels, Romance, Japan, Fiction, Slice Of Life

185 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 26, 2019

Reviews

[Natalie S · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the focus on this one, better than the first volume. I love the decks they showed off, so fun!

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

The summer of ‘98 continues to be a memorable one for Hajime and Emi, as they head to the big city to get in a little flirting and, more importantly, play a crap ton of Magic before school starts.

Ah, this continues to hit all the right notes for me with this second volume, featuring not only some really fun tournament play, but also introducing a new character, some ongoing drama, and showing the joys of the collectible card game scene.

Yeah, it’s a love letter to the game as filtered through corporate advertising, but it’s still pretty fun. Magic has been around for decades for a reason - it’s a really well constructed game with endless variation. Would it work without all the trappings? No, it’s not strong enough for that, but the trappings are kind of the point.

I’d be hard pressed to say this isn’t wholly enjoyable; once the tournament starts rolling the game we see play out is both easy enough to get the gist of and dynamically rendered. If this was, say, Yu-Gi-Oh I would probably not like it as much, but there’s that lived experience again. And it does present the match in a fun way.

Once the more formal parts are done, we get a lot of the personal side of things. The new character, Yakumo, is a decent addition, although mostly she’s there to complicate the Emi/Hajime relationship. Especially since Hajime doesn’t realize she’s a she at all.

Emi and Hajime are a fun enough pairing and I will allow for some of their slow-ass awkwardness being more believable than usual due to their being in middle school still. When Hajime is starting to feel things he can’t sort through that doesn’t come across quite as far-fetched as if he was in high school.

Emi is still the hot girl with the nerd hobby trope, but I’m sure there are plenty of attractive gamers, so why not? She’s also working hard to get through to a very dense boy, so I feel for her. No, they’re not unique, but it’s enough with the other stuff going on. If you went too hard on this part you’d lose the game aspects to it.

She’s also struggling under the yoke of a very strict mother, who curtails Emi’s fun because of some lower output in her mock exams. Mom’s of the very hard-ass school of parenting and that clearly hasn’t played out entirely just yet, even though it makes for a very sweet moment at the end.

I do think the whole is significantly better than the sum of its parts. There’s no reason a typical romance, reflecting on baseball, remembering El Niño, or singing along to the Magic Knights Rayearth theme should combine with Magic to make anything special, but it works really well for me.

The back part of the story, outside a pool visit that’s comparatively chaste next to most manga, is focused on the release of a set of joke cards for Magic. Outside of being silly I never saw the point of these sorts of cards, but the way that Hajime and the gang have a blast playing with them makes it seem like the most fun ever.

I know that part of this works because it matches personal experiences of mine, but I do think it’s better than simply a product designed to revel in a different product. There are worst ways to spend your time than flashing back to a simpler era.

4 stars - a solid romp through late 90’s nostalgia with a ton of references and a quietly simmering love story. It’s not the best thing ever, but it works really well on my old self. You’re probably safe to drop a star if you’re not down for the game or 90’s nostalgia.

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hajime and Emi travel with other members of their gaming group to Tokyo for a Magic: The Gathering tournament to test their skills. While at the tournament, Hajime met Yakumo and Emi faced off with Yakumo. Both Hajime and Emi learned that they had to work on their skills if they wanted to go up in the standings. But not everything is about gaming. Life goes on and relationships develop. It will be interesting to see what might come next for these characters.

Thanks Netgalley and Viz Media for a chance to read this volume!

[Steffany .O (coffee over apples) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love magic the gathering so much, and I love this series with every fiber of my body. This volume made an egregious error in 2 scenes where is sexualuzed our female protagonist and it left such a bad taste in my mouth. It's one thing to have our main characters who are the same age have crushes on each other. It's another thing to have a 20 year old character hit on a 13 year old. Even if he was turned down, it was still weird. No Bueno.

I love yakumo and can't wait to see more from her. Hajime's jealousy is adorable. This would have been 5 stars if not for what I mentioned before.

[Samuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I mean, slightly better than the first volume, but not great still. I liked the tournament matches, those were really fun. And the FMC was not quite as bad as the last volume. But a lot of the writing is still just kinda… iffy. And questionable sometimes, too.

The MTG games are definitely the strong point of this series, but I’m not an MTG fan, so I don’t think I’m gonna continue this one. If the writing and characters were better, then maybe, but… they’re not.

[Evan Day · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fav series

[Matthew Tuttle · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's the token Beach Episode!! Fun look at a big tournament and a trip to the water park

[becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I need to know what is happening with this manga bc like WHAT WAS THE FINAL FEW PAGES?!?

NEED VOL.3 ASAP

[Jiro Dreams of Suchy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Puppy love- they are both falling for each other but still wondering what it’s supposed to feel like and what they’re supposed to do. This is a sweet story BUT I do find it odd that they’re middle schoolers- feels a bit perverse at times.

[eliseinwanderbook · Rating 5 out of 5]

Com’è possibile che un manga su Magic sia così carino aiuto

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5

[Joseph R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

To improve their standing in the Magic: The Gathering world, teens Kano and Sawatari go with their local MTG store owners to Tokyo during summer break to play at the DCI Tournament Center. The center has MTG tournaments all the time. The only downside is that the center is full of adults, a bit off-putting for the teens. Kano finds another youngster, Yakumo Suwabara, at a table by himself. He strikes up a conversation and they play a casual game where Kano easily defeats Suwabara. Once the contest is started, Sawatari and Suwabara are paired off. Suwabara is a bit nervous to play a pretty girl but he plays well because he was just using a "fun deck" earlier. The tournament ends with an unacknowledged love triangle between Kano, Suwabara, and Sawatari. The drama plays out from there.

The plot moves in an expected direction. The characters are charming enough to keep it engaging. The Japanese world of MTG is interesting to see, though I really know nothing about the American world of MTG, so it is all new to me. The game play is depicted well, imagining the monsters from the cards attacking opponents. Kano and Sawatari's slow blossoming romance is fun to see. I look forward to the next volume.

Recommended.

[Vail Chester · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I told a coworker how this story about the main character loses his children's card games more often than winning, she said, "Oh! Like Yu-gi-oh but from Joey Wheeler's perspective!"
...
Hard to argue with that.

As our deuteragonists discover the wider world of MTG tournaments (and how much they need to git gud!), they also discover their feelings for each other growing despite the many issues plaguing their already shaky relationship. Culminating in a bold move for the dude to yell at her from under her balcony to study hard, get ungrounded, and come back to him so they can hang out more...ONLY FOR AN INEXPLICABLE TIMESKIP WITH THE GIRL REMINISCING ABOUT THE GOOD OL' DAYS?!
I don't have a mighty need to read the next volume, since if this volume was any indication they completely forgot about the whole Nostradamus-world-ending-prophecy-so-just-live-more aspect and the Magic the Gathering play & references also got reduced (but OMG that joke expansion sounds absolutely hilarious! Somebody who was in the scene at that time tell me that those Unglued cards really were THAT unhinged!)

[Shiritaku · Rating 4 out of 5]

Der Band war richtig spannend, man hat das Magic-Feeling richtig gemerkt und auch gefühlt!! Hab extrem mitgefiebert! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Es gab auch wieder einige witzige Momente - auch das Hajime nicht checkt, dass der neue Charakter ein Mädchen ist und er somit doch etwas auf "ihn" eifersüchtig wird.. 🤭
Natürlich bahnt sich so langsam auch ein wenig eine Romanze an, das konnte man sich eigentlich ja anfangs auch schon denken (deswegen seh ich das jetzt nicht als Spoiler an).
Gab viele schöne Momente, bei denen mein Herz auch aufging 🫶 der Schluss war dann aber sehr abrupt und hab ich in der Form nicht mit gerechnet! 😱

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our leads attend a large tournament in Shibuya. They're starting to see each other differently.

[DW]

Super cute. I'm in for the entire series for sure.

[Frank Jarome · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still fun, but I guess I underestimated the amount of teenage melodrama it was going to contain. That’s not really my jam. That ending, though… now you have my attention.

[Belle Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Literally binged Vol 1 & 2 in one sitting and had so much fun. The story is SO cute & it revolves around a card game I love. 5/5 stars, no notes.😍🙌🏻🫶🏻

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and fun. Filled with nostalgia for a time I didn't play Magic in, but hits the same vibes I had as a kid.

[Jasmine Amoun · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the ending. The Unhinged mtg cards made so many laughs for me and seeing just how silly they would look on release day! It was a definite "you had to be there" moment

[Viktor Malych · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really fun manga about Magic the Gathering in the 90s, steeped in nostalgia and the feel of the time. Surprisingly cute romance too!

[Cara · Rating 1 out of 5]

Useless pool scene for nothing but boob shots...come on. What does that to do with card games??

[Dair · Rating 4 out of 5]

More interesting than volume number one. We get to know our characters better and add in some new people. Very sweet and fun.

[Bill Fish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoying this story, about a nerdy guy who is hanging out with the popular girl, who is trying to keep her obsession with Magic The Gathering secret from the rest of school.

[Catdaga Coughlan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me encantó, pero... ¿la sexualización innecesaria de Ito sobretodo en la parte de la piscina?
La trama no va de nada erótico. ¡Dejad de poner escenas para los incels en los mangas!

[Jack King · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story is continuing to be well written, interesting ending, can’t wait to see where it goes

[An A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you to Netgalley and Viz Media for an advanced digital copy of Destroy All Humans: They Can't Be Regenerated Volume 2.

This volume picks up from the last volume with our main characters Hajime and Emi going to a Magic: The Gathering tournament. In this volume we get introduced to a new character. Both Hajime and Emi lose in the tournament to our new character, and I can't wait and hope to see more of these three together in later volumes.

One thing I will note, I was caught off guard with the few pages that include some fanservice towards the beginning of this volume. While I was reading those few pages, I was a bit worried that this series might take a turn and not end up fitting with the teen manga collection at the library I work at. Since it is only a few pages I will keep it in the teen collection for now. Unfortunately if we keep getting more fanservice in this series I may need to pull it and give the volumes to my coworker to move to our adult manga collection.

Besides all of that, this volume was a lot of fun. More cards, more battles, and a few pages with Unglued MTGs joke set. This series does a good job on the early years of MTG and I can't wait to see where we go next story wise with Hajime and Emi.

[Rayco Cruz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me está gustando mucho este comienzo de la serie. Una historia de amistad/amor con la afición a las cartas Marig de fondo. El final de este segundo tomo abre las puertas a nuevas líneas argumentales que prometen mucha emoción. El dibujo no es gran cosa, pero cumple con su cometido y es limpio y dinámico.
Tengo muchas ganas de continuar.

[Sel · Rating 3 out of 5]

No tengo claro si me gusta hacia dónde está yendo el manga, porque el tema de las más famosas predicciones del fin de la humanidad se quedan en nada. Aún así, todos los detalles y curiosidades que enseñan de Magic son geniales.

[Katie❄️]

Just not interested. Sure the era it’s nostalgic but I’m just not into magic the card game.