Undead Unluck, Vol. 2

アンデッドアンラック [Undead Unluck] #2

by Yoshifumi Tozuka

Tired of inadvertently killing people with her special ability Unluck, Fuuko Izumo sets out to end it all. But when she meets Andy, a man who longs for death but can't die, she finds a reason to live—and he finds someone capable of giving him the death he's been longing for.

Sick of being targeted, Fuuko and Andy decide they would rather be the hunters than the hunted. So they set their sights on joining the ten-member Union. But to snag the second seat they need, they’ll have to defeat their would-be assailant, Unchange!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Action, Comics, Comedy, Shonen, Science Fiction

200 pages, Paperback

First published June 4, 2020

About the author

Japanese name: 戸塚慶文 (Tozuka Yoshifumi) is a japanese mangaka.

Reviews

[Blake the Book Eater · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s funny this volume made me do almost a 180 about how I feel about the series. This one was way more fun, the worldbuilding is really interesting, the fights are dark and unique and it reminded me a bit of Dragon Ball. I’m actually excited to keep up with this series now!

[Alisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I will say, the author is not afraid to kill off characters.

[Angela (angie's cozy corner) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5⭐️

[BookishBenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m not sure this Manga knows what kind of manga it wants to be and I get the feeling, unfortunately, that maybe there isn’t a plan on where this is going… however, I am going to continue reading this for the meantime.

[Rinna · Rating 3 out of 5]

love this more than the first one, hope to see more shen and fuuko interactions

[Sophia Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

ok we getting more lore. really enjoy shen and andy's "true form" or whatever it is is fucking INSANE.

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay let's change how the series works now, it's JRPG. Or maybe an MMO? With quests you have to complete for rewards or punishments. We get our first ACTUAL bad guy here, with Spoil! That's a good choice for a first proper enemy. The whole arc with Gina was about "change" and Fuuko arguing that changing is good, but here's an Uma who's whole thing is 'changing' things by making them decay and destroying them- with humans being the type of beings that want to delay 'spoiling'. That's cool. It makes Undead a cool matchup against him since he doesn't really spoil, he's immortal!

I love how Tozuka will drop little bits of world-building into minor reveals. Like in the last volume where Gina and Fuuko casually revealed that stars just... didn't exist. Or now, where days of the week just aren't a thing. Like obviously people running around with superpowers means this isn't 'our' world, but I'm so much more intrigued by other things being so weird.

For overall quality I like that there were more creative uses of Unluck. And by that I mean some willing use of Unluck, or other people receiving its effects instead of it just being Andy groping Fuuko all the time. The fight scenes are solid, I like the creative applications of different negator powers but I think Undead Unluck has a problem in many of these abilities having to be explained away and it affects pacing negatively. Art is pretty good, Fuuko is really cute sometimes (and so is Shen, he's such a cutie pie), the design of Spoil is real good. The actual combats are fine but there's yet to be really good choreography.

[Tabi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well i had high hope and I was let down

[Enairolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Il était grand temps que je reprenne cette série! J’ai lu le premier tome à sa sortie, j’avais vraiment adoré et puis boum plus rien. Pourtant, tous les tomes déjà sortis sont dans ma pile à lire mais bon.. Je me suis enfin décidée à me mettre à jour dans celle ci! J’en ai une tonne en cours et il est vraiment temps de me mettre à jour au moins dans celles dont j’ai les tomes disponibles chez moi. Parce que là clairement ça devient n’importe quoi, ma pile à lire est un vrai désastre, c’est la catastrophe haha. Je me suis donc replongé après plus d’un an dans ce manga et je n’ai pas été déçue!

Dans ce second tome, on retrouve Andy et Fûko qui ne veulent pas être pourchassés. Ils vont donc prendre une grande décision et ils décident d’intégrer l’équipe de leurs poursuivants. Pour ce faire, ils doivent supprimer leurs agresseurs afin de prendre leur place au sein d’une mystérieuse organisation dans laquelle les attend une bien cruelle réalité..

Qu’est ce que ça fait du bien de se replonger dans cette histoire complètement folle! Le côté déjanté et complètement barjot de ce manga est tellement plaisant, c’est un des points que j’aime le plus, vraiment. C’est complètement loufoque et je dis oui à ce genre d’histoires! Je suis clairement le bon public pour ça et je suis clairement friande de ce type de manga. J’ai adoré retrouver Andy et Fûko, ce duo me tue de rire. Andy est un mec complètement barré, c’est un grand malade mais il me fait tellement mourir de rire! Le duo qu’il forme avec Fûko me plaît énormément. Fûko c’est la plus calme mais qui finit toujours pas suivre Andy. On a une masse de combats dans ce tome qui sont excellents à lire. J’adore, c’est plein d’action, énormément d’humour.

Je vais de ce pas dévorer la suite du manga, j’en ai tellement besoin. Ce deuxième tome nous montre que ce manga a clairement un potentiel de malade. Plus on va avancer, plus l’histoire va devenir intéressante j’en suis certaine. Ce qui me plaît le plus, c’est ce côté déjanté de l’histoire, c’est typiquement le genre de manga que j’aime énormément lire, je suis super bon public pour ça et ça me plaît tellement. Les personnages sont loufoques et nous font mourir de rire, l’action est au rendez-vous, les combats sont complètement dingues! Je vais dévorer le troisième tome avec avidité là!

[Philip McCarty · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had an absolute blast with this volume. I can't get over just how fun this series is. The little details and grand scale of everything here really make this enjoyable, like every chapter has one censor bar over Andy and it's like a where's waldo experience to try and find it. The actual plot is pretty straight forward and really cool. The book of the apocalypse has different quests that the 10 negators of the round table have to complete or new rules/limits will be placed on the world. But if they complete the quests they get different rewards such as umas or different negators. Also, the person that completes the most quests gets to lead the group. Their first quest is to take out Spoil, which is one of the rules incarnate. It turns a city into a place of zombies, has multiple forms, and Andy marries a zombie because that's her dream. Andy, Fuuko, and Shen then engage in one heck of a fight against Spoil, which ends with it sent into space and Andy's boss form, Victhor/Victor coming out to play. Victor is one heck of a cool guy and it's taking all ten of the round table negators to defeat him. I wonder what will happen in the next volume.

[Diane Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fuuko Izumi, nicknamed Unluck, has the power of unluck. Anyone who touches her skin-to-skin dies. In the last volume, she meets the immortal Undead and promptly names him Andy. They decide to team up. In Undead Unluck Vol 2, the duo finds a group of fellow negators. But to join, they must prove their abilities to the other members. Six quests are presented to the team. Undead selects the most difficult one for himself, Unluck and current member, Mr. Shen. They must capture Uma Spoil, who is leading a legion of zombies in New York City.

Wow, you definitely get your money’s worth with this compilation. There are nine chapters included. There are a bunch of new abilities and weapons too. The action is non-stop. Spoil’s artwork is awesome! He looks like a one-eyed mecha-batman.

I highly recommend Undead Unluck Vol 2. It’s even better than Vol 1. 5 stars and a favorite!

Thanks to VIZ Media and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.

[Mathew · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's actually kind of cute and growing on me in unexpected ways, especially with the added levels of complexity that are now starting the entwine the very straightforward and really pretty silly main idea. Tozuka has put in a bit of work into cosmology and each new piece is starting to feel more and more interesting, but also pretty random. I enjoy how he is able to find things that are clearly meant to be flaws, and then turns them into fun tipping point or story quirks.
I'm not really expecting to see art with this book, but it remains fun, and there is a story that's being told that doesn't feel like pandering to adolescents drowning in hormones (as the covers might suggest) Also, let's hear it for the short curvy girl as a protagonist, who is actually likable!

[Heather D-G · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars rounded UP ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

This second volume really improved on a somewhat wobbly start. I liked this a lot. It dialed back on some of the more cringey gags in favor of real character development and a wacky kind of chaos that was tons of fun. This is a bit like Deadpool meets Marriage Toxin, and I mean that in the best possible way. Fuuko and Andy are a fantastic partnership that just keeps getting better. That ending though — it really came out of nowhere! Double yikes! (Scooby-Doo voice, natch!)

[Zian B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the official English translation on an app called “MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA”.
Gina would’ve been a really nice character to continue seeing; especially with her connection to Andy. I really enjoy the dynamic between Shen, Andy, & Fuuko, and am very excited to see more of the trio. Overall a great continuation from the 1st volume and I’m excited for more.

[Megan Wintrip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Andy and Fuuko join the ten member union to stop being captured by those who want their powers. We got to see more of Andy's wild personality, his longing to bone Fuuko and we got to know more about Shen. Andy also took the chip out of his head so he could use his full power which was wild.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Straight up, Undead Unluck, Vol. 2 is a book you argue with in the shower three days later. Yoshifumi Tozuka leaves just enough room for you to disagree, and that's what makes it stick. Good for people who like to chew on a question, bad for anyone who wants a neat answer.

[James Rutledge · Rating 3 out of 5]

A step up from the first volume. This volume carried a great deal more heart and has begun to show more of the soul of the series. While it has an interesting power system, I wouldn’t call it phenomenal or particularly new. Still a fun read.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received an eARC courtesy of VIZ Media via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

This felt less repetitive than the first book, but I'm still not as in love with it as I would like to be.

[Sophie Dana · Rating 5 out of 5]

COMME JE SHIP CEST PAS POSSSIBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE JSUIS EN PANIQUE LE TOME 3 VITE

[Columbo Magnum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting read. Looking forward to volume 3.

[Juan Cortez · Rating 5 out of 5]

The big bad at the end is really cool.

[Leann Lombardi · Rating 4 out of 5]

i hope he goes back to loving fukko

[Ana Gutierrez · Rating 4 out of 5]

How interesting! Yhe plot thickens and the insanity is slightly more in check....slightly. 🤣

[Isel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Andy is a saiyan 🤣

[Lamia Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hellllppp

Someone needs to buy me this series. I don’t wanna wait until next month to get the next one. Whyyy
😩😩😩

[ReadingFrog · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars.

[Priscillia Cloudy · Rating 2 out of 5]

After the first one, I decided to give it another shot. I did not like this second one and it was just confusing to me. It's just not my thing and it's fine.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was enjoying the Spoil arc well enough, but then Andy went Super Saiyajin and it became even more wicked and/or sick. Mixed feelings on the RPG "quest" element, though.

[Marisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

He looks like he transformed into goku.

[Unlucky Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not sure how to write this review without spoilers. But I love that they are not afraid to kill characters off and we got a nice world building and backstory dump