Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Volume 4

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! / 映像研には手を出すな! #4

by Sumito Oowara, Kumar Sivasubramanian (Translator)

A brand new storyline begins--beyond the anime!

After the triumphant sale of their anime at Comet-A, the Eizouken crew head to the hills to enjoy their first vacation together over the winter school break.

But they just can't give their creativity a rest, and roaming the mountain resort, Asakusa meets a pack of friendly but mysterious racoon dogs who inspire a plan for her grandest science fiction epic yet--Tanuki Eldorado! Meanwhile, Kanamori is meeting behind the scenes with the one person at Shibahama High who's as sharp an operator as herself--student council secretary Sowande Sakaki. Is she Eizouken's rival, their protector, or something else again...?

Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels

168 pages, Paperback

First published May 10, 2019

Reviews

[Sarah Sammis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Midori and Sayaka travel to the countryside where they learn of local legends involving tanuki, ninjas, and treasure. Midori, inspired the learn the truth and to find the treasure spends a transformative night in the forest with the tanuki. Once morning comes she's no longer interested in the actual treasure because she knows the next story she needs to tell.

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[Eressea · Rating 4 out of 5]

20220825 紙本送給弟弟作退伍紀念
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20220602購入KOBO版
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怎麼不記得動畫有狸貓的理想鄉??
總之金森辛苦了，要看好兩隻自由奔放的潑猴

[Rebekah May · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first volume of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! that takes place after the anime ends so I was beyond excited for this and it really didn't disappoint.

I just love the characters and I really enjoy seeing their process and, now that I know it is inspired by Sumito Oowara trying his hand at anime in school also it makes it all the more entertaining.

I absolutely love this series and can't wait for volume 5!

[Larakaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still one of the best Manga I've ever read! And this volume finally gives us new content as it continues the story after the anime ended. It's so positive and energetic and honest.

[Farissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Benjamin Bauer · Rating 5 out of 5]

We finally get an Eizouken volume that progresses past the anime's end, and, spoiler, it's some of Oowara's best stuff yet. Asakusa wrestles with how to avoid being righteous as an artist and having one's own personal frames infect their storytelling. There's an adventure involving tanuki dogs, and Kanamori gets to explore more of the behind-the-scenes workings of Shibahama high with the imposing Sowande. This is some really engaging, funny, character-driven drama going on in Eizouken, along with the usual conversations and process around making anime.

Speaking of process, Oowara really digs deep into creating and challenges the notion that any writer should portray a world with a black and white morality. A lot of Asakusa's debates with the rest of Eizouken over the merits of different types of stories brought to mind many an anime and manga I've enjoyed. Specifically, I'm thinking of those like the Gundam series, that often portray war as a horrible thing, yet still do their best to animate it in as insanely cool a way as they can. It's hard on one level to not think that undermines the message a bit, and it's this very storytelling struggle that Oowara has Asakusa coming to terms with, as she reflects on how fight-oriented Eizouken's output till now has been. Fun, heady thoughts going on in this manga. This is some peak stuff. Nourishing even. Looking forward to volume 5!

[John Schoen-McCullough · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lotsa fun!