Yuna and Kawachan

by Lauren Schmidt

When monsters descend upon their hometown, two best friends--a girl abandoned by her family and a mascot with PTSD--must team up and survive the apocalypse.

Genres: Comics, Webcomic, Graphic Novels, Post Apocalyptic, Dystopia

80 pages, ebook

Published July 8, 2021

Reviews

[Amphitrite · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good comic so glad I picked it up. The ending felt a little unsatisfying because one of the comic's biggest questions wasn't answered, but it was perfect for what it was and we sort of don't need the answer

[Minato · Rating 5 out of 5]

Srednjoškolka Juna je ostala sasvim sama nakon što je Japan jednog dana iznenada napala gomila ljudožderskih čudovišta. Tog kobnog dana, Juna se, zajedno sa svojim prijateljima, vraćala kući iz škole kada se nebo otvorilo i kada su ogromna i nakazna stvorenja krenula da love ljude. Nastala je panika i prava pometnja. U pokušaju da pređu most, Juna se odvojila od grupe tako što je pala u reku. Kada joj se svest povratila, Juna se nalazila u podzemnoj kanalizaciji. Bar nije bilo čudovišta. Na tom mračnom mestu je i srela Kavaćana, ljudsko biće koje stalno nosi taj veliki roze kostim maskote sa slike (ime te maskote je Kavaćan pa Juna tako i zove svog novog prijatelja). Kavaćan ne govori, ali Juna i on se odlično razumeju. Njih dvoje se zajedno bore za opstanak. Ovaj strip nam predstavlja njihove napore za goli život... Svašta će se izdešavati.

Vrlo zabavan i zanimljiv stripić. Kratak je, ali je Daily Pass. Crtež i upotreba boja odgovaraju priči. Autorka mnogo voli da koristi pastelne boje i sve nijanse roze, ali kad zatreba, paleta postaje izrazito mračna. Ono što mi se baš svidelo u ovom stripu je činjenica da ovo nije priča o tome kako su čudovišta izvršila invaziju na Japan i kako se ljudi bore da ih istrebe i oteraju sa Zemlje. Ne. Fokus ove priče nalazi se na odnosu između June i Kavaćana. Oni se oslanjaju jedno na drugo. Svako od njih se bori sa posttraumatskim stresnim poremećajem i sa krivicom onih koji su preživeli. Kako nastaviti dalje kada vaše porodice i prijatelja nema? Smemo li u takvim okolnostima da budemo srećni? Treba li se samo predati ili nastaviti dalje?

Divna priča. Od mene preporuka!

[Lizzie RoseShine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the art :) , Yuna & kawachan trying to survive in this apocalypse n found drinks at the vending machine. They're meet junchiro dude turns out he's a jerk at first but the more you're getting to know his character, still warming up to him. Itsumi - the katana girl who help kawachan injury plus taking them to itsumi's thrift store n give Yuna's new t-shirt. Kaito - the stubborn cousin of itsumi who never listen to itsumi at all even her friends who try to warned him many times about Mori who try to devoured humans to survived. Kawachan - who is mystery person wearing pink mascot n support Yuna's when she needs her help but in the end I don't see her kawachan real identity but I got feeling it was her girlfriend who always with her.

[cat · Rating 4 out of 5]

fascinating balance of morbid and cute. genuinely disturbing... and adorable.

deals with complex human emotions and weaknesses with maturity. though one particular fool towards the end could have been less constantly infuriating. it's the type of frustration that leaves me in a nasty mood. it's not for raising awareness, and there's no actionable point to fix the world, so what's the purpose?

ART: highly stylized, very consistent, impressive commitment to theme, beautiful palette, unsettlingly creepy. above all, this has clever storyboarding that truly shows, not tells. subtle little mannerisms. I deeply appreciate it.

LINGERING THOUGHTS: I can't say the ending's satisfying, but not in a bad way. call it artsy. leaves you wanting more. it wouldn't be the same if we got everything we wanted to know.

[Hana · Rating 3 out of 5]

We have a small cast of characters who are just trying to survive, without getting eaten by the monsters that have come out of nowhere.

Strong characters & great character development -won't name him cause don't wanna spoil but our boy had the most natural & real character development ever!

The art is cute & the pinkish tone in the overall color palette is lovely.

All that being said, the ending did felt unsatisfying.

[Syeda Zainab Salam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the art, I loved the characters, and I loved the over all plot setting. But the ending fell short for me. So much potential was left untapped and so many questions unanswered, which is weird because the last few chapters felt like they were dragging on. The comic treats an array of characters as Mains throughout the story, but then the ending only dealt with and gave closure to Yuna's arc. Everyone else was more or less abandoned...

[Chantal Aurora · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this the art style was amazing, the story was amazing, the characters were amazing. But what was that ending? I hated it the whole story was leading up to a certain reveal we never got that reveal or any character development for Kawachan. I hate open endings they are lazy writing barely anything was resolved most things were left open.

[Kaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't expect this would end so soon, the ending snuck up on me and then BOOM, series finale. I thought we still had more time together 🥲

It was a great story full of both dangerous and wholesome moments.

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE WE WOULD BE TEASED LIKE THAT AT THE END THOUGH.

I'm ok.

[✿ K.B ✿ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, this was a great story. Entertaining, fun, wholesome and adventurous. Cool characters and story concept, short yet action-packed with an impressive art style.

This can be read by kids, teens, young adults and adults.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Sonia · Rating 4 out of 5]

sooo good i love the characters so much and i love the artstyle i love everything about this webtoon

[mars]

cute concept but im trying to figure out why this white lady decided to set her story jn japan with all japanese characters using specific japanese tropes to tell this story as a white lady

[SandraPaola97 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Qué curioso encontrar webtoons en goodreads. Amé esta serie, una historia muy entretenida acompañada de personajes maravillosos que crecieron un montón.

El arte es asombroso.

[Chloé · Rating 5 out of 5]

i don’t usually spend money on things that i can read for free but this was incredible!

[si · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75

[Fido]

3.5/5

[Procrastinator · Rating 3 out of 5]

It had a somewhat disappointing and abrupt ending. Everything else from the character dynamic to the plot had a great build-up, textually and aesthetically, only to be very anticlimatic.

[dila · Rating 2 out of 5]

the story was very promising but it led to nothing, i was very disappointed at the end.