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Future Diary #3
Future Diary, Volume 03
In the next volume of diary holders and deceit, even the most seemingly innocent can't be trusted. Yukiteru, Yuno, and Kurusu have been attacked by Tsubaki, another diary holder and Priestess, at her temple. Yuno manages to open up an escape route, but they run out of energy and are captured. As Tsubaki orders Yuno to be killed, nothing is less certain for our trio than the one thing they had learned to trust - the future.
224 pages, Paperback
First published March 26, 2007
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September 3, 2023
Nope, ich geb auf. Das ist so gar nix für mich.
January 4, 2019
I'm so done with this serie. The first thing that bothered me was the repeating cycle of violence and gore. I don't have a problem with any of those things. It's the repetition of the plot that annoyed me.
But you know what annoyed me more? Yuno. Everyone seems to like her and her psychotic personality. I love me a good psychopath in my stories. But Yuno just comes as a total pushover. Again, I know this is part of her personality and because she's TOTALLY in love with Yuki, but everything about her and her actions irritates me. I was especially pissed of when
I don't know. I will not continue this manga. But if I ever have some extra time to waste, I'll watch the anime to see what happens in the end.
But you know what annoyed me more? Yuno. Everyone seems to like her and her psychotic personality. I love me a good psychopath in my stories. But Yuno just comes as a total pushover. Again, I know this is part of her personality and because she's TOTALLY in love with Yuki, but everything about her and her actions irritates me. I was especially pissed of when
I don't know. I will not continue this manga. But if I ever have some extra time to waste, I'll watch the anime to see what happens in the end.
June 21, 2021
This is a review of the entire series!
I debated between giving this 2 or 3 stars, and would lean more toward 2.5. There were a couple of things I really liked about it, but many more things I really didn't like about it.
High schooler Yukiteru Amano is a socially awkward loner who considers himself a bystander. He'd rather mind his own business instead of getting involved with other people, writing every mundane activity of his life in a cellphone diary. Secretly tormented by his solitude, he invents an imagery friend called Deus Ex Machina who claims to be the Lord of Time & Space. Taking pity on the lonesome Yuki, Deus grants his diary the ability to record future events. After learning that 11 other people with unique future diaries show up around Japan, Yuki learns that Deus is not a product of his imagination, and he has been selected to take part in a death game that involves fighting to become the next ruler of causality by outsmarting each other with their new prophetic devices. Luckily for Yuki, one of the death game's participants is his fellow classmate Yuno Gasai, the prettiest girl in his school who happens to love him so much that she would put her life on the line to protect him.
Speaking of Yuno, she's where most of the fun comes from. She's a severely unstable, possessive sociopath that will happily slaughter anyone and anything that get in the way of her selfish romantic fantasies. She's famous for inventing the infamous yandere trope (psycho/killer/stalker love interest) While she can technically be seen as the villain of the series and it's hard to fully sympathize with her because of how violent, impulsive and controlling she is, all of the other characters are so unlikable and bland that I often found myself rooting for her to just rip everyone else in the story to shreds.
Yuki is the main character, but he's such a whiny and idiotic pushover that I couldn't connect with the unhealthy relationship brewing between him and Yuno. I understand it's supposed to be a psychological thriller, but the story seemed to romanticize their relationship rather than portraying it for what it really was: predatory, abusive and horribly toxic. I would've rather had Yuno as the main protagonist and explore her tragic and demented backstory through much more intriguing characters to bounce off of rather than through a relationship with one of the lamest dudes in manga history.
The plot jumps around way too fast. None of the competitors have interesting personalities or motives so I didn't really feel any stakes or tension in the action. The only side character I somewhat liked is (funnily enough) another batshit crazy girl who plays the role of a cosplaying terrorist named Uryuu Minene. The dialogue could get really bad as the characters never reacted to death, betrayal or horrifying situations realistically. There's a point where a character discovers three dead bodies in his girlfriend's house, runs away in fear, then casually remains her partner for the rest of the series like nothing ever happened. There are many more scenes exactly like this where characters don't react and process things in remotely realistic or believable ways.
Some of the twists in the later parts of the series involving time and causality were admittedly cool, but they're introduced in a rushed and convoluted way which makes it feel messy overall. The action was good, there were a few emotional moments and the absolute chaotic nature of Yuno and Uryuu were exciting to watch unfold, but everything else about the characters, story and conflict of the narrative fall apart at the seams.
I debated between giving this 2 or 3 stars, and would lean more toward 2.5. There were a couple of things I really liked about it, but many more things I really didn't like about it.
High schooler Yukiteru Amano is a socially awkward loner who considers himself a bystander. He'd rather mind his own business instead of getting involved with other people, writing every mundane activity of his life in a cellphone diary. Secretly tormented by his solitude, he invents an imagery friend called Deus Ex Machina who claims to be the Lord of Time & Space. Taking pity on the lonesome Yuki, Deus grants his diary the ability to record future events. After learning that 11 other people with unique future diaries show up around Japan, Yuki learns that Deus is not a product of his imagination, and he has been selected to take part in a death game that involves fighting to become the next ruler of causality by outsmarting each other with their new prophetic devices. Luckily for Yuki, one of the death game's participants is his fellow classmate Yuno Gasai, the prettiest girl in his school who happens to love him so much that she would put her life on the line to protect him.
Speaking of Yuno, she's where most of the fun comes from. She's a severely unstable, possessive sociopath that will happily slaughter anyone and anything that get in the way of her selfish romantic fantasies. She's famous for inventing the infamous yandere trope (psycho/killer/stalker love interest) While she can technically be seen as the villain of the series and it's hard to fully sympathize with her because of how violent, impulsive and controlling she is, all of the other characters are so unlikable and bland that I often found myself rooting for her to just rip everyone else in the story to shreds.
Yuki is the main character, but he's such a whiny and idiotic pushover that I couldn't connect with the unhealthy relationship brewing between him and Yuno. I understand it's supposed to be a psychological thriller, but the story seemed to romanticize their relationship rather than portraying it for what it really was: predatory, abusive and horribly toxic. I would've rather had Yuno as the main protagonist and explore her tragic and demented backstory through much more intriguing characters to bounce off of rather than through a relationship with one of the lamest dudes in manga history.
The plot jumps around way too fast. None of the competitors have interesting personalities or motives so I didn't really feel any stakes or tension in the action. The only side character I somewhat liked is (funnily enough) another batshit crazy girl who plays the role of a cosplaying terrorist named Uryuu Minene. The dialogue could get really bad as the characters never reacted to death, betrayal or horrifying situations realistically. There's a point where a character discovers three dead bodies in his girlfriend's house, runs away in fear, then casually remains her partner for the rest of the series like nothing ever happened. There are many more scenes exactly like this where characters don't react and process things in remotely realistic or believable ways.
Some of the twists in the later parts of the series involving time and causality were admittedly cool, but they're introduced in a rushed and convoluted way which makes it feel messy overall. The action was good, there were a few emotional moments and the absolute chaotic nature of Yuno and Uryuu were exciting to watch unfold, but everything else about the characters, story and conflict of the narrative fall apart at the seams.
September 15, 2021
J'aime bien la trame principale mais plusieurs points m'ont dérangée dans ce tome :
1) C'est quoi ces réactions inadaptées et insensées qu'a la mère de Yukki envers Yuno ? Qui fait/dit ça ?
2) Pourquoi c'est si facile de se trouver entre propriétaires de Chronographes ? Ça gâche un peu tout je trouve. Du coup, on sait très bien que les rencontres et combats s'enchaînent, car ils se trouvent trop facilement... Ç'aurait été bien qu'il y ait plus de contenu entre tout ça.
3) Yukki est trop naïf et faible et commence à m'énerver (oui cette critique était totalement gratuite).
1) C'est quoi ces réactions inadaptées et insensées qu'a la mère de Yukki envers Yuno ? Qui fait/dit ça ?
2) Pourquoi c'est si facile de se trouver entre propriétaires de Chronographes ? Ça gâche un peu tout je trouve. Du coup, on sait très bien que les rencontres et combats s'enchaînent, car ils se trouvent trop facilement... Ç'aurait été bien qu'il y ait plus de contenu entre tout ça.
3) Yukki est trop naïf et faible et commence à m'énerver (oui cette critique était totalement gratuite).
July 26, 2023
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August 5, 2013
Really good story line and a great concept. Another one that's a lot better than the hunger games. Good characters. Lots of horror, romance and plot twists. Some violence.
September 2, 2017
Le problème de ce genre de manga quand vous êtes comme moi, c’est qu’on se perd rapidement dans les protagonistes quand on le lit qu’un tome par an.
Il faut alors se remettre les numéros, les noms et les pouvoirs de chaque chronographe en tête et ce n’est pas toujours facile.
En démarrant ce troisième tome, j’avais souvenir que le problème de la secte était terminé. Ce n’est pourtant pas du tout le cas, Yuno et Yukki sont loin de s’être tirés d’affaire et Keigo et Minéné ne peuvent pas non plus se sortir de là.
J’en étais arrivée à un point où je ne pouvais plus supporter Yukki et ses chouineries incessantes. Pour un personnage principal, je le trouvais assez antipathique avec sa tendance à toujours compter sur les autres pour venir à son secours. Si Yuno est assez fatigante, elle était au moins un peu plus active que lui.
Cette fois, pourtant, Yukki se bouge un peu et réussit à les sauver tout en détruisant le chronographe de la Numéro 6, ce qui marque la fin de l’arc de la secte.
Les personnages n’ont pas pour autant le temps de se reposer puisque on assiste à l’entrée en lice de Numéro 5, Reisuké Hôjô, un petit garçon aux marionnettes, qui possède le journal de l’Hyper Vision.
Il n’y a rien à faire, j’ai toujours trouvé les gosses hyper agaçants et le fait que Yukki refuse de lui faire du mal m’a encore plus énervée.
En revanche, je suis très intriguée par l’alliance entre Numéro 4 et Numéro 9 et ce que Keigo compte bien en tirer. C’est un des personnages les plus mystérieux du jeu et j’ai toujours l’impression qu’il a quelques coups d’avance sur les autres
La partie avance rapidement et les alliances peuvent servir comme handicaper les joueurs.
Il faut alors se remettre les numéros, les noms et les pouvoirs de chaque chronographe en tête et ce n’est pas toujours facile.
En démarrant ce troisième tome, j’avais souvenir que le problème de la secte était terminé. Ce n’est pourtant pas du tout le cas, Yuno et Yukki sont loin de s’être tirés d’affaire et Keigo et Minéné ne peuvent pas non plus se sortir de là.
J’en étais arrivée à un point où je ne pouvais plus supporter Yukki et ses chouineries incessantes. Pour un personnage principal, je le trouvais assez antipathique avec sa tendance à toujours compter sur les autres pour venir à son secours. Si Yuno est assez fatigante, elle était au moins un peu plus active que lui.
Cette fois, pourtant, Yukki se bouge un peu et réussit à les sauver tout en détruisant le chronographe de la Numéro 6, ce qui marque la fin de l’arc de la secte.
Les personnages n’ont pas pour autant le temps de se reposer puisque on assiste à l’entrée en lice de Numéro 5, Reisuké Hôjô, un petit garçon aux marionnettes, qui possède le journal de l’Hyper Vision.
Il n’y a rien à faire, j’ai toujours trouvé les gosses hyper agaçants et le fait que Yukki refuse de lui faire du mal m’a encore plus énervée.
En revanche, je suis très intriguée par l’alliance entre Numéro 4 et Numéro 9 et ce que Keigo compte bien en tirer. C’est un des personnages les plus mystérieux du jeu et j’ai toujours l’impression qu’il a quelques coups d’avance sur les autres
La partie avance rapidement et les alliances peuvent servir comme handicaper les joueurs.
November 3, 2021
This volume is the weakest one so far. It has a bit of Home Alone vibe to it (if you add stabbing and poisoning to the mix), but is far less enjoyable than the previous volumes. One more diary holder falls, but it just isn't as spectacular when two relatively mature characters are pushed around by a bloodthirsty 6-year-old.
August 16, 2020
Honestly, at this point, I want to know why Yukki is the protagonist. He just lets Yuno do the dirty work and guess what? The psychopath that she is, she's still more suited to the game than Yukki can ever be.
She broke into his house to meet his mother. I totally hate the 'airhead' mother trope where the mother acts more like a teenager than a grown up adult. Then she goes on to let Yuno sleep in the same room as her son. The whole thing irritated me.
Kei-kun is a kid. He's not even 5. That choice of a villain didn't sit well with me, especially since his diary wasn't a potential threat. After the clairvoyant diary, the picture book with 3 opportunities a day- Idk how to feel about that.
How are they even alive? Kei-kun even used poisonous gas but to no avail. Apparently love is stronger than potassium cyanide, mixed with acid. Okay. Yuno got an electric shock and survived. Are they superheroes from the planet of Deus? Then a blank slide and BAM. Kei-kun is stabbed. How can he be eliminated so quickly? The kid was smarter than the two combined. It happened wayyyyyy too fast, in my opinion.
Still, the kid had some wicked ideas and I did appreciate it. That's why I gave this 2 stars ._.
She broke into his house to meet his mother. I totally hate the 'airhead' mother trope where the mother acts more like a teenager than a grown up adult. Then she goes on to let Yuno sleep in the same room as her son. The whole thing irritated me.
Kei-kun is a kid. He's not even 5. That choice of a villain didn't sit well with me, especially since his diary wasn't a potential threat. After the clairvoyant diary, the picture book with 3 opportunities a day- Idk how to feel about that.
How are they even alive? Kei-kun even used poisonous gas but to no avail. Apparently love is stronger than potassium cyanide, mixed with acid. Okay. Yuno got an electric shock and survived. Are they superheroes from the planet of Deus? Then a blank slide and BAM. Kei-kun is stabbed. How can he be eliminated so quickly? The kid was smarter than the two combined. It happened wayyyyyy too fast, in my opinion.
Still, the kid had some wicked ideas and I did appreciate it. That's why I gave this 2 stars ._.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 2, 2021
I'm very torn on Yuno as a character.
There was one particularly unbelievable and ridiculous scene like this not far into this volume that got it started out on such a poor foot that I was wondering if I'd end up giving the volume 2 stars. The rest of the volume bumped it up for me, but was not as good as the previous volume.
There was one particularly unbelievable and ridiculous scene like this not far into this volume that got it started out on such a poor foot that I was wondering if I'd end up giving the volume 2 stars. The rest of the volume bumped it up for me, but was not as good as the previous volume.
July 3, 2017
Estoy indeciso entre 3 y 4, pero le pongo 3 porque el arte no es muy bueno.
Este tomo es un poco mejor que los anteriores, Reisuke es un personaje divertido y su diario es bastante diferente a los otros, asi que lo hace un personaje distinto. Si bien es un manga y hay muchos elementos de ficción me resultaron poco creíbles algunos de sus "planes", lo que arruina un poco la experiencia.
Los momentos del principio cuando Yuno conocer a la madre de Yukiteru fueron muy graciosos, espero que hayan más de esos.
Este tomo es un poco mejor que los anteriores, Reisuke es un personaje divertido y su diario es bastante diferente a los otros, asi que lo hace un personaje distinto. Si bien es un manga y hay muchos elementos de ficción me resultaron poco creíbles algunos de sus "planes", lo que arruina un poco la experiencia.
Los momentos del principio cuando Yuno conocer a la madre de Yukiteru fueron muy graciosos, espero que hayan más de esos.
July 30, 2019
Yuno is crazier by every volume and Yukiteru is finding more courage or desperation in himself to act in tough situations.
Rei was super annoying and totally unrealistic four-year-old but I guess that's fine in a series like this, haha.
Minene turned much more interesting character after her bomb show in the beginning, now she seems more calculating and her tie to the police Kurusu gives extra twist to game.
Rei was super annoying and totally unrealistic four-year-old but I guess that's fine in a series like this, haha.
Minene turned much more interesting character after her bomb show in the beginning, now she seems more calculating and her tie to the police Kurusu gives extra twist to game.
August 26, 2018
Even if the overall plot doesn't make complete sense, I'm enjoying the tense romantic relationship which is slowly developing between Yuno and Yuki in this supernatural mystery manga. Yuno is finally starting to understand the obvious problem: the rules of the game will force her to kill Yuki eventually. Wait, didn't we do this plot in *The Hunger Games?*
March 29, 2018
Tři hvězdičky jen za to děsně annoying děcko, které jsem nesnášela už v anime. Jeden z nejdebilnějších majitelů future diary... Hopefully never again. A Minene saves a day. Again. Už se těším na Akiseho :333
3/5*
3/5*
November 29, 2025
The plot is better than the second book.. the fight scenes were cool and the art was nice.
But it is ruined by being overly sexual. It found a way to make the female characters naked every 5 pages. The characters are in JUNIOR HIGH and for some reason sex is brought up constantly.
But it is ruined by being overly sexual. It found a way to make the female characters naked every 5 pages. The characters are in JUNIOR HIGH and for some reason sex is brought up constantly.
May 13, 2017
4.5/5
November 23, 2017
4,5 Sterne. Ich mochte den Band wirklich super gerne nur finde ich das yuki manchmal so eine heulsuse ist
July 14, 2018
Tykkään kyllä näistä hahmoista. Vaikka jotkut tuntuu olevan aika sekasin...?
June 29, 2021
More inconsistencies are showing.
Events the characters aren't even present are predicted - which is later confirmed to be essential.
Also don't give me Reisuke is hyper intelligent. He's three!
Events the characters aren't even present are predicted - which is later confirmed to be essential.
Also don't give me Reisuke is hyper intelligent. He's three!
March 17, 2022
✨4.5 stars✨
December 16, 2022
my least favorite volume out of the entire manga
March 18, 2023
Die ersten beiden Bände waren deutlich besser. Band 03 war sehr seltsam, leider nicht im positiven Sinne. Die "neuen" Charaktere waren fragwürdig.
June 30, 2023
Era iniziato così bene con il primo volume...
September 4, 2023
This author knows how to do suspense and does it well. I'm enjoying the story and the art.
January 18, 2024
n confie em crianças
September 1, 2024
el cabro chico odiosooo
(igual me dio pena el transfondo de su historia)
(igual me dio pena el transfondo de su historia)
May 10, 2025
PLEASE TAKE ANYONE BUT YUNO
July 15, 2022
息子の学校が爆撃されたり、息子が死に掛けたりしたくせに、雪輝の母は雪輝と会う時に何も言わないなんて… 笑
February 8, 2020
I enjoyed it more than the rest.
If I can flawlessly point out the stupid things, you know its not a good story, though. Lets see how the rest goes.
If I can flawlessly point out the stupid things, you know its not a good story, though. Lets see how the rest goes.
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