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Future Diary #10
Future Diary, Volume 10
A dramatic standoff between mayor John Bacchus and Team Yuki results in Ninth making the ultimate sacrifice, leaving Yuki with the two diary holders he wants least to kill--his girlfriend Yuno and the benevolent caretaker Eighth. Suddenly, the game gets turned on its head when Yuki's ally Aru Akise learns that he was nothing more than a pawn created by Deus to observe the game... until he is granted a greater power than any remaining player possesses!
208 pages, Paperback
First published March 26, 2010
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October 4, 2016
Here is one thing: that Deus is stupid. Doesn't seem believable god.
Yukiteru is finally confirmed: he is stupid too.
I am giving it 3 stars because I want to know the ending. Yuno is the only interesting character for me, which is a manipulative crazy killer. What she wants? I have no idea!
Yukiteru is finally confirmed: he is stupid too.
I am giving it 3 stars because I want to know the ending. Yuno is the only interesting character for me, which is a manipulative crazy killer. What she wants? I have no idea!
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.
July 6, 2017
En este tomo vemos el final del arco de las Torres Gemelas, y entre el giro de esta parte y la explicación de Deus se nos da una pista (casi que un spoiler) sobre [lo que creo yo que será] uno de los grandes giros del final de la historia. Incluso cuando Akise me cae bastante gordo, el final me pareció bueno, con algunas cosas que no me esperaba. Vamos a los últimos dos tomos.
December 31, 2014
Stupid Yukki stupid Yukki stupid Yukki stupid Yukki stupid Yukki stupid Yukki stupid Yukki...
*I'm so mad right now*
*I'm so mad right now*
February 8, 2020
I remember I liked what was happening here. Shame it was way too late for the series to be considered good overall.
January 6, 2017
Another good volume.
January 7, 2015
With the goal to avenge his mother and father before becoming God and reviving them, along with everyone else that had died during the game, Yukiteru is on a mission to take down Eleventh and Eighth with the help of the ever loyal Yuno. But as time allows Ninth to grieve over the death of Nishijima, she begins to turn her pain to anger. The worst part, she shows that she clearly does not care who that anger is pointed to, as she points her gun at Yukiteru! Now with a DEAD END on his future diary, Yukiteru must figure out a way to keep himself alive long enough for Yuno to finish off Eighth and come swiftly to his rescue. But when faced with a difficult choice, will Yukiteru's resolve waver? Then, as the world begins to fall apart with Deus' ever nearing demise, Aru Akise learns a truth about himself that will shatter his entire reality and even end his life... However, if his back-up plan succeeds, he will instead become a new man from the shards of his former self, reviving as the newest and possibly most powerful player in the game yet to come!
Finally Aru gets some spotlight! And he also finally clarifies to all the fans that he has a love for Yukiteru~. D'aww! Sadly, not even many of the real fans supported that love... However, I will always support it more than I do with Yukiteru and Yuno! No matter what, Aru Akise! You'll always be one of the most memorable surveyors of any game. What Aru did was truly magnificent, but it is almost as if he knows he has little time left. Perhaps he is planning to kill Yuno, take her place, then have Yukiteru kill him? It's kinda sad too that we won't be seeing Ninth anymore... But not really anything in this volume was a shock, including her death, because TOKYOPOP gives the biggest fucking spoilers that they could possibly give right on the back of the book where it is supposed to be a safe to read summary!! Pisses me off, I tell ya'. Nonetheless, despite the many spoilers that nearly completely ruined this volume, this was a pretty great one. It's too bad that this is the cut off volume for TOKYOPOP's translation. Thank God for scanlations. Now if only they could finish Code Geass and V.B. Rose online...
Finally Aru gets some spotlight! And he also finally clarifies to all the fans that he has a love for Yukiteru~. D'aww! Sadly, not even many of the real fans supported that love... However, I will always support it more than I do with Yukiteru and Yuno! No matter what, Aru Akise! You'll always be one of the most memorable surveyors of any game. What Aru did was truly magnificent, but it is almost as if he knows he has little time left. Perhaps he is planning to kill Yuno, take her place, then have Yukiteru kill him? It's kinda sad too that we won't be seeing Ninth anymore... But not really anything in this volume was a shock, including her death, because TOKYOPOP gives the biggest fucking spoilers that they could possibly give right on the back of the book where it is supposed to be a safe to read summary!! Pisses me off, I tell ya'. Nonetheless, despite the many spoilers that nearly completely ruined this volume, this was a pretty great one. It's too bad that this is the cut off volume for TOKYOPOP's translation. Thank God for scanlations. Now if only they could finish Code Geass and V.B. Rose online...
February 23, 2016
En gros, un manga à l'aspect psychologique si développé (si tordu aussi!) qu'on se demande qui est l'auteur dans la "vraie" vie, un battle royale qui mélange action, suspens et addictivité, une histoire d'amour qui sort des sentiers battus. Bref, un manga qui aurait mérité un point de plus si je n'avais pas été un peu perplexe devant les 2 derniers tomes, mais que je recommande tout de même pour son côté "décalé". Je ne l'oublierais pas de sitôt !
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December 18, 2011
Oh man, such a bummer the last two volumes won't be published in the US! What a cliffhanger!
I really like Akise...A LOT! He's adorable and sweet. I really can't wait to see what he does.
And Yuno... well I have a guess as to her true identity... it really seems obvious, but who knows, perhaps Sakae Esuno has something else up her sleeve other than the obvious (that Yuno is a twin)
Hopefully I can find the last two volumes online! I want to know how it all ends!
I really like Akise...A LOT! He's adorable and sweet. I really can't wait to see what he does.
And Yuno... well I have a guess as to her true identity... it really seems obvious, but who knows, perhaps Sakae Esuno has something else up her sleeve other than the obvious (that Yuno is a twin)
Hopefully I can find the last two volumes online! I want to know how it all ends!
February 1, 2013
Out of the entire series I loved the ending the most. Especially the 2-3 different twists that come at the end of the book. This is a series I can read over and over again and not get tired of. I was really glad that even though you think they won't be together they were able to.
May 6, 2016
A lot of things happened in this volumen, Yuki killed all his friends but Akise, Yuno deceived yuki: I really was expecting that it would be impossible for him to revived his parents, but well. The kiss between Yuki and Akise was so unexpected.
September 4, 2015
TRAGIC :(
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.
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September 22, 2014good best thing you have to pick it up
May 9, 2015
Muy interesante :D espero que el desenlace esté a la altura
December 15, 2014
No veo un final feliz.
April 30, 2016
Ya no sé qué decir de los tomos de esta saga, además de que siempre me dejan con una confusión y una intriga de lo que va a pasar.
Y, obvio, amor eterno a la novena ❤.
Y, obvio, amor eterno a la novena ❤.
November 9, 2016
Wow Yuki he's finally doing some cool stuff
March 14, 2024
Se nota que el final está cerca...
Tensión y mucha acción
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