Fair warning – the bonus chapter has nothing to do with the main story (according to the creator,
Yu Ishihara 195086) This made me cry and be confused. If you’re sensitive to sad animal stories, you might want to (and can safely) skip it.I mention it right away because the rest of the book is pain-free – our only human survivor is a high school girl who just had her best life with her best boy so that “ten years later” Another World (If the World Didn’t End)” piece really came out of nowhere. You can extrapolate about the heroine’s actual post-apocalyptic life, but if you generally avoid the “sad animal story” genre, this will It’s tough.
Besides, it’s a post-human high school girl and her dog in Japan A joyously quirky tale of roaming. Dogs talk, aliens land and become farmers, and mythical characters pop up in folklore. It’s full-colour, four-panel grotesque, and it does have some appeal. Ishihara intentionally fabricated the big Details. Why can a girl understand all the animals? How did the world end and why did she survive? Who knows! The important thing is that these things existed and happened, and we are encouraged to simply go with the flow and enjoy the adventure.
That’s not to say you can’t make a reason based on what we got in the text. The girl is strongly implied – she’s only called by Haru as “Master”; we don’t know her real name – she stopped going to school normally in middle school, though we don’t know why. That’s why she survived, probably because she was alone in some secret place at the end of the world The place? Does her deep bond with Haru have anything to do with it? She always seems to be able to talk to him, which might indicate that she’s different enough to be the only survivor in Japan, but the rest of the world building is weird too, and we might apply Any logic to this story is debatable. For example, it feels odd that cats seem to be victims along with humans, since cats, in general, are more inclined to take care of themselves than dogs in the grand scheme of domesticated animals. There’s also a weird moment where the Siberian Husky is counted as a “Western” dog, which is usually not part of the official canine classification as far as I know.
| But honestly, it’s the kind of manga that just wants you to go with the flow without thinking too much about it. The non-human beings that Haru and the Master encounter do a lot of this – as they wander around, they Encountered other dogs, tanuki, aliens and people from Japanese folklore who followed for a while. The last two were definitely the funniest, with the aliens being the main anti A comeback gimmick. An elderly couple looking to retire (looks like 300 Stereotype of the Grays) Settling on Earth is the equivalent of moving to the countryside, and they’ve achieved some real success by positioning themselves as farmers success. Our homeless couple stayed with them now and then, and at one point the master even tutored their visiting grandson, which created a strange but interesting disconnect. Several other aliens make occasional appearances, including one with his pickup truck fitted with flux capacitors (à la
back to the Future), which is just one of several hints that time travel is possible in the story world. There’s also a strong hint that all folktales are true; Master and Haru twice encounter a primal girl who eats merman flesh and becomes immortal, and runs afoul of a kappa and a fox at his shrine. Hopefully this will continue to expand in future volumes.
As I mentioned earlier, the book is in full color and its format is four-panel. There isn’t much continuity, and while there are recurring characters (alien, Snow White likes Haru’s Shiba Inu), there’s no real sense of when things happen near each other. Storylines rarely take up more than three consecutive strips, and there’s a sense that this is more interested in snapshots of life than telling stories. In terms of style, it’s probably more like a newspaper cartoon than a cartoon. Art is pleasing to the eye, to 100’s sci-fi tropes are a plus, and the various creatures the characters encounter along the way are not unlike most “girls’ road trips after the end of the world.” Comics. Significantly different from how most publishers handle cultural annotations, this book puts them after each chapter, which I find more effective than putting them all at the end.
‘s first volume is generally entertaining. The bonus chapter is a hit (albeit well done), but overall it’s a good read for the post-apocalyptic adventure The lighthearted approach to the novel makes it stand out in a positive way. After all, who better to travel with than your furry best friend? 195086 300 Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE) is Kadokawa Corporation A wholly-owned subsidiary of Anime News Network, LLC. Yen Press, BookWalker Global and J-Novel Club are subsidiaries of KWE. 100
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