After the time jump shown in the previous book, I shouldn’t be amazed with the major twist in this volume, however I was still stunned when it happened. Being left shocked as well as confused, though, just puts me in the exact same location as numerous of the characters in this sprawling story by Naoki Urasawa.

Kenji as well as his good friends have sent their liked ones away from Tokyo as well as banded together to battle the evil group of Friends. They’re persuaded something will occur on new Year’s Eve 2001, as well as when the diet plan building (similar to the U.S. Capitol Building) is bombed, it appears that their fears are coming true.

A large type appears, buildings are destroyed, as well as essential cities around the world are struck with some type of instant-killing disease, with people visibly bleeding out. just as the group sets out to fight, the book jumps ahead to comply with Kanna, Kenji’s niece, in the year 2014. The now-seventeen-year-old is doing her finest to comply with his lead, combating villainy as well as keeping his music alive, however we don’t understand what occur to Kenji as well as his dedicated followers.

Shades of the well-known legion of Super-Heroes “Five Years Later” moment, where we didn’t discover out the true story of what occurred to jump the story ahead up until almost, yes, five years later. I have much more belief in Naoki Urasawa, though, for two reasons: The work of a single developer is a different kettle of fish from a collaborative, assembly-line American superhero comic. as well as this series is already wrapped up in Japan, after 22 volumes, as well as if visitors were badly disappointed, I’m guessing I would have heard about that. I’m impatient to understand what occurred to Kenji, however for now, I’ll have to count on the author to include much more flashbacks from the now-future tale he’s telling.

Also in this book, the fat twin bullies Yanbo as well as Mabo make a surprise reappearance. like numerous villains, they have no concept why anybody would look back on their horrible actions negatively. Their new lives expose them to be just as self-centered as well as consumed with usage as before, however in extremely different ways.

I was touched to note exactly how commonly ramen appears. One character promises his departing child that they’ll eat ramen, their preferred dish, once again together in the future. Kanna dangers her life to save a cherished ramen shop where she as well as her uncle commonly ate together in the past. It’s a fantastic recognition of one of the country’s preferred dishes in addition to catching exactly how commonly memories associate to food as well as eating together. Those moments as well as short sequences stick with me longer than the primary plot (with its ever-increasing cast), as well as they’re the pictures I recall best.

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