Reviews

Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto

crybabyreader's review against another edition

5.0

Funny, sad, emotional, unexpected. Just read this.

annaco8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

saramarie08's review

4.0

One year for his birthday, Yuta's mother gives him a smartphone and requests that he record her often, as she is dying and won't know which moment will be her last. Yuta complies and tries to capture as many memories as he can, but he can't bring himself to go into the hospital to see her last breath. Then, he runs from the building just in time for it to explode. Then, we realize we are in a theater and have been watching a movie Yuta put together of all the footage of his mother, and he's debuting it in front of his classmates. Most of them are horrified, and Yuta takes their criticism very harshly. He runs to the roof with the intention of killing himself, but instead meets Eri, a girl who loved his film but believes he can make a better one. The two of them spend many days in Eri's secret hideout, watching movies together, until Yuta gets the inspiration to make his second film. This film also has a surprise twist, as Yuta can't help himself.

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causallyreading's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

derickwham's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

gigireadswithkiki's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I really love how the passage of time is shown in the empty/dialogue-less panels! Also a really big fan of how the story toys around with perception and reality, pushing readers to question the validity of the story being presented. I would’ve liked more fleshed out character building, so overall a 3.25/5 for me, but I still enjoyed!

romem_m's review against another edition

dark funny informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

alle_kat97's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

august_weird's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Rating: 5 ☆

Date read: Nov 21 - Nov 21 2023

Format: Paperback

Trigger warnings: Death, suicide

Genre: Young Adult, Manga, Drama, Fiction

Thoughts: I honestly love this book, I think it is a well  written magna and I also love the semi realistic art style.  If you love fast paced emotional manga with a pinch of fantasy I think that you should check out this manga.  There is more I want to say about the magna but I’m tired so maybe later.

Summary: 

Yuta’s a tween whose mom is dying, for his 12th birthday he gets a smartphone and his mother requests that he film her to her last days so that he can “remember her” Yuta agrees.   Yuta  records enough to were his parents buy him a pc and  Yuta countis to film his mother and little slices of his life, when Yuta’s mom is about to die and Yuta’s  dads in the car with Yuta when Yuta learn that his requested for him to record her final montent when they get to the hospital Yuta run’s away and edits a explosion and that when we find out that Yuta has made his moms death into a movie for his high school. When the movie was over this classmates criticized/bullied him for the movie, after get the criticize / being bullied Yuta decides to commit suicide and we see him in the hospital where his mother die in to jump of the roof top when Yuta meets a mysterious girl how is here to stop him from ending all, when she learn who he is the mysterious girl takes him to abandoned building  and stats playing a movie on her projeter after watching the film Yuta asks this girl why is he here and she tells him that his movie was amazing and that she wants another movie to make them bawl their eyes out and that's when we finally learn this  mysterious girl name is Eri. Yuta makes a video about how he’s back and don’t consider suicide, Eri bacilly tells summarize and break down movies to help improve his movie. So Eri and Yuta watch movies after school and the weekends and overtime they become friends,Eri tells to make a outline and give helpful criticism for his last movie when Eri and Yuta are watching a movie were Yuta comes up story were the protagus is given a smartphone by his dying mom a told to film her and the protagus makes it into a movie were he is trashed for it so the wounded protagonist goes to end it all when he meet a vampire girl and is abducted by this vampire girl think that his is going to be killed but instead she makes him watch movies and then the protagonist  and the vampire girl  make a movie where she is dying, Eri  Aggures that this is a good story idea and has decided to be the dying vampire girl and Yuta tell Eri that he is going to film her and his dad having dinner and Eri is being filmed and asked questions about being a vampire and  Eri is in the hospital when she is sent a poo video by Yuta , then has an heart to heart to Yuta after the video and life goes on for Yuta until his dad comes in and shows him her final montent and that when we find out that  Yuta mom had been verbally and emotionally abusing Yuta over the film. Yuta's dad apologized over not interfering in what Yuta mom was doing to Yuta, after that talk with his dad  Yuta asked Eri if he can record her every move which she agrees to and we see snippets of  Eri's life. We watch as  Eri deteriorates until we see her final moments. When he presented this movie to his high school everyone was sad. Even though the movie was well received Yuta couldn't help but feel that something was wrong but gave up trying to find something wrong. He went to college, dropped out and got a job and met a woman and had a daughter. While driving with his family, Yuta got into a car accident that kill everyone in this family except him, after seeing all this death he has decided to join them, so he goes to the abandoned building where Eri and Yuta use to watch movies and he decided  to go into the room were he and Eri use to watch movies when he sees Eri and is surprisingly shocked  and Eri tells Yuta that she is in fact a vampire and explained that after 200 years a brain will kill them because of all the meiroes and that she didn’t remember anything and found a letter about how to live and the movie Yuta had made. After talking to Eri for a little while, Yuta walks away from the exploding building.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt

tufqi's review against another edition

5.0

Con él no puedo ser imparcial. He leído casi todo su trabajo y le conozco sus manías, tipo de humor y lo reiterativo que es en ciertos temas (coff coff el cine). Pero amo sus mangas. Este me ha dejado plenamente satisfecha. Fujimoto es uno de mis mangakas favoritos.

En fin, un gran oneshot. El final fue absurdo. Me encantó.