Reviews

Dai Dark, Vol. 2 by Q Hayashida

mish_19's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

timurborgir's review against another edition

5.0

Ahhh finally mushrooms again!

It's settled, hayashida is my favorite mangaka.
I just love her artstyle, her Humor, the grimdark, the characters, everything is on point and never too much.
On top comes that you can't find anything about her persona, even her wikipedia photo is fake.
This all fits so well in her art!

saramarie08's review

4.0

Sanko and Avekian have a new ship, the Moja, but it has no furnishings. Their helpful doggo interface has found them what is basically a floating interstellar IKEA, and the three set off shopping. While picking out all manner of comfort, Shimada Death catches up with them and explains the nature of the Fleshbots who help run the store. Sanko theorizes that there has to be a place on board where the robots go to “die”, which is probably full of bones. Sanko and Shimada go check it out and find enough for their mutual benefit. Sanko narrowly escapes being blown up with the shopping ship but makes it back in time to make his favorite Meapswich - meatball spaghetti sandwich. In another part of the Galaxy, Hajime Damemaru, another powerful being, is pursued by Photosfere, the dastardly corporation running most of the galaxy.

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kaisu's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative medium-paced

4.5

palomagrl's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

ericwooten's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

4.0

ostrava's review against another edition

3.0

It's... fine. Like at times it feels like I'm reading a transcript of a someone's playthrough of a videogame and I'm having a hard time seeing the bigger picture here...

There is something undeniably cool to its worldbuilding and art, but I think I'm dropping it because I'm 12 chapters in and not really feeling it. Too bad.

Maybe I should just try with Dorohedoro and come back later?

sapphickohaku's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

poortissue's review against another edition

4.0

absolute banger once again

itkit's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25