aotrejo's review
4.0
I am somewhat satisfied with the ending. I was expecting them never to return again to their previous time but it just through me off with the whole love confession. The mother is getting really good at getting everything her son needs XXyears prior. The fact that Yu is able to go home while everyone else stays took me off guard and I honestly don't believe he or any of the kids would ever come back normal. I wish Umezu had written a 40 years later continuation just to see his opinion on whether or not the future can be rewritten. I mean their whole story is completely dark and morbid but then towards the end everything is okay and promising? So that could be a sign that their past world is improving. It was a crazy series to read and it was different from any other manga I have read. Grade school children usually are never put in these crazy cannibalistic circumstances.
ostrava's review
5.0
While the ending is batshit insane and carries some of the similar flaws of the rest of the manga, I remained completely enchanted by its spell. It's terrific. I fucking love it.
standardman's review
3.0
Slightly underwhelming ending to such a strange series but it's been a weird, creepy, melodramatic pleasure for the series overall
floralprintglass's review
5.0
On my second reading I enjoyed the ending a lot more. The children still stuck in the future have either a) Accepted their role as creators of a new world, and now have vastly better supplies and resources to work with, or b) Yu does manage to change the future, and they are living a different, hopefully better life. I appreciated this time that the mentions of time travel and time-altering give the children a lot more agency over their lives and their world, and they don't feel so stuck and helpless anymore as the series closes.
_remi__'s review
challenging
dark
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
shannonleighd's review
2.0
I can't say I enjoyed the way this ends but I can appreciate that it took a turn I wasn't exactly suspecting. Although, since it's Japanese horror I guess I should've realized its conclusion would've been more open-ended. I don't know if I really liked the explanation for why everything happened, some of the science and time travel shenanigans didn't make the most sense.
At the very least though, I don't regret reading this series and it entertained me at times.
At the very least though, I don't regret reading this series and it entertained me at times.
quinnster's review
4.0
I don't know why I was hoping for a happy ending when the entire series was incredibly bleak and dark, but I was! And in a way, it was a happier ending than I suppose we had a right to expect.