A review by mandalor3960
Made in Abyss Vol. 2 by Akihito Tsukushi

4.0

Notes

I’m not sure what is meant when Ozen says, “If only I had left you there, that kid would’ve come with me. Such a pity I did what I did.”

Wow. I’m just glad the series continues to be great, not that I doubted to deeply. There’s the sad portions of Riko being taken by the corpse-weeper bird, that teary fight between Ozen, Reg, and Riko, and the great resolution and amazing flashbacks Ozen has of Riko’s mother. I believe a book is great when I stop to imagine myself in its world of behaving similar to its characters, and this volume did just that. I wonder if this qualifies as a five star feeling, but I don’t think it’s quite like that of the Devilman ending feelings I felt, but regardless, great series this is. I’ll rate at three and a half stars, with this from the first half being about the abyss decent but still like-able abyss decent, but the great liking part being the second half of the Ozen training and flashback. I almost wish to rate the entire book at four stars, and I think I will. Yes. I will. Holistically together, I’ll rate at four stars. It’s an enjoyable read from start to finish, and the later half is amazing. I suppose 3.75 if we’re to be picky, but I’m more than fine with a full four star-rating. 3.75 for the sake of the exact rating cell. Now I wonder if this great feeling constitutes something like five stars. I think this justifies more a solid four star-rating for the book rather than a fractional rating. Four stars then for the exact rating. The feelings were very high for this book and I see no issue in four stars for the exact rating. Such are the troubles of trying to place values on feelings. Many great feelings were in this book.