Rating (Out of 5): ~3
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Release Date: March 2016
Volumes: 13+
Spoilers?: No.
Buy it here: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository.
Volume: 2.
Goodreads Synopsis:
UNFOLLOW OR DIE
Like many of his peers, Ataru Kashiwagi has found himself addicted to the newest social networking service, Real Account. But one day, Ataru and almost 10,000 other people, get sucked into the Real Account Zone, where they have become players in a series of deadly games. The basic rules of these games are simple—if you lose all your followers, you die in real life, and if you die, all of your followers die with you. As these depraved games decimate the players around him, Ataru must use quick thinking and his knowledge of Real Account to win each round and return to the real world. But when true friendship determines whether he lives or dies, can Ataru really survive when the only people he can count on are his Internet friends?
Like many of his peers, Ataru Kashiwagi has found himself addicted to the newest social networking service, Real Account. But one day, Ataru and almost 10,000 other people, get sucked into the Real Account Zone, where they have become players in a series of deadly games. The basic rules of these games are simple—if you lose all your followers, you die in real life, and if you die, all of your followers die with you. As these depraved games decimate the players around him, Ataru must use quick thinking and his knowledge of Real Account to win each round and return to the real world. But when true friendship determines whether he lives or dies, can Ataru really survive when the only people he can count on are his Internet friends?
Review:
I’ve
heard surprisingly good things about this series, but it still didn’t
really stand out to me. But a friend told me to read, so I’m giving
it a try.
Ataru
was living in a perfectly normal world, even though a certain social
media website/app was taking over everyone's attention. It wasn’t a
big deal, up until him and so many others got pulled in to the
virtual world and the leader—a giant-happy-faced fellow—started
killing everyone and their followers off. And now he’s in a world
where you have to survive and choose the right answers in order not
to be killed along with the few followers you still have.
It’s
a world where having real people in your lives is important, as well
as how smart you are to work around the system. Ataru is doing his
best, and he’s doing well so far.
I
will admit that the happy-faced person can get quite creepy at times.
And the games and deaths are rather horrible. But some of the
emotions, or something behind it all, fell a little flat for me. The
artwork is just okay.
I’m
not hooked yet, but I’m going to give it another try.
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