Manga Review: Platinum End, Volume 8, by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata

Rating (Out of 5): ~3

Publisher: Shonen Jump (VIZ Media)

Release Date: April 2019

Volumes: 11+

Spoilers?: No.

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Volume: 1. 7. 9.

Goodreads Synopsis:

From the creators of Death Note! Mirai may have been saved by an angel, but his battle is just beginning...

As his classmates celebrate their middle school graduation, troubled Mirai is mired in darkness. But his battle is just beginning when he receives some salvation from above in the form of an angel. Now Mirai is pitted against 12 other chosen humans in a battle in which the winner becomes the next god of the world. Mirai has an angel in his corner, but he may need to become a devil to survive.

Review:

The conclusion of the fight with Metropoliman has two things we all saw coming, but throws in another twist at the end. While it looks like Mirai is getting closer to the end of this fight, there's still several more competitors he hasn't even come across yet. The reader has gotten a hint of who the next one will be, who had a hand in how this one ended, but there's still a lot of questions around that.

Saki attempts to progress the romance with Mirai, but she's still under his arrow, which complicates things. It's honestly a little weird, seeing them having such sweet and intimate conversations with each other, with the angels floating above them. That would make me so uncomfortable.

I'm intrigued to see where this God fight goes next, and particularly what the angels are up to. The religious aspect of this really makes me wonder sometimes, so I try to ignore that.

A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!