Manga Review: Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, Volume 4, by Inio Asano

Rating (Out of 5): ~3

Publisher: VIZ Signature (VIZ Media)

Release Date: January 2019

Volumes: 9+

Spoilers?: No.

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Volume: 1. 3. 5.

Goodreads Synopsis:

It’s just an everyday apocalypse.

Three years ago the aliens invaded Tokyo. Nothing was ever the same again. But after a while, even impending doom starts to feel ordinary.

Despite the ongoing menace of wild Invaders and A-ray contamination, people are still moving to Tokyo to find opportunities and themselves. After all, the likelihood of getting squashed by a crashing Invader vessel is still extremely low! Meanwhile, Kadode and her friends have started university, where they must face the crisis of choosing which school club to join—a critical decision that will affect the rest of their lives!

Review:

We follow Takemoto for the first half of this volume, as she's getting ready to go to Tokyo despite everyone's warnings. Then we're back to Oran, and college and clubs.

The overarching theme in this volume is the rights of aliens. These creatures have invaded Japan, and now people are debating and protesting over whether they should outright attack the aliens or whether they have rights that should be protected. We see both sides here, as we get to meet the aliens who're stranded and have taken shelter on Earth. Both sides of this are a bit disturbing, and then the reality check we're given is quite awful.

I don't know any of the characters in this series, really, so instead I get to follow the politics more. And it's disturbing and hard to take at times, how surreal and yet so very real, it is.

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