Reviews for Kono Yo no Owari e no Tabi

I really liked this work that wanted to imply several social issues through surrealism and absurdism : the fact that the issues are treated only on the surface is a mark of absurdism. Their nature is showed on another aspect, all of this seems to be a piece of art about how it is to not understand anything about reality and what it implies : social norms and habits. That way, the character isn't made to be liked or anything, he is just a tool to represent absurdism : one of my favorite philosophical thesis. I got annoyed by the placement of the text, thetext could even not be read, maybe that's also one of the intentions !

All of this is absurdism. Loved it !

Esta review está em inglês e português / This review is in English and Portuguese. ENGLISH: Well, this is what I have to say about Kono Yo no Owari and no Tabi: For starters, it's a synesthetic manga, a story about a boy with epiphanies. His art is cartoonish, which I liked for its different style and having a beautiful Worldbuilding, but which is not very visible in its expressiveness. He's pretty fast, even though it's a short manga. Some ideologies and acts that go on are rather brief foundations. And there isn't even development to be more of a psychedelic journey manga, which is pretty lazy to develop just the protagonist.Thanks for reading this quick review.

PT BR:

Bem, isso é o que terei para falar de Kono Yo no Owari e no Tabi:

Pra começar, se trata de um mangá sinestesico, de uma história de um menino com epifanias.

Sua arte é caricata, que me agradou por seu estilo diferente e ter um Worldbuilding bonito, mas que não é muito bem visível em sua expressividade.

Ele é bem rápido, mesmo se tratando de um mangá curto.

Algumas ideologias e atos que se passam são um pouco súbitas e sem fundamentos.

E nem sequer existe desenvolvimento por se tratar mais de um mangá de jornadas psicodélicas, o que é bem preguiçoso para se desenvolver apenas o protagonista.

Obrigado por ler esta análise rápida.

this is gonna be a half assed review. story (2/10) : man, i see many comments about this 'deep' story and meaning, but for me its like the author went on drugs. maybe i'm just dumb. i can't even make a summary for it please ;-; art (3/10) : the author has a sort of creepy and unique artstyle, it reminds me of greek/egypt writing (?) it's clean and easy to understand (can't say the same about the plot though) character (2/10) : uuuh??? all i can tell is that they're all mentally ill. is the main character supposed to represent an emotion? humans in general? life? ican't tell.

enjoyment (1/10) : only finished it to see if something would be understandable an the end. it wasn't.

overall (2/10) : well, if you like confusing stuff (aka philosophy / meaning of life) go ahead! i lost two braincells reading this.

This is probably not a fair review but I'm aiming for a neccesary one. Kono yo no owari e no tabi's story can be summed as a repeating dream (hence the surrealism) of an apathetic man. Nothing else. It's not one of those weird and kinda interesting dreams we all have every now and then, but one of those you have when you went to bed late and you gotta wake up early to go to work: not good, a bit boring, almost wishing you could just wake up already, go to work and be over with it so you can go to bed earlier thenext day and maybe then have a decent dream.

If this is your first time reading the Nishioka kyoudai then you'll think the art style is interesting but it's actually pretty lazy considering other works.

Overall, this manga is a looks over substance kind of story, don't let the "deep" themes fool you (because they're just there, in the surface and nothing else), and even then the "looks" part is not the best this duo could offer.

If you were looking for entertainment, don't read this. If you're just into the aesthetics and surrealism, hit it.