Fumetsu no Anata e
To Your Eternity

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The manga should've stopped after Chapter 116.

Everything that happens after Chapter 116 should've been a spin-off.

I would given the manga a solid 9, if it wasn't for the post-116 chapters.
Chapter 116 was a great ending and should've stayed that way.

Now for everything before chapter 117...
[SPOILERS]

... Story:8
Very unique premise.
The main character starts of as a semi-conscious rock made by a higher being.
Ends up turning himself into a wolf after it dies.(we later find out he can turn himself into anything he feels a strong emotional connection towards, he learns to control this ability and also learns to [create] stuff)
Overall very gripping and emotionally driven. Shounen with some psychological elements mixed in.

Art:9
The art is like what you would expect of the author of Koe No Katachi

Characters:9
The most interesting part of the manga imo.
The characters feel very similar to Fire Punch by Tatsuki Fujimoto.
They are weird in a mostly non-cliche way.

Enjoyment: 4
This would've been a 9 if it wasn't for the post-116 chapters which I feel are like one big filler.

The manga can be quite "weird" at times, but overall I'd say it's a worthwhile read. (pre-117 at least)

This review might contain light spoilers.

For some reason, I have a hard time liking Ooima Yoshitoki's works. The details in To Your Eternity are beautifully drawn (although I'm not a fan of her art style), and she is able to immerse you into her story's interesting world, with her many diverse characters, but I don't think this is my kind of story. I feel like she's overusing tropes that bring sadness and emptiness into the readers. There's nothing wrong with a story that makes you cry and think deeply about life; in fact, I love them, but, to me, this kind of story where the ... main character goes on a journey in which tragedies are used for the sake of the main character's development is not interesting enough for me. This story seems to mostly move forward with tragedies and unexplained supernatural moments, with some human bonding and growth on the side. I know the main point of her story is probably for the readers to appreciate the beautiful part of life, such as friendship and love, as well as the sorrowful ones, like grief and greed, I guess, but I didn't enjoy her manga like I thought I would.

The other issue I have with the story is that the mysteries just continuously add up without any answers or hints. That's fine, many series do that, but I think there comes a point where there is supposed to be some development in that aspect - and we still don't get any of it even after 60 chapters: we just continue to see people dying and some certain problematic characters following the main character around. I don't know if the plot eventually develops in the later chapters, because it might be the kind of story that goes with the flow and doesn't necessarily lead anywhere. Some people might enjoy that kind of thing, but I am not one of them when it comes to taking advantage of dramatic situations all the time to bring intense feelings into the readers, without having a concrete reason there.

One last thing is that the antagonists of the series are just... weird. The hooded entity is probably not a human, so it's okay if he's odd, but that one psychopath has nothing interesting about them. The only thing is that they're obsessed with the main character, and that's all there is to them, so much that it's ridiculous and boring. Otherwise, most characters in the story are engaging enough, especially Gugu, the true MVP of this story.

This might contain light spoilers.

I was initially motivated to read this manga because I saw it got an anime adaptation that looked pretty interesting. The story started off strong; I was drawn into the world + the characters and watching how the immortal protagonist developed as a result of the events and people around them. But it went downhill after a particular arc with one of the main antagonists... and then it just kept going downhill because the author decided that antagonist should have decedents that continually harass the protagonist throughout the ages and the protag is like: "Hm, this is kinda weird and uncomfortable ... for me but I'm not gonna do anything about it! This definitely won't be a problem for me in the future."

The current chapters take place in the modern day and it is insufferable at this point. It has devolved into overused tropes and many of the characters who previously had some development have been thrown to the side for... whatever this is. It's a very character-driven manga without actually writing the characters properly and there's no progression in this current arc.

I really don't understand why this has such high ratings when it's this disappointing (for me at least).