Trillion Game

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You guys know that feeling? That abysmal gap when having sex with an amateur after being pleasured by an expert? Probably not, neither do I, but reading this manga is a feeling fairly similar to that statement.

The story has massive potential, an absolutely brilliant modern setting with a clear and fleshed out goal of obtaining the huge amount of a trillion yen, but how can I say this? It's just that, I personally don't think that Ikegami Ryoichi's art style is the best for this. Don't get me wrong, he's a skilled and seasoned artist with decades of experience, but after reading Dr. Stone, it ... just doesn't feel the same.

If you like the usual fun and witty Riichiro Inagaki classic story telling, you'll probably have no trouble pushing aside the different art style, but don't get your hopes up, because my guess is, and this is my guess only, it's gonna get axed.

"Don't judge a book by it's cover", people try to exercise this as best as they can, but evidently, sooner or later if a manga cannot attract enough attention, all manga will come to an end, and I worry that this story worth a trillion dollars will come to an early end because it won't garner enough attention.

But who knows? Maybe I'm just a douchebag who's to picky for his own good, and that people actually love this manga, plus it's doing good in sales and statistics and I'm pulling everything I just said about it not doing well out of my ass.

Nonetheless, I guess that concludes my review, thanks for taking your time, and don't let this review stop you from reading it and less so supporting it by buying the manga itself.

This manga is about two students, one very smart, and the other with very good communication skills. Their mission is to earn a 100 trillion dollars to make a trillion dollar game. One thing I noticed after reading the first chapter is that the name for one of the two main characters, Gaku, is the same name that Inagaki wanted to use for Senku. The reason he didn’t use it, was that it sounded too academic or nerdy because Gaku means school in Japanese. Even though Senku is smart af, he isn’t the nerdy type and is more of the cool character type. But this ... time, Gaku is the awkward shy kid who’s very smart and uses glasses. So it fits perfectly for him because he isn’t meant to be the cool character type. That role goes to his friend, Haru, who is probably the most confident liar you’ll ever see. If you’re starting to miss Dr. STONE, Trillion game would be a perfect alternative because not only is it written by the same author, it sort of gives me Dr. STONE vibes.

The sheer amount of absurdity, impossible problems being solved realistically, the tropey characters, and it’s just… fun. It makes boring things like coding and entrepreneurship fun just like Dr. STONE made science fun.

I'm sorry but I'm not a fan of Ikegami sensei's art, therefore, a 5/10
The characters and story are fantastic, 10/10 for both
Its very enjoyable 10/10
overall: 9/10