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Type: Manga

Volumes: 1

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Finished

Published: Jul 19, 2021

Genre: Drama

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Jump+

Authors: Fujimoto, Tatsuki (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #217²

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Popularity: #130

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Fourth grader Ayumu Fujino regularly draws four-panel manga for her school newspaper and is lauded as having the best artwork in her class. One day, she is asked by her teacher to turn over one of her manga slots in the school newspaper to a truant student named Kyomoto. When Kyomoto's manga pops up alongside Fujino's, it receives high praise for its detailed artwork, making Fujino furiously jealous.

Refusing to be beaten by someone who barely attends school, Fujino devotes herself to learning to create manga. As time goes on though, her goal of outshining Kyomoto seems to only get further and further away; and Fujino, now in sixth grade, eventually gives up and quits making manga.

Graduation day arrives, and Fujino is asked to deliver Kyomoto's graduation certificate to her. Through chance, the two end up coming face to face, and their unexpected meeting will end up having consequences far beyond what either of them could ever predict.

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Look Back ranked first in the 2022 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Male Readers division. It was also nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award and placed second in the final ranking.

The one-shot was published digitally as an English simulpub through MANGA Plus. The volume was published in English by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint on September 20, 2022. The manga was also released in Polish by Waneko on August 24, 2022, and in Portuguese by Editora Devir on September 9, 2024.

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Nov 22, 2024

Mara2463

Recommended

Look Back – Spoiler Free – Recommended

TLDR
Story – 7/10 – 7 x 0.275 = 1,925
Art – 8/10 – 8 x 0.2 = 1,6
Characters – 7/10 – 7 x 0.225 = 1,575
Enjoyment – 7/10 – 7 x 0.3 = 2,1
Total: 7,2 -> 7

Story – 7/10
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Aug 11, 2022

drazorback

Mixed Feelings

Original review in french below
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Fujimoto is one of the hype mangakas of the moment. By reading Firepunch (I haven't looked into Chainsaw Man yet) it's easy to understand why: a dark, absurd, crazy, disturbing universe, but steeped in humor. Here, everything seems much more peaceful, sober. Look Back is certainly a meta manga, since telling the meeting in primary school of two apprentice designers. But the approach to the subject is probably more reflective on the very activity of drawing than on the narration or the format itself (by contrast, the director commenting on and directing the action in Fire Punch was much more disruptive). ... Reflective and sensitive, a certain care having been brought to certain boards, for example, those revealing like a Monet painting his haystacks over the seasons, Fujimoto crunches the obstinacy of his young mangaka, in a fixed position, impervious to change climates that surround it. Or again, the one detailing the black and shaken gaze of the young girl learning terrible news... Vacuity of the fact of drawing, if not that of being able to rewrite history and escape into the imagination, as an epilogue seems to claim whose evanescent and dreamy scope we can measure with our fingertips.

But also a story of friendship sketched out, between two teenagers, one arrogant, mischievous and falsely sure of herself, the second, shy (even hikkimori) but careful and diligent; their complementarity being symbolized by these mangas that they will draw with four hands, one for the scenarios/characters, the second for the extremely neat decorations. Only, rather than clinging to these sensitive little details, Fujimoto, himself perhaps still a teenager in his approach, cannot help slipping slightly down two slippery slopes: on the one hand, the one who thinks that t is absolutely necessary that a drama occur (as such, he probably went beyond the medium and its prerogatives less than he thinks), then, that of a pathos sometimes slightly too strong. Despite everything, a recommendable one shot, revealing the sentimental aspect of an author ostensibly more busy rolling mechanics.

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Fujimoto est l'un des mangakas hype du moment. En lisant Firepunch (je ne me suis pas encore penché sur Chainsaw Man) on comprend aisément pourquoi : un univers sombre, absurde, déjanté, perturbant, mais pétri d'humour. Ici, tout semble bien plus apaisé, sobre. Look Back est certes un manga méta, puisque racontant la rencontre en école primaire de deux apprenties dessinatrices. Mais l'approche du sujet se veut sans doute plus réflexive sur l'activité même de dessiner que sur la narration ou le format même ( par contraste, la réalisatrice commentant et orientant l'action dans Fire Punch était bien plus disruptive ). Réflexive et sensible, un soin certain ayant été apporté à certaines planches, par exemple, celles dévoilant tel un Monet peignant ses bottes de foin au fil des saison, Fujimoto croque l'obstination de sa jeune mangaka, dans une position fixe, imperméable aux changements climatiques qui l'entourent. Ou encore, celle détaillant le regard noir et ébranlé de la jeune fille apprenant une terrible nouvelle... Vacuité du fait de dessiner, sinon celui de pouvoir réécrire l'histoire et s'évader dans l'imaginaire, comme semble le clamer un épilogue dont on mesure du bout des doigts la portée évanescente et rêveuse.

Mais aussi une histoire d'amitié ébauchée, entre deux adolescentes, l'une arrogante, espiègle et faussement sûre d'elle, la seconde, timide (hikkimori même) mais soigneuse et appliquée ; leur complémentarité étant symbolisé par ces mangas qu'elles dessineront à quatre mains, l'une au scénarios/personnages, la seconde aux décors extrêmement soigné. Seulement, plutôt que de s'accrocher à ces petits détails sensibles, Fujimoto, lui-même peut-être encore adolescent dans son approche, ne peut s'empêcher de légèrement glissé sur deux pentes savonneuses : d'une part, celle qui pense qu'il faut absolument qu'un drame advienne (à ce titre, il a sans doute moins dépassé le medium et ses prérogatifs qu'il le pense), ensuite, celle d'un pathos parfois légèrement trop appuyé. Malgré tout un one shot recommandable, dévoilant l'aspect sentimental d'un auteur ostensiblement plus occupé à rouler des mécaniques.

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Feb 20, 2025

maridsloth

Not Recommended

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this is the first manga i've read by fugimoto (on the recommendation of a friend), and this manga seemed extremely rushed to me, either because of the relationship of the characters and the ending seemed to lack ideas so anything will do, can it happen that some crazy person invades a college and wants to kill the people inside? yes, it can, this unfortunately happens in our reality, but for me this in a story in an abrupt way was the last nail in the coffin that made me hate this manga.
i started to hate fujimoto's works because of this manga, i didn't like his ...

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