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Japanese: ルックバック
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Finished
Published: Jul 19, 2021
Genre: Drama Drama
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump+
Authors: Fujimoto, Tatsuki (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.411 (scored by 7282972,829 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #2152
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #130
Members: 111,474
Favorites: 3,716

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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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Kyoumoto
Kyoumoto
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Fujino, Ayumu
Fujino, Ayumu
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Man from 4-frame Manga
Man from 4-frame Manga
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Man
Man
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Woman from 4-frame Manga
Woman from 4-frame Manga
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Fujino's Grandmother
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Fujino's Older Sister
Fujino's Older Sister
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Homeroom Teacher
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35 Recommended
5 Mixed Feelings
1 Not Recommended
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Jul 18, 2021
MakimuraMiki
Recommended
What a ride.

Regret is a theme that's always hit hard for me. That feeling of wishing you said those words or spent more time with the people you cared about before it was too late. The realization that any resentment and pettiness you had towards them was fucking stupid in the grand scheme of things.

Fujimoto expresses that idea through the endearing relationship between the story's two leads and the sobering inspiration from real-life experiences and events. Tying it all together with creative paneling and a polished flow.

It's short and bittersweet. Amusing and depressing. Contemplative.

I enjoyed it a lot and definitely recommend it.

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Mar 6, 2022
ELpal0taku
Mixed Feelings
I just finished reading it, thanks to this manga I realized that one shots are not my thing.

art: well fujimoto already worked on chainsa wman and fire punch and his art is still great, it's still one of my favorite drawing styles.

history: to be honest I have seen movies and animes with similar stories, you lose a person you loved but his last moments with that person were very bad and the fact of knowing that you could never say goodbye to that precious being can be painful, normally this makes me It would make me sad but apart from the fact that it is ...
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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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Poll: Look Back Chapter 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 )
isimyok - Jul 18, 2021		 155 repliesby Nemu_MAL »»
Mar 11, 9:48 AM
Manga or Movie?
BipulGamer07 - Nov 3, 2024		 25 repliesby Autumni »»
Nov 28, 2024 5:04 AM
Anime movie PV and KV, scheduled to premiere on June 28th, 2024.
ARK-13 - Feb 13, 2024		 19 repliesby K3Vz0 »»
Apr 17, 2024 11:10 AM
short explanation pls
inumxkii - Jul 22, 2021		 5 repliesby waalex11 »»
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