Shokuryou Jinrui Re
Starving Anonymous Re:Velation

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So you're coming off of reading Starving Anonymous, then you think... "what? a sequel? okay let's get into it." For those who might have jumped from Kingdom Hearts 1 to Kingdom Hearts 2, there's a leap that you don't understand... something's off, who are these protagonists? What is this world? Why is everything seemingly peaceful in what was a wild ride of a previous installment?

There's something quite juicy about a world that is, to its readers, obviously wrong, but everyone within the narrative continues as if nothing is wrong. So then we peer through the lens of those who would be deemed as misfits, that's ... what I value about these kinds of stories. The outcasts and the weird ones are those who can challenge the status quo. Of course, our protagonist pales in comparison to the weird kids he meets, and especially in comparison to the main group of the previous story, hell even the transformed friend in the first story is braver than this protagonist, but I found it quite realistic against the backdrop of wild powers in this sequel. The ending felt quite justified and brutally realistic because in a society that had one belief so strongly for years, then a new ideology is confronted, it's hard to abandon things fully.

In my review for Starving Anonymous, I noted the similarities to Gantz, this one story melds the last arc of Gantz and Starving Anonymous and takes a sharp look at idolatry of the gods/aliens. While I grade the prequel and the sequel the same, I edge this one over a little bit because we do get to see some references to the prequel. This is a wild ride I would recommend with similar art and a larger scale than before.

The sequel is much more polished compared to the original.
The origin / back story for the aliens seem to not match with the prequel.

I find myself being able to relate to both villains, not counting the alien race.
I also find it funny, and realistic to see the alien race die of disease.

I am slightly confused on who's the main character. Or if the series was written with two main characters in mind.
Our nerdy main character seems to be out of the spot light for the most part. They have 0 combat abilities.

The ending does make me feel sad for the ... main cast's efforts though. Because it implies that there are still remnants scattered across the world. So in the end, the protagonists never really eliminated the threat. They simply delayed it.