Kono Yo no Owari e no Tabi

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I really liked this work that wanted to imply several social issues through surrealism and absurdism : the fact that the issues are treated only on the surface is a mark of absurdism.
Their nature is showed on another aspect, all of this seems to be a piece of art about how it is to not understand anything about reality and what it implies : social norms and habits.
That way, the character isn't made to be liked or anything, he is just a tool to represent absurdism : one of my favorite philosophical thesis.
I got annoyed by the placement of the text, the ... text could even not be read, maybe that's also one of the intentions !
All of this is absurdism. Loved it !

Esta review está em inglês e português / This review is in English and Portuguese.

ENGLISH:
Well, this is what I have to say about Kono Yo no Owari and no Tabi:

For starters, it's a synesthetic manga, a story about a boy with epiphanies.
His art is cartoonish, which I liked for its different style and having a beautiful Worldbuilding, but which is not very visible in its expressiveness.
He's pretty fast, even though it's a short manga.
Some ideologies and acts that go on are rather brief foundations.
And there isn't even development to be more of a psychedelic journey manga, which is pretty lazy to develop just the protagonist.
...
Thanks for reading this quick review.

PT BR:
Bem, isso é o que terei para falar de Kono Yo no Owari e no Tabi:

Pra começar, se trata de um mangá sinestesico, de uma história de um menino com epifanias.
Sua arte é caricata, que me agradou por seu estilo diferente e ter um Worldbuilding bonito, mas que não é muito bem visível em sua expressividade.
Ele é bem rápido, mesmo se tratando de um mangá curto.
Algumas ideologias e atos que se passam são um pouco súbitas e sem fundamentos.
E nem sequer existe desenvolvimento por se tratar mais de um mangá de jornadas psicodélicas, o que é bem preguiçoso para se desenvolver apenas o protagonista.

Obrigado por ler esta análise rápida.

this is gonna be a half assed review.

story (2/10) : man, i see many comments about this 'deep' story and meaning, but for me its like the author went on drugs. maybe i'm just dumb. i can't even make a summary for it please ;-;

art (3/10) : the author has a sort of creepy and unique artstyle, it reminds me of greek/egypt writing (?) it's clean and easy to understand (can't say the same about the plot though)

character (2/10) : uuuh??? all i can tell is that they're all mentally ill. is the main character supposed to represent an emotion? humans in general? life? i ... can't tell.

enjoyment (1/10) : only finished it to see if something would be understandable an the end. it wasn't.

overall (2/10) : well, if you like confusing stuff (aka philosophy / meaning of life) go ahead! i lost two braincells reading this.