Jan 27, 2021
This review contains light spoilers.
BTOOOM! has been a really wild ride. Admittedly it has its problems but you can get over them if you just suspense your disbelief for some of the things happening.
I know its not important to the review but I really want to mention that I had to wait two years for every chapter to come out then I looked for this manga everywhere and I almost thought it was lost media, but thanks to the (for now) only other reviewer of the btooom manga I found it. Note that those circumstances may make me biased toward liking it.
Art 8/10
An Interesting
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thing about this author is that he likes to draw faces really round to the point that they look like melons, but still I think he has skill. The backgrounds are outstanding, I really like how by the end of the last chapters the mangaka tells us about all the places he has been to to take reference photos. The guy has traveled half of the world just for the sake of making backgrounds. Absolute madman.
Characters 9/10
I like it how in this manga almost every character on the island gets a backstory. Exploring the reasons of why they were sent there, their motivation and resolve really adds to the depth of the whole story.
The only slightly annoying thing is Ryota's edgy phase (I won't go into detail and will refrain from spoiling you) but by the end of it I sympathized mainly to Himiko, because she did nothing wrong to deserve to be sent to the island and even her actions on the island were not criminal in any way.
Story 7/10
The things that happen are pretty wild but sometimes come out as plain silly and that makes you a bit less invested in the story but still I think its really fascinating. The author tries really hard to redeem the characters and make us forgive them for the things they have done, which may come as annoying to some people but I still think he did a good job.
Again use your suspense of disbelief because there are quite a few supernatural things happening. I don't know if the author is a fan of conspiracy theories or if its just a meme but I have never seen a manga or anime in which politics play such an important role to the story. So BTOOOM takes an original turn and has two endings, as the author puts it at the end of each ending, one is to pander to the readers and the other is the actual ending he wanted.
I think the ending he wanted is more well thought out and feels like the real ending to the story but unless you are a heartless person you will feel really bitter reading only that, so...
There is the another ending, I recommend reading this one last to feel better. Its not as well thought out but it makes you feel good which I think is more important.
Moral of the story:
Death to capitalists!!! The working class will rise up!!!
Maybe I am redundant but I still want to say that it has been a wild ride.
I get this feeling of sadness that the manga has ended and I no longer will be part of Ryota and Himiko's wild story of fighting for their survival with everything they've got. Miss you guys. 10/10
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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