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STORY: Tsugumi Ohba
ARTIST: Takeshi Obata
TRANSLATION: Stephen Paul
LETTERS: James Gaubatz
EDITOR: Alexis Kirsch
ISBN: 978-1-9747-1054-6; paperback (December 2019); Rated “M” for “Mature”
208pp, B&W, $9.99 US, $12.99 CAN, £6.99 UK
Platinum End is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It has been serialized in the manga magazine, Jump SQ, since November 2015. VIZ Media has been publishing an English-language edition of the manga as a graphic novel series under its “Shonen Jump” imprint since late 2016.
Platinum End focuses on Mirai Kakehashi. He attempts suicide by jumping from the roof of a building simply because he is tired of living. Instead of dying, however, Mirai is saved by an angel named “Nasse.” Through her, Mirai learns that 13 humans have been chosen as candidates to replace God, who plans to retire in 999 days. Each candidate has a guardian angel, and Nasse is Mirai's, and the two have befriend another candidate/angel duo, Saki Hanakago and “Revel.”
As Platinum End, Vol. 10 (Chapters 32 to 36) opens, Kakehashi, Saki, and Minamikawa continue to search for other god candidates. In a suburban house, they meet Shuji Nakaumi and Ogaro, the Angel of Darkness. All Shuji wants to talk about, however, is committing suicide! Plus, Minamikawa has a big announcement!
Meanwhile, police agent, Mr. Hoshi, and his subordinate, Ms. Yumiki, who are both secretly working with the god candidates, are at the center of a plan to gather all the remaining living candidates. But no one knows who the sixth remaining candidate is.
THE LOWDOWN: The Platinum End manga is another odd and alluring and oddly alluring manga from the mangaka super duo of writer Tsugumi Ohba and artist Takeshi Obata. Their previous work includes the controversial Death Note and the illuminating industry insider manga, Bakuman。.
Platinum End Graphic Novel Volume 10, like Vol. 9, somewhat eschews the darkness and edginess of Vols. 7 and 8. Ohba and Obata move the series away from the homicidal machinations of the murderous mastermind, Metropoliman. They also offer a shocker when one of the angels reveals some information to the candidates that they need to know, but perhaps, should not know. The creators also tease the sixth candidate, which is an example of why the more I read, the more I feel I have to keep reading
As usual, readers get another excellent translation by Stephen Paul that is filled with engaging dialogue that clearly conveys the new secrets revealed. Also, the lettering by James Gaubatz deftly establishes conversational tone, and tone, as usual, turns out to be quite important here.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Readers looking for good comic books will want to read Ohba and Obata's latest “Shonen Jump” title, Platinum End.
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9 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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