The World Is Mine - Vol. 14 Ch. 163 - The World is Mine
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Boy ... Wtf did I just read?
Good ending tho in my opinion. In fact, it's the best way to end it
Good ending tho in my opinion. In fact, it's the best way to end it
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A celebration of violence to the end! Violence is omnipresent and its celebration is also to be thankful for life itself. Beside the cartoon-politics, this is a good story and the mangaka is a great story-teller. These cartoon-politics do not at all match the very grimy and gritty violence of Toshi-mon. I don't mean that as a bad thing, I think it's easily applicable today, where political circus advertised on social media drowns out anything really poltical just as all circus drowns out anything generally real. But then real violence in Palestine or Ukraine has sparked up and the Real (Lacan) reimposes itself on delusion. The growth of Higumadon turns nuclear non-proliferation activists into mad-hatters calling for the bomb! It reminded me of those supposing by that "Trump" would start "world war three" later calling for the worst imaginable atrocities against Russians. This imposition (of the Real) by Higumadon on the activists is mirrored in Toshi-mon for the reader. One page is Maria and Mon lovey-dovey in the bathroom (most of the page being the white space of bathroom walls), the next is the bloody carcass of a child and mother slumped under a schizo (most of the page being black blood, black clothes, and Toshi's black hair). This is done throughout the series (mostly mild), but I think it's done best in the early changes in sequence from the cartoon-political and other characters of mockery being drawn without lightly and without much detail, to the high-thrill scenes of Toshi-mon thick with ink and filth.
What isn't cartooned is the bomb. The bomb is the beginning of the current Japanese constitution, the basis for Japanese codeified law. Any critique of civil life in Japan, or of those who enjoy it, will contend with the bomb. The bomb in this story is pregiven (everyone knows what it is), whereas the sequences of "politics" hold the reader's hand. The bomb is universal, even in a Europe unaffected by Higumadon, while "politics" only exists in the sequences of dialogue between politicians. That the Americans had noticed Toshi-mon and their opinion of Japan existed was something that had to be said far too often.
Higumadon's expansion in the ocean was genius. It makes its threat (that it always had) finally obvious to the reader and makes the Author's statement of nuclear bombs as god come together. The author failed to make any meaning of Higumadon's and Toshi-mon's encounters. They just intercept, a performance of Mon is shown (the battle) ------ scratch that I have to think about Higumadon as Mon's teddy bear which the author clearly stated was "hope" or some bullshit in the last volume.
Anyway, I liked it.
What isn't cartooned is the bomb. The bomb is the beginning of the current Japanese constitution, the basis for Japanese codeified law. Any critique of civil life in Japan, or of those who enjoy it, will contend with the bomb. The bomb in this story is pregiven (everyone knows what it is), whereas the sequences of "politics" hold the reader's hand. The bomb is universal, even in a Europe unaffected by Higumadon, while "politics" only exists in the sequences of dialogue between politicians. That the Americans had noticed Toshi-mon and their opinion of Japan existed was something that had to be said far too often.
Higumadon's expansion in the ocean was genius. It makes its threat (that it always had) finally obvious to the reader and makes the Author's statement of nuclear bombs as god come together. The author failed to make any meaning of Higumadon's and Toshi-mon's encounters. They just intercept, a performance of Mon is shown (the battle) ------ scratch that I have to think about Higumadon as Mon's teddy bear which the author clearly stated was "hope" or some bullshit in the last volume.
Anyway, I liked it.
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I think there was significance to Toshi-mon and Higumadon's encounters, it goes back to the Death of God. Higumadon symbolizes God, and Mon symbolizes Man. Mon is initially completely powerless before God. In their second encounter, iijima makes God bleed, and in the final encounter Man kills God. Mon becomes the Ubermensch and as a result humanity cannibalizes itself (a condemnation of Nietzche's ideals).
Well from start to finish this manga was truly something out of this world. This finale chapter was great along with the last few. I really liked the conclusion to everything with all the nukes and Dogwood Hayes last speech (He deserved more screen time). The last few panels blew me away and the finale panel to wrap up this manga was a masterpiece.
This manga had a great cast a amazing characters from Yuri and Hayes who had dialogue heavy chapters, and where very interesting. To Mon and Toshi the main duo, i really grew to love Toshi as a character the one thing i didnt really like was his conclusion. Mon was great from start to finish especially his end. Maria was a solid character. The art is another highlight it was really nice though in some panels it seemed to clustered.
The story was a wild ride from beginning to end though i loved it.
overall TWIM is severly underrated and deserves more love.
I affirm myself.
This manga had a great cast a amazing characters from Yuri and Hayes who had dialogue heavy chapters, and where very interesting. To Mon and Toshi the main duo, i really grew to love Toshi as a character the one thing i didnt really like was his conclusion. Mon was great from start to finish especially his end. Maria was a solid character. The art is another highlight it was really nice though in some panels it seemed to clustered.
The story was a wild ride from beginning to end though i loved it.
overall TWIM is severly underrated and deserves more love.
I affirm myself.
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Wow. This fucking ending. It's hard to wrap my head around it. Only in the way that I CAN and HAVE, but I just got done and I wouldn't be able to articulate it in a way that is coherent without rambling and typing out my thoughts as they come into my head. So, I'll leave it at this:
I thought this was some weird, ultra-violent manga with no real plot. In some weird ways, that's part of the whole fucking point! I am so pleasantly surprised at how wrong I was. This manga is amazing. Might be a new top 10 for me. I have to think on it some more. But, man. I really hope anyone who started this saw it through to the end. Because there is a lot to unpack and think about here. Simply amazing.
I thought this was some weird, ultra-violent manga with no real plot. In some weird ways, that's part of the whole fucking point! I am so pleasantly surprised at how wrong I was. This manga is amazing. Might be a new top 10 for me. I have to think on it some more. But, man. I really hope anyone who started this saw it through to the end. Because there is a lot to unpack and think about here. Simply amazing.
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What a crazy ride and ending, and what a dense and rich story. A kaiju movie psycho thriller. Definitely not something you can recommend to most people, at least without warning about some of the content lol. But a great experience if you're open to it. 9/10 overall
Toshi was a fascinating character and my favorite, I really felt kinda bad for him at the beginning but he turned out to be scariest dude in the damn manga. His arc was terrifying to witness. Mon was great too, and his nemesis the Higumadon. Messiah and Anti-Christ, which one is which? Destined to clash and bring forth the apocalypse. I affirm myself
Some of the more comedic bits, like the police guys, can be quite funny but also got a bit annoying between all the insanity. It's also a bit on the verbose side, but perhaps as a stylistic choice. A lot of the side-content is high quality though, from the japanese prime minister and cabinet, the US president, the badass hunter, the journalist, the reaction of the public, and so on. from those the dick-doodling journalist and absolute madman prime minister are my favorites.
this must've been crazy to read serialized in a magazine, I can't imagine not being able to binge this. I was on the edge of the seat my whole time. Apparently Tatsuki Fujimoto said that this manga was one of the inspirations for Fire Punch, and you can definitely see some notes overlapping with the whole messiah thing.
Toshi was a fascinating character and my favorite, I really felt kinda bad for him at the beginning but he turned out to be scariest dude in the damn manga. His arc was terrifying to witness. Mon was great too, and his nemesis the Higumadon. Messiah and Anti-Christ, which one is which? Destined to clash and bring forth the apocalypse. I affirm myself
Some of the more comedic bits, like the police guys, can be quite funny but also got a bit annoying between all the insanity. It's also a bit on the verbose side, but perhaps as a stylistic choice. A lot of the side-content is high quality though, from the japanese prime minister and cabinet, the US president, the badass hunter, the journalist, the reaction of the public, and so on. from those the dick-doodling journalist and absolute madman prime minister are my favorites.
this must've been crazy to read serialized in a magazine, I can't imagine not being able to binge this. I was on the edge of the seat my whole time. Apparently Tatsuki Fujimoto said that this manga was one of the inspirations for Fire Punch, and you can definitely see some notes overlapping with the whole messiah thing.
