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Yo-kai Watch #2
Yokai Watch vol. 02
Keita Amano adalah seorang siswa kelas SD yang sangat biasa, yang ada di mana-mana. Dia mendapatkan Jam tangan Yo-kai, item ajaib yang dapat membuatnya melihat Yo-kai yang tidak tampak oleh mata.
Bersama dengan butler Yo-kai bernama Whisper dan Yo-kai Jibanyan, Keita beraksi dalam serial yang seru!
Editor's Note
Ada game dan animenya
Bersama dengan butler Yo-kai bernama Whisper dan Yo-kai Jibanyan, Keita beraksi dalam serial yang seru!
Editor's Note
Ada game dan animenya
200 pages, Paperback
First published December 27, 2013
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March 10, 2016
3.5 stars
October 16, 2016
Love it once again. Also, Shogunyan isn't a ghost... but still i love it! Also Sproink you are fat.
July 3, 2022
Now that we've got through the introduction of the world of Yo-kai and the power of the Yo-kai watch, we now got to focus more on action and fun situations. Right off the bat from the first chapter we get to see Whisper in a godawful pompadour wig, and it only got better from there. After taking my sweet time to get through the first book I ended up reading this book in one sitting, with the next book coming right after. I found the Yo-kai in this book to be more exciting because most of them were causing problems, so we got to see some good old fashioned fist fights. This book would have been so boring without Jibanyan, he carried ever single scene he was in, and not only were there was one Jibanyan, there was three (four?) of them. Just from looking at the covers of the other books it looks like there's going to be more Jibanyan variations, and whether or not it's actually Jibanyan or a character with the same design, I don't care. Cats make everything better, therefore Jibanyan's presence made the book 1000 times better. It's like Multiverse of Madness but instead of there being a bunch of Doctor Stranges there's a bunch of Jibanyans.
Now it's time for my wacky wonderful list of 10 comments/thoughts because I'm too lazy to write a proper review!
1. I'm going to go on a limb and say that I'll probably say "*insert Yo-kai name* is literally me" at least once every review, but I mean it when I say that Daiz is me, both in looks, personality, and spirit. (Wow I'm so funny)
2. I thoroughly enjoyed Jibanyan and Nate's rivalry when it comes to money. And those snacks that they all ate at the end of chapter 10 were totally the stolen snacks. Jibanyan just told Nate that he payed for them to get him off his back, but in reality he used the coin to get even more snacks later. I was going to make a comment about what I thought Jibanyan's D&D would be, but I realized that the whole thing confuses me so much that I don't understand it. At first I was thinking Chaotic Good, but I think he could also be True Neutral? I'm too dumb for this.
3. It was kind of nice to change things up with Sproink (god that name sucks) in chapter 11. All we've seen is Nate make a whole bunch of "friends" (I think he just says that to some of those weirder Yo-kais so that they don't bother him) so it was a good change of story to shake things up. Although, if I'm being honest, I really don't think I would want to be friends with a gym-loving Yo-kai. Gym rats already weird we out enough as it is in real life, I don't think a giant, ugly pig, who also happens to be a gym bro would make a great friend, or even a mediocre acquaintance.
4. Some of the guys in the hot tub chapter straight up didn't have any sort of junk. And neither does Nate, apparently. This is such a weird thing to notice but for some reason it was so hilarious. How to they pee? I'm asking too many questions.
5. I'm sort of confused about that funny face thing that appeared a couple of times in the book. It looks like the characters have a chopstick(?) coming out from each of their noses and its tucked into their bottom lip so their mouth is forced open. Is it sort of this books equivalent to that snot bubble that appears when characters sleep in anime and stuff? Is the stuff coming out of their noses snot? I hope not, but I don't know what else it is. Or is there no other meaning to it than it being a silly facial expression that stands out?
6. Why was the chapter with Cadin so intense? He assumed because Nate's friends were trying to catch cicadas that they were going to kill them? And then he decides that his life's mission is to kill as many humans as possible for it. Ok. And then he DIES in Nate's arms before coming back as a cicada zombie. That was... not what I was expecting from this book. But I would be lying if I said that this chapter wasn't the best one in this book.
7. I feel for Noway because I too would cause misery to every person I came across if I literally was a hunk of wall. Also, if I ever ask someone out and they reject me I will know that it was because of Noway and not because the person isn't in love with me, because that isn't possible.
8. Seeing as Volume 2 of Stranger Things came out before writing this review, Eddie's "too fast to live" jacket really hits hard. Also that baseball bat with the nails had an uncanny resemblance too Steve Harrington's nail bat. Never mind that this book was published before the first season of Stranger Things came out, this book is clearly copying the show.
9. Shogunyan possessing Jibanyan made me think of Ben taking over Klaus in the Umbrella Academy. Ah, the good old possession storyline, it's always funny. And that comment at the end of Jibanyan visiting Shogunyan's grave every single day was hilarious, because only Jibanyan could get scared by a skeleton that he dug up himself.
10. I couldn't help but notice that the virus Jibanyan (or Thornyan, if you will) on the back was drawn with a rip in his right ear, although every single Jibanyan/Jibanyan variation was drawn with a tear in the left ear.
Between punching pompadours, zombie cicadas, and private partsless people, this was a fun book. It was sweet and funny, just like the last book, and I'm enjoying meeting all these new Yo-kais, although I think I can only take so much of it. I don't know how many books of the series follows this formula, and I'm only two in and I'm already looking forward to some more changes. I would hate to invest so much time in reading these books and writing reviews for them only to realize way too late that there isn't going to be any sort of over-arching story.
Also, I feel so bad for Jibanyan. He keeps being summoned at the most inconvenient times. Look, I get this series wouldn't be nearly as interesting if it wasn't from Jibanyan, but let my man go to fun concerts and relaxing vacations without the threat of being summoned back to fight a floating box of tissues or something.
Now it's time for my wacky wonderful list of 10 comments/thoughts because I'm too lazy to write a proper review!
1. I'm going to go on a limb and say that I'll probably say "*insert Yo-kai name* is literally me" at least once every review, but I mean it when I say that Daiz is me, both in looks, personality, and spirit. (Wow I'm so funny)
2. I thoroughly enjoyed Jibanyan and Nate's rivalry when it comes to money. And those snacks that they all ate at the end of chapter 10 were totally the stolen snacks. Jibanyan just told Nate that he payed for them to get him off his back, but in reality he used the coin to get even more snacks later. I was going to make a comment about what I thought Jibanyan's D&D would be, but I realized that the whole thing confuses me so much that I don't understand it. At first I was thinking Chaotic Good, but I think he could also be True Neutral? I'm too dumb for this.
3. It was kind of nice to change things up with Sproink (god that name sucks) in chapter 11. All we've seen is Nate make a whole bunch of "friends" (I think he just says that to some of those weirder Yo-kais so that they don't bother him) so it was a good change of story to shake things up. Although, if I'm being honest, I really don't think I would want to be friends with a gym-loving Yo-kai. Gym rats already weird we out enough as it is in real life, I don't think a giant, ugly pig, who also happens to be a gym bro would make a great friend, or even a mediocre acquaintance.
4. Some of the guys in the hot tub chapter straight up didn't have any sort of junk. And neither does Nate, apparently. This is such a weird thing to notice but for some reason it was so hilarious. How to they pee? I'm asking too many questions.
5. I'm sort of confused about that funny face thing that appeared a couple of times in the book. It looks like the characters have a chopstick(?) coming out from each of their noses and its tucked into their bottom lip so their mouth is forced open. Is it sort of this books equivalent to that snot bubble that appears when characters sleep in anime and stuff? Is the stuff coming out of their noses snot? I hope not, but I don't know what else it is. Or is there no other meaning to it than it being a silly facial expression that stands out?
6. Why was the chapter with Cadin so intense? He assumed because Nate's friends were trying to catch cicadas that they were going to kill them? And then he decides that his life's mission is to kill as many humans as possible for it. Ok. And then he DIES in Nate's arms before coming back as a cicada zombie. That was... not what I was expecting from this book. But I would be lying if I said that this chapter wasn't the best one in this book.
7. I feel for Noway because I too would cause misery to every person I came across if I literally was a hunk of wall. Also, if I ever ask someone out and they reject me I will know that it was because of Noway and not because the person isn't in love with me, because that isn't possible.
8. Seeing as Volume 2 of Stranger Things came out before writing this review, Eddie's "too fast to live" jacket really hits hard. Also that baseball bat with the nails had an uncanny resemblance too Steve Harrington's nail bat. Never mind that this book was published before the first season of Stranger Things came out, this book is clearly copying the show.
9. Shogunyan possessing Jibanyan made me think of Ben taking over Klaus in the Umbrella Academy. Ah, the good old possession storyline, it's always funny. And that comment at the end of Jibanyan visiting Shogunyan's grave every single day was hilarious, because only Jibanyan could get scared by a skeleton that he dug up himself.
10. I couldn't help but notice that the virus Jibanyan (or Thornyan, if you will) on the back was drawn with a rip in his right ear, although every single Jibanyan/Jibanyan variation was drawn with a tear in the left ear.
Between punching pompadours, zombie cicadas, and private partsless people, this was a fun book. It was sweet and funny, just like the last book, and I'm enjoying meeting all these new Yo-kais, although I think I can only take so much of it. I don't know how many books of the series follows this formula, and I'm only two in and I'm already looking forward to some more changes. I would hate to invest so much time in reading these books and writing reviews for them only to realize way too late that there isn't going to be any sort of over-arching story.
Also, I feel so bad for Jibanyan. He keeps being summoned at the most inconvenient times. Look, I get this series wouldn't be nearly as interesting if it wasn't from Jibanyan, but let my man go to fun concerts and relaxing vacations without the threat of being summoned back to fight a floating box of tissues or something.
April 28, 2018
This volume is more action-oriented than the last one, which isn’t inherently bad but the fights get stale because there’s little variety between them. They almost always focus on Jibanyan who’ll usually win by using his signature move; there’s not much creativity in how the fights play out.
There’s still some of the great humour the series is known for, which is when this volume is at its best. Although there’s some moments that are much darker than you’d expect from Yo-kai Watch stories and stand out a lot.
There’s a few panels in one of the stories where graphics with Japanese text are really poorly re-done with English text that stood out hilariously badly and I couldn’t not mention it here
There’s still some of the great humour the series is known for, which is when this volume is at its best. Although there’s some moments that are much darker than you’d expect from Yo-kai Watch stories and stand out a lot.
There’s a few panels in one of the stories where graphics with Japanese text are really poorly re-done with English text that stood out hilariously badly and I couldn’t not mention it here
February 1, 2021
Nate Adams collects more Yo Kai with his special watch. Nate's unique way of looking at everything lets him become friends with many Yo Kai even when they are annoying and hard to like. Nate, Whisper and other Yo Kai join together to stop Yo Kai from using their negative talents and show them how to behave. In this book Nate turns into a bad boy, he fights against a Yo Kai who gives people colds and one who is spaced out and more.
January 13, 2025
Yo-Kai Watch, Vol. 2 is about Nate finding and solving problems with yokai. The story is fast and funny, with lots of surprises. The ghosts and yokai are fun to meet, and I liked how they helped or caused trouble. Nate is brave, and his watch makes the story exciting. The yokai and ghosts are what I’ll remember most!
April 10, 2025
Very good and creative! I like the character design of Roughraff!
May 16, 2021
it's my favourite issue and it was so funny(and weird)that cadin became a zombie the way he did.
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March 7, 2017
Il secondo volume della serie rappresenta un netto miglioramento rispetto all'esordio, la trama è più ricca di humor e risulta più piacevole e i disegni sono più esagerati ed estremi, cosa che accompagna meglio le scene d'azione e le gag slapstick sparse nel corso dei capitoli.
December 24, 2022
A really delightful read! While 'Yo-kai Watch' is definitely for young readers (for whom I highly recommend it), it's also a really fun read for adults looking for something lighthearted and funny. There are the occasional serious points but humor is definitely a dominant factor. The variety of yokai is creative and enjoyable as are the different situations our young hero, Nate, and his yokai friend Whisper, (who thinks he's Nate's butler) find themselves in. Of all the wonderful and fun yokai met in volume 2, I think Cadin the cicada yokai of Chapter Thirteen was the best, although as a whole chapter fourteen was by far the funniest.
The breaking of the fourth wall in chapter 12 was just plain hysterical. Mostly because it was so unexpected.
The breaking of the fourth wall in chapter 12 was just plain hysterical. Mostly because it was so unexpected.
August 14, 2016
3.75*
My main pet peeve with YO-KAI WATCH as a series is how much Nate relies on Jibanyan. He ends up having 40-ish Yo-Kai friends, but Jibanyan is the one that he keeps calling to help him out.
My main pet peeve with YO-KAI WATCH as a series is how much Nate relies on Jibanyan. He ends up having 40-ish Yo-Kai friends, but Jibanyan is the one that he keeps calling to help him out.
March 19, 2016
More Yo-kai antics in this second volume. You get to meet some of Jibanyan's alter egos! Enjoy the wackiness, grave-robbing, and mucus of this volume! The art really makes the series shine. It stand out from the Anime in it's own over the top manner. Check out this book!
May 2, 2016
It was good
January 18, 2016
Very Cute Manga will keep reading
April 20, 2017
Al seguir leyendo este manga puedo ver que fue muy buena elección, dejar que el chico de Panini que me atendió en la FILIJ me recomendara leer esta linda historia, al ser este un manga Kodomo (infantil) puedo ver que a parte de ser una historia fácil de leer es una historia que tiene muy buenos valores que le puedes transmitir a los niños ya que te enseña desde el valor de la amistad hasta el sentido de la responsabilidad y así cumplir como niño con lo que te corresponde hacer, eso me gusto mucho, ya que como les e estado comentando lo leo junto con mis sobrinos y aparte de aprender a leer con el manga ya que es cortito ya de paso aprenden muy bonitos y buenos valores.
Algo de lo que me he dado cuenta al leer los mangas es que los japoneses se apoyan de cualquier recurso para poder transmitir buenas enseñanzas, de algo ya sea chistoso o grotesco sacan algo bueno para enseñar algo, se me hace muy buena técnica que se puede emplear en nuestra vida y me da gusto que los niños sen participes en ese aprendizaje.
Por otro lado he visto el anime creo que me gusta mucho más la edición del manga creo que hace muy buen trabajo el mangaka encargado de la edición ya que los dibujos son muy bonitos y tienen muy buen detalle y acabado y en particular en este tomo encontre algunos dibujos que se me hicieron muy tiernos y creo que son perfectos para los niños, uno de los Yo kai que mas me gusto fue Noko, que es un Yo Kai encargado de la buena suerte y como siempre uno de mis personajes es ese gatito llamado Jimbayan que vuelve a salir en este segundo tomo.
En general puedo decir que esta es una linda historia con una buena trama, unos buenos personajes y los buenos valores y enseñanzas que transmite y sobre todo es un gusto tener una lectura que compartir con mis sobrinos y transmitirles mi amor a la lectura, se que me ando spoileando un poco al ver el manga en Disney XD, pero vale la pena compartir momentos al lado de esos dos niños que quiero mucho.
Dreamers, no se dejen llevar, se que es un manga Kodomo (Infantil) pero vale mucho la pena por lo que transmite y bueno si no lo quieren leer por eso pueden pasárselo a los mas pequeños de la casa y se que les va a gustar, se que no se arrepentirán ya que es una linda historia y un manga que tiene un buen trabajo de calidad.
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Algo de lo que me he dado cuenta al leer los mangas es que los japoneses se apoyan de cualquier recurso para poder transmitir buenas enseñanzas, de algo ya sea chistoso o grotesco sacan algo bueno para enseñar algo, se me hace muy buena técnica que se puede emplear en nuestra vida y me da gusto que los niños sen participes en ese aprendizaje.
Por otro lado he visto el anime creo que me gusta mucho más la edición del manga creo que hace muy buen trabajo el mangaka encargado de la edición ya que los dibujos son muy bonitos y tienen muy buen detalle y acabado y en particular en este tomo encontre algunos dibujos que se me hicieron muy tiernos y creo que son perfectos para los niños, uno de los Yo kai que mas me gusto fue Noko, que es un Yo Kai encargado de la buena suerte y como siempre uno de mis personajes es ese gatito llamado Jimbayan que vuelve a salir en este segundo tomo.
En general puedo decir que esta es una linda historia con una buena trama, unos buenos personajes y los buenos valores y enseñanzas que transmite y sobre todo es un gusto tener una lectura que compartir con mis sobrinos y transmitirles mi amor a la lectura, se que me ando spoileando un poco al ver el manga en Disney XD, pero vale la pena compartir momentos al lado de esos dos niños que quiero mucho.
Dreamers, no se dejen llevar, se que es un manga Kodomo (Infantil) pero vale mucho la pena por lo que transmite y bueno si no lo quieren leer por eso pueden pasárselo a los mas pequeños de la casa y se que les va a gustar, se que no se arrepentirán ya que es una linda historia y un manga que tiene un buen trabajo de calidad.
Reseña completa en: http://calderoliterario7.blgspot.mx
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May 15, 2017Funny, and cool
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October 4, 2018It was funny. Slightly crazy.
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