🌴*-☾𝚃𝚘 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙴𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 ☾-*🌴
3.5 Stars
Fushi is helping accompany Tonari in a revolt against the punishment of the innocent. Hayase strikes a deal with Fushi in order to allow the children to escape Jananda Island. Hayase's obsession with him is dangerous, as is Fushi's hatred towards women. When Fushi is left behind, Tonari returns in order to fight for his freedom as well. Along the way, a bloodbath begins, one that could only end if the criminals and prisoners band together.
"Freedom means you are constrained by no one. So, is constraint evil? No, it is but a step in evolution."
I had recently considered dropping the To Your Eternity series due to recent books being disappointing and repetitive, but that final verdict was changed when I read this volume. Volume 6 re-works itself into the things I loved so much about To Your Eternity: the sheer beauty and profound lens that explores human life, loss, grief, trauma, and pain. While I still have to say that the overall plot of the story does feel repetitive with new characters, the lessons in this volume were done as well as they could be.
I hope that as the story progresses in more volumes, Yoshitoki Oima can branch off from the character deaths: Fuschi goes through a character growth, becomes happy again, the character dies, etc. When characters die, it shows how fragile a human life can be. Sometimes the deaths add to the character that died, other times it only happens to progress Fushi's character growth. Hayase was a character that I could not like for one moment. Her actions were disgusting as well as odd. I personally felt like it was unneeded. I am warning those who read this volume that although it is a quick scene, her actions are of a sexual nature.
Tonari was a character who I found annoying at first but grew to like. I enjoyed her loyalty towards the people and her compassion for others. I really love that this manga series has more diversity than some I've seen, with different cultures in this world that are shown, as well as characters having different skin colors. The ending was one that had the hardest impact on me. Pioran, a character who has been with Fushi for so long, has such a beautiful moment in this story that was breath-taking. The last couple of panels in the story took time to breathe and just focus on their relationship.
It was rewarding to see and feel the connection between Fushi and Pioran. I'm excited to read volume seven with the hints it gave to where the plot will go.
"To Fushi it must feel as if the Pioran he had known for so long is being extinguished little by little. Because of this situation, Fushi also begins to change little by little. He begins to smile frequently. His smile is a refreshing expression refreshing because he is always moving forward. Perhaps he smiles because of a new, fleeting experience with something that deeply moves him. Perhaps that is all he can do to bear someone fading away."
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