Review: Endroll Back, Vol.1 + 2

Review: Endroll Back, Vol.1 + 2

Endroll Back Volume 1 by Kantetsu, Haruna Nakazato, Guy with two sides of his face one whole the other in shards of glassI got the second volume from Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review. The first I got for myself because I really wanted to read Volume 2, haha.

Before we start this review I want to mention the Trigger warnings for this one. Suicide, Bullying, Depression, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Gore, Murder, Kidnapping, Rape.

Then let’s get to it! In this series we meet Asaharu, he just lost his sister due to suicide and he is determined to find out what has happened and why. He gets a chance, but I was already like NOOOO don’t do it boo! I didn’t trust that angel at all, and as we find out, my gut was right! This angel may seem to have the most promises and the best sparkles and the best intentions, but this angel is more like a devil. Sure, they help out our MC at times, but they are very vague about things, often keeping things away (if you need to know you should have asked). And that leads to our Asaharu at first making some bad mistakes which lead to bad consequences. Curious about what? Well, each time he murders the wrong person (even if they have something to do with the bullying/suicide) things get reset and he loses 10 YEARS of his life. YUP. You can imagine that is just fucked up. I liked that Asaharu at least got smarter with each new loop, though he should have been smart about this from the start. Then again, I also don’t blame him because shit is messed up and he is a pissed off brother.

Oh, and to mention, in this dimension/time loop situation he is NOT Yuka’s brother, he is her teacher. Yep. That makes things slightly more difficult + awkward at times. Haha.

Endroll Back Volume 2 by Kantetsu, Haruna Nakazo, Girl looking dead inside wearing a school uniformIt wasn’t the easiest read to read, we see how Yuka is bullied and that goes far. We see guys talk about doing things with her. And eventually we see kidnapping and rape. I could imagine that Yuka just broke. That it was enough for her. That it was a big fuck you world.

I did like that slowly we saw changes happening. And that we got more and more hints to the bullying and why someone is targeting Yuka. That was very well done and very interesting as well. You are really rooting for our MC to figure things out. Plus, I love that characters in the loops were also slowly changing.

But the real big baddie behind it all? I definitely have a few theories on the why and what, I mean we learn that the MC and his sister hadn’t had the best pasts so I am guessing it may be that? But who knows! We will need to wait for the last volume to come out and no clue when that will be haha. Hopefully soon, because DANG I NEED TO KNOW!

The art was pretty good. The style fits really well with the kind of manga it is.

All in all, despite the heaviness and how cruel the manga can be, I would recommend it to all.

Star rating, 4 stars

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