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Undead Unluck, Vol. 11: Volume 11

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While the Autumn Arc has a multitude of opponents for Fuuko and Andy to face in it, the titular UMA Autumn is the most applicable for this trope due to capturing her being a prime motivator for the arc as whole, and for being the final opponent faced in the arc itself. Cosmic Retcon: Downplayed with the introduction of new UMA's. The memories and culture of every non-Negator on earth are altered to believe that reality had always been influenced by that UMA's rules, even if they'd only been added to the world seconds prior. Characters: The main duo has a nice chemistry between them, though it seems a little rushed at times. The physical comedy that is generated by their interaction is not something revolutionary, but it is tried and tested, and never fails to amuse when done properly. As more of the cast is slowly revealed, you get the feeling it is almost gearing up to be a proper Shounen.

Plot: The title is the plot, and you know it is. If still you're not convinced, read the synopsis, which more or less describes the first episode adequately. Though, it Meaningful Echo: In the first chapter when asked about his name, Andy tells Fuuko she could call him "Undead" since he doesn't have a name, prompting her to give him the name "Andy", which he clearly isn't keen on and just accepts for convenience. In Chapter 99, when Lucy asks who Andy is after he saves her from a Junior, he at first calls himself "Undead" before nixing it and introducing himself as Andy instead. Bottomless Magazines: Averted. Ammo supply follows real-life conventions in this universe, with Fuuko asking to borrow Juiz' sword after agreeing to become Under's hostage because she exhausted all the bullets in her gun in the previous fight with Feng. Creed does play this straight as he fires his minigun without reloading once, but it's because of Undecrease basically allowing him to negate an item (such as ammo) from being exhausted, and Andy immediately notes him not needing to reload in their initial encounter as a Negator power. The shot of Andy successfully preventing Sean from stabbing Fuuko to death in the Autumn arc is mirrored when Fuuko disarms Sean's attempt to stab her while trying to capture him in the 101st loop.

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The Spring Arc has two: the titular UMA Spring, whose takedown is the main driver of the arc's events, and Under, who aim to be the ones to kill it. Unwinnable by Design: Implied. Luna mentions that they made three ultra powerful artifacts that would help aid the Negators in the final battle against Sun, but even in their strongest showing, only two of them were able to appear and at best stall Sun's assault. Fuuko hypothesizes that they can't win because the third relic never appeared in any of the previous 100 loops (aka 455.52 billion years), and will only manifest in the 101st.

The duo soon finds themselves being pursued by the Union, an organization comprised of other superpowered individuals, who are dead-set on recapturing Andy and eliminating Fuuko. However, the duo end up joining the organization instead, working with the other "Negators" in the group to complete the quests given to them by Apocalypse, a talking book which the God of the world lies on the other side of. The Union wishes to build up their power in the hopes of one day defeating this god and freeing the Earth from its control, and Fuuko's power might just be the key to doing so. Both Juiz and Under's Leader (a.k.a. Billy) lead their respective organizations with the goal of killing God, recruiting other Negators to help achieve their goal and sometimes doing unsavory things to achieve what they want. That said, Juiz ultimately wants to protect the entire Earth from God and its rules and does what she does for the sake of everyone, while Billy only cares for Negators and is perfectly willing to sacrifice the masses to do so. Secret organisations, people with unnatural abilities, strange happenings, eerie phenomena, and a lot more, almost reminiscent of the battle tested Shounen formula. Superpower Russian Roulette: Some Negators get powerful abilities with essentially no downside once they learn how it works, while others can't control their abilities and are unable to live anything close to a normal life.

I do have mixed feelings about this anime. The first two episodes were exciting, but then the last two kind of lost me due to the silliness of certain things about the show. In his first appearance, Victhor asks Shen about what day it is. But not the date, but rather the day of the week, much to Shen's confusion. This hints to the fact that Victor knew of UMA Galaxy (the reason days of the week exist due to celestial bodies) prior to its addition later on, which further hints to the fact the world exists on a loop of creation and destruction by God's hand, and that Galaxy was a prior UMA that Victor had experienced before in a prior loop.

After reading the conclusion of her favorite manga series, Fuuko Izumo finally feels ready to end her existence. For the past 10 years, Fuuko has been afflicted by a condition that brings extreme misfortune to anyone who touches her. This has had a drastic effect on her surroundings, even inadvertently resulting in the deaths of those around her—including her parents. Only the Pure of Heart: Parodied. Similar to its namesake, the Artifact Kinto’un is theorized to only carry the ‘pure of heart’, but given that Shen is the one most commonly using it, it seems to have a very liberal definition of the concept. A volume extra later clarifies that literally every member of the Union’s Roundtable qualifies. The first episode adds an expansion on the final scene of To You, From Me, showing the main characters embracing alone in a ruined and abandoned city in winter before the heroine gets a strange vision of skulls, blood, and a statue shrouded in light, giving an earlier hint about the true nature of the manga being a record of the future. Common Tongue: As a reward for UMA Language's neutralization, Apocalypse unifies the world's languages. Now, everyone in the world speaks English, except Negators. This has the side effect of making it far easier to identify Negators that didn't already speak English, such as Chikara. The fact that the manuscript for To You, From Me wasn't affected by the said language unification is what reveals that it was written using an artifact. In addition, there is a Negator (Anno Un aka Akira Kuno) with that power. And they can't turn it off.Mundane Utility: While trying to recruit Enjin through a ramen battle, Fuuko uses various Negators' abilities to be able to help recreate the previous Enjin's perfected recipe, such as using Unrepair to keep the vegetable fibers from closing after being cut, Unchange to remove the scum from the broth, and Undraw to prevent the umami flavor from being drawn out of the chasu pork. So far the show has been about them running away from organizations trying to catch them, but Andy is around the corner to save the MC every time, as he’s doing everything he can to protect her. Victor: Basically, this loop thing will warp you to a newly formed earth, effectively making it a time warp that only goes to the future. Tsugi Manga (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 20, 2020 . Retrieved August 20, 2020.

After several chapters of Billy betraying the Union and stealing the Round Table, chapter 37 features a relatively light story of Fuuko and a few other Union members creating their own manga so they can break into Shueisha to investigate To You, From Me. The original one-shot has a few differences from the serialized first chapter: Fuuko was about 10 when her parents died rather than 8, and part of the story involves her figuring out how her power can affect more than one person, Andy has dark roots and the card in his head is an ATM card, the Scarred Man is part of an Under-like group seeking violent revenge on a world that discriminates against them, and there's no To You, From Me. Self-Made Orphan: At least three Negators ( Fuuko, Tatiana, and Chikara) discovered their powers when they accidentally killed their parents with them. When Andy takes the card out of his forehead for a few moments in Chapter 1 to draw on the experiences sealed away, his hair notably looks much more unruly and spiky in a way that resembles Victor's.in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021 . Retrieved February 19, 2021. The Unrepair Arc has Rip, the leader of the Negator Hunters, who Andy, Fuuko, and Tatiana clash with as they search for Unrepair. As the episodes pile up one by one, the more interesting it starts to get. However, don't take the ridiculousness of this Anime at face value, because it is hiding some major things which looks like betraying the tone. If the ending theme is anything to go by, it might not be all gags and jokes for much longer. To You, From Me has 101 volumes total. Considering the manga is actually Anno Un's disguised way to reveal the future, it also serves as a hint of the 101st loop that Fuuko enters after she's made the new head of the Union. Juiz' Unjustice lets her "negate justice". It's about as vague as it sounds - when used, it causes her opponent to act in direct opposition to their righteous moral inclinations in that moment (a race of aliens who believe others must die for their survival will instead kill themselves).

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