Btooom!

In the real world, Ryouta Sakamoto is a reprehensible NEET. However, in the online world, he is one of the world's most fearsome players in the bomb-throwing game Btooom! One day, he achieves the game's 10th global rank. Unfortunately, his celebration is cut short when he wakes up to an exotic sight—a remote island far from the comfort of his room.

It soon becomes clear that a nefarious party has whisked Ryouta and many other individuals—including the blonde bombshell Himiko and real estate agent Kiyoshi Taira—into a harrowing, real-life game of Btooom! The bombs he wields are no longer virtual; rather, they are capable of sending people to a bloody and terrible doom. With his life now on the line, Ryouta must muster the courage and determination to survive in this hellish free-for-all, where the only way out is to kill seven other players.

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Btooom! was published in English by Yen Press from February 26, 2013 to April 14, 2020; in Italian by Panini Comics under the Planet Manga imprint since September 22, 2012; in German by Tokyopop in 2-in-1 omnibuses since November, 2013; and in Spain and Argentina by Ivrea since January 2014 and July 18, 2014, respectively.

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Sakamoto, Ryouta

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Himiko

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Kira, Kousuke

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Taira, Kiyoshi

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Oda, Nobutaka

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Date, Masahito

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Akechi, Mitsuo

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Natsume, Souichi

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Miyamoto, Masashi

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Kinoshita, Hidemi

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Feb 6, 2024

MashirooYT

Recommended

As the manga messiah its my goal and passion to take out the trash now lets begin the review

*slow clapping* I'm impressed. This was a slow cooker...
Coming into this (pause) I assumed it was going to be another generic thrown on a island survival manga but to my surprise it was a thrown on to a island by people that hate you instead *chefs kiss* ah plot.

Our main character is Sakamoto a 22 year old with no job or desire to get a job that games all day living with mommy that struggles to pay the bills. Hes the 10th best player worldwide on the ...

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Jan 27, 2023

EyeAmTheI

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This is something else. I really wanted to write a review about this, but I realized I cannot really write anything meaningful without spoiling something, but I tell you this. This is a meal what you will digest for a while, if you don't shy away from it's content. I mean, it's worldview is quite nihilistic, disillusioned and it shows the ugly face of our nature. So as a fair warning, if you would like to escape the reality don't read this.

Thus, I can only give you some random impressions without claiming completeness:
-Battle Royal with 32 despicable charaters (so keep in mind no self-insert here). ... Most manga cannot even put together a main cast which is at least somewhat interesting, yet this one was able to present 32 characters with identites, unique characteristics and traits, and despite they are all scums most of them are relatable in their own way. Amazing backstories even for the most irrelevant ones. Sometimes I couldn't even decide which side to root for. (As a sidesnote: The background staff were kinda 1 dimensional, but I'm not complainging)

-I really liked the MC and the main heroiness. They went through a hell of an emotional rollercoster. Quite understandably. Despite the MC was OP as hell, it was quite refreshing to see, how his naivity, and indecisiveness caused him trouble quite often... Thankfully, the character development and the redemption arc is real here.

-The main storyline has 2 layers. One is what happens on the island where the characters are fighting for survival, the other is the overarching background arc. The overarching background arc was full of conteo, and was kinda mediocre, but because the main focus was on the characters and the battle royal it wasn't a big issue, especially since it served quite well as a frame for the events.

-Emotionally grueling experience to read. Pretty dark, the suspense is touchable, so you will bite your nails. Especially since the events are so chaotic that you cannot prepeare what will comes next. It really well captured this feeling of "every moment can be the last". Despite this chaos though, I didn't feel like the whole story is driven by "deus ex mahina". There is always a reason, but sometimes the reason is unknowable from the perspective of our characters, but it is always logical and reasonable, hence they can deduct what have had happen, and why.

-Kaguya: Her abilities were off a bit for me, so I went with the "cold-reading" explanation. In a situation like this it is kinda understandable that people tend to belive everything what gives them hope. Also they went mental so the halucinations are understandable...

-There is two alternative ending for this manga along the following question: "When you follow your ideals, what will you lose, and what will you gain?" In other words what you can achive if you are stubbornly stack with your ideals, and what you will gain if you focus on your personal happiness. I leave it up to you to decide which one do you prefer.

In summary: Obviously this isn't perfect work either as nothing is, but highly-highly recommended.

Miniscule kinda spoiler (not really but I warned you anyway):
I wanted to mention this to illustrate why this manga is so good. It is full of these small details (tropes) which would be annoying elsewhere, but it is written in a way that is reasonable and understandable here. So for example I usually tear my hair out when the mc plays the "let's wait with the sexytime until we are ready" card, despite the girl act like "give my the D now, or I'll kill myself" (My dress-up darling vibes anyone?). On the other hand, in this manga it was really sympathetic instead. I mean the unlucky girl was head over heels for the MC, and kinda gave off the "give me the D vibe", but she was like a trembling jelly when it came the action time (quite understandably! you will understad why, if you read the manga). I was like: "You know what my dude, you are not a loser, you are a gentleman. The concil of men approves." So even the usually lame behavior felt mature here.

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May 9, 2022

oswalld

Mixed Feelings

This review will be written in English and Portuguese [PT-BR]
Essa resenha será escrita em inglês e em português [PT-BR]
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Btooom é uma alegoria ao nada que tenta disfarçar sua natureza vazia

Preguiça intelectual
Btooom é um mangá que foi escrito e desenhado por Inoue Junya, e não tenho muito mais a comentar sobre o autor em si, não fez nenhuma outra obra tão conhecida como Btooom, e pelo que pude ler dessa obra, pretendo não ler nada mais de Inoue tão cedo.

A experiência da estrutura narrativa de Btooom
Bem, em uma coisa preciso der sincero, Btooom, ao menos no começo não tenta ser algo que não é, ele se ...

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