Sep 16, 2023
Rough ecchi beginning to one of the most unique and brilliant stories I've read in shounen. The first 10 chapters are a good introduction to the pacing, world, and power system, but they're a piss-poor guide to how the characters will develop over the course of the story. I genuinely feel sad for anyone who dropped UxU off the intro, but I guess I can't blame them if they don't know better, because it really has some uncomfortable moments. 174 chapters later, though, it's easily one of my favorite stories of all time, and I'm eagerly awaiting the anime adaptation (which I sincerely hope gets
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a partially rewritten beginning).
The pacing is deranged and barely slows down until the later half of the story (which makes sense story-wise, for undisclosed reasons). The characters are all fantastic and, despite appearing to be cardboard cutouts upon introduction, get heavily expanded upon as the story progresses. Fuuko can feel like an objectified side piece to her own story at first (which is generally a major thing I hate in these kinds of things), but without getting into spoilers, she's easily become one of my favorite shounen protagonists by this point in the story, which is an impressive feat. This story will evolve and change in ways that are impossible for you to predict, and has some of the best and most absurd climaxes and arcs I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. As long as you can stomach the rough beginning, I would seriously, seriously recommend checking this one out. If you like ridiculous, over-the-top batshit insane stories that don't take themselves too seriously but can still throw some heavy emotional punches when they want to, don't pass on Undead Unluck.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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