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| Just finished this series which is/was my first manga and it´s nice to see people still talking about it. |
| not a fan of this ending - just felt off. and the stabbing in 181 was too out of nowhere. |
AnimeFreak-San said: is this a male gender issure...human issue...mental illness perhaps? |
| Damn. Atleast we know past chapter was kinda troll. XD This is type of story which I think can resonate with lots of people. There's always room for improvement. Don't give up. |
| For a coming of age story the ending is lackluster in my point of view. Maybe Im wrong, but not being shown what kind of progress the MC had in these 3 years is a copout. He can be a social care worker on the streets and I would be totally fine with that. But we get that ominous ending where we are not even sure, if he is alive (he sure seems alive, but all the side characters give misleading comments). This ist just very frustrating. My perfect ending: Yuu becomes a pro Kick-Boxer or MMA fighter, Masakii becomes a pro Boxer (makes just more sense, he never used kicks in his fights, what the hell author). |
| I love that last panel. Yuu finally finds his Holyland and he's prepared to stay there. Overall, a pretty great manga. It's not perfect but what it does right overwhelms its downsides. |
| Beautiful, one of my all time favourite. |
| i had a memory and lost it |
| Floyd Mayweather English Tutor |
greyfox said: Oh you're right I didn't realize it when I first read it. This defo somewhat confirms that Yuu isn't some ghost and was alive. My head canon is that he let the thug hunter character die and never cleared up the case of whether he died or not. And that's how the legend of who the thug hunter was started.He is definitely alive, you guys all missed it, chapter 182, page 14 in the 2nd box you see him walking to his girlfriend across the street from the boy he rescues. |
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| Now I get what people mean when they say that this getting slept on is a crime. The development and characters is just on another level man, and the fights for as brutal as they are were consistently so thrilling and had a weird artistic touch to them. Easily one of my new favorites. But yeah, the stabbing in the last chapter was still kinda random lol. |
| Stellar manga and absolutly stellar character development wit Yuu.the first half was better but there were some really great moments later in too. Only big thing i dont like was Shougo being so standoffish was dragged on so long it kind of made him fall flat a bit for me. Also he obviously wasnt dead. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Its fucking criminal how underrated this manga is. Mori-san is one of the best mangakas in the game right now. For the right type of person, Holyland is literally a life changing manga |
| I say this with the least cliché but, that was the best ending for this great Manga. The message conveyed by this Manga is so true: anyone can change and come out from darkness to enlightenment. |
| Joe, Joe Forever.... |
| Ahhhh the ending, glad he's still alive, I couldn't have handled a bittersweet ending. I was expecting Yuu to turn pro together with Izawa, but apparently Yuu has realised that the place he belongs are the streets and he will always be the Thug Hunter. |
| Yuu definitely isnt dead, he has stitch marks, if he was dead he would have either a scar or nothing at all, but definitely not stitch marks. The manga was great imo, i didnt care much for the author comments and i think there were way more explanations on the techniques than the manga needed, but its one of the best delinquent mangas i've read so far, not better than crows tho 🤣 |
| Wow. I'm gonna say this is a great manga. Definitely one of my favourites, this is one of the few manga that got me reading 20-30 even 40 chapters a day. Only manga like Berserk and Vagabond every got me reading like this, it pretty much shows how invested I was in the manga. I do think that there were flaws though: Yuu's falling out with Midorikawa felt tooo long and kind've ruined the emotion I felt when I saw them back too together. The ending was a bit lackluster according to me, I personally didn't like how the boy stabbed Yuu, I mean Yuu literally saved the guy, what a fucking piece of shit, I guess some people do deserve to get bullied after all. But all in all, this was a great manga, the message of finding your holyland, somewhere where you can be yourself and find your path is a really good and uplifting message. Seeing Yuu's transformation and growth throughout the series was really amazing. Now he's definitelyone of my favourte characters. He demonstrates the themes of the story so well and really shows anyone can come out of the darkness and find the light. This deserves a good 9/10. |
| There's definitely some issues in the way this ending was executed, but conceptually I think I can see what the author was going for here, and I kind of love it. Of course, I agree with the majority here that Yuu almost certainly is alive. I can't see any reason why he would be literally killed off at this point. But I do think the ambiguousness serves a purpose here. First, it's possibly meant to symbolize Yuu "dying" to the streets. He's no longer part of that world, so it's as if he's died in that sense. I don't want to put too much confidence in that theory though, it might be a bit of a stretch. More importantly though, I think the title of the chapter (Legend) is the key to understanding what the goal here was. The thing about legendary figures is that there's always an element of mystery to them. What happens to the vigilante in the shadows after he graduates from the streets? That's the thing; it's clearly presented to us that no one knows. So I would conclude that the ending is vague by design in order to hit that point home. He's become a legend, even to the reader. Maybe even this conclusion is a bit farfetched, but at the same time, the author has addressed the readers very often throughout the series, so it wouldn't be something unimaginable for him to do. Like I said before though, I think the execution of this finale left a bit to be desired. It's not a perfect ending unfortunately, but I'm still really glad I read this. |
  "Truth is always a cruel thing." |
| i felt the ending was aproaching kinda an ashita no joe finale, cause (if you read the manga is clearer) it doesnt really say what happened. But here in Holyland I think its pretty clear he is alive, first when Shin talks about Yuu not being there its more plausible that its talking about place, not "world" like he is not here with us but in place not like he died. But it kinda hints that Yuu died, but as i said is more plausible that he is saying it as place. What settles it for me that he is alive is the panel where Yuu is fighting and the scar is shown, like come on if he haves the scar (that it seems good, like healed up) why would he be dead, the scar is there healed up showing he is alive, and wtf if he wasnt alive he would be a ghost??? thats good symbol but doesnt suit Holyland, cause wtf we are seeing Yuu fighting as a ghost?? As i said good symbol but its not plausible, so although they are a lot of hints that make it not very clear, I think for sure Yuu is a live, whats the other option, ghost Yuu??, nah. Also Mai is out waiting for someone and looks in the same direction of Yuu so yeah Yuu is alive and wasnt in the stage cause he was with Mai. Masterpiece of a manga, liked it a lot. Also seeing it again, i interpret Yuu being white is not cause he is a ghost or sum, is because he graduated the streets, he isnt there for fight so he doesnt need to wear black, he is now with Mai enjoying town. |
lorextremeOct 13, 2024 1:20 PM
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| wasn't as good as i was hoping but not bad. i was sold this series because of the fight choreography but tbh, it was usually not that good because the art isn't that good. the fights are well written but the presentation was poor, especially with so much explanations mid-fight. would probably work better as an anime with a narrator for that reason. some of the psychological themes are really really good and relatable at times even. though this manga also has a fair share of it's lame cliches. overall 6/10, could've been a lot better. |
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