5-fungo no Sekai
After the Five Minutes

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Maybe readers will find this series outrageous at first 1-10chapters but as it goes on you will find that there are endless agonies running and fighting off buddhas but they didnt lose hope nonetheless. What i like about this series is that its unpredictable though we know the main character will not die so surely something will happen so he'll survive at the end.

I just finished reading this series and i can say its a masterpiece its very short but i think its better than to force it to extend ruining the story. My only disappointment is that the author didnt showed us if ... he will meet again all those other guys he met in the future i was hoping that the younger brother will meet the ballerina girl they will be a good couple.

I highly recommend this series to reader who likes Cage of Eden, Psyren and Green Worldz, Kamisama no Iutoori Ni, 5-fungo no Sekai gives off the same vibes as these series (series with time travelling and survival genre). Now I hope this gets an anime and live action adaptation. I love it

Ok, it's one of the first reviews i write here.
To start i want to say those who think it's a bad manga (and only reaeded 10 chapters) please, continue reading.
I haven't finalized the manga bc it's only available until 58 chapter (i'm waiting FOR MORE) but, as the story progresses, it's really interesting. I mean, i'm writing this at 03:50 a.m because i just finished reading the last available chapter in english.
For those who loves "Time Travel" like me, wouldn't be so interesting about the story at the firsts chapters, but like the 2-3 volume turns MORE interesting...
I think the art was ... great, i felt like reading and looking something NEW, pretty and cool art style.
The charactares maybe could be better, but they progress through the chapters and you will (maybe) start to apreciatting they haha.
I really enjoyed read it 'til the last available chapter, like i said.
So i cant do an complete review, because im not finished it yet, but in overall rating i give it a 8 or maybe 7,5, but im gonna say 8.

Im working on my english, maybe here's some spelling mistakes.

Yeah, I thought this was fine.

Art was good.
Story was interesting enough.
I liked the themes, particularly the bond of brothers one.
I thought the characters were pretty weak other than the main two. The supporting characters felt non-existent so their "moments" weren't as impactful at the end. I wish they had a bit more love.
The conclusion was actually done well for what the story developed into. I didn't hate the big reveals nor did I hate how things were resolved. It was all fine to me.

I'd say, if the character developments had a bit more meat and the themes were a bit more fleshed out, I'd ... easily give this a 7. I didn't think I wasted time reading this so overall, yeah I'd say this is worth reading.

I feel really bad when something disappoints me. Everybody does. Especially when you create high expectations, and thats why I'm writing my first ever review here.

Art

The only thing that pleased me during this reading, probably because it has a really common drawing stroke for a post-2010 work. Scenes of death and gore dont heavily shock you, and thats good, since this title isn't supposed to be "dark/obscure".

Story + Character writing

By far the worst part of the manga. I dont feel any genuine effort by the author to make the reader emocionally connected to any character. The whole idea of the series is actually good, but ... the execution is extremely poorly made. On the first chapter we get introduced to the three main characters; The MC, his brother and their childhood friend.

The MC is too blank, and most of his actions and "character development" are supposed to be supported on his emotional bond to his brother and childhood friend, but the start is so rushed, that when the biggest "twist" comes, and the killing starts, you barely feel anything when he sees someone dies.

His brother is supposed to be that super-talented character, who acts cool and keep most of their thoughts to themselves, but it does feel forced.

His childhood friend is a girl who is supposed to be the smart one, and the role of romantic drama, but her character is really exaggerated, and there's not really a chance to feel attached to her.

The killing. Buddhas statues and sculptures all around Japan start a massacre, smashing, throwing and ripping off anyone that they see.
I didn't read and I don't plan on reading until the point where they explain this, but the idea is sort of cool, but again, its so rushed that I didnt feel anything while a whole class of highschoolers got killed.

Enjoyment.

Well, the first 4 chapters were already disappointing, but reading through the other 20 chapters made me feel even worse. Maybe, if you really, really like
apocalyptic/survival manga, you may find yourself having some fun.

My one sentence review:
Cool idea but, the ending felt way to rushed and left me feeling very unsatisfied with the reveal and conclusion of the mystery.

I'm a fan of stories revolving around "existential dread" with a good mystery. This manga really scratched that itch while it lasted. The characters were fine but most don't get much of a backstory besides "bad thing happened to them in the past". The art style was good though I don't have much experience to compare it to. The action scenes were pretty good though the characters did seem like they had plot armor or the plot just wanted them ... to die sometimes. The story was pretty good with making you ask questions but sadly the reveal and payoff was a huge blue ball. There were many side questions and ideas that were propped up as being really important that all just got thrown out the window in the end. This manga will leave you wanting more but not in a good way.

This manga is fine and worth reading in my opinion, but not everyone feels the same for some reason. I won't summarize the story or anything, I will go straight to the good and bad of this manga and let you decide if you want to read it or not:

Art: 8/10
Story: 7/10
Character: 7/10
Overall enjoyment: 7/10

This is an interesting manga and kinda well-written with fantastic art so if you just want a manga that is not on the top but still good to read so this would be on your read list for sure.

But on the other way, the story is not anything that can make ... you surprise and doesn't have any special value except for entertainment purposes only. And the end of the manga is kinda expeditious as I think the author might run out of ideas so he just ends it in the most normal way. I find this story can be exploited and developed more in its story. If it could be done like that, this would be a great manga that everyone would read

Overall, this is still a good manga with a good story and art but it doesn't have special value add up to it and it is also kina short while the story it tells can be more and more developed. I would have graded it more if it could develop more but as it is right now, I would say a 7 is enough for this manga.