Futari no Taisei
Double Taisei

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This is one of my first new series since I've started reading Jump weekly on the app. It's a story with a great premise and I love the art. It reminds me of the art from Death Note some what but I think we need more chapters to see more character Art. I recommend this series to anyone looking for a new series in jump. Out of this TSS and Beast Children I think Futari no Taisei is the best one. Character development in this series seems to be some what of a medium pace at times but the actions characters do to develop is ... amazing. This series has been having curve balls the last couple chapters and I love it. I'm always on the edge of my seat reading and always can't wait for the new chapter next week. I think anyone can get enjoyment out of this manga even if you don't know what shogi is. I for one am one of those people and I love the series. But the Art though is definitely one of the strong suits of the series. Anyone looking for great character designs please read a chapter. I think this is one of the best series out of the new 3 in jump which I said before and throughly recommend this to anyone looking fo ra great new series too pick up.

A shonen focused on character growth rather than battles.

Story
We follow the protagonist Taisei Tendo on his journey to take the shogi world by storm. The manga’s not really about shogi though, it’s about Tai and Sei, the two halves of Tendo. He has a different personality during the night and day, and the two can’t communicate, they just share the body. The story so far has focused on the two switching times after an accident. Forcing the nighttime personality to deal with school and entering the shogi tournaments, while the daytime personality has to sit on the sidelines.

Art
The art for the most part is detailed ... with fitting backgrounds. At times it does look a bit off, but maybe I just really don’t like Tai’s hair.

Characters
The story is centered around the twins sharing a body. Tai is the model student while Sei plays the rebellious teen. Despite them not interacting themselves, Sei still manages to show how much he cares about his brother and wants to get him back into the shogi he loved so much. Every side character introduced so far has shown significant growth after an initial encounter and I’m interested to see where they settle in for the grand scheme of things.

Verdict: Check it out
There was significant character growth by chapter 3 and I feel like there’s a lot more to come as long as the series doesn’t get cancelled before it happens.

Some kid with a split personality plays shogi against himself. That's a pretty fun idea. One personality comes out at night, the other comes out at day. That being the case, only one of them got to go to school and make friends. Due to a freak accident, their night/day cycles get swapped, putting our goody-two-shoes Taisei on the night shift. The story mainly follows the uneducated Taisei as he chases his other half's shogi glory.

Anyway, so it's a decent idea for a story, though I don't know how to play shogi and don't care about it at all. The opponents are all heavily ... exaggerated with special abilities. One of the school kids has such a high power level that he can transform Osaka into a large crater in the Earth's surface by slamming down a shogi piece onto the game board. Buildings, spectators, wildlife, all wiped out in an instant.

They take the special ability thing just a little too far towards the end. I guess they were desperate to try anything to keep this from getting axed. It was a mildly amusing read while it lasted.