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I haven't seen the movie first, or at all, so I had no expectations going into this story. I felt interested in what was happening the entire time, and despite it being short I felt like I was given a lot. Unlike in many of these sort of stories, his feelings for Rita didn't feel misplaced or forced, and the twists didn't feel obvious. Though there was an open ending, I wasn't unsatisfied or upset, I felt fulfilled and okay with it. I don't NEED a continuation, but if there was one I'd happily read it. I highly recommend this, it doesn't take much ... time whatsoever and is fantastic. It's now one of my favorites.

tl;dr: A manga carried by having a really interesting core concept, but that overall feels like a waste of potential.

This manga is an adaptation of a novel that was also adapted into a Hollywood film, though the film is quite a bit different from the novel and manga. The central premise is that humanity is in a war against a mysterious alien force dubbed Mimics, and in the midst of that a soldier named Keiji learns that he loops back 30 or so hours upon death. It’s a very interesting concept and the first volume uses it really well. It fleshes out Keiji’s panic and ... confusion at his circumstances, and then shows him ultimately accepting his situation and then exploiting it to grow from an amateur into an incredible soldier, both in terms of skill and mentality. It’s well written and pretty satisfying.

The second half doesn’t fare so well, largely in part because it feels so rushed. A core part of the second half is Rita, another soldier whom Keiji grows very close to romantically. However, neither Rita’s character nor her relationship with Keiji is developed all that well, and thus the emotional beats centered around her fall pretty flat. This is especially disappointing because the premise with one person remembering everything and the other person nothing could have resulted in a really interesting relationship arc. It’s similarly disappointing that none of the rest of the cast got much focus either. There aren’t a lot of supporting characters and the few that there are aren’t developed all that well. Still, in what little we see of them it felt like there was a lot of potential to showing how they react to Keiji as he grows and changes which was left unutilized. It should also be noted that the plot gets a bit complicated towards the end. Not extremely complicated to be clear, but enough so that the rushed writing results in things being more confusing than they needed to be. This combined with the aforementioned issues with Rita results in the ending overall being pretty unsatisfying.

The art is pretty great, with good designs, consistently high-quality art, and a style that fits well.

I absolutely love the Edge of Tomorrow movie so I thought I'd read this and I just wanna say this shlt was A SS. The ending was just sooooooo awful I'm disappointed in my self for reading that. The movie did that shlt wayyyyy better. It's actually confusing how the movie turned this into something so great. Please go watch the movie if you like this so you can see how much better it is.

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I absolutely love the Edge of Tomorrow movie so I thought I'd read ... this and I just wanna say this shlt was A SS. The ending was just sooooooo awful I'm disappointed in my self for reading that. The movie did that shlt wayyyyy better. It's actually confusing how the movie turned this into something so great. Please go watch the movie if you like this so you can see how much better it is.

Kingdom negs lolololololol

How long does this review have to be? I've written all that there needs to be written.

I absolutely love the Edge of Tomorrow movie so I thought I'd read this and I just wanna say this shlt was A SS. The ending was just sooooooo awful I'm disappointed in my self for reading that. The movie did that shlt wayyyyy better. It's actually confusing how the movie turned this into something so great. Please go watch the movie if you like this so you can see how much better it is.

Kingdom negs lolololololol

How long does this review have to be? I've written all that there needs to be written.

I absolutely love the Edge of Tomorrow movie so I thought I'd read this and I just wanna say this shlt was A SS. The ending was just sooooooo awful I'm disappointed in my self for reading that. The movie did that shlt wayyyyy better. It's actually confusing how the movie turned this into something so great. Please go watch the movie if you like this so you can see how much better it is.

Kingdom negs lolololololol

How long does this review have to be? I've written all that there needs to be written.

I absolutely love the Edge of Tomorrow movie so I thought I'd read this and I just wanna say this shlt was A SS. The ending was just sooooooo awful I'm disappointed in my self for reading that. The movie did that shlt wayyyyy better. It's actually confusing how the movie turned this into something so great. Please go watch the movie if you like this so you can see how much better it is.

Kingdom negs lolololololol

How long does this review have to be? I've written all that there needs to be written.

I absolutely love the Edge of Tomorrow movie so I thought I'd read this and I just wanna say this shlt was A SS. The ending was just sooooooo awful I'm disappointed in my self for reading that. The movie did that shlt wayyyyy better. It's actually confusing how the movie turned this into something so great. Please go watch the movie if you like this so you can see how much better it is.

Kingdom negs lolololololol

How long does this review have to be? I've written all that there needs to be written.

I absolutely love the Edge of Tomorrow movie so I thought I'd read this and I just wanna say this shlt was A SS. The ending was just sooooooo awful I'm disappointed in my self for reading that. The movie did that shlt wayyyyy better. It's actually confusing how the movie turned this into something so great. Please go watch the movie if you like this so you can see how much better it is.

Kingdom negs lolololololol

How long does this review have to be? I've written all that there needs to be written.

I absolutely love the Edge of Tomorrow movie so I thought I'd read this and I just wanna say this shlt was A SS. The ending was just sooooooo awful I'm disappointed in my self for reading that. The movie did that shlt wayyyyy better. It's actually confusing how the movie turned this into something so great. Please go watch the movie if you like this so you can see how much better it is.

Kingdom negs lolololololol

How long does this review have to be? I've written all that there needs to be written.

I absolutely love the Edge of Tomorrow movie so I thought I'd read this and I just wanna say this shlt was A SS. The ending was just sooooooo awful I'm disappointed in my self for reading that. The movie did that shlt wayyyyy better. It's actually confusing how the movie turned this into something so great. Please go watch the movie if you like this so you can see how much better it is.

Kingdom negs lolololololol

How long does this review have to be? I've written all that there needs to be written.