Kono Yo no Owari e no Tabi

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“I saw the infinite hell known as freedom stretch out before my eyes.”
A man wakes up one day to find that outside nothing looks alike to how it did before, and the world he knew ceases to exist.

What starts out a bit whimsical and harmless soon makes clear it’s really a nightmare. As we betray all sense, the reader sinks headfirst into a manga equivalent of LSD Dream Emulator. The ideas are truly a sublime blend of the macabre and surreal. A major “plot structure” is the Traveller encountering horrifying and confusing alternate societies where he tries to fit in. Everything is from the perspective ... of the Traveller, so discerning other characters almost becomes pointless. They serve to further the loose plot (really a series of dreams) rather than to feel any emotions over said characters. Our protagonist being amoral and going with the flow emphasizes the dreamlike nature of it all.

One last huge draw is how Nishioka Kyoudai employ a distinct art style you will spot immediately whenever you see it. It’s ugly by conventional standards, but for any art house lovers is eye candy. All in all, this was my favorite manga by this brother sister duo so far. It gets their outlandish storytelling and dark sensibilities across perfectly, without becoming too sickening like Kami no Kodomo.

Esta review está em inglês e português / This review is in English and Portuguese.

ENGLISH:
Well, this is what I have to say about Kono Yo no Owari and no Tabi:

For starters, it's a synesthetic manga, a story about a boy with epiphanies.
His art is cartoonish, which I liked for its different style and having a beautiful Worldbuilding, but which is not very visible in its expressiveness.
He's pretty fast, even though it's a short manga.
Some ideologies and acts that go on are rather brief foundations.
And there isn't even development to be more of a psychedelic journey manga, which is pretty lazy to develop just the protagonist.
...
Thanks for reading this quick review.

PT BR:
Bem, isso é o que terei para falar de Kono Yo no Owari e no Tabi:

Pra começar, se trata de um mangá sinestesico, de uma história de um menino com epifanias.
Sua arte é caricata, que me agradou por seu estilo diferente e ter um Worldbuilding bonito, mas que não é muito bem visível em sua expressividade.
Ele é bem rápido, mesmo se tratando de um mangá curto.
Algumas ideologias e atos que se passam são um pouco súbitas e sem fundamentos.
E nem sequer existe desenvolvimento por se tratar mais de um mangá de jornadas psicodélicas, o que é bem preguiçoso para se desenvolver apenas o protagonista.

Obrigado por ler esta análise rápida.

this is gonna be a half assed review.

story (2/10) : man, i see many comments about this 'deep' story and meaning, but for me its like the author went on drugs. maybe i'm just dumb. i can't even make a summary for it please ;-;

art (3/10) : the author has a sort of creepy and unique artstyle, it reminds me of greek/egypt writing (?) it's clean and easy to understand (can't say the same about the plot though)

character (2/10) : uuuh??? all i can tell is that they're all mentally ill. is the main character supposed to represent an emotion? humans in general? life? i ... can't tell.

enjoyment (1/10) : only finished it to see if something would be understandable an the end. it wasn't.

overall (2/10) : well, if you like confusing stuff (aka philosophy / meaning of life) go ahead! i lost two braincells reading this.