Bokutachi ga Yarimashita is probably one of the most unique manga I have ever read.
I got to know Kaneshiro Muneyuki's work thanks to "Blue Lock" and became a big fan of his work, so big was my surprise when I discovered that Kaneshiro had also created "Jagaaaaaaaaaan" and even more this work.
I discovered this manga by pure chance one day, and beyond its synopsis or its art. What caught my attention the most about this one, and what made me keep it until today was its title.
Bokutachi ga Yarimashita or "We did it" in English.
We did it?
The title itself was the one that caught my attention without knowing anything else about the work.
Bokutachi ga Yarimashita is a play that shows us a group of 4 friends, all very different from each other, having a good time with the passing of the days, living their ordinary lives. The main character, Tobio Masubuchi, is a boy who loves to live his mediocre life, with no dreams or goals. And having nothing to disturb his life at all.
The manga may seem a bit strange at first, and the reason is because this manga is also a comedy manga. So there are several scenes in which you will see things that will make you even feel uncomfortable.
But it shows how much this group is close-knit and how they support each other even though they are total idiots.
But is it really like that?
The first chapters of this manga are made with the sole purpose of seeing how is the ordinary life of a group of friends before a certain event completely changes their lives.
And yes, that event is something that they cause themselves (That's why the manga is called as it is called).
The change that has the manga from this moment is brutal, because now they can no longer live their normal lives as before. Those mediocre lives that they treasured so much in a certain way before vanished. And now they carry a weight on their shoulders because of an accident that no one knows they caused.
As the personalities of all the characters are very different from each other, we can see how each one struggles with regret and guilt in a different way.
To such an extent that issues such as suicide are dealt with in this manga.
The event that leads to everything that happens in this manga makes the characters grow, change and mature, even though what they do may be cowardly, horrible and unforgivable acts.
This manga can portray the funniest and humorous part of a person and also the most broken and dejected part of them.
I feel that some parts of this manga may turn you off because of its comedy but that's what makes this work even as bizarre as it can be.
It can represent how shitty and disgusting humans can be.
Bokutachi ga Yarimashita made me laugh and cry.
And his final plot twist destroyed me.
