Platinum End

Platinum End

Volume 1 of Platinum End, published on February 4, 2016.
プラチナエンド
(Purachina Endo)
Genre Action, Supernatural
Manga
Written by Tsugumi Ohba
Illustrated by Takeshi Obata
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Jump SQ
Original run November 4, 2015 – ongoing
Volumes 1

Platinum End (プラチナエンド Purachina Endo) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Jump SQ magazine since November 4, 2015. The series follows Mirai Kakehashi, a student who attempts suicide but is rescued by his guardian angel, Nasse, who has vowed to protect him. Nasse gives Mirai angelic superpowers such as wings that allow him to fly at fast speeds, and a selection of arrows that can either kill people or make them fall in love with Mirai. Mirai is also one of 13 candidates chosen by different angels to take the role of God, who is to retire in 999 days.

Platinum End is licensed by Viz Media in North America and the United Kingdom, with its chapters released digitally in English as they are published in Japan,[1] and by Kazé in French.[2]

Plot

Mirai Kakehashi is a young student fed up with a life of abuse from his uncle and aunt who raised him since his parents' death, but is saved by a Guardian Angel called Nasse after attempting to commit suicide. Upon knowing from Nasse that his foster parents were the responsible for the deaths of his father and mother, Mirai uses the powers she bestowed him in order to confront them and enact justice. However, Mirai's ordeals are just beginning as Nasse soon after informs him that God will retire in 999 days and thirteen candidates to replace him were selected including Mirai himself. To make matters worse, not only Mirai can not refuse to take part in the contest to decide the next God, but among the other candidates there are those capable of anything to win, including killing all the competition as soon as possible.

Media

Manga

Platinum End has been serialized by Shueisha in its Japanese monthly shōnen manga magazine Jump SQ since November 4, 2015. On October 5, 2015, Viz Media announced that it has licensed for North American release prior to the start of the series.[3]

Volume list

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 February 4, 2016[4]ISBN 978-4-08-880637-2-ISBN -
  1. "The Angel's Gift"
  2. "Man's Instinct"
  3. "Hero of Justice"

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

  1. "The Person Who I Admire"
This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.

Reception

When reviewing the opening chapter, Ian Wolf writing for Anime UK News compared Platinum End to Ohba and Obata's earlier series Death Note, saying: "the central character is a teenage boy fed up with life, who is guided by a supernatural force and given great power. Both leads seemingly find themselves on the path to becoming a deity. However, while Light Yagami uses his powers for diabolic ends, killing anyone he suspects of doing anything wrong while being observed by a shinigami, Mirai Kakehashi is guided by an apparently more benevolent force."[5] He also writes that the series is an example of a death game, citing the death of one of the God candidates in the second chapter.[6]

Writing for The Fandom Post Jarius Taylor gave the series a B+ rating and compared Platinum End to Future Diary writing: "while I don't have too much doubt it'll be stronger overall, the overt edginess here isn't something I was quite expecting from Ohba. Still it's a pretty interesting read from beginning to end, and there's a lot of potential in terms of both thriller aspects and the overall theme. Hopefully, it'll be able to differentiate itself from Future Diary more going forward, but for now the idea of Ohba and Obata taking a crack at their own version of it seems pretty good to me."[7]

References

  1. ↑ "VIZ Media Debuts Platinum End Digital Manga". Anime News Network. November 5, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Platinum End" (in French). Kazé. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Viz to Offer Death Note/Bakuman Creators' Platinum End Manga in Single Chapters". Anime News Network. October 5, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ プラチナエンド　　1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ Wolf, Ian (November 7, 2015). "Platinum End - Chapter 1". Anime UK News. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ Wolf, Ian (December 9, 2015). "Platinum End - Chapter 2". Anime UK News. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  7. ↑ Taylor, Jarius (November 5, 2015). "Platinum End Chapter #01 Manga Review". The Fandom Post. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

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