Undead Unluck, Vol. 11: Volume 11

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Every criticism Fuuko gets for her manuscript (that the characters and art-style look a little old-school for modern audiences, the bizarre premise of a zombie romance, etc.) sounds like the initial criticism the real one-shot likely got during its own overview. A Day in the Limelight: While most Negators do get an arc putting major focus on them, many did not before the endgame was set in motion. Gina, Nico, and Void go on to get major roles at the beginning of the 101st loop after their battles against Andy and co. Even Sean Datz, who was unceremoniously killed in a previous loop, gets a dedicated mini arc.

Alternate Calendar: The calendar is similar to ours, except there are no days of the week until UMA Galaxy is released. As the episodes pile up one by one, the more interesting it starts to get. However, don't take the ridiculousness of this Anime at face value, because it is hiding some major things which looks like betraying the tone. If the ending theme is anything to go by, it might not be all gags and jokes for much longer. Nico's reaction to hearing Fuuko plans to pass 20 more times on Apocalypse's quests, moving them an equivalent number of years into the future. In the end, they skip 26 years. After reading the conclusion of her favorite manga series, Fuuko Izumo finally feels ready to end her existence. For the past 10 years, Fuuko has been afflicted by a condition that brings extreme misfortune to anyone who touches her. This has had a drastic effect on her surroundings, even inadvertently resulting in the deaths of those around her—including her parents. Only the Pure of Heart: Parodied. Similar to its namesake, the Artifact Kinto’un is theorized to only carry the ‘pure of heart’, but given that Shen is the one most commonly using it, it seems to have a very liberal definition of the concept. A volume extra later clarifies that literally every member of the Union’s Roundtable qualifies.

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Set Right What Once Went Wrong: When Earth's destruction becomes unavoidable, the heroes' new goal becomes to send Fuuko safely through the next loop, to make sure they can get another round against God, and prevent as many of the deaths and tragedies from the previous one as possible in the process. In the 101st loop, she's able to prevent Akira from becoming Unknown, stop Gina from accidentally suffocating her entire town when she first gains Unchange, and stop Void from accidentally killing his opponent when he first gains Unavoidable. The man, whom Fuuko names Andy, is immortal—and like her, he also wishes for death. Initially dismissive, Fuuko eventually decides to team up with Andy to give him the best death possible; but a mysterious organization lurks in the shadows, hoping to take advantage of the duo’s bizarre abilities. Latest Chapters Never Was This Universe: At first, the world seems normal except with superpowered Negators. Then we find out there's no stars in the sky or days of the week, and THEN we find out that fundamental rules of the universe like decay and language were artificial creations of a mysterious god and can be added or removed at will. I do have mixed feelings about this anime. The first two episodes were exciting, but then the last two kind of lost me due to the silliness of certain things about the show. Animation: Sometimes, it seems as if David Production don't know when to stop. Without a doubt this is by far the best animated show of the season. The very first big fight on the second episode has elements from a particular Mob Psycho fight, a particular Jujutsu Kaisen fight, and a particular My Hero Academia fight. And, each of these fights were what established those franchises as what they would eventually become.

Self-Made Orphan: At least three Negators ( Fuuko, Tatiana, and Chikara) discovered their powers when they accidentally killed their parents with them. Gina's Unchange can stop the state of anything from being changed in any way, with the exception of herself (and Andy speculates it doesn't directly affect other living creatures either). This means that she can create barriers from air by ensuring nothing warps or passes through it, walk on water by preventing it from changing beneath her feet, and perpetually hold her makeup in place. She started out only being able to make her surroundings unchangeable, but expanded it over time to make it more versatile.Void in his prime and at the time of his abilities manifesting heavily resembles Balrog in his Street Fighter V-era outfit.

The Summer Arc has Feng, an Under member sent to capture Fuuko who also has an interest in Shen. He ends up forming a Villain Team-Up with the titular UMA Summer as well, whom he helps grow by feeding it explosive material. Shown Their Work: The cover of the issue of Weekly Shounen Jump the young Akira Kuno carries with him matches that of the real issue of Jump which would have come out in real life on that week (covering September 11, 1972).Nuke 'em: Under tries to circumvent the fight against UMA Spring by firing a nuke at it, brushing off the fact that it's currently residing in the middle of Tokyo. To You, From Me has 101 volumes total. Considering the manga is actually Anno Un's disguised way to reveal the future, it also serves as a hint of the 101st loop that Fuuko enters after she's made the new head of the Union. Andy finds Fuuto, the MC of the show who has disaster happen to anyone that touches her. Andy is considered an Undead, and wants to die, so he believes his only hope from a “grand death” is to fall in love with Fuuto. I love Andy as a character because he’s so optimistic no matter the challenge, and he’s overall hilarious especially when he cuts his legs off to get a power

Cast Full of Pretty Boys: The majority of the male characters are easy on the eyes and tend to have a Heroic Build, to the point that even the Older Than They Look Mad Scientist with Creepy Shadowed Undereyes still manages to be a Hunk. To You, From Me, as Anno Un's way to tell the future despite being rendered imperceptible to the world by his Negator ability, has the various volumes of the manga allude to the actual chapters that the specific arc took place in. Fanservice: Even though the ecchi elements get toned down after the first few chapters, the majority of the female cast consists of beautiful women; just about any male is either a classic Hunk or a Pretty Boy (and both are almost always built like lions).

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Product Placement: During Fuuko's trips through Andy's memories, Andy pulls out a "new beer" (Budweiser), label and all, and comments on how much he likes the taste. It's also mentioned as one of Andy's favorite foods in his profile.