The big kick in the head comes from 6th who reveals that everything was a ruse to take out several diary holders at once. That is before noname-12th confronts them and is killed by Yuno. Yuno, jealous of the seer, forces Yuki to choose between her and Tsubaki. When Yuki visits her shrine, her followers are suddenly possessed by homicidal tendencies - this is from the other new character, 12th, who has the diary of justice and sone sort of mind control powers. She is a seer who has the clairvoyance diary and has 9th in her custody. Tsubaki Kasugano the 6th diary holder is introduced. This volume adds more diary holders to the mix and some death notices too. It goes well until Yuki visits her house where he sees something unexpected that makes him not trust her any more. In the meantime Yuki and Yuno spend some time together. Yuki, Yuno and Keigo want to find the rest of the 12 dialy holders. It's certainly still fun and ends in a cliffhanger. The volume starts with some mushy lovey-dovey moments, but soon jumps back into the action with hallucinations, beheadings, bombings, betrayal. The action was good, there were a few emotional moments and the absolute chaotic nature of Yuno and Uryuu were exciting to watch unfold, but everything else about the characters, story and conflict of the narrative fall apart at the seams.
#12th future diarey series
Some of the twists in the later parts of the series involving time and causality were admittedly cool, but they're introduced in a rushed and convoluted way which makes it feel messy overall. There are many more scenes exactly like this where characters don't react and process things in remotely realistic or believable ways. There's a point where a character discovers three dead bodies in his girlfriend's house, runs away in fear, then casually remains her partner for the rest of the series like nothing ever happened. The dialogue could get really bad as the characters never reacted to death, betrayal or horrifying situations realistically. The only side character I somewhat liked is (funnily enough) another batshit crazy girl who plays the role of a cosplaying terrorist named Uryuu Minene. None of the competitors have interesting personalities or motives so I didn't really feel any stakes or tension in the action. I would've rather had Yuno as the main protagonist and explore her tragic and demented backstory through much more intriguing characters to bounce off of rather than through a relationship with one of the lamest dudes in manga history. I understand it's supposed to be a psychological thriller, but the story seemed to romanticize their relationship rather than portraying it for what it really was: predatory, abusive and horribly toxic. Yuki is the main character, but he's such a whiny and idiotic pushover that I couldn't connect with the unhealthy relationship brewing between him and Yuno. She's famous for inventing the infamous yandere trope (psycho/killer/stalker love interest) While she can technically be seen as the villain of the series and it's hard to fully sympathize with her because of how violent, impulsive and controlling she is, all of the other characters are so unlikable and bland that I often found myself rooting for her to just rip everyone else in the story to shreds. She's a severely unstable, possessive sociopath that will happily slaughter anyone and anything that get in the way of her selfish romantic fantasies. Speaking of Yuno, she's where most of the fun comes from. Luckily for Yuki, one of the death game's participants is his fellow classmate Yuno Gasai, the prettiest girl in his school who happens to love him so much that she would put her life on the line to protect him. After learning that 11 other people with unique future diaries show up around Japan, Yuki learns that Deus is not a product of his imagination, and he has been selected to take part in a death game that involves fighting to become the next ruler of causality by outsmarting each other with their new prophetic devices. Taking pity on the lonesome Yuki, Deus grants his diary the ability to record future events. Secretly tormented by his solitude, he invents an imagery friend called Deus Ex Machina who claims to be the Lord of Time & Space. He'd rather mind his own business instead of getting involved with other people, writing every mundane activity of his life in a cellphone diary. High schooler Yukiteru Amano is a socially awkward loner who considers himself a bystander.
There were a couple of things I really liked about it, but many more things I really didn't like about it. I debated between giving this 2 or 3 stars, and would lean more toward 2.5.
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