The One Shot Manga You Should All Read

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  • @Mauricio_Magus
    @Mauricio_Magus 5 місяців тому +548

    Goodbye Eri is one of my favorite manga of all time, I remember getting to the ending and just thinking "I just read one of the best things ever made".

  • @ApexGale
    @ApexGale 5 місяців тому +381

    The entire story is a metacommentary on perspective. The MC's mother turns out to have been abusive, the movie ending with an explosion was an act of defiance as well as setup for the MC being an unreliable narrator. Eri is also revealed to have not been as wonderful as he remembered. The idea being that the MC can manipulate how the viewers of his movies (or in our case, the readers of this manga).

    • @erenyeager6210
      @erenyeager6210 5 місяців тому +3

      Eri was gd I think but the mom was abusive

    • @btchiaintkidding7837
      @btchiaintkidding7837 5 місяців тому +72

      ​​@@erenyeager6210
      it is about objective and subjective perspective.
      eri wore glasses apparently,
      but we literally never see her wearing glasses in the manga/documentary.
      makes u really question whether the Eri we knew is a glorified fabrication
      so basically his films are super subjective and biased. but when Eri returns, and sees her subjective biased good girl persona in the MC's eye/camera's lens, she basically adopts that persona which means she is now objectively the good girl and accurate representation of the girl she sees in the screen
      this is genius

    • @globurim
      @globurim 5 місяців тому +13

      ​​@@erenyeager6210 I feel like Eri is also somewhat similar to the mom. Maybe not as abusive as his mother did but still probably very demanding to him.
      The fact that we've never seen Eri's real self just proves that. We've only seen her movie version.

    • @NaderinZim
      @NaderinZim 5 місяців тому +3

      @@btchiaintkidding7837 Not really, it's really debatable if she really wore glasses, and what was and wasn't part of "the movie". I personally think that the only thing that makes sense is that the movie starts just as the manga begins. When the MC sees Eri for the first time on top of the hospital, she's not wearing glasses, which can mean 2 things: the illustrations are completely unreliable to convey information to the reader (as in everything we see may or may not be just simply how the MC remembers what happens in a subjective way), which is a thing that I don't particularly like since it feels like a cheap tactic to convey plot twists, or the whole thing was just a movie done in a "meta" way by the MC right from the get go, which seems more likely (and, in my opinion, way better since it was really fun trying to guess when the movie really started).

  • @NineTnk
    @NineTnk 5 місяців тому +388

    the best 200-page story ever put in the medium

  • @DaShoopdahoop
    @DaShoopdahoop 5 місяців тому +200

    For Goodbye Eri, I headcanon that Eri DID see the finished movie before she died and those scenes at the end was just Yuutas dad clean-shaven playing as an adult. 10/10 one shot, and honestly has the happiest ending a Fujimoto manga can get

    • @hono6075
      @hono6075 5 місяців тому +8

      yea i was thinking the same thing

    • @Ironpecker
      @Ironpecker 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Sublybubly Yes, that's what headcanon means

    • @nathanweaver7388
      @nathanweaver7388 3 місяці тому

      ooh I never thought of it that way but I love it

    • @RonPaul42069
      @RonPaul42069 2 місяці тому

      I think Chainsaw Man could still have a happier ending.

    • @dekkunYT
      @dekkunYT Місяць тому

      I love this manga I keep getting new theories lol

  • @SunfishV
    @SunfishV 5 місяців тому +135

    When I was in the middle of waiting for Chainsaw Man updates, my friend showed me Goodbye Eri. And holy shit did it just instill me with crazy insight, it was so emotional, definitely one of best things i've read for years.

    • @erenyeager6210
      @erenyeager6210 5 місяців тому +4

      Fujimoto has created a lot of series in 6yre of his career and for me all of them were masterpiece in a way ofc
      1) Fire punch (greatest thing I have read in fiction)
      2) chainsaw man
      3) look back
      4) gd bye eri
      5) psycho killer one, chickens in the garden 🐔 one, and another one is a romcom which was funny ngl (can't rlly remember the names so maybe they are not fully right)

    • @SunfishV
      @SunfishV 5 місяців тому +2

      @@erenyeager6210 We cannot talk about Fire Punch in public 😂

  • @johans3164
    @johans3164 5 місяців тому +97

    "This manga is truly...Cinema!"
    - Martin Scorcese, probably

  • @AbstraktNG
    @AbstraktNG 5 місяців тому +131

    I remember reading Goodbye Eri and how it felt so relatable for the most part. And man, that ending was so confusing yet made so much sense. A masterpiece that needs to be a film

  • @arvox1417
    @arvox1417 5 місяців тому +41

    I don't know how anyone would read this oneshot in under 40 minutes.
    When I read it, I had to take a breather every 20 or so pages and really think about and digest the new information provided and be amazed about all the new ways this story and art can be interpreted as, and also come up with a multitude of deep takeaways for me personally.
    I think took me almost 2 hours to finish the one-shot, which also made it feel like i experienced a real full feature-length film.

    • @Rahhhlee
      @Rahhhlee 5 місяців тому +7

      Imma speak for myself here and say that when I read or watch anime I don't want to analyze every single thing and i personally enjoy it that way
      I had no info coming into this I didn't even read the small synopsis of it I came completely blind and I finished this in 30 mins and I can promise you I probably enjoyed it just as much as the next guy
      People just consume media at a different pace and will still get that same amount of feel whether fast or slow

    • @ubisonte7884
      @ubisonte7884 Місяць тому +1

      I read it taking a dump lol

    • @FYODOR.D_001
      @FYODOR.D_001 26 днів тому

      I just read it for the first time just now!
      On a 1hr 30min train ride back home...
      The train's last stop was one stop next to where i get off so if i don't get off then then the train will go to the last stop and then return the opposite way to my stop adding another 20-25 mins or so...
      I planned to do that just so i can finish it!i was soo immersed
      Fortunately i finished it right before i reached my stop
      And I can't stop thinking about it

    • @starhalv2427
      @starhalv2427 9 днів тому +1

      I read the whole thing and then start going on a trip exploring all interpretations and options. Kinda like drugs (Tho I wouldn't know if it really is the same, I never took drugs)

  • @bbadperson594
    @bbadperson594 5 місяців тому +19

    What I think about Goodbye, Eri is rememberance. About how one *wants* to be remembered and how they're *actually* remembered. If one loves someone, it doesn't matter if they can be or actually are awful, someone wants to remember them fondly. And wants other people to know them fondly too.

  • @jirojiro2708
    @jirojiro2708 5 місяців тому +139

    ngl, best Fujimoto work

    • @soultheconfusing9563
      @soultheconfusing9563 5 місяців тому +2

      It’s not better than csm

    • @Zen-zt4uk
      @Zen-zt4uk 5 місяців тому +11

      @@soultheconfusing9563 As a huge fan of Chainsaw man and Goodbye Eri, I just wanna say I think those are two different works and they shouldn't really be compared. Personally I don't think that Goodbye Eri is better than CSM for well, a huge number of reasons. But I think Goodbye Eri did such a great job in sending the message to the audience as well as how different it is compared to other mangas, I mean eri literally said "blur the lines between fiction and reality", which I didn't fully understand what she meant until I ironically had to reread Goodbye Eri a bunch of times to understand the point of the story and the ending and everything else that could have happened. But even so I can appreciate CSM more because Fujimoto can do whatever he wants with it, with each chapter getting crazier and crazier which I just love without having to guide me into rereading everything else.
      I ain't bashing you or anything, I just think they're both great, and I feel that its wrong to just say one's better than the other. You're welcome to tell me otherwise if you feel like it.

    • @chr0nic1
      @chr0nic1 5 місяців тому +6

      It's fire punch.

    • @Izzy_9035
      @Izzy_9035 5 місяців тому

      Fire Punch then Goodbye, Eri

    • @CorvoA77ano
      @CorvoA77ano 5 місяців тому +3

      @@soultheconfusing9563 Imagine comparing a 200 page one shot to a full fledged, 11 volumes and still ongoing series. Peak brain evolution.

  • @CoconutJewce
    @CoconutJewce 5 місяців тому +64

    An incredible story. I love that there are several "correct" interpretations of the story and its ending. And of course, the deeper takeaways from the story are so cool and well-written. Fujimoto is amazing frfr.

  • @DrooptheGoblin
    @DrooptheGoblin 5 місяців тому +88

    Look Back is animated by Studio Durian not Mappa

    • @JamPierreRow
      @JamPierreRow 5 місяців тому +32

      studio durian needs to do goodbye eri and fire punch next

    • @youngman5890
      @youngman5890 5 місяців тому +14

      ​@@JamPierreRow I feel given the cinematic feel of the manga it more so depends who is going to direct the movie more than anything

    • @alan_7390
      @alan_7390 5 місяців тому +16

      ​@@youngman5890 Yeah, and the guy who did Lookback is a good director, he should be the one.

    • @littleregrets8810
      @littleregrets8810 5 місяців тому +2

      ​@@JamPierreRow ive read Look Back long ago that i don't remember the story well. How good is the movie?

    • @JamPierreRow
      @JamPierreRow 5 місяців тому +4

      @@littleregrets8810 10/10

  • @lucas_sin_s
    @lucas_sin_s 5 місяців тому +27

    I love sayonara Eri so much! For how short the manga is I don't think you can get much better than it
    A publisher in my native language published it in a hard cover version too, absolute peak

  • @gerrardthemagnificent5960
    @gerrardthemagnificent5960 5 місяців тому +15

    This is such an excellent example of one of Fujimoto's main themes, which is that your identity and value arises from those who care about you. For instance, after his mom dies, his dad thanks him for how he portrayed her so favorably when she was really much worse than the movie made her seem, but the dad is okay with that. Likewise, Eri's other friend thanks the MC for his favorable portrayal of Eri and says that's how she wants to remember Eri. After Eri dies and loses her memories, even her view of herself is found in the MC's film about her.
    Fujimoto really people who love you as the most important part of human identity and value and I think that's a pretty noble theme to appear in works that often appear so not very wholesome.
    (MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR FIRE PUNCH, CHAINSAW MAN, AND OTHER WORKS BY FUJIMOTO BELOW)
    This theme appears also in Fire Punch where Judah loses her memories and Agni writes a new identity for her as his little sister, but she later reveals that she knew she wasn't his sister, but it didn't matter because he loved her and her identity was someone close to him. Agni loses his memories near the very end of Fire Punch and is given a new identity by the people close to him as well. In Chainsaw Man, Denji's happiness is entirely found in the people close to him. There's also the part where Nayuta says how Denji is Chainsaw Man and a student and other things, then asks him who she is and he responds that she's his family. This is yet another example of this idea of meaningful identity coming from our loved ones.
    Makima crushes Denji's will to live by killing everyone he cared about (except herself) then revealing that she hates him, leaving him utterly catatonic in despair and having nobody in the whole world, leading Pochita to take control over his body and save him. Only does Power's reappearance and telling him to go on living snap him out of suicidal despair. In fact, this is a recurring theme in Fujimoto's works as well. Someone wants to die but is simply commanded by someone they care about to continue living. This happens at least twice in Fire Punch, first with Luna telling Agni to live before dying, then with Togata doing the same later. Power tells Denji to go on living shortly before she dies again (although in this case she also gives him the hope of finding her again after she reincarnates).
    Hell, even Fuji's first manga with the cluckin chickens involves an alien taking on the identity of a human for the sake of another human not being the only human left.
    TLDR, Fuji based

  • @brodaforlife
    @brodaforlife 5 місяців тому +24

    I’m so glad that I read Goodbye Eri it’s such a uniquely cinematic story that definitely delivered such a emotional powerful feeling in one volume that many long series wished they could of delivered.

  • @thejowhu
    @thejowhu 5 місяців тому +36

    Connor: suicide
    Garnt: HAHAHAHAHHA
    Connor: dead
    Garnt: HAHAHAHAHAHha

  • @user-sk6lv5gj3m
    @user-sk6lv5gj3m 4 місяці тому +23

    This guy is not Fujimoto Tatsuki 0:10

  • @unsuspectingman
    @unsuspectingman 5 місяців тому +7

    Everytime I come back to 'Goodbye Eri,' I always gain new perspective to the ending and the implications of it. I'm glad the truth about the ending is so up for debate; what a masterpiece!

  • @IDKKK1207
    @IDKKK1207 5 місяців тому +13

    i will forever have goodbye eri in my top 10 manga

  • @zekecontreras77
    @zekecontreras77 5 місяців тому +16

    This is my absolute favorite one-shot! I keep buying copies and giving them away to friends and family!

  • @ZornA.Mations
    @ZornA.Mations 5 місяців тому +5

    Fujimoto has the best one shots I've ever read. Look Back alone makes me cry every time I read it, and it hits harder the more I get involved in the art world.

  • @tuxrug
    @tuxrug 5 місяців тому +2

    Reading Goodbye, Eri legitimately released and helped me work through a lot of grief I had been repressing. It will always have a very special place in my heart.

  • @1ethxn
    @1ethxn 5 місяців тому +2

    To anyone wanting to read for the first time or re-read goodbye eri after listening to the boys talk about it, I just finished an original soundtrack to go along with it start to finish. Have it in the background when u decide to read it and see if it adds to the story, thanks

    • @rklow2023
      @rklow2023 5 місяців тому

      What is the original soundtrack?

  • @jeremysmith7176
    @jeremysmith7176 5 місяців тому +4

    And then fujimoto when he returned to chainsaw man ended the first chapter by having the new MC walk away from an explosion.

  • @evelezpuma
    @evelezpuma 5 місяців тому +14

    The best one-shot ever put to paper imo, maybe the best manga period. So happy to see it getting some of the recognition it deserves

  • @carlosakatsuki
    @carlosakatsuki 5 місяців тому +5

    Makes you think how much of the manga was a movie, was it some parts or the whole thing, did they really die or was acting, were they real people or were all actors, they even tell you that your were not seeing the reality of some characters, not even how Eri looked, so it invites a lot of discussion.

    • @shiggydiggy6847
      @shiggydiggy6847 5 місяців тому +2

      There are specific parts where it's fairly obvious like Eri being just a written character played by the glasses girl, the protagonist's father acting as the older protagonist and so on. But I don't know if anything hinted about the portrayal of the mother being scripted. It felt like it was part of the theme that the mother wanted her death to be shown in a certain way and the film project was the protagonist's way to deal with the strained relationship and the theme of manipulating the audience.

    • @NaderinZim
      @NaderinZim 5 місяців тому

      @@shiggydiggy6847 But the first time we see Eri on top of the hospital, she's not wearing glasses. So, her friend was either acting as part of the movie when she said that Eri wore glasses and had a temper (which doesn't make much sense), or the movie was actually the whole thing (or at least started at the top of the hospital).

    • @adi-qx8ls
      @adi-qx8ls 2 дні тому

      You guys are literally overthinking it lol, pretty sure movie aspect ended with the death of Eri on the hospital bed. Afterwards it's real stuff, now whether the vampirism of Eri is allegorical or literal is subject to debate and im pretty sure it's open to interpretation. I personally prefer it to be literal since that's alling with it's thematic core pretty well and also adds of a pinch of fantasy to the narrative haha.

  • @thelasthunter3123
    @thelasthunter3123 5 місяців тому +4

    FINALLY THE BOYS ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE MANGA!

  • @CoconutJewce
    @CoconutJewce 5 місяців тому +5

    Lookback was good, too. The story wasn't as #deep as Sayonara Eri's, but it was still solid. I thought that the dramatic event towards the end was kinda forced, but I get that he was referencing and respecting the KyoAni attack. Definitely still worth the read.

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro 3 місяці тому +2

    anything written by this mangaka should be read

  • @chowell365
    @chowell365 5 місяців тому +1

    The story Fujimoto told about his pet fish made me go from "Oh this guy is so quirky" to "oh this man is insane, like, unironically." Luckily hes using his very unique brain for good.

  • @robertjaysonalcantara7016
    @robertjaysonalcantara7016 5 місяців тому

    I bought it in a heartbeat when it dropped at my favorite local bookstore. Even though I already read it online completely I really really wanted to have a physical copy. I was not disappointed, it really is worth owning even as a manga collection. It is best read while listening to really mellow folk pop songs.

  • @Cosmonaut07
    @Cosmonaut07 5 місяців тому

    I read the manga and was astonished by the writing. It definitely needs a movie adaption, because how the panelling is done reminded me of celluloid.

  • @zerroxerro
    @zerroxerro 5 місяців тому +1

    DUDE FINALLY OMG GOODBYE ERI IS SO GOOD ;-; made me cry multiple times fr

  • @LanceGalaura
    @LanceGalaura 5 місяців тому +1

    Goodbye Eri is my favorite manga, and the first and only physical manga ive bought so far lol

  • @gendo1123
    @gendo1123 5 місяців тому +1

    Just read goodbye eri last week and am reading fire punch now

  • @TheDarkKenpachi
    @TheDarkKenpachi 5 місяців тому +1

    No, you didnt know you had to read it, manga collectors been had this one bookmarked

  • @SayGexPls
    @SayGexPls 5 місяців тому +10

    Great book, read it. It’s so interesting; not only artistically, but also stylistically. I still don’t know if the whole book is a film or what

  • @tenaciousrodent6251
    @tenaciousrodent6251 5 місяців тому +1

    I think Fujimoto is just sick of all the dead mom's in anime.

  • @deathdoor
    @deathdoor 5 місяців тому +1

    Oh, what he says in the end about "what the story about", or what it may be about, the "message".
    It's controversial.
    Maybe he just did that oneshot because he thought would be cool to draw a story like that like if was filmed on a phone, and he likes explosions. Explosions are cool, just that, there's no meaning. And after that what was his next oneshot? "Just Listen to the Song".
    There's a bit o "controversy" about if Tatsuki is trying to say anything at all with his stories.

  • @johans3164
    @johans3164 5 місяців тому

    Probably the best manga ever in my opinion. Seeing how Look Back got an anime adaptation, i really hope this one got it as well!

  • @Light-zg6fv
    @Light-zg6fv 5 місяців тому +1

    Man I just feeling Goodbye Eri I was not trying to understand

  • @afujimoto3843
    @afujimoto3843 17 днів тому

    I love that the photo of Tatsuki Fujimoto they put up... is indeed NOT Tatsuki Fujimoto lol

  • @koteshima6682
    @koteshima6682 5 місяців тому +1

    we can agree on one thing, the ending was explosive

  • @Jydnfr42
    @Jydnfr42 5 місяців тому +2

    Manga so good i actually bought the physical copy

  • @davetwo7
    @davetwo7 5 місяців тому +3

    One of the greatest things I’ve ever read

  • @luisdanielvega99
    @luisdanielvega99 5 місяців тому +3

    Look back isnt animated by studio mappa...

    • @Twoseconds001
      @Twoseconds001 5 місяців тому

      No but it's also a new studio that Mappa employees made

    • @userytx
      @userytx 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Twoseconds001no it's not....

    • @userytx
      @userytx 3 місяці тому +1

      It was created by the Look Back and Flip Flappers director, Kiyotaka Oshiyama, someone who was never a MAPPA employee. He worked as Devil Designer for CSM anime, but as a freelancer. Studio Durian already existed for several years now, by Oshiyama and a ex-producer from Bones.

  • @Obviously_Nick-O
    @Obviously_Nick-O 5 місяців тому

    I read it online and instantly bought the physical version - it is peak kino

  • @AStixMatism
    @AStixMatism 5 місяців тому +1

    my favorite one-shot
    period.

  • @riyansyazfapratama920
    @riyansyazfapratama920 Місяць тому

    Ending Goodbye Eri was very satisfying ❤😂

  • @ChimeraLotietheBunny
    @ChimeraLotietheBunny 5 місяців тому

    Goodbye Eri one of my fave Fujimoto work besides Look back

  • @mysticoferis
    @mysticoferis 5 місяців тому +1

    Fujimoto-Sensei is the GOAT

  • @akdrzllol1698
    @akdrzllol1698 5 місяців тому +1

    Easily his best work imo

  • @wavetech_
    @wavetech_ 5 місяців тому

    I cannot believe that the site I read it from had FOR SOME REASON started the story from the last chapter, and I read it thinking it's in order. I went through 200 pages and thought, it was good, but weird for a time-loop story.......That fucking site ruined my experience and I'm pissed

  • @Borrgb
    @Borrgb 5 місяців тому +1

    Oh! i made a dutch translation of this on mangadex ;)

  • @Amar_Indo007
    @Amar_Indo007 5 місяців тому +5

    I don't think it's as 'up to interpretation' as many might think. After a couple of re-reads I can tell that the entire manga is one huge movie that we're supposed to be watching. The only real events were the mother dying, everything else is fiction.

    • @NaderinZim
      @NaderinZim 5 місяців тому +2

      Eri not wearing glasses at the top of the hospital really hints that the movie started, at least, from that point forward, but the manga does give the "feeling" of it being up to interpretation, which is really cool.

  • @CheeseGrater05
    @CheeseGrater05 5 місяців тому +1

    Jokes on you I already read it and bawled my eyes out!

  • @varhan862
    @varhan862 5 місяців тому

    easily my number one favorit "movie" off all time

  • @ghuff4694
    @ghuff4694 5 місяців тому

    Was there on scene when this one dropped, tatsuki fujimoto is my master

  • @Twoseconds001
    @Twoseconds001 5 місяців тому

    Sayonara Eri and Look back is one of the best shit I've read back in 2021 or was it 2020 I can't remember but it's fuckin beautiful also the Look back movie is just too good!

  • @keroro407
    @keroro407 5 місяців тому

    But where can I read it?

  • @BassBoostingBrony
    @BassBoostingBrony 2 місяці тому

    i waited way too long to watch this video.
    i just read the manga....

  • @hansennoah1
    @hansennoah1 5 місяців тому

    It is my favorite one shot of all time

  • @MrAvaricia
    @MrAvaricia 5 місяців тому

    Sayonara eri is a love letter to cinema and storytelling. I pitch it as "anime Birdman" for my cinephile friends.

  • @natsudragneel25
    @natsudragneel25 5 місяців тому

    I don't think Look Back is being done by Mappa!!

    • @Twoseconds001
      @Twoseconds001 5 місяців тому

      No but it's also a new studio that Mappa employees made

    • @natsudragneel25
      @natsudragneel25 5 місяців тому

      @@Twoseconds001 oh?!

  • @osas_juan_1867
    @osas_juan_1867 5 місяців тому

    Tatsuki fujimoto the 🐐

  • @juice6521
    @juice6521 5 місяців тому

    The ending lmao

  • @DannyJ3636
    @DannyJ3636 5 місяців тому +1

    Cinema

  • @Mati-kun
    @Mati-kun 5 місяців тому +2

    I have the physical copy of Goodbye Eri, loved the read, really great manga ❤

  • @aykan5621
    @aykan5621 5 місяців тому

    Peak, I bought it!

    • @Twoseconds001
      @Twoseconds001 5 місяців тому

      No but it's also a new studio that Mappa employees made

  • @squward
    @squward 2 місяці тому

    I loved it

  • @99onone50
    @99onone50 3 місяці тому

    *CINEMA*

  • @yomamas1559
    @yomamas1559 5 місяців тому

    So how hard are y’all bouncing on it

  • @K3Vz0
    @K3Vz0 5 місяців тому

    "The One Shot Manga you Never Knew you had to Read" "shows a manga which is really popular atm"

  • @Jydnfr42
    @Jydnfr42 5 місяців тому +2

    Manga so good i actually bought the physical copy

    • @donotdoit8428
      @donotdoit8428 5 місяців тому +1

      I only have 2 other mangas other than fujimoto's works except fire punch. I love his works. Its brilliant and unique.