Psyche Matashitemo

Saike Matashitemo is Tsubasa Fukuchi's masterpiece. From the side characters with small parts all the way to the main characters everyone have interesting development and amazing interactions, it's an evolution from Law of Ueki which had more of a one piece/gash bell style of character dynamic; Saike Matashitemo is akin to something like Hoshi no Samidare or even Fullmetal Alchemist's type of character development. Tsubasa Fukuchi might be the third best mangaka in terms of "fights with cool powers" (only behind Araki and Togashi): the fights are smart, inventive and often have a comedic edge to them. It's reassuring to see such a heartwarming series havemore depth and emotional weight with each new arc not at the expense of being sincere, as it has happened to other series that falls on the trappings of equating more depth to become more cynical and dark.

(Slight spoilers, no in-depth plot spoilers) After taking a month to read this story, I feel confident it has left an impression on me. Psyche Matashitemo is a time-rewinding, ability battle shonen. The main character, Saike, hooks you completely by the end of volume 1, which in itself feels like a perfect preview of what's to come in this story. There's a lot of heart in the writing of Saike, in the way he wants to be a "hero", but surprisingly, there's never an officially formed "hero group" in the story, as the idea of being a "hero", is more so a mindset of Saike's, andone that his two close allies, Ana and Hizu, take on. The series introduces a lot of characters throughout the story, and some characters fall in and out of relevance. Depending on if you grow attached, that may be a detriment. The powers given to the characters are a whole ballpark of it's own! They can either be super specific or super simple, but there's nothing simple about the way fights/conflicts are written! There's a certain underlying feeling that "anything could happen", which is something that surprised me, given the main character's ability to repeat the day. That's not to say there's no reason or logic, though, because some of the solutions are really clever. Another piece to the fights in this series is "determination", and though his friends become very important to Saike, I wouldn't say the series relies on "power of friendship", more so the appreciation of said bonds. This series also includes a lot of details, to be brought up or explained in greater detail later, so chances are, a detail you assume "forgotten", will come back around. A bit of a meta compliment, but the volume covers are so interesting to look at *after* finishing the respective volume, as the seemingly random imagery and symbolism, clicks into place when you finish the volume! This review isn't supposed to be anything serious, because I think this is the kind of story that you just have to appreciate for what it is, and It's okay if it doesn't draw you in. I personally think It's pretty peak though and you should totally check it out if you're looking for more battle shonen! Another small comment I'll make is I find it easy to read it one volume at a time, instead of *completely* binging it.

This manga is the incarnation of average. It has the cliche hero quotes and the power of friendship and perseverance. I really tried to like Psyche Matashitemo as i thought it was really good at the start but things went down hill real bad to the point that it became a chore to read because of how predictable the plot is, and don't get me started about the plot holes this manga has. for example, one of the antagonists of the manga has spent a really long time to achieve his goal , yet when he is almost at the goal , he decides totell the mc and his friends about everything and then of course he loses. that's how cliche this manga is. character development feels like its there but the mc never changes more like its an illusion. the characters' actions are justified by reasons that i can only call stupid. the art was decent tbh. the end was rushed plus it was predictable. this manga was truly disappointing. overall 5/10 i wouldn't recommend reading this if you have read many shounen manga.