Though You May Burn to Ash

たとえ灰になっても

7.13(2K votes)

Ranked #7765Popularity #4078

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Status

Finished

Published

Dec 18, 2015 to Feb 1, 2019

Authors:Oniyazu, Kakashi

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9.5/10

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Fushi_Wai

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I had to leave my words here after reading this. I just finished Though You May Burn to Ash and I had to say this your manga has touched my soul and your story continues to live on long after you have passed. I believe you wrote this manga with your full emotion and worked hard to get as far as you could with the series while you were having your own battle with death and you pushed on hinting to us even about how you were doing. Your art and story was some of the best I've ever read and truly sad to hearyou have gone right after I feel I have just gotten to know you. I hope I can write a story to your standards someday and may you push me to that. Rest in Peace Oniyazu Kakashi Sensei. You have become my inspiration and I hope I can do something with my life like you have done with yours. This manga although unfinished is a masterpiece in every shape and way and encourage everyone to read this manga because he wrote his soul into this manga and I will forever cherish owning and having to gotten to know him through his creation... R.I.P sensei.

16 found helpfulMay 2, 2021

AKim714

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Synopsis

For his beloved younger sister's treatment, Shinomiya Ryouma is working frantically to raise a billion yen while going to high school. One day, a mysterious woman asks him, "Can you put your life on the line for what you desire?" and after receiving a ticket from her, an accident befalls him! When he wakes up, he finds he's turned into a girl and what's more, he's participating in a "game" where a win means he can reverse his fate but a loss means he'll die instantly! (Source: MangaHelpers)

*More of a personal review* Heard about this manga from Sydney Poniewaz, an anime youtuber, and had to give it a read. It was on and off, but from the start I knew this manga was setting up something incredible. It was only when I found renewed interest around the end of the first game's arc that I discovered the mangaka had passed away. Finally finishing this masterpiece, I can only imagine what incredible twists and turns the author had in store for what was most certainly an epic conclusion. So many memorable frames with just as many emotions tied to each will be, for betteror for worse, engraved in my memory for as long as I continue to remember what these works can offer. I never understood the empathy of manga and anime enjoyers to so heavily mourn the deaths of their respective creators until I began to wrap myself deeper and deeper into the plot of Though You May Burn to Ash. Kakashi Oniyazu, the name of such a talented and young master gone so soon; I hope in paradise you rest contentedly knowing you've given so much entertainment and appreciation for readers through this art form. Though you may burn to ash, your soul will undoubtedly linger in our world for years to come.

lejdcool

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I experienced an extreme sadness with this series. Not with the plot or the manga itself, but with the news that the mangaka had passed. What impressed me most with Though you may burn to ash is the art. There's no sugar coating that this is gore porn. Many characters deaths are drawn out in gruesome detail far longer than they needed to be. Yet he drags it out whilst filling out the backstory of the character being killed making you sad to see them suffer. Even the ones that deserved it. It's a story I swear I'd read before, unfortunate souls gamble their livesto attain wealth and pay a terrible price. Yet, I can't help but think that this series might have been different, in that it was heading to a happy ending. One in which all the ones that died returned and all the pain and sorrow he inflicted on the reader was covered over with a bandage, a warm hug, and an "I'm sorry". Therein lies the sadness. We'll never know how it ends. This could've been one of the best battle royale, survival series written and the answer to whether it would've been or not will never be answered. I extend a condolence to the family of Kakashi Oniyazu and hope that he rests easy.

10 found helpfulApr 24, 2021

vaporweeb

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So very tragic about the author's passing. The story leaves off just when you want more, but there are worse points it could have ended on. I'm a huge fan of torture movies and stories about death games, so this really was perfect for me. It has those really methodical moments that I love from series like Kaiji, punctuated by horrifically creative scenes of torture, drawn to life in such a vivid way that you can't look away. I'm very ADHD about reading in general, so it's hard to get me hooked on a manga, but this is one of those where I couldn't put it downuntil I was done after just the first chapter. If you're at all a fan of gambling/death game anime/manga or have a sickening curiosity about medieval torture then you absolutely should read this.

3 found helpfulFeb 28, 2022