#Fuuko Izumo is best girl!

[bethanysac]

2 yrs reading the Manga and now the anime has me even more obsessed with Andy and Fuuko and I didn't think I could get any more obsessed than I already was, and today's episode, the KISS!!! Gah, fucking magical!

[gatorgrumbles]

Andy and Fuuko cause they make me want to scream

[tiny-evan]

Peak Fuuko Drawing right here

Undead Unluck is so good and it needs way more appreciation

(I love Fuuko so much)

[ilovelumity3000]

Momo Ayase and Fuuko Izumo arent just love interests, or main female leads, or heroines or whatver - theyre THE main characters of thier respective stories... in long running battle shonens.

Not only that, theyre also great characters by themselves, as well as very strong fighters, in a genre (yes, i know, shonen is demographic, im specifically talking battle shonen) where powerscaling is usually the #1 topic among fans.

And theyre not just seen as "best girls/best waifus" - they are a lot of people's favorite characters, period, where their appeal isnt really how attracive they are or how many fanservice moments they receive

What im trying to say is: give me more female shonen protagonists! Cuz so far, theyre all incredible characters from incredible stories

[dropintomanga]

The Accidental Trauma of the Negators (Undead Unluck)

The past few years, the word trauma has been thrown around a lot. Everyone's going through something. While one can argue who is suffering more, there's one thing that's certain - we still don't know how to talk about trauma in a healthy manner that heals everyone involved.

And I see this in the case of the Negators in Yoshifumi Tozuka's Undead Unluck.

Undead Unluck starts off with a young girl named Fuuko Izumo wanting to kill herself after causing a lot of death around her. She curses how unlucky she is until a mysterious person named Andy shows up to save her. Andy is someone who is looking to die as he is living a virtually-immortal existence. He believes Fuuko is the key to dying and decides to drag her on an adventure that would end up joining an organization made up of people with unique powers like themselves called Negators.

The Negators are individuals that have abilities that negate certain rules placed by the God of their world and by beings known as Uma. These abilities usually start with an "Un-" prefix, so Undead and Unluck are on the list. How those abilities are activated can be random, but there's consequences. Once Negators awaken to their power, they end up causing tragedy to those they love and most of the time, they kill them.

I'll talk about 3 Negators in particular.

Fuuko Izumo (Unluck) - Due to her ability to generate extremely bad luck on those she loved the most, her parents were killed in an airplane crash when she was 8 and with them. Three years later, Fuuko kissed her grandfather and he ended up dying some time after

Tatiana (Untouchable) - Her Negator ability activated at the age of 5 and destroyed an entire town as anything near her would be incinerated, including her parents.

Chikara Shigeno (Unmove) - When his Negator ability activated, he accidentally caused his parents to not be able to move by looking directly at them in front a speeding truck. Hence their imminent deaths.

You can guess why I want to talk about those 3 in particular - because they accidentally killed their parents.

In mental health, there have been cases of people living with mental illness who killed their family members. While this may not be shocking to some, it's still harboring to hear and a risque subject to talk about. Years ago, while working the front desk at my local NAMI, I took a phone call from a woman who was looking to inquire about what to do regarding her brother, who killed their parents. She was in tears and I said I understood and transferred her over to the helpline.

I recently listened to two stories about people who accidentally took the lives of others. One story focused on a woman who ran over a homeless person near an expressway. While she was mourning the loss and processing what she did, everyone around her was like "Oh, that person was just an outcast to society. You don't need to mourn them." The woman didn't know how to take that. The second story was about a man who was struggling with alcohol addiction for years. Things came to a head when he killed a small group of family members while drunk driving. While the man is making amends through advocacy work against drunk driving, he can't help but wonder if he will truly be forgiven for what he did.

What's scary is when you accidentally kill someone, it's easy to let the trauma define your entire identity. Fuuko, Tatiana and Chikara were like this before meeting Andy. They were afraid that their powers couldn't help anyone. They felt that they couldn't redeem themselves no matter what. If the 3 of them can't get close to anyone anymore, then so be it.

Thankfully, all three have managed to find ways to cope and grow. Fuuko realizes how much her power can save lives and knows how much her parents loved her. The best thing Fuuko can do was live and protect those she cares about just like her parents once did. Tatiana felt the same after Fuuko befriends her without judgement of her past actions. Chikara admits that his parents want him to live first and foremost while being kind to those who need it.

I will not lie that society will always judge anything violent in a black or white manner. I just wish that those who know they did something devastating are treated with compassion by more than just people similar to them. In Undead Unluck, the Negators only get sympathy from fellow Negators. The God who "blesses" them only sees them as pawns to be played with.

It's okay if you can't forgive yourself as long as you don't fall into total despair. Try to make the world around you a better place. If you can't, then definitely make your inner world a better place. And definitely find a community that you can feel safe and at peace with. This is why I appreciate Undead Unluck and understand why it was made a big deal at Anime NYC in 2023. Community (and some professional help) goes a long way to heal the trauma.

And more importantly, try to honor the victims as best you can. Do good for their sake.

There's absolutely no good card for this at all, but shrinking yourself to the abyss and wanting to die like some Negators have felt is not a good answer to live up to any grave mistakes you made. Do the UN-believable and prove to the awful voice that unfairly blames you that you are so much more than what you did.

If you are or know someone who accidentally hurt or killed someone, the Hyacinth Fellowship is a place to find help and I totally recommend visiting their website at: https://hyacinthfellowship.org/

[shiro-s2e2-erukinzu]

UU Appreciation Week Day 1: A Negator that I appreciate...!! 😆

Hello my fellow Undead Unluck lovers!! 😆 I gonna try my hardest to participate in the UU appreciation this whole week, so let's start with the first prompt, shall we...? 😉

[SPOILERS FOR UNDEAD UNLUCK IF YOU AREN'T FULLY CAUGHT UP CURRENTLY]

There are plenty of our favorite Negators in this series that I appreciate, but I decided to narrow it down to two that I appreciate the most currently...! 😁 My first choice for a Negator that I appreciate has to go to my girl, Fuuko Izumo!! 😆

Not only do I appreciate what an amazing character she is, but I straight up think that she is one of best written female protagonist of all time (especially in Shonen)!! 😆 I've adored her journey thus far and seeing how much she has grown from Loop 100 to Loop 101...!! 🤩 Not only do I love how sweet and kind she is as a person, but I also love how much of an ABSOLUTE BEAST in combat she has become in throughout the entirety of the series!! 😄 I am so glad to live in a world where a character like Fuuko exists! 🤗

The second Negator that I've gonna share my apperication for has got to be my GOAT Akira Kuno, AKA Anno Un!! 😆

To this day, the actions that Anno Un/Akira Kuno took in the Autumn Arc will forever mean the world to me because without him and his story, I probably wouldn't be as in love with Undead Unluck as I currently am!! 😆 Sure, I was already loving Undead Unluck before Anno/Akira was even introduced, but after reading the Autumn Arc, this series quickly solidified itself as one of my absolute favorite stories that I have ever read...!! 😊 And it was all thanks to a boy that never gave up even after becoming unknown to everyone around him, all so that he could change the fates and futures of the characters he loved so much... His cast of cool heroes...!! 💗🤗💗

See you all on Day 2...!! 😁 LATER!! 👋😄

[maguro13-2]

Lain's Anniversary or a Birthday Surprise

Lain : Happy 25h Anniversary to me! I can't wait to show everyone to invite my anniversary party! Woo! Let's begin!

*crickets chirping*

Lain : Hey, where is everybody? Okay, who's idea was it for us to have a single anniversary?

Alice : Hey, Lain. I guess our 25th anniversary has a little mix up.

Lain : A little mix up. Where are all my friends?

Alice : You don't remember. They all went to a birthday party for Shounen Jumper. I don't remember who her name was, I think it was, Fuuko was it.

Lain : Fuuko? Who the hell is Fuuko?!

*Zoom!*

Lain : Alright, whoever is missing out my 25th--Huh?

(Looks at the banner)

(BANNER : HAPPY BRITHDAY FUUKO-CHAN!)

Lain : WHAT THE NUTS!?!

(scene flips)

Lain : Alright, Mrs Fuuko-chan! Jokes over!

*nobody was here at party as it's nothing more than a mess*

Lain : Where did they went off too?

Alice : Uhh, Lain. I think that girl we just saw, actually Fuuko's birthday was on this day that show premiered over a year ago. Turns out that birthday surprise of her's was bit of a much failure.

Lain : So where is my friend at?

Alice :I think she went of a restaurant called the Cheesecake Factory, and I believe she goes to that girl's party for some free cake. Screw anniversary parties, let's go the cheesecake factory!

Lain : Of course, Cheesecake Factory it is!

*Meanwhile later at the Cheesecake Factory..."

All : Hey, Happy Birthday, Fuuko-Chan!

Fuuko : Thanks guys! This is truly the best of the best! Having a birthday at the Cheesecake Factory is a huge success!

Andy : I know, right? This is the perfect for you have a perfect cake! It's the birthday girl's birthday! This is truly her unlucky wish!

Fuuko : Classic me, Classic me! Thanks for having this wonderful time at the restaurant, Andy. Who knew picking Cheesecake Factory would be the perfect place for my birthday!

Andy : It's what this gift card told us, good thing I earned money from my U.S bank account.

Fuuko : Oh, look. It's the girl who wrecked my birthday yesterday!

Lain : Yeah, that's me. I'm sorry that accidentally ruined your birthday party.

Fuuko : Yeah, you remembered that party when all of my original friends was there for me?

Lain : Well...

*flashback*

Fuuko : Oh my Gosh! This is gonna be the birthday, ever!

All : Hey, happy Birthday, Fuuko Izu--

Fuuko : Oh my God! Everyone look out! *evades*

*Lain runs over Fuuko's friends*

All : My Leg!

Harry : My English Teabags!

Lain : Sorry about that!

*Steam Whistling+Train whistling*

Fuuko : YOU'RE GONNA REGRET THAT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS!!!

*flashback ends*

Lain : So I accidentally, ruined your party and it was totally a huge misunderstanding, so I guarantee. That I even made you an apology cake.

Fuuko : Is that so? I guess that apology cake's alright, but sure, I'll take it as appreciation, right after you help me out with washing my abs. My hot shredded abs.

*Record scratch*

Lain : How...dare you...!

Rei : *sighs* Can't we agree this?

Andy : Ladies, ladies. Be fair to each other and not go hostile on ourselves. We're all dudes and dudettes here. Speaking of dudettes, why isn't Julia coming to the Cheesecake Factory?

Fuuko & Andy : *realizing together* OH CRAP! WE FORGOT ABOUT THAT EXPLOSIVE THAT WE FORGOT TO THROW IT OUT!

*Meanwhile...*

Gina : Here, Julia. This is a birthday gift from Mrs Izumo. I hope she could clatter herself with those boxing gloves for the weight class.

Julia : Are you too sure about that? I gotta taste test it first. *About to taste the piece of the pie* Hold on, do you know what this really wanted?

Gina : What's that?

Julia : I could go for some milk with it.

Gina : Yeah, that's really cool. Just be careful not to get yourself hurt and make sure to not stub your toe to the--*Julia trips*

Julia : Oops.

*whistling*

Gina : *in slo-motion* Oh...SHIIIIIII-

*KABOOM*

Julia : I told you. 25 dollars for an explosive pie?

Gina : I did save a lot of money. *coughs*

Julia : Well, you're fired. *collapses*

Gina : I'm not even wearing shoes.

Julia : Then, you're rehired.

Gina : Actually, I do feel little about the shoes.

[Iris out]

~ Happy Birth Day to our Lucky Girl, Fuuko! ~

[b3crew]

REVIEW | "Undead Unluck" - Vol. 1 | B3 - Boston Bastard Brigade

Back in 2012, Sniper Elite developers Rebellion created a video game called NeverDead. It wasn’t the best game around, but it had an interesting concept involving an immortal protagonist who could slice his body into tiny pieces and be put back together. This video game came to mind as soon as I started reading Undead Unluck, the debut series from writer/artist Yoshifumi Tozuka. Unlike NeverDead though, this manga certainly has a lot more going for it!

The story begins with a girl named Fuuko Izumo on the verge of ending her life. She claims that any person that touches her may contract a disease and die. Said claim gets the attention of a mysterious muscleman, who takes the bet and promptly gets hit by a train. Normally this should be the end of this character’s story, but his detached and still-speaking head rolls on over towards the frightened Fuuko. Thus, the truth comes out about the two: he can’t die, and she causes bad luck.

This pairing is soon put together, as the muscleman (who’ll go by Andy later on) seeks Fuuko’s power of bad luck to end his incredibly long life. That’s when a strange organization known as Union arrives, and attempts to put an end to Andy and Fuuko’s free lives. However, upon hearing some tidbits about the group’s exclusive Negator’s club, Andy and Fuuko make it their mission to join their ranks. Otherwise, they’ll either be captured or — in Fuuko’s case — eliminated.

Undead Unluck is filled with a lot of great elements that make for a memorable shonen series. For starters, its action is truly imaginative, as we see Andy lopping off his own body parts to use as weapons. It never reaches grotesque levels of detail, which makes it a series that even the weakest of stomachs can handle, but it never strays from pushing the envelope when it comes to bringing some entertaining violence. (We’re also grateful that Tozuka constantly blurs out Andy’s yarbles when he goes pants-less, which happens very often in this volume!)

Click here to read the rest of the review!