I found out about Future Diary from the back pages of a Tokyopop manga, which said it would be out soon (i.e. 2 months). I was so curious about this title I looked it up myself, and never looked back.

Future Diary by Sakae Esuno is about a young boy named Yuki who lives life as a bystander, doing nothing but recording the events around him in his cell phone diary. The only people he talks to are in his imagination, the most remarkable is Deus Ex Machina, the lord of time. One day Deus mentions that he wants to play a game, and suddenly Yuki’s diary is already filled out with future events that he would have recorded! Not only this, but Yuki soon finds out that 12 others were also granted the same abilities with their own diaries (each of which record different types of information). The best part is when these people are told that they each have to kill each other and that the last person standing becomes the new god of time!

Just to add to poor Yuki’s problems he has a FREAKING CRAZY INSANE STALKER named Yuno. Her diary keeps track of Yuki’s actions. Isn’t that great? [un]Lucky for Yuki she doesn’t want to kill him, she wants him to love her, but as I said she is crazy; she will do anything to impress him, even kill! Should Yuki trust this maniac and let her help him win this game, or is she just using him?

This manga is very intense and gives the reader no downtime in all of it’s currently 52 chapters (I expect the manga to end very very soon!). Action, suspense, romance, a little horror; this manga has it all! Short but sweet, just the way I like ‘em!

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