

Everything went to Akise’s plan, went well, strong and good, but I honestly got confused in the first reading. For even him to lie (or not? I want to believe he’s lying yaoi is watdapak to me) about his love for Yuki just to get Yuno on his side, that’s almost like a desperate plan. Akise makes a plan that needs somehow needs Yuno for it to be made. This is their last gamble, however, Akise’s life and Yuki’s diary. Akise sounds like a narcissistic bastard, but let’s face it, he’s also a cool, smart dude. With Yuno realizing that he isn’t a Diary owner, things changed. However, this is the time to realize that we have a person who’s smarter than Yuno, and takes everything to rationalizing and speaking, instead of Yuno’s idea to kill people right off the bat when things happen unexpectedly. On the third, Akise gets it right again and take back Yuno’s diary. On the next toss, Akise gets it right and takes back Yuki. On the first “toss,” Akise fails to guess and gives Yuno’s diary to them. On their side, they have Yuki’s body and Yuki’s diary. On Akise’s side, the chips are Akise’s and Yuno’s diary. As a result of the hostage event taking place, they make deals and trades for whoever gets to guess which hand has the coin. The manga was really smart to make a move in making a Sherlock Holmes character, Akise Aru. But the most surprising part was how Deus ex Machina didn’t allow such thing to happen, to give it to a third party. I didn’t really expect for the Tenth to give him his Future Diary. Up until now, I am completely taken aback at how things have completely turned into the hands of Hinata… for the meantime. Once again, another good move in the anime.


Either way, it was realistic, but the former was more realistic. The manga’s move was to have Hinata take it away in the pocket. And sixth, when Mao moved in to take Yuki as a hostage, in the anime, she immediately took his phone and gave it to Hinata. How the anime did to this, either to compress the chapters in one episode or simply make it better, was a really great move. There was much more drama in the manga, which wasn’t really needed at all. Fifth, Yuki openly talked about having the power to predict the future. It was quite illogical for the manga to actually make a move for the window to be moved side to side, not the usual front to back, which makes it easier for the dogs to penetrate. Third, if I recall correctly, Tenth’s screen didn’t show any ‘live broadcast’ in the anime. He actually talks while moving to their group. Second, Akise Aru suddenly stands in the middle of them while they saw the corpse of Hinata. The anime did it well to compress these chapters into one episode, and so, didn’t need this part to give you the thrill of the new character. The first scene in the manga was the first appearance of Akise Aru. There are a few differences from episode 8 so far. If you want to read a summary mixed with my thoughts, read my review in Mirai Nikki – 01-08.
