MANGA REVIEW | "Fly Me to the Moon" - Volume Twenty-Nine
Sometimes I feel like Tsukasa whenever Fly Me to the Moon tries to explain a lot. Perhaps that’s the point, as readers will no doubt compare themselves more with a 1400-year-old immortal than an 18-year-old computer whiz. So when Volume Twenty-Nine of Fly Me to the Moon gets into the nitty-gritty of how Tsukasa’s powers work, I can’t help but have a bit of a brain fart as what’s explained goes full Riverdance on my noggin! Oh well, at least it’s explained with cute pictures.
We are now far deep into who Tsukasa really is and are now trying to make sense of her powers. Just what keeps her immortal? Why does her blood heal people? And could that blood be passed down to other generations solely by consumption? Some of these questions get answered here, but it’s still a tough slope to climb in order to reach full understanding. Oh well, at least Nasa’s got a good brain and the gumption to find the truth about his lovely wife.
But in rare cases, Nasa’s love for Tsukasa will make him forgetful. Case in point, remember that Tokyo University mock exam he wanted to take? I don’t blame you if you forgot, even if it’s been a part of the plot for the past few volumes. When Nasa almost forgets too, it’s kind of funny. After all, this is a guy who stays on top of just about everything, so being a Mister Forgetful is a different side of Nasa. (As for the test itself, do you really think he wouldn’t ace it?!)
We dive deeper into the lore of Fly Me to the Moon afterwards, as Nasa does his very best to explain to Tsukasa how her powers work. It involves Cloud networking, only with a human instead of a hard drive. Even as NASA does his best to explain its function and what it does for both Tsukasa and whoever is beyond the stars, how it all works is still pretty complicated. No Cliff Notes, TED Talk, or even helpful cartoons with Hayate and Nagi can help with making explaining it all easier.
At least we get some breathers, in the form of some cute moments between our main couple. A late-night wake-up causes Nasa to want to kiss his sleeping wife, with Tsukasa giving him a hell of an opportunity to do so. It gives the lover boy a chance to try something a little different, resulting in a new sound coming out of Tsukasa’s throat. Moments like this show just how endearing Nasa and Tsukasa are, as it’d make readers wish they could be in a relationship just as sweet as theirs.
It can be a bit of a headache to read through Nasa’s explanation of Tsukasa’s powers. Nevertheless, it does show that Fly Me to the Moon can be brainy at times, which can be a bit nerve-wracking when readers just want to get their rom-com on. Volume Twenty-Nine goes all in with the smarts, so it’d be very understandable if you had to take in the content in small bites. Either way, it’ll certainly help with fully understanding what Tsukasa’s dealing with, on top of where our couple will go next in order to reverse the curse.
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Promotional consideration provided by Chantelle Sturt of VIZ Media.
