Manga Review - Green Worldz - The Apocalypse created from Humanity's Overcuriosity

Imagine Mother Nature unleashing her power on humanity because of our overcuriosity and our lack of regard to the consequences of changing nature. Green Worldz presents the apocalyptic world ruled by plants, where humans are now the lesser beings. The manga is recounted from perspectives of several groups of humans, who eventually unite to save the world.

Story (8/10):

The story starts off with an interesting premise. From out of nowhere, plants wreak havoc on society, and the remaining survivors are forced underground to survive. The first part of the story recounts from the main character (Akira)'s perspective, where the group of survivors encounter more than they expected. The idea of a hybrid human is entirely possible and was an interesting aspect of the story, because these hybrids are the products of evolution. This part of the story then ends on a "negative end", which engaged the reader, and the reader then starts to become more intrigued. What happened to these people? Have they finally killed the combined hybrid?

The next part of the story then starts from the perspective of Yui (who is Akira's crush). I personally preferred this part of the story because it shows the true side of an apocalyptic world. Tensions are high when some of the survivors are infected with some disease, and as a result of "helping the infected", Yui and some other survivors are almost condemned to their deaths. This is extremely realistic and understandable because it is human nature to survive. Also there was an enlightening moment where the group of survivors save a pill bug (Groucho), who actually saves the survivors in one instance, and recovered Yui's important trinket. I found this really funny and cute. 

However, now comes the confusing part of the story. As the story progresses to the point where the two groups meet up, we are presented with the idea of "time-travel". The character Iwatobi is supposedly an individual who has travelled from the future to prevent the past. It was a bit difficult the story progression because of this idea. However, I must commend the author's attempt to explore the idea of "time-travel", because I really liked how the author acknowledges the idea of different timelines and how "travelling from the original timeline will not change its outcome". It ends on the idea of Iwatobi travelling back to prevent the product of human's overcuriosity, where Akira and Yui also travel back in time to save him. Ultimately, it ends on a good note where on the original timeline, the plants are dying and humanity can recover again.

Characters (8/10):

The main characters were all commendable characters, who are the essence of leadership. Usually, we do not have a "brave" and "leader-like" female main character, so I applaud in the author's development of Yui. She was probably my favourite character in the series, because she cared for others, despite being condemned by survivors. 

Iwatobi is also an interesting character. We can see how determined the character wants to save the world from destruction, and even using a serum to save others whilst severely mutilating his own body. He's like the bad-ass old man, who won't let the young ones take all the glory. :D

Another cute character was Groucho (the pill bug). This character made the manga more light hearted, which is a rare trait in an apocalyptic world. Despite being a creature who is essentially the bottom of the food chain, it still shows compassion to humans, even when humans do not show compassion to each other. It's as if the pill bug is more human than human themselves. Well, doesn't that somewhat represent society? *wink wink*

Art (9/10): 
The art is well done and creates a creepy atmosphere. There are spectacularly-grotesque images and the scenes are drawn beautifully. The artist clearly values attention to detail, and as a result, the reader reap the benefits of wonderful drawings. Subarashii

Enjoyment (8/10):

The manga was pretty interesting to read. I didn't get bored of reading it, but there were some points of the story that was slightly dissatisfying to read because I was confused of what was happening. Nevertheless, this apocalyptic story is unique and original, and I haven't seen one like this yet.

Overall (8/10):

Green Worldz is a unique apocalyptic manga, that has an original story and interesting characters. There are also interesting "sci-fi" ideas presented in this manga such as time-travel, mutant plants, etc., but sometimes having too many ideas condensed into one manga can dilute the manga's main theme. However, I feel that the manga condensed it very well, and it ended on a satisfying note.