U19

U19 is a short-lived manga that ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from Feb 13, 2017 to Jun 12, 2017 and is made by Yuuji Kimura.

Plot
In the year 2036, Japan is under the adult party power thanks to Shiki Yamato and make children's life miserable. But for "rebellious-edgy-teenager" Kudou Eiji, it doesn't matter because he has his childhood friend Akari to cheer up his everyday life. But then, one day adult party takes and transfers Akari to another school. It emotionally stresses Eiji out...but little did he knew, this awakened some power inside him...

Why It Sucks

 * 1) It's basically another generic kids (though they're actually teenagers) vs adults story.
 * 2) The Grown-Up ranks basically make no sense as A ones have restrictions, while B ones are ones with employment choices, and while D ones are the ones with restrictions, but even then they could basically live a fine life.
 * 3) Adding to #1, despite the fact that it's supposed to be a kids or teens vs adults story but it's rather focused on a generic romance story between Eiji and his childhood friend Akari, as Akari is forced to move to another school.
 * 4) What lead to the premise of the whole series itself is pretty stupid itself, as it started when an 18-year-old student named Oota Makoto managed to win a gold medal in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo (this book was made in 2017, as the 2020 Olympics were delayed until 2021 due to Covid-19 in real life), as after winning the Olympic Games he posted pictures of himself naked with the medal to social media and caused backlash all over the world, which caused people like freeters, metrosexuals, and otakus to be treated as pests and to be labelled as "unnecessary".
 * 5) The main antagonist Shiki Yamato, is a extremely bland and undeveloped villain whose her motivation for why he created the adut party are never explained.
 * 6) Even for an axed series, most of the things that happened in the series don't make any sense as despite the fact it's supposed to take place in a dystopian-esque setting, some of the characters have supernatural type powers without any mentioning in it in the beginning making it sound a bit of an ass pull.
 * 7) The ending itself was nonsensical as they didn't even get to fight Shiki Yamato, and Eiji and the rest of the garbage kids are basically stuck on an island.
 * 8) The series has many different plotlines taking place which isn't good for a series with its first few chapters.
 * 9) Many of the A ranked adults act pretty mean-spirted to the students, as well as other adults.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The art style is very well drawn.
 * 2) Solid cast as well as Eiji being a decent protagonist.

Trivia

 * 1) The series was made along with We Never Learn, Demon Prince Poro's Diaries, Hungry Marie, Dr. Stone, and Robot × LaserBeam as 6 "brand new" series in Weekly Shonen Jump in early 2017. Both We Never Learn and Dr. Stone became hits in Jump as well as getting anime adaptations, the creator of Demon Prince Poro's Diaries later went on to create Mission: Yozakura Family, which is currently running in Jump, Hungry Marie did okay in rankings for a while before the ranking fell down and was subsequently axed, and Robot × LaserBeam did successful at first but slid down and was later axed.
 * 2) Ever since U19 was axed, many Jump readings have made jokes for any new series running in Weekly Shonen Jump that does poorly in rankings, as "Going to the U19 Club" primely for series with less than 19 chapters.

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