We are, so to speak, born twice: once to exist and once to live.
- Jean Jacques Rosseau, Emilie
Archive for the ‘Amatsuki’ Category
Once to exist and once to live.
June 14, 2008
Manga Download: Amatsuki
May 31, 2008
Title: Amatsuki
Mangaka: Shinobu Takayama
Summary: (from Hana-mi) Rikugou Tokidoki tries to bring up his failing history grades with make-up work at a high-tech museum, but after losing an eye to a virtual reality monster, he finds himself unable to leave the game.
Scanlator: Hana-mi
Status: In Progress
Downloads:
Volume 1: Chapter 01, Chapter 02, Chapter 03, Chapter 04, Chapter 05, Chapter 06, Chapter 07, Extras
Volume 2: Chapter 08, Chapter 09, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Extras
Volume 3: Chapter 14, Chapter 15, Chapter 16, Chapter 17, Chapter 18
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Manga Review: Amatsuki
May 31, 2008
Status: Read up to Chapter 7
I encountered Amatsuki as an anime first. I was curious when someone mentioned that it had a manga counterpart. I am the kind of person who would prefer reading/watching the original work before seeing the other version.
The story is not so unusual. It involves alternate worlds and realities. The mangaka chose to portray it via the VR (Virtual Reality) technology. The protagonist arrives at this other world when he encounters two unusual types of monsters, which he, at first, thin…ks of as part of the VR programming. However, he soon realizes that he is not in the VR world that he had come from. In the story, this is done quite seamlessly that you have to wonder how it could have happened. There are events that happen in the manga that make you realize that there is more to the “accidentally-being-in-an-alternate-dimension” coincidence, which we have experienced many times in a manga story. What makes this story different in my opinion is the unique way of how the mangaka portrays it.
