This is a manga that my friend recently introduced me to. So far I've been addicted and it's REALLY good. So there is this "suicide virus" that causes a lot of people to die, but these people are happy about dying. Those that are affected by this disease but don't do suicide evolve and come to have special powers (ooooh sci-fi). The fact that the author created a new idea about humans actually evolving with these new powers was what really brought me in. But it's also about a normal high school boy, Taisuke, who is affected by this disease and so is his friend, Hirose. Hirose was always bullied when he was younger and resented Taisuke for always coming to his aid and helping him, he strives to become stronger and so he develops his power to create his ideal world, alone. Taisuke follows him, as Hirose also took Megumi, another of his childhood friends (Megumi, Taisuke, and Hirose are all childhood friends) and tries to find him and save them. Taisuke refuses to believe that Hirose had changed and tries to bring him back. When he finally comes to the truth that Hirose had changed and had grown immensely stronger, Taisuke himself changes from his normal justice is not death to I will kill anyone type of person. After his encounter with the new Hirose and the new Taisuke, Hirose disappears and so does Taisuke. His friends that he had picked up on the way, Yuta and Nami feel guilty but keep on going to school and informed his sister about the incident. Oh shit.... that's wayyy tooo much......
I recommend it, and yes I am very bad at explaining stuff but it's really good.
Can't find the link for the anime yet, when I do I'll post it.
And its also really bloody so, in the manga blood is always just like black, but in the anime there's going to be a lot of blood.
The series follows Taisuke Kanou, a teenage student in Japan who lives a normal life with his sister Yoko Kanou and also has a friend named Hirose. The story begins when an alien being flies towards Earth after sensing life. It is learned that the being, Akuro, is composed of souls who were granted immortality and who wanted to die but could not do so without a body. These beings separate from each other and enter the bodies of humans in order to pursue death. As a result, a large number of people begin to commit suicide worldwide and the incident became known as Nightmare Week. The humans who resist Akuro's influence gain powers from the possession and become known as "Comrades"
When Taisuke's friend, Yuichi Hirose, discovers his powers he kidnaps fellow friend Megumi Ochiai and heads north to the heart of Akuro. Taisuke, obtaining his own powers, follows in an attempt to bring Hirose and Megumi back home. On his adventures, he is accompanied by fellow comrades Yuta Takizawa and Nami Kusunoki. He tracks down Hirose to a lake where the latter absorbs Akuro's heart. Taisuke defeats Hirose by triggering a volcanic eruption, which apparently kills them both and destroys the heart.
Two years later Yuta and Nami learn from Aoi Tezuka and Jun Tezuka that Taisuke is alive. They meet Taisuke, who has been living with amnesia since his battle with Hirose. After regaining his memories, they learn from Yukie Tezuka that the army has the dormant Hirose and set out to destroy him along with the heart. After several attempts on infiltrating the military, Hirose awakens and flees from the military base. Deducing Hirose's return to Japan, Taisuke and his friends prepare for the upcoming battle.
Eventually Hirose is defeated by Taisuke who is empowered by the piece of Akuro's heart. Akuro's consciences, Mitama, uses the Akuro heart pieces to gather and recompile Akuro. Hirose, acknowledging his crimes, has his soul accompany Akuro into space. As all the pieces of Akuro leave their hosts, comrades are rendered powerless once again and the world returns to peace.
[edit]Protagonist
[edit]Taisuke Kano
Taisuke Kano (叶 太輔 Kanō Taisuke) is the main character of the series. He is haunted by guilt for his role in the accident that killed his parents. After his parents died, he was raised by his older sister, Yoko Kanō (叶 陽子 Kanō Yōko). Taisuke's ability is destruction and reconstruction. Though unable to fully use his reconstruction abilities, Taisuke is able to manifest his destruction abilities by emitting fire which permanently damages cells.
[edit]Yuta Takizawa
Yuta Takizawa (瀧沢 勇太 Takizawa Yūta) is a young boy who gains his powers after his mother commits suicide in front of him. His power is isolation, cutting off objects from the outside world by creating psychic barriers of various sizes, for defensive purposes or trapping his opponents. After his mother's death, Yuta's father disowned him in fear of his powers and mistaking that Yuta killed his own mother. He journeys with Taisuke after witnessing his kindness and teaches him the basics on using his powers. After Taisuke's apparent death, Yuta resumes his daily life in the care of his grandparents.
[edit]Nami Kusunoki
Nami Kusunoki (楠 奈美 Kusunoki Nami) has the power to freeze water to form any shape she chooses, usually forming it into claws to augment her martial arts, and projecting them like knives to pierce and freeze her targets. Her younger brother, Satoru, was burned alive by Kanon's abilities leading to her hate of Comrades. She journeys with Taisuke and Yuta in search of Katsumata after learning Kanon had joined him. She gradually begins to develop a romantic interest towards Taisuke and begins to envy his and Megumi's relationship.
[edit]The Tezuka Family
Yukie Tezuka (手塚 由紀恵 Tezuka Yukie) is the mother of the seven Tezuka children who each have separate fathers of different nationalities. Before "Nightmare Week" occurred, Yukie was a nomadic woman who traveled constantly leaving her children to live on their own. Upon acquiring a piece of Akuro's heart, Yukie is able to feel her families sadness due to her abandonment causing her to return to her family and taking a more maternal role. Using the powers of Akuro's heart, she is able to manipulate other people into her bidding. After Taisuke's battle with Hirose, she nurses him back to life. She is killed by Hirose when he awakens and had her piece of the heart stolen.
Her eldest son, Rei Tezuka (手塚 伶 Tezuka Rei), is 28 years old, who took care of his younger siblings in Yukie's absence. Her second eldest son, Jun Tezuka (手塚 純 Tezuka Jun), is a 27 years old martial artist and a Comrade with the ability to manipulate electricity. Anzu Tezuka (手塚 杏 Tezuka Anzu) is the 16 years old daughter and a computer wiz. She controls the technical aspects of their operations. Aoi Tezuka (手塚 葵 Tezuka Aoi) is the second oldest daughter in the family and is 10 years old. She is Yuta's classmate and a Comrade with the ability to run at high speeds. The last 3 kids are Osomatsu, Karamatsu and Choromatsu (nicknames), and 5, 4 and 3 years old, respectively.
[edit]Antagonists
[edit]Yuichi Hirose
Yuichi Hirose (広瀬 雄一 Hirose Yūichi) was Taisuke's best friend. He is a timid and shy boy who is often bullied but saved by Taisuke. After Nightmare Week, Hirose becomes a comrade allowing him to fire spheres which can annihilate anything. After he accidentally murders his bullies, Hirose is put into police custody where Katsumata brainwashes him to into joining him to search for a piece of Akuro's Heart. He complies after kidnapping his childhood friend, Megumi. Upon absorbing the piece of Akuro's Heart, his body becomes intangible and he gains the desire to destroy all life on Earth.
Ahh nvm it seems that the anime was canceled in 2008 so that explains why I haven't been able to find the link for it... ok then!!!
-Tay (ALIVE!!!!!!! lol)
