Code:Breaker 2

Code:Breaker #2

by Akimine Kamijyo

TWO'S THE HARM

As Sakura attempts to keep Rei from killing people, they are joined on a mission by Toki, another Code:Breaker. But under Toki’s affable exterior lies the heart of a ruthless executioner. And now all three of them are pitted against a politician with an army of guards and a deadly plan!

Includes special extras after the story!

Genres: Manga, Shonen, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural, Graphic Novels

208 pages, Paperback

First published December 17, 2008

About the author

Akimine Kamijyo (上条明峰 Kamijō Akimine?, born September 13, 1975, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating Samurai Deeper Kyo. The name 'Akimine Kamijyo' is merely her pen-name. Her doujinshi work was done under the name 'Meika Hatagashira' (伯明華?).

Her second series was Shirogane no Karasu also known as Silver Crow. It started on May 30, 2007 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine and ended after 3 volumes.

She is currently working on Code: Breaker.

Reviews

[Rosenblue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full review soon.
For some reason this series was discontinued in English officially so it's difficult to find it in English. I've haven't read this volume in a while but once I reread it I'll review it properly.

Also I realize that most of the criticism on this manga are by chicks that thought this was gonna just be some Bishonen manga but then they were like " oh no real plot wheres the romance?! noooooooooooo"
I swear that's all they think about.

[gabi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This just gets more and more fascinating.

[CharlyyGentlePhoenix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Code : Breaker, tome 2 – Akimine Kamijyo (Japonais né en1975) – Tome 2 sur 26 – 208 pages –Pika éditions 06 Avril 2011–

Ôgami est super badass. Y a le badass « too much » et le « badass » style Ôgami ce genre de passages qui font qu’on est content ou pas d’un Livre. Il ne faut pas que le héros se veuille stylé, il faut en plus qu’il le soit.
On peut penser qu’Ôgami est brutal envers Sakura, mais en fait, il la tient éloignée de dangers encore pires.

Sakura et Ôgami sont mignons, on les entend presque parler.

Franchement, c’est fort d’avoir introduit autant d’humour dans un manga de hors-la-loi si tragique.

Code 06 c’est le nom de code « Code : Breaker » de Ôgami. On apprend qu’il n’en existe que 6.

Toki Code : Breaker 04 fait so apparition et il tripote Sakura, donc Sakutra en a après Rey (06) mais Rey n’est interessé par personne et 04 est interessé par Sakura ! J’adore quand les choses sont simples !
…Mais 06 ne serait-il pas cependant un peu jaloux ?

« Ôgami fait le mal ! Mais ce n’est pas quelqu’un qui ignore la souffrance d’autrui et la valeur de la vie. »

Sakura essaye d’empêcher 06 de tuer des gens. Ils sont différents… Je ne suis pas sûr que ça marche entre eux sur le long terme.

C’est donc 04 qui fait tout le sale boulot. (Ils sont missionnés par des ordures pour détruire d’autres ordures).

Tabata a tout du pire salopard dealer d’organes et mérite certainement de se faire défoncer…

Je m’arrête là pour vous laisser la surprise…

« Je ne supporte pas « le mal » alors job ou pas job si j’aperçois le mal, je le brûlerai. »

Ça finit en Cliffhanger de dingue.

LE manga qui me plaît en ce moment.
Pas réellement de défauts.

J'espère que vous aurez envie de le lire, mes Phoenix!

Phoenix
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[triskellionquinn · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF

I’m done with anime and manga relying on sexual harassment to try and be “funny”. Fan service is annoying on its own but when it comes at the cost of someone’s bodily autonomy I’m done.

Literally in the second chapter Sakura’s chest gets groped by the VICE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL and it’s just played off as “quirky” instead of predatory and Sakura is clearly uncomfortable as she’s pushed into letting herself be groped to appease the perverted Fujiwara.

Then in the next chapter we meet Toki, another Code Breaker who ends up being the brother of Fujiwara, and almost immediately after meeting her, he grabs Sakura’s chest and demands to know if Sakura and Ogami have been physically intimate. Sure Sakura punches him in retaliation but seriously who the fuck does that?

I’m dropping this series and unhauling it at the first chance I get.

[duniamimpigie Anggi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Secara cerita, oke lah. Si Gie senang dengan kemunculan Toki, bikin meriah suasana!! Saya juga suka kembaran(?)/ kakak perempuan(?) si Toki yang sama-sama suka Mitan dan Hitan! Lol~ Sudah lama si Gie gak baca shonen manga yang banyak fanservice-nya begini, apalagi pake dinamain Mitan dan Hitan! Lol~ Mumpung lagi dalam mood baca shonen ber-fanservice, sepertinya mending si Gie buru-buru lanjut baca sebelum mood-nya ngilang! Tapiiii... daku gak punya jilid 3-nya!! Baca scan-an aja deeeh, baru jilid 4-nya balik ke terjemahan indonesia (yang semoga gak kayak di jilid ini: "Tangan kalian hebat", yang bikin pingin gigit orang...)
Iya, terjemahan dan editannya bikin pingin gigit orang! Jadi pingin baca versi bahasa jepangnya aja langsung, atau bahasa inggris.

[Andy Febrico Bintoro · Rating 4 out of 5]

The drama began, behind an evil things, sometimes the purpose is for a good one. The dilemma of justice.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good manga series, the story was alright but exciting action and great art👌😁❤️

[Online Eccentric Librarian · Rating 1 out of 5]

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Ordinarily, I take the time to write a thorough and logical review of a book. But I'm just going to come right out here and say it: this series sucks. The characters are all over the place, the villains about as eye-rolling a group as cliches as ever walked a manga, the plot hackneyed and unoriginal, and the artwork lacking nuance and interest. Honestly, it is a hot mess.

Story: Sakura has decided to 'save' Oogami - so she follows him around trying to interrupt his 'burning to ash'. Enter another code breaker - one far less conflicted than Oogami. So Sakura will throw herself in front of him as well. With the help of her puppy.

I checked out both manga at the library at the same time. I was far from enamored by the first volume but thought to give this second one a try in case the story really does get better. Yeah - that didn't happen. Inexplicably, it got worse. This story has no idea what it wants to be - gritty urban fantasy, comedic shounen ecchi, parable on the modern world featuring conflicted anti hero? It fails to nail any of those and instead recycles every shounen/seinen urban fantasy of the past 10 years.

Perhaps most egregious problem is the protagonist, Sakura. I'm not quite sure why a female manga felt the need to lobotomize her protagonize, but I can't recall when I've been more disgusted by a character in a very long time. It's a case where I wish Oogami had actually burned her up and saved us her pathetic moralizing diatribes. This should have been a Death Note - edgy, intelligent, and with a morally corrupt lead. But no, not even close - imagine Charlie Brown as a killer and Lucy following him around sermonizing.

The cliches - oh the cliches! Seriously: take the scene where Sakura rushes in to save the villain from being assassinated by Oogami. After pleading for his life, does he repent? Oh heck no, he sneakily waits until her back is turned and then tries to stab her while crowing about his evilness. Really? Worse - this is the *exact* same situation as in book one with the villain in that one. It made me want to bonk my head on my desk.

For me, the only question I didn't get answered is how no one managed to kill off Sakura and put us out of our misery. Certainly, she threw herself into danger every other panel so there was always hope.....

[Abeer Albossany · Rating 2 out of 5]

Still much better than the anime adaptation.

[Titis Wardhana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seru seru....

Muncul Code Breaker no 4, Toki dengan kekuatan bisa memanipulasi gelombang magnetik, jadi dia bisa membengkokkan baja, menahan peluru dan mengembalikannya, sekilas sih kayaknya Toki ini lebih kuat dari Ogami, tapi ternyata dijelasin di sini klo Ogami, Code: Breaker 6 dan yang trahir merupakan yang terkuat. Toki juga punya warna mata yang berbeda antara kanan dan kiri.

Kasus kali ini melibatkan politikus yang membunuhi orang-orang dengan jenis darah dan organ langka. Ternyata selain untuk dijual, darah dan organnya juga buat nyembuhin anaknya yg punya penyakit sama, tapi keadilan tetap harus ditegakkan, meskipun dengan membunuh (kata Toki).

Selain itu muncul lagi tokoh baru namanya Nenene, kakak kelas Sakura dan wakil ketua OSIS, yang suka megang dada Sakura meskipun dia ini cewek. Nenene ini juga punya warna mata yang sama dengan Toki dan Toki mengaku kalau dia adiknya Nenene, tapi pas Sakura nanya, Nenene bilang klo dia nggak punya adik. More mysteries??? Selain itu, Toki juga sering bilang ke Ogami: 'yang kau cari'... apaan sih yang dicari Ogami... bikin penasaran aja..

Ini ekspresi Ogami yang cool:

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was hoping for better character development in this second volume. That being said, it was still a decent read. The story is pretty interesting - certainly full of action. But sad to say, I find moralistic Sakura annoying in her inflexible views of right and wrong (though the viewpoint itself is certainly reasonable). And ultimately, the best stories for me are the perfect marriage of a strong story/plot and charismatic, well-developed characters that have great chemistry with each other. The story in Code Breaker is decent, but the characters feel flat, and I don't find the connection between Sakura and Toki compelling in the least. I need to at least feel a more genuine pull between Sakura and Toki before I can rate the series higher.

[Fyre.Katz · Rating 4 out of 5]

to be reviewed soon!

[Dominique "Eerie" Sobieska · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall Rating: ... 6/10 - I always forget that I've read this... No seriously. I always forget. So this isn't a bad series. The arcs were kinda messy, and I would say every villain of each arc pointed the finger towards the next one. Explaining certain characters especially Sakura took way too long.. Her's as well as the whole plot of the series and the founders was at the end, literally at the end. I just wanted it to be over... The only thing I liked at the end was the ending itself. It was a quiet happy ending, not a fairy tale like ending. I believe the manga and the series took different paths at some point.

Do I recommend it:

It's not bad...