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Coppelion #1
Coppelion, tome 1
2036. Tokyo, ravished by the radioactive contamination caused by an accident at a nuclear power plant, is now in lock-down. "COPPELION", a special unit of the third division of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces made up of three high school girls, genetically engineered to be impervious to radioactivity, is sent in to Tokyo; "The City of Death".
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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October 26, 2016
Next in the virtual pile of things from the Kodansha sale. The remarkable thing about this near-future manga is the date: it was originally published in 2008, but it reads like a grim post-Fushitsusha parable. Following a Chernobyl-style meltdown, future Tokyo is an almost deserted wasteland of radioactive contamination, untouched since its evacuation and reclaimed by nature. Years later, a distress signal from an underground bunker suggests that some inhabitants survived - so a squad genetically engineered to resist radiation is sent in to find out more. Seinen manga being seinen manga, the squad is made up of schoolgirls.
Thankfully, having given himself a premise purpose-built for fan-service, Tomonori Inoue resists it almost entirely. While the characterisation of the Coppelion squad won't win any awards for novelty - there's the tough one, the maverick one, and the comically scared/hungry one - these *are* characters, not fetish objects, and the comic is admirably slow paced, thoughtful, and grounded in reality. Inoue's art is attractive, too, and his rendering of both urban ruin and the plants and animals creeping back into it is atmospheric.
Thankfully, having given himself a premise purpose-built for fan-service, Tomonori Inoue resists it almost entirely. While the characterisation of the Coppelion squad won't win any awards for novelty - there's the tough one, the maverick one, and the comically scared/hungry one - these *are* characters, not fetish objects, and the comic is admirably slow paced, thoughtful, and grounded in reality. Inoue's art is attractive, too, and his rendering of both urban ruin and the plants and animals creeping back into it is atmospheric.
October 4, 2024
It keeps bothering me that these girls do this work in their school uniforms. You'd think they'd have more official government uniforms. Most of the rest of it I can actually buy. Well, except for the girl who keeps freaking out about everything. You'd think this trait would have shown up during training and they would know better than to send her on missions. I'd read more, I think. It kinda ended in the middle of a storyline!
April 16, 2022
J'avais beaucoup d'espoir en ce manga, mais je n'ai justement pas eu l'impression de lire un manga. Le thème aurait pu être intéressant, mais
la manière dont c'est raconté et les histoires annexes ne m'ont pas du tout captivée. Je ne continuerai pas.
la manière dont c'est raconté et les histoires annexes ne m'ont pas du tout captivée. Je ne continuerai pas.
August 29, 2016
Utilizar tanta comedia para mi gusto no queda bien en esta historia, ya que no deja ver toda la verdadera desesperación.
January 16, 2026
Capitulo 1 al 8
Vengo porque el anime me dejó picada y no pienso quedarme con las dudas: Tras el sacrificio de Kuroaawa Haruto... Tengo que saber si vuelve y sobrevive. Osea, el manga tiene como 280 capítulos, más que suficiente para que inventen una manera de que vuelva. Pero bueno, aquí voy :)
En fin: Iniciamos el 10 de enero de 2036
Volumen uno: nos enteramos que hace 20 años hubo una catástrofe provocada por un accidente en la planta nuclear de Daiba, que dejó un área de Tokyo absolutamente inhabitable por la radiación. Naruse, Aoi y Taeko son enviadas en una misión de reconocimiento de terreno para encontrar supervivientes
¿Porque solo enviar a 3 jovencitas a enfrentarse a los peligros de los animales salvajes y personas agresivas en la Tokyo postapocaliptica? Porque es lo único que el gobierno está dispuesto a enviar... El vicedirector Mishima sospecha que al gobierno no le importa si hay o no supervivientes y si pueden o no rescatarlos.
🧶 Personajes
—Vicedirector Mishima Onihei: Ex comandante. Profesor en la escuela de tecnología que fue asimilada para la escuela de defensa. Director de las SDF
—Edogawa sensei, doctor de la base.
Tercera unidad terrestre de las fuerzas especiales de la JDF, Coppelion.
—Naruse: 18 años. La representa de la clase
—Aoi: 16 años, primer año. El alivio cómico, es un poco torpe y come mucho.
—Nomura Taeko: 16 años, primer año. La inteligente del grupo. Desde que nació, sus sentidos han sido afinados, como los animales.
Extras
—Tanigiki Heiji. Victima rescatada. Explica que tras 20 años, la radiación en la ciudad de Fuchu está incrementando inexplicablemente. Por eso, de repente, los supervivientes están mandando SOS para ser rescatados.
—Yukiko
—Kawabata Mitsuo
—Miku
🧶 Glosario
*se nos presenta por primer a vez el evento llamado "las cenizas de la muerte" o "partículas calientes". Un grupo de pequeñas partículas que contienen elementos radioactivos y son elevadas por el viento del lago y crean una especie de niebla.
*La planta de energía nuclear Daiba de "Tokyo Electric". Ha día de hoy, sigue causando la muerte del 90% de los ciudadanos de Tokyo.
*Dosis de Eter: usado sobre todo como anestésico en el pasado. Hoy casi no se usa porque es peligroso y fue reemplazado por anestésicos más seguros.
*panacea: Es un remedio universal, algo que supuestamente cura todos los males o resuelve cualquier problema.
Vengo porque el anime me dejó picada y no pienso quedarme con las dudas: Tras el sacrificio de Kuroaawa Haruto... Tengo que saber si vuelve y sobrevive. Osea, el manga tiene como 280 capítulos, más que suficiente para que inventen una manera de que vuelva. Pero bueno, aquí voy :)
En fin: Iniciamos el 10 de enero de 2036
Volumen uno: nos enteramos que hace 20 años hubo una catástrofe provocada por un accidente en la planta nuclear de Daiba, que dejó un área de Tokyo absolutamente inhabitable por la radiación. Naruse, Aoi y Taeko son enviadas en una misión de reconocimiento de terreno para encontrar supervivientes
¿Porque solo enviar a 3 jovencitas a enfrentarse a los peligros de los animales salvajes y personas agresivas en la Tokyo postapocaliptica? Porque es lo único que el gobierno está dispuesto a enviar... El vicedirector Mishima sospecha que al gobierno no le importa si hay o no supervivientes y si pueden o no rescatarlos.
🧶 Personajes
—Vicedirector Mishima Onihei: Ex comandante. Profesor en la escuela de tecnología que fue asimilada para la escuela de defensa. Director de las SDF
—Edogawa sensei, doctor de la base.
Tercera unidad terrestre de las fuerzas especiales de la JDF, Coppelion.
—Naruse: 18 años. La representa de la clase
—Aoi: 16 años, primer año. El alivio cómico, es un poco torpe y come mucho.
—Nomura Taeko: 16 años, primer año. La inteligente del grupo. Desde que nació, sus sentidos han sido afinados, como los animales.
Extras
—Tanigiki Heiji. Victima rescatada. Explica que tras 20 años, la radiación en la ciudad de Fuchu está incrementando inexplicablemente. Por eso, de repente, los supervivientes están mandando SOS para ser rescatados.
—Yukiko
—Kawabata Mitsuo
—Miku
🧶 Glosario
*se nos presenta por primer a vez el evento llamado "las cenizas de la muerte" o "partículas calientes". Un grupo de pequeñas partículas que contienen elementos radioactivos y son elevadas por el viento del lago y crean una especie de niebla.
*La planta de energía nuclear Daiba de "Tokyo Electric". Ha día de hoy, sigue causando la muerte del 90% de los ciudadanos de Tokyo.
Hace medio siglo a esta gigantesca caja de plomo la llamaron "Sarcófago", en Chernobyl. Ahora tenemos la misma estructura aquí en Tokyo. ¿Habrá más estructuras de estas en otros lugares en el futuro cercano? A todos los ciudadanos de Japón, no,a todos ustedes en el mundo. Está caja de Pandora ha sido abierta por la mano del hombre...pero no sabemos cómo cerrarla
*Dosis de Eter: usado sobre todo como anestésico en el pasado. Hoy casi no se usa porque es peligroso y fue reemplazado por anestésicos más seguros.
*panacea: Es un remedio universal, algo que supuestamente cura todos los males o resuelve cualquier problema.
August 24, 2023
When it was current, I tried watching the anime version of Coppelion and dropped it before long because it seemed boring and that it wasn't going anywhere. After reading Volume 1 of the manga, I've reached the same conclusion.
Tokyo is a deserted nuclear wasteland and after 20 years (!!) they are sending in a squad of genetically modified schoolgirls in sailor suit uniforms to find survivors and radio their "Vice Principal" to come in a big helicopter to airlift them out. Oh, and they make friends with a friendly wolf! It's all very cliché.
For the entire near 200-page first volume, these girls run around the empty Tokyo streets overreacting and making weird faces in response to almost every line of dialog. You don't learn anything about them, their motivations, their superiors, or really anything at all. They are constantly running from A to B, then from B to A, and then maybe from A to F. Not very much happens. I was bored the entire time.
On the plus side, the art is quite nice. I enjoyed the detailed full-page sketches of wasteland Tokyo. And chapters within the volume are brief, giving nice breaking points which I took advantage of, reading this over my lunch breaks.
However, I don't think that I will continue with this series. There is a seed of a good idea here: A radioactive all-girl rescue squad. But I did not connect with any of the characters and.. I'm sorry.. WHY are they dressed in sailor suits?? It's an interesting cover image, but the more you read, the more rediculous it appears.
Tokyo is a deserted nuclear wasteland and after 20 years (!!) they are sending in a squad of genetically modified schoolgirls in sailor suit uniforms to find survivors and radio their "Vice Principal" to come in a big helicopter to airlift them out. Oh, and they make friends with a friendly wolf! It's all very cliché.
For the entire near 200-page first volume, these girls run around the empty Tokyo streets overreacting and making weird faces in response to almost every line of dialog. You don't learn anything about them, their motivations, their superiors, or really anything at all. They are constantly running from A to B, then from B to A, and then maybe from A to F. Not very much happens. I was bored the entire time.
On the plus side, the art is quite nice. I enjoyed the detailed full-page sketches of wasteland Tokyo. And chapters within the volume are brief, giving nice breaking points which I took advantage of, reading this over my lunch breaks.
However, I don't think that I will continue with this series. There is a seed of a good idea here: A radioactive all-girl rescue squad. But I did not connect with any of the characters and.. I'm sorry.. WHY are they dressed in sailor suits?? It's an interesting cover image, but the more you read, the more rediculous it appears.
September 14, 2023
"Humans... were so desperate to save themselves... that the animals were left behind. And they've been living here this whole time." -hlm. 130
Aku awalnya nggak punya ekspektasi apa-apa sama komik yang satu ini, tapi ceritanya lumayan bagus! Bercerita tentang tiga orang gadis bernama Ibara, Taeko, dan Aoi yang berada di Tokyo tahun 2036 dengan kondisi yang sudah sangat mengenaskan. Diduga 20 tahun yang lalu terjadi ledakan di sebuah pabrik nuklir yang mengakibatkan radiasi besar-besaran. Tokyo pun seketika menjadi kota mati dan telah ditinggalkan selama 20 tahun lamanya.
Ketiga gadis ini dengan kekuatan yang tak terkira menelusuri dan mencari siapa-siapa saja yang sekiranya masih hidup untuk ditempatkan di tempat yang lebih baik. Sekaligus mereka menjadi survivor di tengah kota yang seketika mati ini.
Awalnya ceritanya cukup bikin bertanya-tanya dan di beberapa bagian juga cukup bikin deg-degan. Tapi semakin ke belakang aku semakin menemukan kalau cerita ini punya potensi. Meskipun masih belum ada adegan action yang spektakuler atau wow banget, tapi ini sudah melebihi ekspektasiku...
Aku awalnya nggak punya ekspektasi apa-apa sama komik yang satu ini, tapi ceritanya lumayan bagus! Bercerita tentang tiga orang gadis bernama Ibara, Taeko, dan Aoi yang berada di Tokyo tahun 2036 dengan kondisi yang sudah sangat mengenaskan. Diduga 20 tahun yang lalu terjadi ledakan di sebuah pabrik nuklir yang mengakibatkan radiasi besar-besaran. Tokyo pun seketika menjadi kota mati dan telah ditinggalkan selama 20 tahun lamanya.
Ketiga gadis ini dengan kekuatan yang tak terkira menelusuri dan mencari siapa-siapa saja yang sekiranya masih hidup untuk ditempatkan di tempat yang lebih baik. Sekaligus mereka menjadi survivor di tengah kota yang seketika mati ini.
Awalnya ceritanya cukup bikin bertanya-tanya dan di beberapa bagian juga cukup bikin deg-degan. Tapi semakin ke belakang aku semakin menemukan kalau cerita ini punya potensi. Meskipun masih belum ada adegan action yang spektakuler atau wow banget, tapi ini sudah melebihi ekspektasiku...
September 2, 2023
When it was current, I tried watching the anime version of Coppelion and dropped it before long because it seemed boring and that it wasn't going anywhere. After reading Volume 1 of the manga, I've reached the same conclusion.
Tokyo is a deserted nuclear wasteland and after 20 years (!!) they are sending in a squad of genetically modified schoolgirls in sailor suit uniforms to find survivors and radio their "Vice Principal" to come in a big helicopter to airlift them out. Oh, and they make friends with a friendly wolf!
For the entire near 200-page first volume, these girls run around the empty Tokyo streets overreacting and making weird faces in response to almost every line of dialog. You don't learn anything about them, their motivations, their superiors, or really anything at all. They are constantly running from A to B, then from B to A, and then maybe from A to F. Not very much happens. I was bored the entire time.
On the plus side, the art is quite nice. I enjoyed the detailed full-page sketches of wasteland Tokyo. And chapters within the volume are brief, giving nice breaking points which I took advantage of, reading this over my lunch breaks.
However, I don't think that I will continue with this series. There is a seed of a good idea here: A radioactive all-girl rescue squad. But I did not connect with any of the characters and.. I'm sorry.. WHY are they dressed in sailor suits?? It's an interesting cover image, but the more you read, the more rediculous it appears.
Tokyo is a deserted nuclear wasteland and after 20 years (!!) they are sending in a squad of genetically modified schoolgirls in sailor suit uniforms to find survivors and radio their "Vice Principal" to come in a big helicopter to airlift them out. Oh, and they make friends with a friendly wolf!
For the entire near 200-page first volume, these girls run around the empty Tokyo streets overreacting and making weird faces in response to almost every line of dialog. You don't learn anything about them, their motivations, their superiors, or really anything at all. They are constantly running from A to B, then from B to A, and then maybe from A to F. Not very much happens. I was bored the entire time.
On the plus side, the art is quite nice. I enjoyed the detailed full-page sketches of wasteland Tokyo. And chapters within the volume are brief, giving nice breaking points which I took advantage of, reading this over my lunch breaks.
However, I don't think that I will continue with this series. There is a seed of a good idea here: A radioactive all-girl rescue squad. But I did not connect with any of the characters and.. I'm sorry.. WHY are they dressed in sailor suits?? It's an interesting cover image, but the more you read, the more rediculous it appears.
May 30, 2021
Quality Issue For Digital Manga Structure.
It reads like a Manga but they tried to force this into the structure of a regular digital book. So instead of starting on the first page they start on the very last page and expect you to flip all the way through to get to the beginning. You flip in the opposite direction obviously to progress through, like any manga—but electronically they messed up the format so you start at the end. I just didn’t feel like dealing with it in the end.
It reads like a Manga but they tried to force this into the structure of a regular digital book. So instead of starting on the first page they start on the very last page and expect you to flip all the way through to get to the beginning. You flip in the opposite direction obviously to progress through, like any manga—but electronically they messed up the format so you start at the end. I just didn’t feel like dealing with it in the end.
January 6, 2018
This is an interesting manga. There's a meltdown and people are forced to evauate the area due to radiation, but there are 3 girls who were created (born?) that can survive through the radiation and go around helping people. It's a slow start, but it's still a solid manga.
June 12, 2022
J’ai adoré ! J’aime beaucoup le thème du nucléaire, la radioactivité etc. Les 3 filles ont des tempéraments différents et c’est sympa.
Gros coup de cœur sur les illustrations, je les trouve vraiment dingues.
On nous laisse vraiment en attente à la fin de ce tome, hâte que le 2e sorte !
Gros coup de cœur sur les illustrations, je les trouve vraiment dingues.
On nous laisse vraiment en attente à la fin de ce tome, hâte que le 2e sorte !
August 13, 2020
Pretty good manga, it started out pretty awesome and interesting but went downhill in the second half
December 17, 2025
興味深いのコンセプトだけど物語にとって話が多すぎる。最後の色んなはもっと長いストーリーアークになるだからもっと面白くなる
January 9, 2017
Originally published in 2008, Coppelion is the story of three "girls" who are sent into an irradiated Tokyo 20 years after a nuclear accident following an earthquake.
The mystery of what these girls are and what happened inside Tokyo since the accident make this series rather compelling.
Surprisingly, this saw original publication a few years before the earthquake, tsunami and near-accident that happened in real life.
Also surprising is the fact that, despite it starring three "schoolgirls" - there is no cheesecake or fan service.
Very interested to see how this series unfolds.
The mystery of what these girls are and what happened inside Tokyo since the accident make this series rather compelling.
Surprisingly, this saw original publication a few years before the earthquake, tsunami and near-accident that happened in real life.
Also surprising is the fact that, despite it starring three "schoolgirls" - there is no cheesecake or fan service.
Very interested to see how this series unfolds.
July 27, 2013
setelah pembangkit listrik tenaga nuklir bocor di Tokyo, Tokyo jadi kota mati. Dikirimlah 3 cewek SMU yang sudah memiliki gen anti radiasi nuklir untuk mencari korban yang selamat di Tokyo
January 8, 2014
I loved this manga :)
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