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Mai the Psychic Girl - Perfect Collection #3
Mai the Psychic Girl Perfect Collection, Vol. 3
Book by Kudo, Kazuya
358 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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Kazuya Kudo
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Kazuya Kudo is a Japanese novelist and manga author from Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture.
Kazuya Kudo is a Japanese novelist and manga author from Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture.
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June 14, 2020
Scontro veramente duro quello con Turm Garten, e alla fine Mai la uccide. La ragazza moralmente retta, dopo aver visto cosa può fare una con i suoi stessi poteri, e che mette in pericolo la vita del padre appena ritrovato (e affetto da amnesia) decide che bisogna porre un freno definitivo a tanta amoralità omicida.
Il volume prosegue con una serie di uccisioni, attacchi vari di altri tre psioti adolescenti della Wisdom Alliance. Uno dei tre però la pensa più come Mai, e alla fine si ribellerà.
Veniamo anche a conoscere lo sconclusionato piano della WA per l'avanzamento dell'umanità che comprende una guerra nucleare per eliminare le masse e salvare solo gli psioti, sotto il loro comando.
Piano idiota perché come cavolo faranno ad esser certi di controllarli, visto che questi adolescenti sono tanto più amorali quanto più potenti?
La storia termina con il confronto verbaletra Mai e il suo nuovo amico psiota e il capo della WA; un finale decisamente aperto.
Nella trama vedo echi del film Scanners, e del Pendolo di Eco.
In definitiva la storia non termina, è invecchiata bene dal punto di vista dei disegni ma decisamente meno bene come trama.
3 stelle stanno bene.
Il volume prosegue con una serie di uccisioni, attacchi vari di altri tre psioti adolescenti della Wisdom Alliance. Uno dei tre però la pensa più come Mai, e alla fine si ribellerà.
Veniamo anche a conoscere lo sconclusionato piano della WA per l'avanzamento dell'umanità che comprende una guerra nucleare per eliminare le masse e salvare solo gli psioti, sotto il loro comando.
Piano idiota perché come cavolo faranno ad esser certi di controllarli, visto che questi adolescenti sono tanto più amorali quanto più potenti?
La storia termina con il confronto verbaletra Mai e il suo nuovo amico psiota e il capo della WA; un finale decisamente aperto.
Nella trama vedo echi del film Scanners, e del Pendolo di Eco.
In definitiva la storia non termina, è invecchiata bene dal punto di vista dei disegni ma decisamente meno bene come trama.
3 stelle stanno bene.
June 22, 2021
Re-reading a favorite from my young adulthood. (I was fortunate enough to get a complete set of the orginal issues at my Local Comic Shop for a great price!)
And wow! While I'm looking at it with a more adult eye and 30+ years experience, but this immediately captivated me and brought me back to that time.
From the art, to the "flipped" format that used to be so common for translated manga, this is just a FUN read! No, it's not as nuanced as stuff that has come out since, but it doesn't NEED to be.
And I appreciated that it had a planned beginning, middle and end. (Yes, most manga does, but it may take years, or even a lifetime to get there. I'm loving ONe Piece, but that is NOT a short saga.)
And wow! While I'm looking at it with a more adult eye and 30+ years experience, but this immediately captivated me and brought me back to that time.
From the art, to the "flipped" format that used to be so common for translated manga, this is just a FUN read! No, it's not as nuanced as stuff that has come out since, but it doesn't NEED to be.
And I appreciated that it had a planned beginning, middle and end. (Yes, most manga does, but it may take years, or even a lifetime to get there. I'm loving ONe Piece, but that is NOT a short saga.)
April 2, 2020
Finally finished the story i first picked up way back in 87/88. Loved it.
Brutal storyline at times especially in the way characters are killed off.
Really like the way each character is unique, has their own voice, and grows into the story.
The ending is good but leaves the door open to follow ups which clearly never emerged.
The art is delightful and really adds to the storytelling.
Enjoy!
Brutal storyline at times especially in the way characters are killed off.
Really like the way each character is unique, has their own voice, and grows into the story.
The ending is good but leaves the door open to follow ups which clearly never emerged.
The art is delightful and really adds to the storytelling.
Enjoy!
August 29, 2024
Ultimately Mai: the Psychic Girl is a fairly light and shallow 80's schoolgirl action romp that would be relatively unremarkable if not for the mind-blowingly beautiful art by Ryoichi Ikegami, one of the greatest comic artists of all time. It's like if Norman Rockwell illustrated Archie Comics for a year
April 8, 2018
Alright
July 7, 2015
Terbitan versi Misurind, yang bisa dibilang gambaran dari dunia 'manga' di Indonesia kala itu:
1. Terjemahannya dipertanyakan. Bukannya gak nyambung, malah kayaknya 'dipaksa' buat nyambung.
2. Keberanian penerbit buat milih judul dan tema yang belum tentu lagi rame di pasaran.
3. Stereotip 'Komik adalah bacaan anak kecil'. ...Lah wong saya belum SD aja kok ya udah dikasih hadiah buku ini--yang temanya soal perang nuklir, konspirasi internasional, pertarungan berdarah-darah (meskipun gak rame), dan sedikit bumbu nudity.
1. Terjemahannya dipertanyakan. Bukannya gak nyambung, malah kayaknya 'dipaksa' buat nyambung.
2. Keberanian penerbit buat milih judul dan tema yang belum tentu lagi rame di pasaran.
3. Stereotip 'Komik adalah bacaan anak kecil'. ...Lah wong saya belum SD aja kok ya udah dikasih hadiah buku ini--yang temanya soal perang nuklir, konspirasi internasional, pertarungan berdarah-darah (meskipun gak rame), dan sedikit bumbu nudity.
April 23, 2013
Loved the story and the Art.(should have won an inkpot).
May 25, 2015
Kind of interesting how this is basically just the same as Valiant's Harbinger series. In fact, it would only take one small change to have this entire series happen at the same time as Harbinger.
January 4, 2016
Overall a pretty good series, but the ending felt a bit rushed and incomplete. Wish there'd been just a little more wrap up on things.
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