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Hekikai no AiON #2
AiON Volume 2
Tsugawa Tatsuya just lost his parents in an accident... but he's trying not to let that keep him too down as he starts high school.
While trying to obey his father's final wish for him to become an upstanding man, he ends up helping a girl who was being bullied. Despite her exceedingly cold nature, he just can't leave her alone... which may not necessarily be to his benefit, as he ends up getting wrapped up in a world where things like parasitic mind-controlling bugs exist...
While trying to obey his father's final wish for him to become an upstanding man, he ends up helping a girl who was being bullied. Despite her exceedingly cold nature, he just can't leave her alone... which may not necessarily be to his benefit, as he ends up getting wrapped up in a world where things like parasitic mind-controlling bugs exist...
176 pages, Paperback
First published April 9, 2009
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About the author
Yuna Kagesaki
115 books114 followersYuna Kagesaki (影崎 由那 Kagesaki Yuna ) is a manga artist, born on March 3, 1973 , best known for being the author of the manga Chibi Vampire. Her work has been published under four different names: Yuna Kagesaki (影崎 由那 Kagesaki Yuna) (professionally published non-pornographic comics, except for Sakura no Ichiban), Yuna Kagezaki (影崎 由那 Kagezaki Yuna?) (same characters but different readings; only in Taishō Komachi Jikenchō Sakura no Ichiban!) Yūna Kagesaki (影崎 夕那 Kagesaki Yūna) (spelled with different kanji) when drawing CG's for PC games, and Yuta Kageyama (影山 由多 Kageyama Yuta) when drawing hentai manga or HCG's for PC games.
Her real name is presumedly Keya, as she calls herself in the bonus comic strips at the end of volume 3 of her work Hekikai no AiON. In middle school she was a member of the brass band.
Her real name is presumedly Keya, as she calls herself in the bonus comic strips at the end of volume 3 of her work Hekikai no AiON. In middle school she was a member of the brass band.
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June 23, 2021
So, in my review of volume one, I said I'd read through the other two volumes, because I had them on hand...yeah, that's not happening. For a couple of reasons.
First, I didn't realize at first that this was another late-stage Tokyo Pop series that, like Rat Man, only had three volumes translated before the company folded.
Second: unlike Rat Man, AiON, is really, really dull. It did have some potential at the outset, with its premise of mermaids controlling people on land by way of mind-controlling parasites, but (so far at least), it never capitalizes on it. What we get instead is a milquetoast teenage drama/comedy with only bare lip service paid to what's supposed to be the main premise. It's a lazy love triangle between Tatsuya, Seine, and one of his classmates, with a few characters from Seine's past thrown in, and an excruciatingly slow integration of the mermaid/parasite angle. The characters are too flat for the romance to have any weight, the plot progression is too slow for there to be any tension, and Seine, herself, is too lifeless to carry the story.
That, plus the fact that there are eight volumes that never got translated, gives me no reason to keep on reading.
First, I didn't realize at first that this was another late-stage Tokyo Pop series that, like Rat Man, only had three volumes translated before the company folded.
Second: unlike Rat Man, AiON, is really, really dull. It did have some potential at the outset, with its premise of mermaids controlling people on land by way of mind-controlling parasites, but (so far at least), it never capitalizes on it. What we get instead is a milquetoast teenage drama/comedy with only bare lip service paid to what's supposed to be the main premise. It's a lazy love triangle between Tatsuya, Seine, and one of his classmates, with a few characters from Seine's past thrown in, and an excruciatingly slow integration of the mermaid/parasite angle. The characters are too flat for the romance to have any weight, the plot progression is too slow for there to be any tension, and Seine, herself, is too lifeless to carry the story.
That, plus the fact that there are eight volumes that never got translated, gives me no reason to keep on reading.
January 31, 2022
Volume 1 was largely self-contained. This volume starts a story that will be continued in later volumes. Since I don't have the later volumes, it's difficult to be happy about this.
October 26, 2016
It was good but there were SOME words that aren't really nice.
July 18, 2021
♦ Zur Geschichte ♦
Seine ist kein gewöhnliches Mädchen - denn sie lebt im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Menschen eine Ewigkeit (Nein, sie ist kein Vampir!) und selbst wenn es einmal jemand auf sie abgesehen hat, stirbt sie nicht. Sie erwacht von Neuem. Sie sinnt nach Rache denn die Meerjungfrauen nahmen ihr, ihre einzige Bezugsperson. Nun verbringt sie ihr Leben damit ihren einzigen Sinn im Leben zu erfüllen. Den Tod Simons zu rächen. Ob sie es endgültig schafft?
♦ Zeichenstil/Schreibstil ♦
Das Thema ist düster, die Geschichte nicht besonders einfühlsam erzählt. Viele Charaktere wurden meiner Meinung nach oberflächlich behandelt (denke mehr Bände hätten die Charaktere noch besser verdeutlicht) Als Leser baut man kaum Verbindung zu der Vergangenheit Seines auf, da auch aktuelle Konflikte mehr betont wurden. Die Dreiecksbeziehung zwischen Tatsuya, Seine und der Meerjungfrau beispielsweise. Doch auch da mangelt es einfach in der erzählerischen Schreibweise.
Der Zeichenstiel ist wirklich beeindruckend und auch der ausschlaggebende Punkt weshalb ich diesen Manga bis zuletzt gelesen habe.
♦ Fazit ♦
Ein interessanter Manga, der Potential zu viel mehr hätte - aber für mich persönlich leider keine Tiefe besitzt und damit ein Manga, den ich kein zweites oder drittes Mal lesen würde. Empfehlenswert sind die Zeichnungen sehr und gegen das einmalige Lesen dieses Mangas spricht auch nichts. Daher also eine Kaufempfehlung. Wer jedoch einen wirklich mitreißenden, packenden Manga sucht sollte sich vielleicht noch einmal umschauen.
Seine ist kein gewöhnliches Mädchen - denn sie lebt im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Menschen eine Ewigkeit (Nein, sie ist kein Vampir!) und selbst wenn es einmal jemand auf sie abgesehen hat, stirbt sie nicht. Sie erwacht von Neuem. Sie sinnt nach Rache denn die Meerjungfrauen nahmen ihr, ihre einzige Bezugsperson. Nun verbringt sie ihr Leben damit ihren einzigen Sinn im Leben zu erfüllen. Den Tod Simons zu rächen. Ob sie es endgültig schafft?
♦ Zeichenstil/Schreibstil ♦
Das Thema ist düster, die Geschichte nicht besonders einfühlsam erzählt. Viele Charaktere wurden meiner Meinung nach oberflächlich behandelt (denke mehr Bände hätten die Charaktere noch besser verdeutlicht) Als Leser baut man kaum Verbindung zu der Vergangenheit Seines auf, da auch aktuelle Konflikte mehr betont wurden. Die Dreiecksbeziehung zwischen Tatsuya, Seine und der Meerjungfrau beispielsweise. Doch auch da mangelt es einfach in der erzählerischen Schreibweise.
Der Zeichenstiel ist wirklich beeindruckend und auch der ausschlaggebende Punkt weshalb ich diesen Manga bis zuletzt gelesen habe.
♦ Fazit ♦
Ein interessanter Manga, der Potential zu viel mehr hätte - aber für mich persönlich leider keine Tiefe besitzt und damit ein Manga, den ich kein zweites oder drittes Mal lesen würde. Empfehlenswert sind die Zeichnungen sehr und gegen das einmalige Lesen dieses Mangas spricht auch nichts. Daher also eine Kaufempfehlung. Wer jedoch einen wirklich mitreißenden, packenden Manga sucht sollte sich vielleicht noch einmal umschauen.
December 21, 2015
Another interesting instalment - A couple of old school friends visit Tatsuya and the girl gets possessed by one of these aquatic parasites that tries to elevate her feelings of unrequited love and jealousy/hatred of Seine.
Why is it that people close to Tatsuya are so prone to parasites? Hmmm we certainly don't learn from this volume although the point is raised and hints at plot.
Two demons appear and claim to be Seine's guardians - she is not happy about their appearance!
Sadly this is the last readily available volume of this which sucks because it's proving to be really quite interesting. The artwork is cute and the characters are engaging but it is the unique mermaid/parasite/witch plot that I'd love to see more of. We do get the first sighting of a mermaid in this one, but it is only a glimpse.
Hurry up someone like Dark Horse and buy up the rights and republish this - It's got enough originality to make me want to continue reading as well as having the usual tropes - school girl heroine, fighting evil demons, romance with a lonely and clueless boy that it should appeal to genre fans.
Why is it that people close to Tatsuya are so prone to parasites? Hmmm we certainly don't learn from this volume although the point is raised and hints at plot.
Two demons appear and claim to be Seine's guardians - she is not happy about their appearance!
Sadly this is the last readily available volume of this which sucks because it's proving to be really quite interesting. The artwork is cute and the characters are engaging but it is the unique mermaid/parasite/witch plot that I'd love to see more of. We do get the first sighting of a mermaid in this one, but it is only a glimpse.
Hurry up someone like Dark Horse and buy up the rights and republish this - It's got enough originality to make me want to continue reading as well as having the usual tropes - school girl heroine, fighting evil demons, romance with a lonely and clueless boy that it should appeal to genre fans.
August 11, 2011
I liked this one much better than the first (not that there was anything wrong with it) but the story picks up, you get some peaks into Siene's(?) life. It certainty gets more interesting, what with some little drama enfolding as well. Can't wait for next volume to see how it goes out.
March 15, 2014
I got really hooked into this series, but sadly the Barnes and Noble I shop at seem to stop stocking on this series, despite me, being a massive Manga buyer.. I would clean shelves if they have the whole set, if not Ill buy the volumes I do not have... Someday!! SOME DAY!! I WILL GET VOL 3!!!!
January 20, 2016
Quick thoughts: Mixed bag. Some interesting new characters and developments… and some annoying ones too. 11/2014
Edit 1/19/16 - Yep, the demons still annoy me. Still in the setup phases. It's a shame this was cancelled in the US before it got really good.
Edit 1/19/16 - Yep, the demons still annoy me. Still in the setup phases. It's a shame this was cancelled in the US before it got really good.
January 19, 2016
This manga is an interesting concept, but it's delivery is a bit... "meh" at times. With how much I liked Chibi Vampire, I'm so disappointed that I didn't love this one, too.
I suppose it's for the best, since this series was discontinued after volume 2.
I suppose it's for the best, since this series was discontinued after volume 2.
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