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Japanese: LIVESライブス

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 2

Chapters: 11

Status: Finished

Published: May 19, 2006 to Apr 19, 2007

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Supernatural

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Champion RED

Authors: Taguchi, Masayuki (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #17578²

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Popularity: #6932

Members: 3,048

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Giant meteors have fallen in the Kantou region!

Creating a hell where man becomes beast and people devour each other! In this cruel world, Shinma Shingo fights for what he believes in so the weak can survive! From the genius that brought you "Battle Royale" comes science fiction survival action!

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Lives was partially published in English by Tokyopop, who published the first volume on February 8, 2011, before becoming defunct.

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Sep 10, 2010

harrysoung

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Taguchi Masayuki, the author of the hit Battle Royale, takes us into a world of lush, verdant vegetation and........ monsters. Big, Bad, nasty, hungry, monsters. How do we get there? You have to get hit by a meteor.

The story was VERY PROMISING in the beginning. Without spoiling too much, the story is about an alternate world (mainly a rain forest) where humans turn into monsters and eat each other. The main characters are just trying their best to survive.

The story is divided into three separate arcs. The first arc is the "present," where the heroine gets transported into the alternate world and meets the ... new hero protagonist. The Second arc is the "past," where we are presented with the events that happened before the heroine met the hero. The third arc is back into the "present," continuing off where the hero and the heroine meet.

I found the story to be very enjoyable to read, but also very depressing. This isnt one of those happy go lucky - alls - well - that - ends - well manga. The manga delivers a deep philosophical message about.... redemption. How one can redeem him/herself if he or she has done something regrettable. How its not too late to atone for your mistakes.

The worst thing about the story has got to be the ending. The ending was WAAAAAAY too rushed. Just when we though we were answering some questions, the manga gives us new ones and just leave us unsatisfied. They also dont tell us what happened to the main characters. What happened? Where are they now? Did they die? Are they okay? These sort of questions popped into my mind at the end of the series.

Nonetheless, it was a very good read and I enjoyed every second of it.

The art is very well drawn. Its graphic and gory, getting down to the details of the organs and such. The women all look beautiful, the men look (normal), and the monsters look hideous and cool. Perfect style for this type of manga.

I found most of the characters to be likable. Even though I loved all of them (even the bad ones), I want to focus on the main protagonist, Shinma Shingo. Shinma Shingo is a happy go lucky eccentric guy who hates fighting, even though he is good at it. He teaches others what his master has taught him, giving others hope when they're in the pits of despair. Hes funny, gentle, and good looking (even though he's bald). Shingo has to be my most favorite character.

Character development can be found throughout this series. Because of Shingo and his teachings from his master, other characters such as Ma boy had the strength to stand up for himself and look at himself in a new light. Not just Ma boy, but others as well.

I enjoyed this manga thoroughly. I recommend it to anyone who is into gore and touchy feel (lol). This manga is only 10 chapters so it will probably take around 15 ~ 20 minutes to read.

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Jun 12, 2012

Niverse

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Afterlife, for the most part when mentioned something like clouds and angel wings, or brimstone and horns comes to mind. "Lives" shows it's own perpective on "afterlife" in a unique and engaging way.

Story: 8/10
The story starts out with the members of an idol group having a dream about meteorites hitting the stage and killing them during their performance. They soon find out that was true, and they were in a strange world with man-eating monsters that try to hunt them down. The last surviving idol is saved by a mysterious beast, who turns out to be human, which is the main character, he then tells ...

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Dec 27, 2013

Abs0

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I'd have to give the story a 7 for originality. To begin with, the story is promising and the setting had potential. It left a lot of stuff unexplained though, like why is every single life form a human? Why can wasps speak even though they're so small that there's no room for a brain capable of understanding human language? Why is the praying mantis at the end unable to speak even though wasps can? What's the angel supposed to be? Aren't all the animals supposed to be from reality? So why was there a giant snake thing and that praying mantis-scorpion hybrid? How did ...

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