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After School Charisma is about St. Kleio's Academy where all of the students are clones from noteworthy historical figures - except for Shiro, who is the main character of the series. After the assassination of John F. Kennedy clone, the clones begin to wonder if they too are destined to repeat the same fate as their clones. Is it a coincidence or can the clones never escape the destiny of their originals? All the while, Shiro sympathizes with his clone friends, who both love and hate him. The series continues with great suspense, conspiracy, and even some light hearted humor. This series has only had ... two volumes released in the United States and a third online through Viz, but it already has me hooked! The characters and art are great! I love this series for its original plot and mystery aspects, and of course I loved seeing the clone versions of historical figures like Freud, Mozart, and Hitler. A great series and I definitely recommend it! It will definitely have you waiting for the next chapters!

Tamashii no Futago, or 'The Twin Souls' is the story of two souls, Alex and Rita, who both died at the same moment, and can only be seen by those who have a 'twin soul' somewhere else. Alex and Rita fly around surprising people who can see them, all the while inadvertently getting closer to each other. Because only a few chapters have been released, the back story on how Alex and Rita died is still in question, but we do learn that their deaths were under mysterious circumstances. Each chapter depicts different meetings with humans who have twin souls. The art of Tamashii no ... Futago is great! Alex dons an old halloween costume and Rita is a little girl dressed in womanly clothes, which make for adorable, but melancholy character designs. Overall, it's a great beginning to a manga that I'm sure will have a lot of twists and turns as it continues. If you like supernatural and manga with dark themes, Tamashii no Futago is definitely for you! My only qualm with the series, is that it's a little confusing at first, because it's hard to grasp the 'twin' concept is not biological, but twins in soul.