Hey, are any of you all reading that manga that just came out a few years ago named Psyren? They post the weekly scans of it on Onemanga. I must say, it is probably one of my favorite current manga that I'm reading. It's pretty suspenseful, and I usually have no idea what is going to happen next, but who knows, many of you are probably way more intelligent than me and will see the future of the story right at the beginning. It's very plot based, with quite a bit of action, so far zero filler, and it's four volumes into the series. I'm not going to go all into the story so that I don't ruin it for you all, but I would like to discuss it with people who are currently reading it, if any are.

 

I've never heard of it--what's the premise?

 

People gain supernatural powers. Once in a while they are magically sent to the future that's in ruins by a guy in spandex. They have to complete some task each time to return to the present. Gets repetitive and boring after a while like most action mangas. The plot is weak and there is no ultimate goal. Their short term goal is to survive and get more powerful.

 

How much of it did you actually read? one volume? It leads to them knowing how the future turns out, and they start changing it from their own time and get to see what changes it makes, It's not very repetitive at all after the first few travels to the future.

 

I think you're being a bit overcritical here. It's certainly more impressive than anything I've read in Jump for a while. I would also argue that the plot is much more developed than is standard, since there's a good deal that is very subtly developed. There's no clear enemy and no distinct destination, which is always a good given the actual sense of reality it generally inspires. And, unlike Gantz, you actually get the feeling that the backstory is more and more is becoming transparent. Would also say that the short term goal is more to figure out what's happening than survive.

I would agree that it does suffer slightly from being an action manga, and that fighting is a major aspect of it. But amongst that genre, I think that this is the best that's accessible at the moment.

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Guy in spandex is also an astral projection, so his fashion sense isn't quite so flawed.

<Like Gantz, but it actually makes sense.>

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This too.

 

Heh, to be honest, I only watched the anime eps of Gantz, so that might not mean the same to me as it does to you, as I understand the manga is (or was?) much longer Sounds like it might be worth checking out, though.

 

I was forced to stop when the payphone 'creepily' rang on its own, and when the guy actually answered it. I thought professional writers had evolved past this. >_<

 

A ringing phone must be answered. It's one of the laws of the universe, or something like that.

 

That there is a cliché.

The main plot, tasks being handed out and completed, is already cliché, but the whole story depends on it, so it's rude to point that out. Most mangas seem to work that way, but this one makes it worse because the author runs into this simple, no-brainer thing the plot doesn't rely on, literally by page 10.

 

As the story goes, the payphone becomes less important to the overall plot, and i can't believe you stopped reading it that early in, but, i'm not going to criticize you because we each have our own little frustrations and opinons, and you're welcome to your own.

 

One of my fav manga.

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The latest plot twist about how the future is changing etc put it there.

 

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So the future's really starting to shift eh? Granny seemingly survived fro the plane being delayed a few minutes, and the kids are FUCKING AWESOME! Best thing is the Generals memories are changing with the time line, so they won't clue in... yet.

For those of you bored looking for something to do read tis awesome.

 

If your bored go read Black Cat, Trigun or, Evangelion and other old favorites better yet go read Berserk, there are hundreds of superb manga out there. If you want some less well known ones, Basilisk, Kurozuka, Parasyte, Samurai Executioner, Lone Wolf and Cub, Sanctuary.

As for Psyren, I started reading it a while back and got pissed off in the first chapter with the constant author's notes. The sub on Onemanga is distinctly average so I'll probably have to wait till the first Volume is released in English (if that even happens) to see what it's really like.

I am actually bored so I'll probably go read it now, I'll edit once I've read the first few chapters.

[Edit] Alright I've actually bothered reading through 50 chapters, it's distinctly average. The concept thus far is kind of cool, but the character development is fucked, the action is a hodge podge of the good and the bad and the powers well they seem nigh infinite. Something I'll read because I'm bored and I can't be bothered to go look up better manga.

 

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The kids rock so fucking hard right now.

I'll be completely honest with you, I don't think that Naruto and Bleach deserve the spot of top 2 shounen manga. Yes, they were great when they started, but as of late it is like their own length has been killing them. I know many of you will disagree but meh.

Maybe it's because I'm frustrated by events in the Naruto manga, and that I was starting to get bored with the rinse and repeat of Bleach. But at this moment and time, I think that Kekkaishi and Psyren are superior to Naruto and Bleach in plot and characters.

Edit: The last two chapters have been kind of slow, but I figured that was because of the recent "omg that was fucking awesome" run of chapter

Also, read Kekkaishi, unlike this manga it's been going for over 200 chapters, still going strong and still interesting. Though nothing so far to top the first arc.
* Bucks hides.

 

One Piece! Oldest and the strongest!

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Trick box dude is back :awesome

 

I've had a change of heart. This is better than Bleach, which I also read, mostly, and is much less flamboyantly gay than Naruto. The plot is awesome, the cast isn't endlessly expansive with ten fucking captains and their vice captains, ten opposing captains and their lieutenants, and the setting is brilliant. The eeriness and eventual reveal of the future elevates this beyond anything else I've read in manga. Character development can screw itself.

I thought it was actually rather subtle, particularly with the girl. You realize, without having it shoved down your throat, she gets hardened and jaded by repeated visits to Psyren and being ignored by the other people that arrive there. Loads of people laugh off her warnings and get butchered and the combat itself against the monsters roaming around. Yet the writer of the manga spares us the angst, and her disposition gets sunnier without being insipid when her companions actually survive.

The only thing wrong is the term 'Ice Queen' being used itself. At least she isn't made cold for the sake of it, and the male protagonist isn't drawn to her just so that he can get rejected for some melodrama.

I can't say anything about the other characters. :/

Psyren > (Bleach + Naruto)

That's right: combined.

 

I've been replaying the Metroid Prime series lately.

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The Fucking METEOR OF DOOM plot is seriously getting old.

 

Just discovered this manga. Still reading through it. It is awesome.

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I don't think I've actually seen the concept of going back and forth between two times, making small changes that affect the future each time done in so much detail. Except maybe Zelda: Oracle of Ages. The fact that when they go forward, they have already traveled back but haven't means they're actually hopping between various alternate universes, so far every time making the apocalypse slightly better.

 

I'm double-posting and bumping an old thread - but probably for good reason. The manga is now over.

You could tell that the writer was under threat of cancellation and all the loose ends were wrapped up in a hurry, but the ending was definitely worth it. I would have loved to see this go on for a while, but having the story wrapped up is definitely better than just getting cut off with no end.

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The time travel plot was resolved by having both timelines exist in parallel dimensions, no longer connected. It's a satisfying plot, but loses just a bit from not having the future wiped out.

It also seems that the main characters didn't lose any badassery, and likely still have their powers, as in the last two pages they burst into a government facility to break Nemesis Q out of prison.

 

The manga was a good read and I will be sad to see it go. But the ending did seem kind of rushed as the plot developed very rapidly towards the end in contrast to its normally slow-paced development throughout the majority of the series.

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The simultaneous existence of both worlds was a little too sappy for me. But as it seems that a lot of these type of mangas are focused on the power of friendships and happy happy stuff it was not much of a surprise. I would of liked the return to the current time line to be explored more but as EsperJones said, it had the feel that a cancellation was on the rise if it was not wrapped up soon.

Overall it was quite the enjoyable manga and I'm glad i got into it instead of skipping by it.