Scryed

スクライド

6.73(1K votes)

Ranked #14194Popularity #9733

chapters

volumes

Status

Finished

Published

May 31, 2001 to Apr 18, 2002

Authors:Kuroda, Yousuke, Toda, Yasunari

Action

Worth Reading? — Global Verdict

6.5/10

Average Review Score

50%

Recommend It

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International Reviews

kaitekarue

Mixed Feelings

Where do I start. First off, I must admit I read this shortly after Rewatching s-CRY-ed anime. If you liked the anime, don't expect anything similar. Do not get me wrong, its fun in a quirky, nonsensical way. First off, the characters are, while having the same types of motivations, have predominantly different powers, entirely new unheard of characters. It doesnt have the depth that the anime does, (surprising seeings as its usually the opposite.) Now, I dont know which came first, this manga or this anime but the anime had rules, structure, and a fairly coherent plotline. This series was an under cooked GurrenLagann. And I Love Gurren Lagann. And i enjoyed this manga. but i would not bother buying this one, Read it at a con. Or just stick to the anime.

14 found helpfulJan 16, 2011

PharuanUndearth

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Synopsis

22 years ago a mysterious seismic phenomenon rocked the Yokohama district, thrusting it miles into the sky and effectively separating it from the rest of Japan. In the following years, a fraction of the newborns in this fledgling world began to develop extraordinary powers, each unique to the personality of the possessor. These mutated humans became known as Alters and were responsible for turning the former Yokohama into a chaotic wasteland. Now, as the former metropolis continues to re-build itself, the Alters have fallen into two camps: those who have joined HOLY, a dogmatic organization that hopes to re-establish order and morality, and those who wish to lord over the comparatively weaker humans. Only Kazuma, a powerful Alter who's really only interested in looking out for himself and an orphan girl named Kanami, stands between them, suspicious of both sides and unaware that he may hold the key to harmonious co-existence. (Source: Tokyopop)

The anime does follow it to a certain point. I would say until main protagonist fist man(Kazuma) meets the child molester(Ryuho) it's relatively the same but after this it diverges so much with multiple storylines not in the anime/manga it's pretty insane. If you haven't guessed I watched the anime first and just finished the manga. ~SPOILERS~ Fister fights the main baddos alter like the anime but it happens differently and he sure as shit doesn't lose and arm loose and eye and gets frozen in ice with a dino. There sure as shit doesn't have an ALIEN INVASION[WTF!!!]. The anime however goes into depth of pedoboys reason for his angst and what that pedant is(it appears in two pages at the end). There seems to be a heavier friendship in the anime vs the manga as the friendship is heard rather than written.