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Alive
ALIVE
6.56(8K votes)
Ranked #17007Popularity #1538
chapters
10
volumes
1
Status
Finished
Published
Feb 4, 1999 to Jun 17, 1999
Authors:Takahashi, Tsutomu
HorrorSupernatural
Worth Reading? — Global Verdict
6.9/10
Average Review Score
67%
Recommend It
9
Reviews Worldwide
International Reviews
aindah
Recommended
10
In my opinion this manga is amazing. I've often wondered how good a one shot can be, and Alive! is my answer. The story starts off innocently enough, but then we are dragged into an allegorical story about evil. Two death row convicts are drawn into a peculiar attempt to transfer this evil from a body of a seemingly innocent girl who has been infected with it by her father. Is this infection really a disease? Or is it something that lingers within every human being, waiting to be awakened? What kind of person can win against the black within? A pure-hearted one, or aperson with nothing to lose? How far are people willing to go just to keep breathing? These are the questions this one shot ventures to ask. And it manages to answer them as far as it is possible to.
Yashiro Tenshuu killed 5 people, including his girlfriend, and is now on death row. However, a secret government organization is willing to take him off death row if he allows himself to become a test subject to an experiment that requires a killer's intent.
15,519 Members
6
Horror and manga. I never knew that combination excisted. And I have to say: I'm glad it does excists. I was looking aroudn for some manga and I found this. Only ten chapters, why not read it? I finished it in about half an hour. The story kept me reading and guessing what would happen untill the very end. Why did I give the story a six then? It was fine, but there was no moral or whatever behind it. The maincharacter is a son of a bitch and I just wanted him to die. Perhaps not everyone agrees with me on that, but that's myopinion.
It is quite a typical horror story. Two fellows in a room, they can have something they want if they kill eachother. I was suprised when I found out there was a whole lot more behind it. Without spoiling: there is a form of evil wich can consume people. And it can jump onto whoever wants to kill. The one with the biggest intention of killing, will be consumed by it.
The graphics were fine. Although it pissed me off when I mentioned that almost everyone has drops of water on their faces. Always. Sometimes it is sweat, then it is rain water. But what the fuck? It was unnecessary and just fucked up. I mean, someone can sweat if he feels fear, but he doesn't get wet by just sweating.
Well, that was a minor thing I didn't like. The story wasn't very sadistic, I got that impression at first, it's quite good. Not fantasic, because there isn't any bonding with the main character. It's a bit short, but that's not a real issue for me. This story shouldn't be long. It was a typical horror. Not really good, not really scary, but worth your time!
20 found helpfulJan 22, 2009
Surgical
Recommended
7
"Misako...I'm coming over there" "Alive!" is about a man named Yashiro Tenshuu who killed 5 people and is put on Death row but, is allowed to live if he becomes a test subject from a secret government. They put him and another man named Gondou into this isolated room where they can have anything they ask for but are not allowed to come out of the room. The girl on the other side (Saegusa Yurika) of the room tells them if you want to get over here on my side of the room you have to kill each other. So whoever makes it out "alive" getsto be with her. Who will stay alive? You have to keep reading to find out.
There faces...are..so..intense. Haha that's the most remembered thing about the manga to me is that all the characters were always drawn intense and sweating. Overall the art was great and perfectly fitted a horror manga.
The characters however don't really make a bond with the reader which is why I gave it a 6. Nothing special but its fun to see what's going to happen to them next.
If you want to read something quick and also have a good time reading it Alive! is a must read.
10 found helpfulAug 25, 2009
mangareader123
Mixed Feelings
6
Before reading this manga I read some reviews about it. So maybe my expectations were high especially since I like psychological manga but somehow I didn't feel satisfied. The plot is strong but the manga is so short that it fails to make an impact. I feel that the characters could have been better developed. Still it was an average read. It could have been a great manga but the story ends just when the reader starts getting engrossed in it. At the end I don't get a feeling of closure. For me it was a worthwhile read. Read it and you may like it if youlike stories that make you think.
9 found helpfulJul 28, 2015
SinnedSaint
Recommended
10
Alive! is one of my favorite mangas, and I usually reread it every couple of months (it's only 10 chapters long). Despite the shortness of the manga, there is enough of a plot to give you a good image of the kind of world each character is living in. It doesn't try to side-track you with useless bits of information and a bunch of explanatory dialogue to try and drag out the story. It tells you exactly what's going on through its fantastic art that flows from panel to panel. You'll be finished reading before you realize it. There are three thingsi should mention before you read this though;
#1: The art is kind of sketchy and not as solid and contrasted as most mangas you see in magazines (still amazing though).
#2: It is for mature readers only, or readers who can handle R-rated content.
#3: The ending is very different than the beginning.
Otherwise, the main character, art, concept, and overall structure of the manga are awesome. The only thing wrong I can find with Alive! is that every time I finish reading it, I want to read it again.
