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The story is cool from page to page especially the non-fighting parts, but when they start bringing in the super-villains straight out of a marvel comic, it gets corny. And the whole world conspiracy and peace tribune in the alps, give me a break guys.I'm able to tolerate it mostly because the art is incredible. Dump this and read Sanctuary if you want a classic.
Much like Otomo's AKIRA, Mai encounters other people who possess simlar powers to her and she must deal them. Released in the late 80s/early 90s Mai was one of the first hugely successful B&W manga comic books.The story itself is a rater simple but entertaining take. MAI, Psychic girl is truly on of the classic mangas that has somehow been forgotten in the US mainstreaming of Japanese manga and anime. The artwork is by famous manga artist Ryoichi Ikegami who is ebst known for his work on Crying Freeman. Mai is a young school girl who has started developing psychic abilities. She is the target of a sinister secret society who hope to harness her power (and others like her) to obtai world domination. The style is not your typical cutesy sailor moon/dragon ball Z manga art, opting for a more realistic, sometimes western comic book approach to storytelling.Overall MAI is a true classic a a fantastic story. One worth reading.
The story takes off a bit slowly, and the characters aren't entirely developed.This volume is the first of three, although the other two, strangely enough, don't seem to be on Amazon yet. This tells the story of Mai, a Japanese school girl who becomes the target of vague organizations of powerful conspirators who want to use her for her psychic powers.The art is interesting, and often quite attractive, although a bit of gratuitous soft core jailbait porn is occasionally thrown in. Unfortunately, the sequels aren't as good as this one. While the quality of the artwork is generally high, I was less impressed than some reviewers by the art in the fighting scenes, of which there are many; it was often difficult to follow what was happening. There are some elements of the art also which seem to make no sense; Mai is described as having inherited her powers through her mother, who was the latest in a line of psychics going back for centuries and linked to a particular Japanese temple and village, yet the mother, when she is shown, has entirely Caucasian features. The characters change suddenly, Mai and her enemies acquire new powers without warning when it forwards the plot, and the ultimate evil plan of Mai's enemies, when it is revealed, is utterly unbelievable. I would give this volume on its own a mild recommendation, but it isn't really complete on its own and I can't recommend the full set.
The story itself was very riveting, and I couldn't put it down. The artwork in this book was unexpected for me, much more realistic than anything I've seen in other manga works.
She doesn't think her abilities are a very big deal, although she is careful to hide them from others. This book is about Mai, a girl who happens to be a very powerful psychokinetic.
Her dad, a man skilled at martial arts, as other ideas, however, and does his best to keep her safe. Still, she uses them mainly to keep boredom at bay.
Unfortunately, a secret organization is after her and other psychokinetics, so that they can use her for military purposes. However, it wasn't consistantly good artwork, and some of the characters tended to look odd, as another reviewer noted.
I can't wait to read more about Mai, and I'm looking forward to the next volume.
I had read other manga before, but this one totally blows everything else I have ever read away. At first, the main character Mai, is a bit reluctant to accept her destiny as protectress of the earth, but when she starts using her powers to battle, it becomes very gripping and hard to put down. With the exception of some nude scenes that had no place in this manga, I found this book to be extremely entertaining and nonoffensive.
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