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Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge (Manga)

Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge

Alternative Titles

English: Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge
Synonyms: Negative Happy Chain Saw Edge
Japanese: ネガティブハッピー・チェーンソーエッヂ

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 8
Status: Finished
Published: 2007 to 2008
Authors: Takimoto, Tatsuhiko (Story), Saiki, Junichi (Art)
Serialization: Shounen Ace (Monthly)

Statistics

Score: 7.411 (scored by 2559 users)
Ranked: #50212
Popularity: #474
Members: 5,061
Favorites: 69
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top manga page.

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Synopsis

Yousuke Yamamoto is a typical underachiever, searching for a reason to live while struggling to come to terms with the death of his friend Noto a year ago. Everything changes dramatically for him one night when he runs into Eri Yukizaki, a beautiful girl hiding a tragic loss of her own, out on the streets. When a chainsaw-wielding giant falls from the sky and engages her in battle, it marks the beginning of Yousuke finally finding his purpose in life.

Characters

 Evil Chainsaw-man
Evil Chainsaw-man
Main
 Yousuke
Yamamoto, Yousuke
Main
 Eri
Yukisaki, Eri
Main
 Watanabe
Watanabe
Supporting
Noto
Supporting



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Jan 2, 2009
gdavge2003
Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge is a romance, action, comedy manga that tells a deep story revolving around the lives of Yamamoto Yousuke and Yukisaki Eri.

The story is short, filling only 8 chapters, each about 45 pages long. However, despite this, it manages to tell a deep, emotional tale about two high school students. 2nd year Yamamoto is seemingly a slacker who is bored with life, but in fact, faces deep mental troubles, caused by his friend's death and his low self-esteem. 1st year Yukisaki at first appears to be an outgoing girl, but much is hidden beneath the surface. As the story progresses, each character read more
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Sep 6, 2011
Moon_Light
This manga suffers from a disease called, "B.T.S" (Bad Title Syndrome) or as it's more commonly known, "I can't come up with anything so I use random words in the manga as it's title," syndrome. To be fair not only manga do this, but it was just fitting in this case.
Random title aside, this one proved to be a very nice read topped with a great ending.

A boy, a girl, and a guy trying to kill her...nothing calls for romance more than imminent death.

Yousuke Yamamoto’s life is boring. Nothing is the same after his friend dies in a motorcycle accident. He goes to school, studies, read more
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User Recommendations

Chances are you read NHK first as it is better known so I am going to focus more on NHCE. So like NHK, NHCE is a manga adaptation from a novel by Takimoto Tatsuhiko, his first novel to be exact. And from the beginning of the story, we instantly see that we're in familiar ground. Takimoto seems to draw all his main male characters from the same model, he himself that is. Yamamoto could easily be seen as a young Satō, who hasn't become a hikikomori yet. He is a depressed, lazy, immature high school student and a coward, who'd rather hide in his imaginary "cool" world than face reality. Both characters can be painfully relatable too. Then of course there's the girl. In both stories, a girl, who comes with her own set of problems, helps the main protagonist overcome his pains, and he hers. The difference is that NHCE has more symbolism, action and fanservice than NHK.
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Very much the same on a psychological level.
Both are deep, while on the surface they don't look like it.
Both cope with the surpressing of memories and certain emotions.
Both are very good mangas, indeed.

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