Alternative TitlesJapanese: フリージング
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Jan 27, 2007 to ?
StatisticsScore: 7.811 (scored by 4690 users)
Ranked: #15242
Popularity: #123
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SynopsisSet in a slightly futuristic world where Earth has been invaded and is at war with aliens from another dimension called the Nova, the story follows the adventures of a Japanese boy named Kazuya Aoi who enrolls for training at a special school for genetically modified girls called Pandoras who battle the aliens, and their male partners, called Limiters, who use a special power called "freezing" to limit their opponent's mobility. The protagonist makes the acquaintance of an unusual older girl named Bridgette L. Satellizer who appears to be the most powerful Pandora in her class, but has not yet chosen a male partner to be her Limiter, and in spite of the warnings of all his friends, he decides to be her Limiter. |
Related MangaAdaptation: Freezing
Spin-off: Freezing: First Chronicle, Freezing: Zero
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Livesordies
48 of 68 people found this review helpful
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Judging by the cover art for each volume, one might assume that Freezing is a series comprised of martial arts, romance, and a touch of ecchi. Even the first few chapters might mislead you into thinking that this manga is apart of the all too common genre starring a plucky hero who somehow manages to be surrounded by nothing but beautiful girls willing to fight to the ends of the world, all in the name of love. A genre where no matter how bad or one-sided a fight seems, the heroes always come out unscathed. However, Freezing is far from being a fighter-harem and at the same time is much more than that.
The truth is, plot-wise, Freezing is much darker than it appears to be. The premise of this story is that alien beings, known as Nova, have invaded Earth with the intent to annihilate mankind. In order to combat this threat humanity created a force of super powered individuals through human experimentation. But even though these select individuals are gifted with super powers, they aren’t invincible or exempt from anguish. On the contrary, most battles with the Nova end in heavy casualties for the good guys and no one is spared as even close friends and lovers become the victims of dismemberment and mangling. Novas aren’t the only bad guys showcased in Freezing either. Even humans prey on other humans as rape and sexual abuse are explored.
As far as art goes, the quality of art you find on the cover is exactly what you can expect inside the manga. The level of detail that goes into character design and texturing is very high. There isn’t really any panel where a body part looks disproportionate or the body looks oddly posed either. The background art is also really good in that the same amount of detail that goes into drawing the characters goes into designing the backgrounds. And the combat is really easy to follow too. Each fight scene can span multiple panels and even pages, just to illustrate one character dodging another character only to land one punch.
All in all, as of chapter thirty, Freezing leaves you with the impression of a very well drawn, mature seinen. The only downside so far has been that every now and then there is the unnecessarily intricate explanation of how each ability works. But this is common in almost all manga where martial arts are concerned. Other than that, the authors sort of seemed to pull a fast one with the gore and abuse as they will catch you off guard. The transition from the characters enjoying themselves into being brutalized can happen almost instantly, which further helps depict the fact that humanity is in a war for its survival. If this sounds like the kind of manga you’re looking for then I definitely recommend that you pick up a copy of Freezing and give it a shot.
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deathxempress
20 of 34 people found this review helpful
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60 of ? chapters read
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Ecchi is a genre that was always selling and it will continue to sell with success. Take Freezing for example; It is a manga without much of a deep synopsis, yet it has sold millions. Some spoilers will follow.
STORY SECTION;
Set in the future, Earth has been invaded by creatures known as Novas. In order for people to counter, they have built an Academy called Genetics to train special girls under the alias of 'Pandora'. To achieve that, they use the Stigmata, tissues created by reverse-engineering from the Novas giving them powers. The construction base of the girls is quite similar to Claymore's base, where the girls receive flesh from Yomas to give them powers. But unlike Claymore, in Freezing, these girls need to work with a male partner called 'Limiter'.
The setting takes place in the Academy, so it is not an adventure like Claymore. We are getting introduced to a young boy called Kazuya Aoi that has decided to join this Academy as a Limiter. The reason is a promise that he made with his dead sister that was a Pandora. Anyway, prepare for a weak, naive boy that dislike to fight and it will get on your nerves. By setting foot on the Academy, he see a girl that looks so similar to his sister, so he is running towards her to hug her. How stupid, to think that your sister is still alive! And that is our heroine, Satellizer el Bridget. Apparently, she is called the 'Untouchable Queen' and none in this Academy was able to touch her but suddenly this kid is able to. And this is the start of our story.
Volumes 1-4 center around Satellizer's relationships with the other Pandoras. Almost every girl dislike Satellizer due of her reputation and they are trying to humiliate her. Reasons? Well, one of the reason is her rebellious side where she dislike to take orders from others. Another reason is her level of power. After telling you this, you wonder; Aren't there any teachers to make them stop this? No. The teachers do not care much. And even if they care a little, Satellizer is the one that get the most punishment. Quite unfair, but the author seems to enjoy torturing the heroine. About volume 5, the Novas invade the Academy but for a little amount of time. I was hoping that this invasion would take more chapters. With a few words; The manga is constructed with various random events.
Second arc is centering around Satellizer AGAIN and the author forget about the real threat, the Nova. So we get to learn that our heroine has a twisted step-brother and he is trying to get in her pants. Once again we see a humiliated Satellizer but this time she is even more humiliated since we see her in a very weak state.
Third arc is trying to stay away from Satellizer; We barely see her. Instead the author is focusing on new characters that have no development. Better than the previous arc, but the
CHARACTERS SECTION;
The main character Satellizer started as a very powerful person (physically) but it was proven to be a weak girl with trauma from the childhood. But in the first arc she does not give a damn what the other think of her. Even if she is been under such circumstances, she continues to fight without giving up. Another girl would have given up and she'd say, "I don't mind the pain, I've been used to it."
But in the second arc, the author is trying to portray her more 'human' and he eventually turns her into a weak heroine who accepts that kind of abusive treatment by her brother. Surely that side of hers disappointed many. Either way, she is using a strong facade while she is weak inside.
Freezing has not been labeled as 'romance' for nothing; The heroine begins to develop feelings for the boy that accepted her without listening to the others of how dangerous she is. However, the relationship does not progress much at all and we just see some funny moments between them.
Usually, when anime/manga have a tough heroine, the authors love to add a weak guy. And Kazuya does not escapes from that kind of archetype. Kazuya is doing nothing. He is not fighting and whenever he is trying to help Satellizer, in the end, he fails. Let's hope the author will put him to do something useful later for once.
Freezing's big weakness is detected to the characters development. A lot of characters are introduced and some appear for only 2-3 chapters. And we don't get to know much about them but they only serve the purpose to attack Satellizer and disappear. Take for example Satellizer's rival, Genessa; I thought she would be a character where she would cause trouble for awhile and then we'd get to know her background but nothing. She only appears on some chapters but I won't spoil anything. And there are other interesting characters too, but they do not play much of an important role. So, if you get to like a secondary character besides Satellizer or Kazuya, you will regret it because they do not appear much.
ARTWORK SECTION;
While I love the artwork of Kim Kwang Hyun, it still encounters a flaw. The main flaw is, that many characters look extremely similar. I can think of 3 characters that look very similar in this manga and I was confused by who is who. And because most of the secondary characters have no development, it was even more difficult to say who is who. And even later, there is a character that looks like Satellizer herself. Nevertheless though, I love the way the artist has drawn the characters models with every detail.
I do not really hate Freezing, but it could have been better. At first glance it looked that it had a lot of potential but the author started to focus a lot on fanservice and the humiliation of the main character.
Worth reading? Yes, if you are seeking for strong female characters and fanservice. If you are seeking for something deep with epic fights, forget it. read more
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Both titles have females that form contracts with males in order to fight.
Contract between male and female. A lot of battles and some ecchi
Both require guys to make a contract with at least one fighting woman, and the main character in Freezing looks very similar to Tsukiumi from Sekirei. Definitely check out both of these
Both contain women who fight and have men who they use to strengthen them in some way through "contracts". They both contain a lot of sexual tendencies.
they both have to do with some average guy getting some really really hot chicks to fight for him although the story in this is still good... mostly
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Both Claymore and Freezing are in a world were female warriors accept flesh in their bodies to obtain powers strong enough to save mankind from "demons". Both female main characters are these warriors and, at first, cold and cruel towards everyone. The male main characters both believe that these girls are really kind and chose to help them. And the cruel warrior girls seem to loosen up and become more kind towards this guy.
Both have girls (Claymores/Pandora) fighting monsters (Youma/Nova). And not only that, both are part human part monster and both have limits/extents to which they can use that monster part of them to an extent. If you like one, you'll 100% like the other.
Why there aren't more people recommending claymore is beyond me. Be warned there are potential/insignificant spoilers that follow:
-A large number of girls who belong to an organization/school whose purpose is to defeat monsters/aliens.
-In order for these girls to match fighting ability they have to have the monsters/aliens DNA bonded to them
- If they use to much of the monster/alien power they will become a monster/aliens
-There are ranks of who is better and who is worse in the organization/school
-You have male lead who has is younger and has a strong emotional connection to the female lead
-You have a female lead who can tap into the alien/monster ability to a level the other girls cant/haven't yet.
-Both stories have technical fighting terminology
-Each high ranking girl has an ability they're significantly in tuned with
-Both have lots of bloody fighting
-A serious undertone
-A past/historical female who was the greatest of them all
Need I say more? Go read Claymore
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