Alternative TitlesEnglish: Ours Synonyms: Bokura no, Bokurano ~Mou Hitotsu no Bokurano~ Japanese: ぼくらの
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 11
Chapters: 66
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 25, 2003 to Jun 25, 2009
StatisticsScore: 8.431 (scored by 2774 users)
Ranked: #2072
Popularity: #353
Members: 6,364
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SynopsisDuring a summer camp, 15 children, 8 males and 7 females, find a grotto by the sea. Deep within they discover working computers and some electronic equipment, and later the owner, a man called Kokopelli. Kokopelli claimed to be a programmer working on a brand new game, in which a large robot has to defend the Earth against fifteen alien invasions. He persuades the children to test the game and sign a contract. All but one of them signs, barely a moment later they mysteriously awaken on the shore believing what happened was just a dream.
(Source: ANN)
An extra story called Bokurano ~Mō Hitotsu no Bokurano~ (Yet Another Bokurano) will run in Ikki the issue after the end of the main story. |
Related MangaAlternative version: Bokurano -Alternative-
Adaptation: Bokurano
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Nyron
129 of 181 people found this review helpful
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65 of 66 chapters read
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No reviews for this? You're killing me.
Bokurano is probably the most nihilistic thing ever written. In essence, it's a series of 15 short stories about these 15 kids who are trapped in a competition where they gotta pilot a 500m tall robot. If they lose, the world is screwed. Gradually, through a series of well written and shocking twists, everything about their mission ends up being bad for them and pretty much everyone around them. It's a brutally realistic depiction of what you'd get if you actually did put a bunch of middle schoolers in charge of this sort of thing. Some are wannabe heroes, others have mental breakdowns, at least one goes on a murdering rampage, and a few just don't care. It also turns out that people don't like it when you fight in the middle of a city and cause 10,000 casualties.
How tragic is this series? Well, sometimes you can actually hear the author chuckling in the background as one of these kids gets their lives or minds completely destroyed. On occasion a few of these tales end on a heartwarming or content note, but I suspect that's only because Kitoh had stomach worms at the time or something.
But the thing is, even though this story is soul crushing, it's continuously gripping. I read the whole thing over the course of a weekend in a feverish marathon, something I never do for anything. Each child's story is unique and interesting, and every time one ended and another one came up, my reaction would be "I don't care about this kid, that last one was so good how can this one compare?" and every time without fail, I would be blown away.That kid's unique struggle and subsequent battle would set them totally apart from everyone else, and be good enough to stand as its own story. Kitoh is that good of an author, and even though he's royally screwed up in the head(as shown by this, Narutaru, His Murder Plan, and everything else he's ever written) he knows how to put a method into his madness. The guy is a genius, but I don't think I'd ever want to meet him.
In terms of art, all the human characters are wirey and lacking in detail. Backgrounds are elaborate, but sharp and have a sort of blank feeling to them. Objects like vehicles are interesting and futuristic without being outlandish. The art style is perfect for Kitoh's style of writing, honestly. The main attraction is the "mecha" designs though. These things are not Gundams. They absolutely enormous, with styles varying between vaguely insectoid and completely abstract. Kitoh's mind is not limited to his eccentric writing, it caries over into his artwork. You generally do not see anything as weird as this guy's stuff in any comic.
Now let's talk about the anime for a sec. The anime version of Bokurano sucks. The director hated the manga's story because it was too bleak, and tried to rewrite it himself. It turns out that that guy did not have the ability to outdo our mildly psychotic author here. The result was a pretty show with an amazing OP, but a sucky story and a lame ending. Speaking of endings, the manga ending is incredible. It's not awe inspiring or anything like that, it's just a beautiful ending that completely fit the story.
In terms of being a realistic deconstruction of the mecha genre, this series completely stomps Evangelion through and through. And most other giant robot series for that matter. You actually might not be able to enjoy robot stories after this, since Bokurano turns them completely inside-out. It's almost the polar opposite of Gurren Lagann, but somehow just as awesome.
Viz is publishing this in the US starting in February 2010. I'm totally picking it up. read more
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tehbohemian
22 of 38 people found this review helpful
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65 of 66 chapters read
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One word : Excellence
well I can try to sum up my week long encounter with Bokurano(Ours). Well i just want to warn all who read this that this is a very depressing manga, it's hard to explain...
Well the story is truly amazing, do not let the giant robot fool you this is by no means a traditional Mecha Manga. It is it's own story and not just another dime a dozen gundam clone. well the story itself revolves around 15 midde school kids at a summer camp, they get bored of collecting sea-shells and go explore the nearby cave. in the cave they meet a strange man named Kokopelli, who asks the kids if they want to try a new game he made where you pilot a giant robot against 15 alien invaders...
they all except one agree to play and sign a "contract" by touching a strange rock-like object, after they sign they all wake up on the beach and see a giant robot that they get teleportrd into and kokopelli teaches them how to control it, this is no game...
The most depressing part about this manga is that in the begining chapters they are all told that they will inevitably die after piloting the robot(Which they named Zearth)
The Characters are another key aspect in this story, there are no 2 dimensional characters here they are all unique and all have interesting backstories and battles.
The Art is great in it's own way...
and it's just a great manga.
just be warned as i said before this is a very depressing manga and the ending almost left me in tears! but that's the sign of good storytelling if a story can touch you that much...
this is one series you do not want to miss. read more
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An alien guide appears and tells a small group of humans that the fate of the world lies on them. A series of duels between them and foreign entities will take place, and loss will result in the destruction of the world. But this is a group of flawed humans, and they are neither united in their cause nor equal in their abilities. How they deal with the continuing battles while losing allies and finding out more about the nature of the fights is the focus of the story.
Samidare is more interesting to watch, as everyone participates in the battles, but they are similar in the degree to which they cover the psychological battles they all must face. The characters in Samidare are a bit more off the deep end though.
Both feature a group of people that end up being forced into a must-fight scenario in which, as a team, they must defeat the enemies that are beyond their comprehension one at a time with breaks before battles. Their loss results in the destruction of our planet. Both contain heavy character development while dealing with the psychological state of the participants.
Both are about a group of people whose life changes in one day. They start to fight against enemy and are the only hope of the world. Both have side stories about the character past and how they are connected to each others. Both also have nice psychological side on them which is made in same type of way. Both handle characters and them emotion in similar way and are somewhat dramatic. Atmosphere is really similar and art style is "light" in both manga. Recommended highly.
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Both are about children piloting giant robots, while dealing with their feelings of fear, loss and despair.
Take a bunch of kids with lots of personal problems, make them fight with huge mosters for unclearly reasons to save the Earth, add a backup group with great power politic and military to help them, put in Japan and mix. Eat while it´s still hot.
both are atypical mechas with kids piloting robots fighting giant things from other worlds, all these kids who ride mechas have their own personal problems
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