Murasakiiro no Qualia (Qualia the Purple)

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English: Qualia the Purple

Japanese: 紫色のクオリア

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 3

Chapters: 21

Status: Finished

Published: Jan 27, 2011 to Aug 27, 2013

Genres: Mystery, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Shounen

Authors: Ueo, Hisamitsu (Story), Tsunashima, Shirou (Art)

Serialization: Dengeki Daioh

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Score: 8.14¹ (scored by 1213 users)

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MangaDengeki DaiohUeo, Hisamitsu (Story), Tsunashima, Shirou (Art)

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Hatou Gaku has a very odd friend at school named Marii Yukari. Yukari has purple eyes and a bizarre way of looking at the world: she sees all living things as robots. This has not always worked out well for Yukari, even costing her a best friend when she was younger. However, Yukari insists that the things she says she sees is true, and her vision seems to give her insight into the abilities of others.

Gaku thinks she's just weird, but she soon realizes that Yukari has unexpected talents. It seems she can fix anything, and even the police come to hear her insights. It turns out that Yukari's purple eyes are not unique in the world! However, there is one important distinction among those who see humans as other objects. Do humans appear as unimportant as objects, or do those objects appear as important as human beings?

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Hatou, Manabu

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Marii, Yukari

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Foyle, Alice

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Tenjou, Nanami

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zeroyuki92

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Sep 2, 2013

12 of 21 chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

Murasakiiro no Qualia, or Qualia the Purple, is one of some hidden gems which are buried among a ton of manga that people haven't noticed yet. Let's just jump to the main question : "Is this gem valuable or not?"

STORY : 9/10
I would say... Yes. With a lot of confidence. Story is the main force behind the series, and it's a very definition of mixed bag. It sports a pretty interesting initial premise : "Your friend has purple eyes and a bizarre way of looking at the world: she sees all living things as robots". While in the beginning it's a lighthearted (albeit pretty mysterious) story with some shoujo-ai tendencies, it didn't waste a lot of time to show the other sides of the story...

... And it's not only one side. It contains a lot of genre switches in interval of some chapters, and that's why reviewing this work without some spoilers is pretty difficult. One thing for sure : they are NOT lazy genre switches.

Adapted from a single volume novel, Qualia the Purple has a lot of texts, especially during some certain parts of the story when it throws a lot of science theories, mixing them into a believable sci-fi story to the point that it may be a little bit too confusing for those who are not really familiar with them. It also a lot of other elements such as philosophy, thriller, drama, comedy, mystery, supernatural, etc, and it never stop switching tastes. However, they will still glue you to the plot and make you thirst for the rest of the chapters.

ART : 8/10
It's not the book's main strength, although it's definitely not bad at all. While the artist (Tsunashima Shirou) is not really exceptional, standalone wise, it keeps conveying the story without any glaring mistakes or unfitting portrayal. It did its job well both in carefree and serious moments, so I see no point in nitpicking it any further.

CHARACTER : 9/10
It's not really a character-driven series, but it didn't lacks a set of good characters required to support the excellent plot.

The main pair of the story, Gaku and Yukari, are well done characters. Point of View of this story come mostly from Gaku's perspective, and she's pretty much doing the role which traditionally applied to the main hero of the series. She actively change the flow of the series as the main protagonist, starting from an observant of the strange happenings around her, and slowly developing into an awesome main character. Yukari, on the other side, traditionally is the main heroine and the one who drive entire Gaku's motive in the whole story. Both did their role very good, not to count that they're very cute character by themselves.

There aren't many other characters in this series, and in this case, it's a good thing! Alice and Nanami are the only character left from this series, and both have pretty big roles that affecting Gaku's and Yukari's life. They also have their great moments and overall I would say that they are great characters.

ENJOYMENT : 9/10
Genre switch is always not easy, but it bring a lot of points if done right.

Murasakiiro no Qualia is unpredictable. When you think that it have nothing left in store, it will throw another twists to you, including some very good WTF and awesome moments. It also borrow some very good plot tropes, including some well-researched theories, hypothesis and philosophies, showing that Hisamitsu Ueo (the author) did it's researches very well. It also has some dramatic moments, unexpectedly good comedies, and many other factors that will left a good impression to you.

OVERALL : 9/10
That said, I will recommend Qualia the Purple to anyone who like good story in general, since it basically have everything for everyone (story-wise). It's not fully translated at this point, but I'm very positive that it could bring a great ending that this series deserves. read more

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Feb 2, 2014

13 of 21 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

It’s interesting when the sci-fi within this manga are more appropriate for other mediums than to be expected from Dengeki Daioh, a shounen publishing magazine. However this setup really fits the tone presented in Qualia which seeks thrill wherever paths of normalcy lie, before being walked halfheartedly or disposed midway.
Full disclosure: This is among my favourite manga at this time of writing

Story: 8
After a quick peek at mid-field, Qualia takes off in a classroom – which it feels most comfortable – dragging only the biggest books wherever it goes and stopping its progression for cultural enrichment as does a nicotine addict for his. This introduces a quality where it tries to stay pegged to existing theories borne of ‘bigger-picture’ scientific philosophy; E.G. multiverse, wave-particle duality, and quantum (and wave) mechanics. That is to say, it tries and usually succeeds to sate curiosity of how an event transpired or even explain a character’s circumstances.
But enough of that instead take notice of how the setting is closely tied to the psychological state of the main character, gaku; who, with cell-phone in-hand (excuse the pun) keeps personal goals in check (forcibly) even when she doubts herself. Tragedy changes gaku but it pervades the work as well, apprehension is everywhere and no one is safe – even if they are saved. There are villains and they are many, but there is also gaku who struggles against the odds and becomes something unimaginable for normal people in the process.

Art: 7
The art is not one extreme or another it is simply a contemporary format designed to flow the story along and give a much detail as setting permits. It is also a key that helps sugar coat the sci-fi terms into easier to understand figures, as a textbook would. The art is not to be exhibited or ridiculed, but somewhere in the middle where it’s just right for this type of work.

Characters: 7
Other than Gaku there is a sense of individuality firmly placed in all characters, but every one of these characters deal with concepts outside of their reach. According to the plot so far, it’s a consequence that every character sees differently –is through which differences arise. Not even the lurking secret organisation, which hides and enlists extrasensory individuals’ escapes splintering into different ideals and causes.

Enjoyment: 9
The story has progressed far enough to find many off-putting points of the story, like wishing for restraint with those tiring lectures. Many people quickly found the story indigestible to marathons and instead recommended reading chapters slowly, and with salt. Even more importantly is the fact that for some people the views expressed here in this fiction could be the first they ever heard of it. Admittedly I haven’t read the series as a whole but I do believe I was sold insofar as the manga had taken me. The series is not perfect and I do have my complaints, but Qualia is memorable and worth the ride a second time, it does provoke some couch philosophy within its audience and that’s where the fun is at. In closing I would recommend this to just about anyone who is interested in seeing a different writing style in their reading lists.

Overall I gave this series an 8, and thank you for reading my review!
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tomateunmate

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Mar 22, 2016

21 of 21 chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

This review contains some spoilers since you can't explain why this manga is good without falling there. I don't think that general ideas can really spoil the levels this manga reaches but if you want them to hit at full force I'd recommend that you read it and stick to it until you get how distant the start and the end are.

The main issue is that it can be divided in two very distinct parts, and even if both of them are strong the turn it takes really hurts both. The first part is a nice classroom sort-of-yuri comedy/drama. A regular girl falls in friendship with the weirdo who sees people as robots (not in an utilitarian sense, completely literal to the booster pack and exchangeable parts). People stand in their way, problems arise, some drama, they build gunpla and eventually manage to become dear friends and even connect with other people.

The second half, though, is full blown sci-fi of the best kind. A small element is incorporated in a regular setting and it's slowly expanded until the point it breaks the universe. The escalation this second half has is incredible and it deserves to be seen just for how far it goes. I didn't exaggerate when I said it breaks the universe. It's an author exploring a premise to every possible degree, something that you can see many others completely failing to do while getting praised just for the initial concept.

The problem is that both parts don't really need the other. When I finished it I checked a couple of one-shot stories set in the initial part and I had already forgotten that this had been a happy school days gag manga. It took me to write this review to remember the drama from the past that closes that part of the story. I could only remember the last chapters, and when I first saw a recommendation for this was through a page of nearly the end. It was basically luck that I had forgotten why I was reading it and stuck for the girls in highschool beginning. I assume this comes from the original LNs and I really like the idea of the author first making a funny high school story just to hit the readers with a completely different sequel. But when you read the manga you don't have that clear distinction.

The art isn't too good although the gunpla look great and in the second part it's up to par to make the reader understand the story. Over all it feels like a subpar mangaka adapting a cult classic.

In many elements it resembles Madoka, it surprised me that the LN had come a year before that anime. They were probably responding to a cultural desire of almost-yuri + expansive concepts that affects the universe. Just like you have half a dozen Harry Potters in the couple of years before and after the book came out. In any case, I'd say that if you enjoyed Madoka you'll probably like this too. read more

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