Alive: Saishuu Shinkateki Shounen (Alive: The Final Evolution)

Alternative Titles

English: Alive: The Final Evolution

Synonyms: Alive: Last Evolutionary Boy

Japanese: アライブ最終進化的少年

Information

Type: Manga

Volumes: 21

Chapters: 83

Status: Finished

Published: Apr 5, 2003 to Feb 6, 2010

Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Supernatural

Authors: Kawashima, Tadashi (Story), Adachitoka (Art)

Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Monthly)

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Score: 7.87¹ (scored by 8,734 users)

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Ranked: #955²

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Popularity: #505

Members: 22,441

Favorites: 583

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Synopsis

Taisuke Kanou is your average 16-year-old student. He has two close friends, Hirose and Megumi. Hirose has trouble with bullies, but Taisuke is always there to defend him, even though he just winds up getting beaten instead of Hirose. During class one day, Taisuke is hit by something unworldly and for that split second, he sees a vision of the universe. As he's walking home from school, he sees a girl fall and die in front of him, but his first thought is jealousy. He later finds out that the strange sensation that hit him is spreading throughout Japan. Those who are struck by it either commit suicide or "evolve," but the comrades that evolve usually have dark intentions for the rest of the world.

(Source: ANN)

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Background

An anime adaptation was planned for Alive: Saishuu Shinkateki Shounen and was to be produced by anime studio Gonzo, but the production was cancelled in 2010 when the studio was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The series was published digitally in English as Alive: The Final Evolution by Kodansha Comics USA from July 26, 2016 to August 29, 2017. Prior to this, Del Rey Manga had published 8 printed volumes from July 31, 2007 to November 24, 2009 before publication was discontinued.

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Characters

Kusunoki, Nami

Main

Kanou, Taisuke

Main

Takizawa, Yuta

Main

Yuichi, Hirose

Main

Ochiai, Megumi

Main

Takumi, Yura

Supporting

Mitachi, Kanon

Supporting

Hideo, Asou

Supporting

Adler, Carl

Supporting

Tezuka, Aoi

Supporting

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Jun 25, 2010

75 of 83 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

Jazze (All reviews)

37 people found this review helpful

I picked the English translation off the library shelf and read it. So far, it's really interesting and I became really engrossed in this series. The beginning was definitely one of the best moments of the series and I truly liked Yuuta's arc when he was first introduced. That was my favorite moment, along with the eventual romantic hints that slowly but surely emerge.

Admittedly, Alive gives off the Psyren vibe but mostly because at the beginning, you sense that there is some scientific fiction involved such as the great apocalypse. Then, as the novel progresses, it also evolves into what seems to resemble a battle read more

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Dec 16, 2020

83 of 83 chapters read

Overall Rating: 6

IhateHAISE (All reviews)

3 people found this review helpful

Writing about this manga for me is going to be complicated, considering the questionable quality at certain times, which made me want to just drop the manga in half.

It is very difficult to trace positive and negative points in this manga ...

First of all, little detailed scenarios or even no details, this manga sometimes sins it, it is not a big inconvenience, but a strong negative point for me. A positive point of the art is the character traits that improve a lot in the second part of the manga.

Now entering the story, the ideas presented by the author were very good, but resulting in read more

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Jun 21, 2012

83 of 83 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Gamer7625 (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

It's been a few months since I finished this manga, but I still am recommending it to friends to try to get them to read this. The manga was AMAZING overall.

I rated the story a 9, the reason is because it was confusing at some points, but it was cleared up (for the most parts) in all ways towards the end. The little confusion I did have at the end, be it because I didn't read something right or didn't understand it or it was never mentioned, it why I gave it this rating.

I rated the art an 9, the reason for this is because read more

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Jan 26, 2016

83 of 83 chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

tony007 (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

Brief review: It takes it's time to get started, but overall, it's worth the read.
Ok, let me start by saying that I've read a fair share of shounen when I was younger, but as I grew older I started reading more and more seinen. I think this explains my initial shock.
This is a shounen manga, and it starts really shounenly. I found it boring at first, while the premisse shows potential, you never feel like it's being explored to it's fullest. The story starts out linear, with a lot of shounen tropes and somewhat boring characters; it's a simple good vs evil story.
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