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i really loved this! it brings me back to both history's strongest disciple kenichi and elfen lied.....it kinda also reminds me of charlie's angels. and also reminded me of
rosario +vampire...it was a badass and sweet story ...packed with psychological adventure and great relationships i recommend this under the radar masterpiece
i love manga/anime's with a multi personality girl in it.. honestly as much as i like pantyshots and nudity it would've also made a badass and sweet story without it...but still loved change 123....motoko the glasses ... girl she's cute and sweet i think kosukegawa has got himself a winner. even the rush that other manga readers who read this complained about wasn't too bad. rush or no rush if the ending is sweet that's all that counts...

Simply put "Change 123" is probably one of the best romance/martial arts manga ever written. I can't believe that I passed over this story for so many years and I can truthfully say that at no time during it's 60 chapters did I ever get bored with the story. The strongest part of this manga is probably the overarching plot about the reconstitution of Motoko's personalities into a single person and it's a theme that does a really nice job of making the pacing for the story and the relationship between the two (or is it 5?) leads move along at a satisfactory pace.

In addition ... to the great plot there is also a slew of really fantastic characters in this manga. All of the multiple personalities are wonderful in their own way, almost to the point where they often overshadow the main personality of Motoko, but I did find it hard to declare an absolute "favorite" among them. Also, the art work in this series is a notch above the average fare and the character designs are stunning.

If you enjoy a good martial arts manga with a nice plot and a bevy of beautiful girls, then Change 123 will definitely be a "must read" manga.

A flashy, sexy harem shonen: plenty of pretty, stylish girls with fantastic legs and well-shaped and dynamic oppai. Distinctions among the numerous ladies stem from the look of their faces and expressions - not just their clothes, or in the case of switching to Mikuru, the size/emphasis of the boobs. The liberal use of ignoring panel boundaries facilities beautiful, and often contorting (strategically so) bodies fighting across pages of the manga. It is a little Buck Zumhofe of sexualizing the clearly young-coded Ginga and the sleepy, Orihime-esque Izuru is a bit forgettable to look at. It's also a bit head-scratching they don't go all tits-out ... with the majority of their well-drawn female cast. The amazing art direction unfortunately isn't paired with an amazing or genre-breaking story. The MC is the standard incel-lite (though I appreciate his expression through Kamen Rider) who somehow the only character who can tame the beast that is Zero. The manga commits cast bloat pretty quickly and the main antagonists get lost in the mix and don't even get a proper ending. There's no sense of real urgency to the manga as the characters more or less defeat episodic threats so it's a bit mindless but a driving or envelope-pushing plot may not the be real appeal of this manga anyways.