Litchi☆Hikari Club (Lychee Light Club)

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Synonyms: Raichi Hikari Club

Japanese: ライチ☆光クラブ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 1

Chapters: 9

Status: Finished

Published: May 7, 2005 to May 3, 2006

Genres: Drama, Horror, Romance

Theme: Psychological

Serialization: Manga Erotics F

Authors: Furuya, Usamaru (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.24¹ (scored by 9,318 users)

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Ranked: #5315²

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By day, Hiroyuki Tsunekawa is an average student at Keikou Middle School, a dreary all-boys school in an industrial town. When the school day ends, however, Hiroyuki becomes "Zera," the enigmatic, beauty-obsessed emperor of the cult-like Hikari Club. For the past year, the Hikari Club has been creating an intelligent humanlike robot which runs on the lychee fruit, for the purpose of kidnapping beautiful girls.

However, when the robot—named "Litchi"—finally brings back a girl, the Hikari Club begins to fall into disarray. As Zera becomes increasingly obsessed with executing those who betray him, the club's numbers begin to thin. As the remaining members begin to rebel and Litchi becomes increasingly human, will the Hikari Club ever be able to recover?

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Litchi☆Hikari Club was published in English as Lychee Light Club by Vertical Inc. on April 26, 2011.

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Prequel:	Bokura no☆Hikari Club
Adaptation:	Litchi DE Hikari Club

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Ameya, Norimizu

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Tsunekawa, Hiroyuki

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Litchi

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Tamiya, Hiroshi

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Kanon

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Ichihashi, Raizou

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Ishikawa, Narutoshi

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Kaneda, Riku

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Suda, Takuzou

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Yamada, Kobuhei

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Mar 11, 2010

meemai

Recommended

First off, since you're on this manga's page you probably already know what you're getting into. If that isn't the case, I highly advise that if you have not had any experience or prior knowledge of the ero-guro (erotic grotesque) and yaoi genres to NOT READ THIS MANGA.

Yes, it is very, very explicit.

Litchi Hikari Club is an adaptation of a theatrical play of the same name that was performed at the Tokyo Grand Guignol Theatre in 1985.
(For those who do not know, the original Grand Guignol was located in Paris, France, and became infamous for it's horror-themed performances that involved large ... amounts of violence and gore. It was later closed in 1962, due to World War II and the Holocaust making people realize that violence isn't exactly hilarious.)

Plot: 10
Litchi Hikari Club tells the macabre tale of the club of same name, which involves a boy named Zera and his eight followers attempting to create the ultimate Artificial Intelligence. And then everything goes horribly wrong. This may sound a bit average, but it's executed so well that it even breaks away from the genre it's supposed to be. This isn't just porn and gore, there's drama with twisted romance, as well as friendships, betrayals, and a plot that's built off of both ancient and modern philosophy. All in one volume, to boot.

The beginning of the manga took a little bit for me to get into (the German dialogue surely didn't help, aside from creating the creepy mood), but after that the ball dropped and didn't stop rolling until the last page.

Art: 10
If there's one thing that should stand out with Litchi Hikari Club, it's the artwork (which surely you must have noticed by now). To put it simply, it's incredible. Usamaru Furuya's ability as a mangaka is quite remarkable, and any fan of manga artists such as Tajima Sho-U (MPD Psycho, Galerians) and Obata Takeshi (Death Note, Bakuman) will easily be drawn in by his style. While many of Furuya's older works have a rather average to mediocre style outside of his more detailed fine-art inspired panels (take Palepoli for example), he draws the characters of LHC with large amounts of detail, as well as creating backgrounds that define the industrial-dystopian-esque wreck they live in.

And sticking true to it's roots, the gore is drawn equally as well. It's intense, enough to make any fan of horror and the grotesque look away (but then they'll have to look back again, it's so painstakingly drawn to detail.)

Character: 7
For the most part, the manga adaptation of Litchi Hikari Club sticks with the original, aside from what looked like one name that was changed. Although the majority of the characters dress in a similar school uniform, each has their own unique personality quirks that separate them from one another, from Zera's sick and twisted Elagabulus-esque complex to Kaneda's constant thumb nomming.

However, due to the length of the manga, most character development is cut short on the secondary characters and left to the protagonists. This is kind of forgivable in my eyes, since it's still part of the horror genre, which usually leaves out developement and sticks with stock character types, but I would've liked to have known a little more about the less important members of the club.

Enjoyment: 10
Litchi Hikari Club does everything it should do for a series of the ero-guro and yaoi genres, and more. It's shocking, twisted, and leaves such an impact (the final chapter comes to mind instantly) it's near unforgettable. As I've said before though, if you're not interested in a series built on violence and lewdicity, you may want to check out something else.

Overall: 9
Litchi Hikari Club was able to carve itself a bloody niche in my manga-loving heart. It was made with such panache that it could actually give a positive light to the ero-guro and yaoi scenes.
If you need a good scare, a devious plot, or just want to look at some great artwork, Litchi Hikari Club is the manga to pick up. It's a guilty pleasure that's worth the time.

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Jan 30, 2015

chubar

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To be honest with you guys, I have read this manga a while ago. However, because of the content and how disturbing it is, I had to mull it around the brain for a little bit.

The art is gorgeous and rightfully disturbing especially in certain scenes of the manga. The artist sure knows to add in those extra details when it comes to the human body – especially through the eyes of a young, disturbed, Japanese middle school boy.

From the get-go, you can tell this manga is one of those black comedy types with a lot of gore and B-movie type science. The idea of ...

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Jul 20, 2014

DoseOfSoma

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Oh wow. This manga.

Lychee Light Club is basically about a club of teenage boys who's goal is to build a Frankenstein type monster that runs on lychee fruit. They want to use this machine to capture a beautiful girl as this helps the club's emperor (basically leader), Zera take over and rule the world. The club also wants to achieve eternal beauty by staying young so they despise adults for being 'ugly'. However, Zera begins to become paranoid that there's a traitor. This is where the club begins to crumble.

I love the story of Lychee Light Club. It is 'Lord of the Flies'-ish, as it ... starts off with a group that starts off a close unit but soon begin to turn on each other and it turns into pure madness. This manga uses a lot of controversial and dark topics and themes (which is probably why I personally like it so much).
There's a lot of Nazi-ish type stuff going on in the club as Zera wants complete control of the club (and the world) and he's basically turned the club, that started off innocent, into a cult that completely worships him.
Another interesting thing is seeing how power (and paranoia) has turned Zera into a complete monster.
There is also the thing with the Machine they build called Lychee. You begin to see that this machine is more human than the actual human boys in the club.
Also another topic I think it highlights is- Are the club members truly beautiful if they do horrific things to achieve their 'true beauty'?

The art is fantastic. Furuya's art is good in all of his series but in Lychee light club it manages to capture the theatricality of the story. There is a lot of gore and nudity but from what people say, there's probably less than you think. The most shocking scene of gore and nudity is probably the first one because that is the opening scene of the manga and it really does set the tone for the rest of the story.

Character wise, it's not as strong as the other elements but it is only 1 volume so Furuya couldn't really focus on secondary characters like Kaneda, Raizou and Dentaku.
There are 4 members who I consider as the main characters of the club.
There's Zera and his development is really good. It starts with him as a strong, confident but calm leader but he basically turns into a blood-thirsty, control-freak psycho.
Then there is Tamiya. Tamiya doesn't completely agree with what Zera is doing with the club. You see his journey as he realises that his club is no longer the innocent club that it started off as.
Then there is Jaibo. He is first introduced as the club's psycho. However, right at the end, it is revealed that maybe he is a lot more sensitive about than we first thought.
Then there is the last main club member that a lot of people leave out- Niko. Now, I'm not saying I'm a fan of Niko but boy do I feel awful for him. He is the most loyal member of the club yet Zera basically ignores him. Niko literally gave up an eye for Zera yet Zera doesn't really care.
Then there is Kanon, the beautiful maiden they capture. She's not got much to her but she's good to Lychee the Machine.
I think if you're wanting to learn more about the club members then check out the prequel- Bokura no Hikari Club- because that was incredibly well done too.

I thoroughly enjoyed Lychee Light Club and would recommend that you read it. Yes there is Yaoi but honestly that takes up about 4-6 pages at most and you don't actually see much happening. Even though I'm a girl, I'm not a fan of Yaoi manga or anything but there is a reason for it to be in this story. But please don't let that put you off because it really is worth reading. I would say that if you're unsure, just give the first chapter a go and if you don't like it or aren't interested about what happens next, then just don't read it. But if you do enjoy Lychee Light Club then definitely check out Bokura no Hikari Club because it gives you a bigger look into the club and how it got to where it is in Lychee Light Club.
Anyway, I give Lychee light club a score of 10 because it's a dark and twisted masterpiece.

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