Angelic Layer

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Alternative Titles

English: Angelic Layer

Japanese: ANGELIC LAYER

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 5

Chapters: 28

Status: Finished

Published: Dec 26, 1998 to Sep 26, 2001

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Game, Sci-Fi, Shounen

Authors: CLAMP (Story & Art)

Serialization: Shounen Ace

Statistics

Score: 7.13¹ (scored by 6,910 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #6013²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #894

Members: 13,016

Favorites: 154

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MangaShounen AceCLAMP (Story & Art)

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Synopsis

In the future, the most popular game in the world is Angelic Layer. Contestants must raise and train their own 'Angels' (or fighting dolls) to compete in tournaments. Enter Misaki Suzuhara, sixth grade Angelic Layer prodigy. With her speed-type angel, Hikaru, many people think Misaki stands a chance at winning the championship. She'll have a lot of help along the way, but the road to victory will be not be an easy route, especially for someone as young as Misaki.

(Source: Tokyopop)

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Background

Angelic Layer was published in English by Tokyopop from June 25, 2002 to March 11, 2003 and by Dark Horse in two-part omnibus volumes on September 19, 2012 and March 27, 2013, respectively. It was also published in Spanish by Editorial Ivrea from May 2003 to January 2004.

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Related Manga

Alternative setting:	Chobits
Adaptation:	Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer

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Characters

Suzuhara, Misaki

Main

Hikaru

Main

Kobayashi, Hatoko

Main

Mihara, Ohjiro

Main

Kizuki, Tamayo

Main

Kobayashi, Kotarou

Main

Mihara, Ichirou

Supporting

Saito, Kaede

Supporting

Jounouchi, Sai

Supporting

Suzuhara, Shuko

Supporting

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Oct 1, 2009

26 of 28 chapters read

Overall Rating: 6

rachelcabbit (All reviews)

31 people found this review helpful

Angelic Layer

This manga is Clamp's attempt at a battle manga. It is set in the same universe as Chobits, and contains similar themes, such as the relationships between created beings/robots/toys and humans.
I read this after seeing an episode or two or the anime. It is a short enough series, at read more

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Aug 16, 2009

26 of 28 chapters read

Overall Rating: 4

MajorTom (All reviews)

13 people found this review helpful

I dare say that my view on this manga has been coloured by its anime counterpart, but I honestly am surprised that a show as good as that came from this manga. I didn't remember it being like this, only that I wasn't happy with the ending. Well, as it turns out the ending is not the only thing that I'm not happy about.

It must be said that I do like the idea behind this. It's a more creative look at fighting toys than others, and the overall plot is alright. But it moves at a breakneck pace. Training, first game, tournament BAM, BAM, BAM. There is little in between the fights, so much so that most of the manga is the fights. Precious little time is spent on any of the characters, including Hikaru. You've got your usual 'fight your hardest and you will win' and 'size doesn't matter' themes going along but because we run through it fast and spend so little time on the characters, these themes feel quite unfulfilled.

On the characters a little further, they are rather flat and boring. Each character has either one or two roles to play, one of which is always analysing and spouting off how great Misaki is during her fights. The other is dependant on who the character is, and possibly if they've been defeated or not . Tamayo is the tomboy, Koutaro is the punching bag etc. There are some chapters where we aren't in a fight and you get some semblence of who these characters are, but these moments are few and far between. You just don't get a feel for who these people are, and why they do what they do.

Now one of the things that does run through the plot is Misaki's mother, it's something that is constantly alluded to by several characters from the very start (yet there is no subplot to put any meat behind those allusions). When you finally get to the big reveal about Misaki's mother.....you're kidding me, right? That's it?! After the (what counts for) buildup to this rather important plot point, that would have to be the lamest motivation and ending I have ever read.

Onto the artwork, overall I didn't like it. When the characters were standing still it was good, but we spend so much time in blurred action littered with speed lines, it can be difficult to make out what's happening. The action on the whole was pretty poorly choreographed, I had no idea what was going in most of the fights. The characters spend quite a bit of time in chibi mode, and sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. I think the characters spend too much time in chibi mode overall, but there occasions were it was amusing.

Overall, I was really disappointed. It's got a good idea but it's rushed all the way to the end and it's so unsatisfying. Watch the anime instead, it fleshes out the characters, gives a better mother plot.....it's a far better take on Angelic Layer than the manga.

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Aug 17, 2008

26 of 28 chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

Chanellia (All reviews)

5 people found this review helpful

in-one-sentence :
lovely sci-fi manga with imaginative touch .

The Review

Story :
very simple one without any tense and holocaust ,a super safe G-Rated manga and it's a quality one . But , it's sci-fi and imaginative theme , such as creating toys named angelic layer is something unique and attractive for children , a fresh air after surrealistic toys with stupid imaginative and less-creativity such as Beyblade and Yu-Gi-Oh! .

Dialogues :
Very Cardcaptor Sakura . No special things , just simple , just very CLAMP but yet enjoyable.

Character :
less-character improvement and no abnormality , just very normal character who you can find in real life .

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Mar 27, 2012

27 of 28 chapters read

Overall Rating: 5

catalysst (All reviews)

4 people found this review helpful

Beware, the following review may contain /spoilers/.

As far as CLAMP’s manga go, Angelic Layer is pretty average. And that’s all there is to it. /Average/.

For our basic premise, we have Suzuhara Misaki, a young girl who has just moved to Tokyo to live with her aunt in order to go to middle school there. Upon arriving in Tokyo, she is swept up into the game called “Angelic Layer”, where you raise your own “Angel” from an egg and fight with other Angels. Along the way, Misaki makes a couple friends, a few enemies, some rivals, and learns new things about herself. She also discovers that read more

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