Series: Yureka (USA: ID Entity)
Media Type: Manga
Mangaka: SON Hee-Joon(Author), KIM Youn Kyung(Artist)
Length: 33+ Volumes
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural
Spoiler Amount: Minimal
Quick Intro:
I started reading this manga (and finished caching up on the scanlations) this week. At first by reading the description someone might think this is a .hack clone, now I have only seen .hack//Legends, from what I know it is not all that similar, especially later on.
Description:
Ok basically this manga follows the main character Lotto, and his adventures in Lost Saga. Lost Saga is basically like .hack a huge MMORPG that is virtual reality, however Lost Saga was programmed almost completely by one genius programmer who died, and thus there are many hidden secrets to this world. Lotto travels with two others, and later a 3rd in his party through most of the beginning. As you find out early on they are all very powerful players, who have made many enemies while playing Lost Saga. Eventually Lotto gets another players ID card in the real world, and uses it to see who the player is. Discovering that this character called Yureka is very unique, in a few ways. He shortly logs off her and continues back on his own avatar only to discover that she is in the game and begins to follow him around. From here it is onto solving the mysteries of what is Yureka. This only summarizes up to volume 10 or so, after 10 the manga moves onto an epic tournament and event arc that changes all that is Lost Saga. From here (around volume 16) it just gets a bit odd.
Summary:
Ok quick summary, and my opinions. Up to the Demon King arc the manga is interesting and doesn't take things too seriously. It is more of a mystery of what is Yureka, other then that its just your typical beginning to a game manga. The one unique thing is the main character Lotto is a cocky semi-evil character, unlike your usual innocent or helpful character. The Demon King arc is interesting and mainly focuses on a mix of combat and some mysterious of Lost Saga. At the end of this arc there is a huge twist that isn't all that predictable really. I thought this twist was really well done, but I also didn't see it coming too much. Ok after the Demon King arc things just get strange. Our party changes and a lot of the time Lotto is playing using Yureka's body. Below talks about after the Demon King Arc however there are many spoilers (its hard ot sum up with out them), so read at your own risk.
---Many Volume 16+ Spoilers Start--- Highlight to read
Basically Yureka not being a real person died and lotto is on a quest to get her back, sounds normal so far ok. Suddenly while playing in Yureka's body we run into someone who has a body similar to Yureka and we find out that Killers and Hunters as she calls them play this game. A Killer is basically a PK-er who is hired to kill someone, however they are not just killing them in the game world, but in some cases actually causing enough shock to kill them in the real world. Ok so we get a quest to protect some kid (that we hate and who is a total ass) from a Killer. if we do this we will learn info on how to get Yureka back. Ok lot of things happen and now Lotto is back using his avatar and real (not game) Yureka shows up and snaps due to a mix of jealously and psyco-ness goes on a killing spree (kill as in kill both game and real world) And that is basically where we are, as I said it gets strange
---Many Volume 16+ Spoilers End---
Closing Comments:
Overall I enjoyed this manga I found it interesting and cannot wait to read more. However it is not for everyone it takes some strange twists especially later on, but if you look at it from a programming perspective like I did at parts it really is so cool/genius. Ok that is it cya.
~dinoman411
