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Psyren #4

Psyren, Vol. 4: Melzez's Door

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Melzez's Door Ageha's fully aware of how little he understands his newfound abilities. But when a mysterious millionaire introduces him to a group of Psionist kids who also have powers, his training ramps up and his confidence grows. Has he learned enough to survive? A glimpse into the dark future has him not so sure.

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

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Toshiaki Iwashiro

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See also 岩代 俊明.

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4,033 reviews30 followers
August 10, 2020
Re-read. Now it’s getting good. Training, meeting new allies and finding the truth.
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178 reviews39 followers
August 5, 2016
I read this manga far too quickly, but I still really enjoyed it. Having introduced the characters and described their backgrounds fairly well, this fourth volume shows some very good character development.
2 reviews
June 6, 2014
This book is about some random people who go to the future, gain psychic powers, and need to save the world all against their will initially.

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1,578 reviews2 followers
August 10, 2026
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Après les événements tendus du dernier tome, je suis ravie de retrouver les personnages dans le présent pour un petit moment d’accalmie. Celui-ci sera sans doute de courte durée, puisqu’il faut retourner à l’entraînement au plus vite, avant le prochain voyage dans le temps. L’occasion pour les nouveaux de montrer également ce qu’ils savent faire.

Heureusement pour Ageha et Hiryu, même si Oboro montre un très grand talent dans sa maîtrise du psy, c’est tout le contraire pour Kabuto. Il faut dire que ce dernier démarre l’entraînement directement au niveau 2 contrairement aux deux premiers. Tandis qu’Oboro semble tout maîtriser de manière naturelle. Il fait preuve d’un grand génie, toutefois, il est visiblement possible pour n’importe qui de développer son psy. Enfin, surtout ceux qui y sont déjà un peu enclin. Matsuri fera par exemple appel à deux personnages qui en sont capables, un pour soigner, l’autre pour combattre. Impossible de parler librement avec eux, mais ils peuvent tout de même servir. Cela pourrait sembler incohérent, mais il n’en ai rien. Le groupe pouvant utiliser le psy au présent, il est logique que certaines personnes aient des capacités également. Pour le coup, ses dernières n’auraient sans doute que peu d’intérêt à avoir une carte téléphonique pour aller dans le futur. Le problème ayant causé la ruine du futur finira par arriver dans le présent, donc autant être habitué à l’utiliser là où le psy est moins présent dans l’air. J’ai l’impression que l’entraînement aura bien porté ses fruits pour les deux premiers membres du groupe. Hiryu semble devenir une sorte de tank, tandis qu’Ageha est plus un DPS misant sur la vitesse. Ce dernier doit aussi apprendre à maîtriser ses orbes, afin de ne pas blesser ses alliés ou lui-même. Sa capacité est visiblement assez rare, mais connue. Malheureusement, elle aussi connue pour être incontrôlable, son dernier détenteur ayant fini par perdre la raison. Toutefois, tout n’est pas perdu, lui n’est pas seul pour tenter de la maîtriser et il parviendra même à trouver l’inspiration auprès d’enfants maîtrisant le psy sans aller à Psyren. Franchement, j’apprécie ces deux possibilités à l’origine de capacités. J’aurais eu du mal à envisager la veille dame ou les enfants dans le futur, surtout vu le danger omniprésent. La série ayant tout de même de l’humour, je préfère cette mise en scène, les envoyer dans le futur aurait rendu le tout plus horrifique (c’est un choix comme un autre cela dit).

J’admets que la tournure des capacités de Hiryu m’a un peu surprise au début. Lui qui matérialisait des mains, le voir se renforcer physiquement c’est tout autre chose. Mais d’un autre côté, cela lui ressemble plutôt bien. Après tout, il souhaite protéger les autres, parfois avant sa propre personne. Ageha aussi souhaite protéger, mais pas en servant de bouclier, en fait, ils se complètent bien en tant que duo d’attaquant. Un bouclier et une épée pour affronter l’ennemi, cela me rend encore plus curieuse des capacités du dernier, Kabuto. Pour le moment, il réalise tout juste que ce n’est pas qu’un rêve, mais bien la réalité. Ce qui fait qu’il est grandement en retard dans sa maîtrise du psy, ce qui en fait un peu un poids mort. Toutefois, comme je le pensais dans ma chronique précédente, il va se montrer utile autrement. En effet, en retournant une nouvelle fois dans le futur, il confirme que la maison de son oncle est toujours assez intacte. Ce dernier ayant fait un abri souterrain, il a donc espoir d’y retrouver des traces intéressantes (genre les chiffres du loto). Même s’il attendra en parti son but, il sera rejoint par les autres et leurs découvertes ne pourront que lui ouvrir les yeux. Un passage qui aura sans doute de quoi le traumatiser, mais qui révèlera énormément de choses au groupe. Notamment le temps qu’il leur reste et l’identité plus précise de leurs ennemis. Il est possible qu’il s’agisse d’entité extraterrestre vu les informations révélées, mais cela peut encore être rebuté. En tout cas, s’ils parviennent encore à revenir vivant, j’en connais une qui sera contente (ou pas vu les informations). Cela ajoute un enjeu supplémentaire au groupe : le temps. Ils pourraient bien ne pas avoir l’occasion d’utiliser toutes leurs unités… ou bien, ils seront envoyés dans le futur de plus en plus rapidement justement pour les passer plus vite. De plus, cette fois-ci, ils étaient uniquement entre eux. N’y a-t-il plus de recrutement ?

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1,461 reviews27 followers
January 18, 2026
Sakurako is running Ageha and Hiryu through training from her friend Matsuri, but Ageha is having a hard time getting a handle on his most effective attack. But an invitation from a notable psychic offers a different perspective---and Ageha is determined to use this chance to find his answers.

I like how the various pieces that have been set up earlier are starting to come together this volume. Elmore Tenjuin, the modern-day psychic with the bounty out for information about Psyren, finally shows her hand, and it isn't exactly what you might expect.

The kids at her house are great, especially Kyle. He's got way too much energy. Ageha is probably legitimately the only person who can keep up with him, so despite the fact that they spend most of his visit fighting in some fashion, he's somehow best friends by time Ageha leaves.

We also finally get to see that safe house that Kabuto's been teasing for two volumes. Although he complains about his crazy paranoid uncle, those doomsday preparations prove they weren't useless, as the group finally gets a better picture of what's coming. And how long they have left.

Overall it's a really fun volume, especially the end. I rate this book Highly Recommended.
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539 reviews5 followers
April 15, 2026
Okay so we’re getting away from it just being telekinesis which is good and of course the MC has a dangerous super move lol. Also why are we getting an X-Men type mansion rip off?? Besides one of the kids they all were pretty unlikable. The twist at the end was okay, interested to see what happened.
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2,916 reviews40 followers
June 27, 2025
Training arc with some new characters, and a big lore drop as we start to learn what happened to the dystopian future world. The explanation of how to use psy powers is alright, and I like seeing the larger group of characters to work off of.
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1,397 reviews5 followers
February 21, 2019
Ini... jilid sampulnya kayak mirip sesuatu...

Ow, ada karakter baru yang cakep muncul...
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30 reviews
May 21, 2021
Wow took me a while to finish this one. More than half of the volume consisted of training which is fine but i had to take a break. Now the last 30 pages or so it begins to pick up again.
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252 reviews30 followers
February 3, 2022
Kiddos, training montages, and learning of the nefarious W.I.S.E.
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525 reviews6 followers
June 15, 2022
This one is still good. It is continuing to build and new characters starting up in the story but that made it a little slow for my taste.
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932 reviews47 followers
March 19, 2015
Psyren takes place a carefully constructed world and its overarching plot continually builds chapter by chapter. Don't start here - it really must be read from the beginning.

After a close, emotional escape from Psyren Ageha and friends continue their training by focusing on developing the second type of Psi, enhance. For Ageha's own, nearly uncontrollable destructive power he'll need even more guidance than Matsuri's native Psi-weilding friends, and seizes an unexpected opportunity after the mysterious recluse offering an enormous reward for information on Psyren makes her presence known.

The deft touch with which Psyren's plot gradually adds layers, characters, and complexity without losing momentum continues to impress. The training sequences are well done, character based, and seamlessly provide more information and hints about Psyren and its associated mysteries. I adore the contrast in powers, philosophies and motivations of the core cast and how it all arises from their individual personalities. Organic character conflict is the key to grounding and driving any story, no matter how outlandish the premise, and Iwashiro keeps that firmly in mind and practice here. This volume also provides some great tidbits about the status quo in Psyren and how things got that way, with a big cliffhanger at the end to raise anticipation for the next installment. Great stuff.
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16 reviews
November 12, 2012
After struggling with the use of his psionic powers Ageha finally learns to control them. Ageha visits the home of a millionaire who can see into the future. She has devoted her life to finding children with psionic abilities and teaching them to use their powers for good. Psyren is actually the future of Japan, so the only way to stop it from happening is to find out what caused it. After looking through some papers in Kirisaki's uncles house, we discover that an organization called W.I.S.E may be the cause of the world's destruction.

I really enjoyed this book! You get to see a more serious side of Kirisaki and Oboro's character undergoes some development. It was also interesting to see how younger children with awakened psionic powers cope with everyday life. Seeing how different personalities produce different psionic abilities was very interesting. This book really set up a lot of tension for a climax in the next book, which I am anxious to read. I would recommend this book to people who like manga and to people who like action books.
1,026 reviews10 followers
April 20, 2014
There were some aspects of this book that, as I was reading it, I thought "I'll have to mention this in the review." This, like the second one, has a lot of training in it but it seems to drag less here. We get out main character working to control his power, and finding a... unique... way to focus himself. One of the new additions to the group has a plan totally separate from just surviving. We even learn that there are people with psionist powers who aren't affiliated with the whole psyren thing.

But man, when I got to the last issue of this book, that was all that really stuck in my head. But since we didn't get to see much of it, there's not much to talk about other that wow, that was a heck of a way to end a book of manga. :)
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902 reviews86 followers
November 30, 2015
En este cuarto volúmen se introducen varios personajes nuevos que al parecer serán personajes importantes en el futuro de la historia. Está la anciana Elmore y sus pequeños alumnos Frederica, Marie, Shao, Van y Kyle que, a pesar de su corta edad son expertos en Psi.
Tambien es introducido Kagetora Sensei quien se encargó de entrenar a Ageha y Hiryu en lo que respecta al Rise.

Es tiempo de una nueva visita a Psyren, y esta vez el objetivo primordial es reunir información acerca de ese futuro. ¿Que sucedió? ¿Qué año es? ¿Quien provocó esto? Cada vez se van revelando nuevos datos acerca de Psyren que ayudarán a comprender lo que realmente sucedió.

Sigo recomendando este manga, me impresiona que no tenga una adaptación animada!
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1,512 reviews5 followers
May 23, 2015
*Mild Spoilers*

Probably my favorite volume to date. I really enjoyed meeting Elmore Tenjuin's pupils and kid psyonists. Ageha sees the potential of applying principles they've already mastere to mastering his own black psi powers. Shao was my favorite of the kids, a Chinese boy who is rational and does the most to help Ageha. I also loved Kyle who see Ageha as a big brother to play with. Also the contrast of Frederica to Mari was stellar.

Also love Matsuri's friends who had both asked her to marry them. LOVE how Oboro has taken a liking to Ageha and smooths things with sister dear.

BOTTOM LINE: Great feels and reveals.
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89 reviews
January 30, 2015
In this volume, Ageha gets some more training - and manages not to make a complete jerk of himself while doing it! The reveal in Psyren at the end was pretty crazy, though. I was really glad I had the next volume with me so that I could find out what was happening!
16 reviews
November 9, 2012
I cannot believe that his uncle died in his bunker and they find out that the world ended in 2010
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407 reviews20 followers
March 31, 2013
you might very well say I'm addicted and insanely intrigued ^__^
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Author 7 books6 followers
March 4, 2014
I love this series it is very interesting and has lots of twist and turns.
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195 reviews3 followers
March 6, 2014
Volume 4 introduced the children as well as furthering the information known about the future. A lot of information was revealed in this volume and not a lot of it was for the faint of heart.
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1,153 reviews48 followers
November 12, 2014
This is beyond wonderful. I can't stop reading these. The characters are so vivid and awesome. I cant wait to read more.
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