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Psyren #5

Psyren, Vol. 5: Visions

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A video recording shows a dark vision of the future, where many of Ageha's friends are ruthlessly killed. To escape the danger posed by W.I.S.E, Ageha, Sakurako and the others must battle their way to freedom. But even if they escape, can they really fight fate and alter that treacherous future?

192 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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252 reviews30 followers
February 8, 2022
So many clues in this book as to what happens! But gosh. All of this timey wimey talk is making my brain hurt. Lol
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1,578 reviews2 followers
August 17, 2026
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Lors du tome précédent, les personnages découvrent une information capitale, mais qui a de quoi aussi profondément les bouleversés. La fin du monde qu’ils connaissent pourrait bien arriver plus tôt qu’ils ne le pensaient et d’une manière totalement… prévisible. Ils ne sont pas présents eux-mêmes, mais c’est parce qu’ils n’existaient pas dans cette temporalité je suppose (dans le sens, ils ne maîtrisent pas le psy).

Les révélations de ce volume sont assez incroyables pour les personnages, mais ce n’est pas le plus impressionnant à mes yeux. Pour moi, c’est le tome d’Ageha bien que les autres ne sont pas en reste non plus. Il est clairement celui qui a l’amélioration la plus impressionnante. Grâce à son séjour avec les enfants, il a compris comment limité les effets secondaires, mais aussi comment maîtriser un minimum sa capacité. Cela demande un certain temps avant de pouvoir le lancer, mais avec de l’entraînement, il devrait arriver à le faire de plus en plus rapidement. Vu le choix qu’il a fait, je pense qu’il peut aussi opter pour d’autres solutions, mais ça signifie qu’il devra beaucoup réfléchir. Je ne sais pas si c’est réalisable, mais l’un des ennemis a visiblement bien analyser ses capacités. Il est donc possible que cela ne marche pas deux fois. D’un autre côté, pour moi, le vrai combat n’aura pas lieu dans le futur où il n’y a déjà plus rien. Les autres aussi sont impressionnants, je ne les aurais pas vus réussir la fois précédente. Comme quoi, leur entraînement commence à payer, reste à savoir s’ils auront le temps pour devenir encore plus fort. Je suis encore loin de la fin de la série, même pas à la moitié. Je suis donc assez curieuse de voir ce qui pourrait bien faire durer autant cette histoire. En dehors des antagonistes, je ne pense pas qu’il y aura beaucoup de nouveaux personnages dans le camp du bien. À moins que la professeure est encore plus d’hommes à son service ? Après tout, les deux premiers semblent totalement sous son charme. Le prochain tome devrait être dans le présent et permettre la mise au point de certaines choses. Sans oublier encore des entraînements, je ne les vois pas retourner dans le futur dans le tome 6 en tout cas. Pour moi, ce serait bien trop tôt, il faut quelque chose entre pour combler et approfondir l’univers.

Kabuto parvient enfin à utiliser son psy, dans son cas, il est une sorte de devin. Mais je dirais qu’il reste différent de la grand-mère. Cette dernière voit des choses dans l’avenir, lui voit surtout arriver le danger, où il va frapper. Cette capacité ne l’aidera pas à combattre, mais devrait l’aider à survivre et s’il parvient à bien gérer, il pourrait même soutenir les autres. Oboro a montré que sa capacité pouvait aussi servir au combat dans une certaine mesure. Il devient un peu psychopathe je trouve. Mais il a aussi toujours été un peu particulier. Il est particulièrement efficace face aux Tavoos, notamment ceux créés à partir de plusieurs personnes. Sa capacité lui permettant de rendre la forme « d’origine » à l’ennemi. Dans un sens, cela indique son pouvoir ne considère pas comme naturel l’existence des Tavoos. Mais plutôt comme une maladie ou infection à soigner. Peut-être que c’est la vision d’Oboro qui entraîne cette capacité vers cette voie. Par contre, je ne suis pas convaincue qu’elle fonctionne contre les gros bonnets qui ont toujours forme humaine. En tout cas, ce qui me paraît évident, c’est qu’ils doivent combattre dans le présent. Vaincre l’ennemi dans le futur n’aurait aucun intérêt et surtout, ils seraient désavantagés face à l’armée de Tavoos. Toutefois, ce ne sera pas plus simple dans le présent, puisqu’il y aura énormément de civils en plein milieu des combats. Je vois bien les jeunes intervenir en tant que soutiens, notamment pour évacuer et protéger la population (pourquoi pas avec l’aide de Kabuto). Reste à savoir combien sont les ennemis dans le présent, leur nombre étant aussi inconnu que dans le futur. Les deux alliés de la professeure aussi aideront sans doute à mon avis, quant à cette dernière, elle combattra vu les réactions qu’elle a eu jusqu’à présent.

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1,461 reviews27 followers
January 19, 2026
Thanks to Kabuto's uncle's shelter, Ageha and his friends have learned some critical information about the disaster to come. But then they run into the W.I.S.E. member who picked up on Sakurako's earlier telepathy---and it's going to be the hardest fight yet!

Once again, the answers to questions lead to more questions. Thanks to the W.I.S.E. enemy not being terribly smart, the group has uncovered a vital piece of information: the exact year. And Ageha realizes they have even less time left than he thought. They have months, at best, before history takes an irreversible course.

And seeing what becomes of the kids he just befriended is yet another thing pushing Ageha into blind rage. He's determined to figure out how to fix that. And conveniently, an enemy has approached.

Most of the volume is the fight that happens next. It's fun seeing what Ageha has made from his last training session, and what he decided on for his program (equally obvious, though, is that he can stand to improve it).

The other big highlight, obvious from both the cover and the volume title, is that Kabuto is starting to figure out his unique strengths as a psionist. It's fun how well his abilities mesh with his personality, and how he proves that his willingness to do anything to survive is hardly a weakness.

Overall this is a more action-packed volume, but it still throws out one whopper of a twist very early on. I rate this book Highly Recommended.
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2,916 reviews41 followers
June 27, 2025
Everyone gets a fight against some baddies this time. Though it's disappointing when some battles can be resolved by "yeah I used psionics off-screen and it worked". Still, Yoshino's looks cool! I find the actual fight scenes pretty bland, and the character designs aren't something I'm inspired by. I find most of these Psyren volumes go by as perfectly adequate shonen battle stuff with no real strong points, except maybe the mystery of what happened in the time between the 'present' and the 'future'.
Profile Image for Aria.
609 reviews
March 24, 2024
Ch 36-44
Me da un buen de risa algunos outifts que se ponen los protas, como que cuando los diseñaron seguro que quedaban muy facheros, pero el paso del tiempo no les ha ayudado tanto... o quizá solo es mi gusto el que no cuadra con ellos.
¡Quiero romance! Que yo se que se esta en juego el "futuro", pero quiero que haya romance entre Ageha y Sakurako... porque se que no va a haber nada entre Oboro y Ageha (besto ship).
Profile Image for AsianMerr.
539 reviews5 followers
April 15, 2026
Easily the best volume so far, I’m gonna guess that one of our MCs is the main bad guy from the tape. Amamiya’s crazy face after she got shredded should’ve been a single page on its own cause it was pretty crazy. I am upset our goof character is pretty much just a danger compass tho. Also man these covers look good while the art in the series is just meh, this was the cover that made me want to read this but our main guy on the cover is the comedy character T-T
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Profile Image for Daniel Sepúlveda.
902 reviews86 followers
August 22, 2019
Puntaje: 4.5

Hace muchos años había leído los 4 primeros volúmenes y estaba muy enganchado, pero varias cosas pasaban en esa epoca que no pude seguir con su lectura.
Este año pude leer el volúmen 5 y, aunque había olvidado algunos pequeños detalles de la trama, pude disfrutar del volumen como si nunca me hubiera tomado este descanso.
Que ganas tengo de seguir leyendo este manga!
Profile Image for Hana Eka.
1,397 reviews5 followers
February 21, 2019
Perasaan familiar ini...

Mirip manga Bleach, ternyata...

Gurun itu... dengan bagunan bulet dan panjang itu...

Karakter disain itu...

Monster itu... seperti di Hueco Mundo...

Apa Toshiaki Iwashiro sensei pernah menjadi asisten Tite Kubo sensei?

Profile Image for JJ Broenner.
525 reviews6 followers
July 13, 2022
Another good Volume of the story. Explaining a few more pieces of the puzzles about the time line when inside Psyren.
Profile Image for Mike.
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.

Still reeling from their small glimpse of the near future, Ageha and friends have no time to recover as they've been noticed and surrounded by the agents of W.I.S.E., who expect them to answer some pointed questions... or else.

The action reaches a fever pitch in this volume as our heroes are severely overmatched. The way they try to cope and use their powers in unexpected ways is a joy to watch and makes the battle riveting all the way through. Along the way a big revelation comes to light, we learn more about Psi powers and their uses, and further information is supplied about W.I.S.E. and their methods.

Another perfectly paced entry in the ongoing story of Psyren. The end of the volume promises interesting developments and an intriguing possible change in tone and/or direction. Looking forward to see where it all leads.

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16 reviews
November 15, 2012
Ageha, Sakurako, Kirisaki, Hiryu and Oboro are transported back to the world of Psyren. Once there, they discover Kirsaki's uncle's bomb shelter. Inside the bomb shelter they find preserved newspapers and video recordings. These documents help them to understand how and when the future of the world falls into chaos. They find that the end of the world is only a year and a half away and an organization called W.I.S.E is behind all of the destruction.

I thought this book was action packed and thrilling! You get to see a more serious side of Kirisaki and you get to see him get angry. Kirisaki's character is very easy going and he doesn't have a wide range of emotions. Seeing him get angry and passionate about something was very refreshing. This book also left on a cliffhanger, so I am excited to read the next one! I would recommend this book to people who like manga and action books.
Profile Image for Miss Susan.
2,805 reviews65 followers
October 10, 2012
I really like that this manga's answer to what kind of people could survive suddenly being thrust into a post-apocalyptic world with only the benefit of new psionic powers is 'well. Really worrying people actually. But on the bright side at least they're self-aware enough to recognize it's weird their conscience doesn't pang at them killing humanoid presenting creatures? :DDDDD?' Don't take me wrong though, I love this cast, pop stars with a penchant for experimenting on chimera creatures and all. Also this story has really excellent fight scenes, like I am the worst about getting bored with fights (reasons why Bleach slides lower and lower down my list of shonen I bother picking up from the library) but these ones keep me consistently interested. 4 stars
1,026 reviews10 followers
May 11, 2014
While stuck in PSYREN, our heroes make a horrifying discovery - and one that hits exceedingly close to home for them. But the newfound information about where the creation of this horrific world began comes with another tough twist - A man named Dolkey and his lackeys come to confront the group.

I thought it was probably a good idea, the way the fight got split up in this issue. Not only does everyone get a chance to shine, but we see one specific character come into his own and grow in an unexpected way (and another show a side of himself they've been hinting at for quite some time now). However, I'm really hoping we get to see more of them all working as a group in future volumes, because the power sets they have are pretty fun and I'd like to see how they combine.
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1,512 reviews5 followers
June 4, 2015
I thought the previous volume pretty cool but this one is the cherry on top! Pretty much events revolve around the group fighting Dolkey and his patrol officers. I loved seeing Ageha gain some control and how Oboro's motivation was just to "see what would happen". Plus we got to see Kabuto's ability come into being! "Ha. You think you're so powerful but there are some things only a worm can see!"

As a highlight we meet the star commanders! Dolkey was interesting but Shiner is so much better! And now I can't wait for them to fight more!

BOTTOM LINE: They get better and better...
Profile Image for Michael.
195 reviews3 followers
March 6, 2014
Volume 5 introduced Yoshina's improved skill and a ranking system within the Star commanders. It also introduced several high ranking star commanders. Unfortunately it seems as though Mochizuki had a bit of a dark edge with his Cure ability that I hope gets worked out and prevents him from going over the edge.
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89 reviews
December 24, 2015
The problem with forgetting to review manga is that you tend to forget what happens from one volume to the next.

That being said, I do remember certain things in this volume that really made it spectacular. Kabuto received some nice development, and the world became even more intriguing as we learn more about it.
16 reviews
November 9, 2012
It is really cool that kabuto is a special psionist like the other and that he can sense attacks. When I read this book and the girl dies but its a fake i completely fell for it when done Toshiaki Iwashiro
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407 reviews20 followers
April 3, 2013
so amazing. words are not enough.
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Author 7 books6 followers
March 4, 2014
Fast pace and made me want to keep reading one chapter after the next.
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1,153 reviews48 followers
November 12, 2014
I never thought reading could bring such peace to my mind but wen reading this manga I have felt utter peace.
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