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D.N.Angel New Edition, Vol. 1
344 pages, Paperback
Published November 11, 2025
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Yukiru Sugisaki
147 books189 followersYukiru Sugisaki (杉崎ゆきる; Sugisaku Yukiru in Japanese) is a Japanese manga artist. Her hobbies are dramas, video games, and "collecting rabbit things".
Sugisaki's face is rarely seen, as she prefers to draw herself with a rabbit face or mask in her manga profile images. She also seems to have developed a trait of leaving her series unfinished before moving on to different projects (Notably D.N.Angel, which has seen multiple month-long droughts between chapters. She has just recently done many Lagoon Engine installments, including the Japanese release of volume 7.
Previous to that, she completed a small series entitled Eden, which had its debut in the October 2006 issue of Shōnen Ace, and finished in February 2007. It saw a departure of sorts from Sugisaki's previous series, with a darker, sci-fi noir theme and older protagonists.
Currently, she finished D.N.Angel in 20 volumes (5 released only in digital).
Her work
She made her debut in "Asuka Magazine" with "Namaiki no N". Her other works include "D.N.Angel (13 volumes, unfinished) ", "Rizelmine (1 volume, finished)", "Lagoon Engine (7 volumes, unfinished)", and "Lagoon Engine Einsatz (1 volume, unfinished)". Her "D.N.Angel" manga and "Rizelmine" manga have also been adapted into anime series. Because the D.N.Angel manga was incomplete at the time, the anime has many differences to the original manga, most notably the ending.
Sugisaki is also the artist of the "BrainPowerd" and "The Candidate for Goddess" manga, both of which have been turned into an anime. Her "Neutral" artbook contains artwork from "D.N.Angel", "BrainPowerd", and "The Candidate for Goddess". Her second artbook, [FEDER:] (which is no longer available for purchase), contains newer artwork solely from D.N.Angel. She has also penned the well-known "Sotsugyo M", and created doujinshi for series such as "Tenkuu no Escaflowne", Neon Genesis Evangelion, Lets&Go , and King of Fighters.
Most of her works feature young, cute main characters and elements of Yaoi, though not considered Yaoi.
Her current project is D.N.Angel, which has finally begun serializing in Monthly Asuka again.
Sugisaki's face is rarely seen, as she prefers to draw herself with a rabbit face or mask in her manga profile images. She also seems to have developed a trait of leaving her series unfinished before moving on to different projects (Notably D.N.Angel, which has seen multiple month-long droughts between chapters. She has just recently done many Lagoon Engine installments, including the Japanese release of volume 7.
Previous to that, she completed a small series entitled Eden, which had its debut in the October 2006 issue of Shōnen Ace, and finished in February 2007. It saw a departure of sorts from Sugisaki's previous series, with a darker, sci-fi noir theme and older protagonists.
Currently, she finished D.N.Angel in 20 volumes (5 released only in digital).
Her work
She made her debut in "Asuka Magazine" with "Namaiki no N". Her other works include "D.N.Angel (13 volumes, unfinished) ", "Rizelmine (1 volume, finished)", "Lagoon Engine (7 volumes, unfinished)", and "Lagoon Engine Einsatz (1 volume, unfinished)". Her "D.N.Angel" manga and "Rizelmine" manga have also been adapted into anime series. Because the D.N.Angel manga was incomplete at the time, the anime has many differences to the original manga, most notably the ending.
Sugisaki is also the artist of the "BrainPowerd" and "The Candidate for Goddess" manga, both of which have been turned into an anime. Her "Neutral" artbook contains artwork from "D.N.Angel", "BrainPowerd", and "The Candidate for Goddess". Her second artbook, [FEDER:] (which is no longer available for purchase), contains newer artwork solely from D.N.Angel. She has also penned the well-known "Sotsugyo M", and created doujinshi for series such as "Tenkuu no Escaflowne", Neon Genesis Evangelion, Lets&Go , and King of Fighters.
Most of her works feature young, cute main characters and elements of Yaoi, though not considered Yaoi.
Her current project is D.N.Angel, which has finally begun serializing in Monthly Asuka again.
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February 27, 2026
I read the first volume or so of this manga back in its Tokyopop days. I'm not sure how many of its 20 volumes they released, and it doesn't matter that much because I wasn't too interested after that test run.
I'm not sure if I'll get through the whole thing this time, either. Even back in the 90s, readers recognized "magical girl" stories as metaphors for adolescence. DNAngel takes that metaphor and makes it smack-in-the-face overt. In junior high, Daisuke's "love genes" activate when he experiences his first crush, and he transforms into an older, cooler version of himself called Dark. This is a legacy from his mother's side of the family; his maternal grandpa was the last Dark. Grandpa and Mom are training Daisuke to be a "phantom thief" so he can steal art pieces somehow connected to his transformation, or that will act to integrate Daisuke's two personae, or something.
After a first episode strongly focusing on the phantom thief aspect, that's shuffled mostly to the side as we go through various junior high hijinks, where Daisuke and Dark (depending) have to cope with a budding love triangle? rectangle? with a pair of identical twins named Risa and Riku.
I'm pretty sure that the story already wants us to favor Riku. It doesn't take long for Daisuke to start pivoting from crushing on Risa, to falling in love with Riku. Risa--knowingly or not--is a manipulative little thing, using her "just friends" relationship with Daisuke to go out after hours with him in search of Dark, or inviting him to have a lunchbox in a way that makes him initially think it's for him, rather than a test run for one for Dark. Riku is more of a straightforward type, who's getting increasingly confused by Daisuke's unpredictable behavior toward her.
Other complications include an extremely young police commander named Hiwatari, who is seeking out Dark for his own reasons and also goes to Daisuke's school. He seems to have a magical secret too, or belongs to a family feuding with Daisuke's, or both, though it isn't entirely clear what's going on there yet.
Late in the book, Daisuke's transformation goes through a change that makes it apparent that the two of them are "becoming one person" on an accelerated schedule. We've still got quite a bit to go, so we'll see if this situation continues to develop, or if it runs around in circles for a while.
The storytelling got a little better in the second half of this volume. I'm glad that this is an omnibus, since its first half was too "been there, done that" 90s for me (including some obvious doujinshi bait between Daisuke and Hiwatari), and I can completely understand why me of 25+ years ago didn't get far with it. The second omnibus is on its way even as I'm typing up this review, so we'll see if some of the more intriguing elements can carry it for me in the longer term.
I'm not sure if I'll get through the whole thing this time, either. Even back in the 90s, readers recognized "magical girl" stories as metaphors for adolescence. DNAngel takes that metaphor and makes it smack-in-the-face overt. In junior high, Daisuke's "love genes" activate when he experiences his first crush, and he transforms into an older, cooler version of himself called Dark. This is a legacy from his mother's side of the family; his maternal grandpa was the last Dark. Grandpa and Mom are training Daisuke to be a "phantom thief" so he can steal art pieces somehow connected to his transformation, or that will act to integrate Daisuke's two personae, or something.
After a first episode strongly focusing on the phantom thief aspect, that's shuffled mostly to the side as we go through various junior high hijinks, where Daisuke and Dark (depending) have to cope with a budding love triangle? rectangle? with a pair of identical twins named Risa and Riku.
I'm pretty sure that the story already wants us to favor Riku. It doesn't take long for Daisuke to start pivoting from crushing on Risa, to falling in love with Riku. Risa--knowingly or not--is a manipulative little thing, using her "just friends" relationship with Daisuke to go out after hours with him in search of Dark, or inviting him to have a lunchbox in a way that makes him initially think it's for him, rather than a test run for one for Dark. Riku is more of a straightforward type, who's getting increasingly confused by Daisuke's unpredictable behavior toward her.
Other complications include an extremely young police commander named Hiwatari, who is seeking out Dark for his own reasons and also goes to Daisuke's school. He seems to have a magical secret too, or belongs to a family feuding with Daisuke's, or both, though it isn't entirely clear what's going on there yet.
Late in the book, Daisuke's transformation goes through a change that makes it apparent that the two of them are "becoming one person" on an accelerated schedule. We've still got quite a bit to go, so we'll see if this situation continues to develop, or if it runs around in circles for a while.
The storytelling got a little better in the second half of this volume. I'm glad that this is an omnibus, since its first half was too "been there, done that" 90s for me (including some obvious doujinshi bait between Daisuke and Hiwatari), and I can completely understand why me of 25+ years ago didn't get far with it. The second omnibus is on its way even as I'm typing up this review, so we'll see if some of the more intriguing elements can carry it for me in the longer term.
January 30, 2026
Rereading this series as an adult is like...this reads exactly like the era of manga it was originally published in, complete with wacky plots and ongoing gags, but it's such great fun still
February 17, 2026
I never got the chance to finish this series when it was first being released ("finished" meaning what was released in English). This was a fun little read!
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