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UQ Holder [ユーキューホルダー!] #2
ＵＱ ＨＯＬＤＥＲ！（２） (週刊少年マガジンコミックス)
不老不死の吸血鬼となった近衛刀太（このえ・とうた）は雪姫（ゆきひめ）、時坂九郎丸と共に都を目指す。旅の途中で出会ったのは、雪姫が長を務めていた不死の一族「UQ ホルダー」！ 仲間入りを希望する刀太に、思わぬ試練が待ち受ける！
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 17, 2014
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About the author
Ken Akamatsu
641 books231 followersKen Akamatsu (赤松 健, Akamatsu Ken, July 5, 1968 -) is a Japanese mangaka from Tokyo.
In his teenage years, Akamatsu failed the entrance exam to Tokyo University, and applied for Film Study instead (it is speculated that this is where he got the idea for Love Hina). Eventually, he became famous as an illustrator featured in Comiket (short for Comic Market, a comic convention bi-annually held in Japan). He used the pen name Awa Mizuno (水野 亜和, MIZUNO Awa). Akamatsu, still in college, then proceeded to win the Weekly Shonen Magazine award twice. His "A Kid's Game for One Summer" was awarded the coveted 50th Shonen Magazine Newcomer's Award soon after he graduated.
After a big hit with A.I. Love You, he finally made a grand success with his new manga, Love Hina. The series appeared in Weekly Shonen Magazine and has been collected in eleven volumes (with fourteen volumes in total), which have sold over 6 million copies in Japan, and received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 2001.
Akamatsu had added elements of his own life experiences to the story, and this was said to have induced a unique feeling to the manga especially for Western readers, whose lack of familiarity with Japanese culture for the most part added to the effect. The series, published in America in 2002, was especially well received in many overseas countries - Akamatsu was surprised that even foreign readers found Love Hina to be "cute" and to their liking.
He is now married to his wife 'Kanon' Akamatsu, who was previously a singer/idol. He is currently working on his latest manga series, Negima!: Magister Negi Magi, which is his longest running manga so far. Like Love Hina, has also been made into an anime series. A second independent retelling of Negima was made called Negima!?. Both series were produced by XEBEC (Negima!? was produced by SHAFT).
In his teenage years, Akamatsu failed the entrance exam to Tokyo University, and applied for Film Study instead (it is speculated that this is where he got the idea for Love Hina). Eventually, he became famous as an illustrator featured in Comiket (short for Comic Market, a comic convention bi-annually held in Japan). He used the pen name Awa Mizuno (水野 亜和, MIZUNO Awa). Akamatsu, still in college, then proceeded to win the Weekly Shonen Magazine award twice. His "A Kid's Game for One Summer" was awarded the coveted 50th Shonen Magazine Newcomer's Award soon after he graduated.
After a big hit with A.I. Love You, he finally made a grand success with his new manga, Love Hina. The series appeared in Weekly Shonen Magazine and has been collected in eleven volumes (with fourteen volumes in total), which have sold over 6 million copies in Japan, and received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 2001.
Akamatsu had added elements of his own life experiences to the story, and this was said to have induced a unique feeling to the manga especially for Western readers, whose lack of familiarity with Japanese culture for the most part added to the effect. The series, published in America in 2002, was especially well received in many overseas countries - Akamatsu was surprised that even foreign readers found Love Hina to be "cute" and to their liking.
He is now married to his wife 'Kanon' Akamatsu, who was previously a singer/idol. He is currently working on his latest manga series, Negima!: Magister Negi Magi, which is his longest running manga so far. Like Love Hina, has also been made into an anime series. A second independent retelling of Negima was made called Negima!?. Both series were produced by XEBEC (Negima!? was produced by SHAFT).
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August 28, 2019
Definitely better than the first one, it’s getting darker and better built. I like the new characters and the twists they brought to the story.
September 5, 2017
Wieder ein schöner Manga, die erste Hälfte fand ich nicht ganz so stark, wie Band 1, die zweite konnte aber wieder gut daran anknüpfen. Deshalb "nur" 4,5 Sterne, aber ich will die Reihe unbedingt weiterlesen :)
June 1, 2019
So much better than the first one! Kept my attention so well that it was hard to put down! The storyline has more depth, stronger characters and better world building. Definitely worth reading!
July 24, 2014
This is getting a lot more tense and dark. Tota and Kuromaru are taken to UQ Holder Headquarters where they are thrust into a deadly challenge, a test to see if they are worthy enough to become members of the esteemed UQ. While we know Tota is a vampire, we find out the world he belongs to is filled with the yokai and Kuromaru's secret is finally revealed (which makes the OT rating for this series appropriate for 16+). There is plenty of battle with just a bit of magic and it is much more mature in presentation than other shounen. They have been sent out on their first mission which proved to be violent and we don't know whether successful yet or not. The main character Tota adds the light-heartedness to the series, even though he is proving to be much more powerful than he thought, his attitude is laissez faire and remarks flippant. On the other-hand we are getting to know much more about the serious characters of his partners Kuromaru and Karin. This follows a lot of the common shounen tropes but much more serious and mature which is reflected in the 16+ age rating. I like this!
November 14, 2018
Well, there certainly seems to be a lot of excuses for women to lose all their clothes.
April 2, 2019
I wasn't feeling this when it first came out. I think because I loved Negima so much and wasn't ready for it to end. But, as the series starts to come into its own a little bit, I can see why the changes (and the jump from Negima) were made. It's an evolution from the key tropes and themes of Negima, but the tone is different, darker and bloodier. I still miss all the great, strong female characters from the earlier series, but having a smaller main cast allows for deeper and richer character development. And the artwork is stunning.
November 9, 2018
There's a lot of nudity in this and stripping immortals of their clothes, BUT... It oddly makes sense and is not done in a fan service way, and I super appreciate it.
This series is extremely hilarious and I'm glad I stumbled upon it.
This series is extremely hilarious and I'm glad I stumbled upon it.
June 18, 2018
Volume 2 was a lot of fun with some minor plot and character developments.
May 16, 2019
A fun title! Very typical shonen, but with extra guts to make up for the lack of much else.
June 9, 2023
Volume 2 had a slow start but got much better towards the end. I'm beginning to wonder if I should try to find volumes 19 through 28.
October 1, 2014
Much as the book series set before this one (Negima! Magister Negi Magi) this book series has some perverted elements (such as Karin fighting in the nude at least twice before the book is through but no full frontal nudity)and earns its "Older Teen" rating thanks to that and scenes of violence. So please use your best judgement when picking up this series in case these things bother you.
Tota and Kuromaru are thrust into a challenge to prove themselves worthy of the UQ Holder organization early on in the book. This is a story of friendship, growing stronger, and determination as the two of them (although starting their friendship in a rough manner in the first book) help each other overcome all obstacles set before them. Like the Negima story the world is populated by an interesting variety of characters each with their own strength and personalities but unlike Negima the cast is much smaller at the beginning allowing for more character development early on as opposed to having focus on a few early on and fitting the other characters in the story though out the plot.
After establishing themselves as members of the organization (I hope that is not a spoiler since the title of the series is named after the group and it would not make sense if they didn't join) Tota and Kuromaru get adjusted to their new life and soon find themselves assigned to a mission with Karin to protect the people in the slums at the base of the Capital from people sent to muscle them out of it. If you like ver the top martial arts and/or magical attacks then this series is on the right path for you and if it is anything like the negima series it is based on I have a feeling as people get stronger you are going to see even bigger fight scenes.
Therr are several parts of this book I enjoyed but my favorite part in the book would have to be when Tota and Kuromaru meet Jinbei Shishido who is a humna that ate mermaid flesh long ago. Not only is he incredably powerful but he reminds me a bit of Kyoraku from "Bleach" and explains the differences between the various immortals in the organization.
Tota and Kuromaru are thrust into a challenge to prove themselves worthy of the UQ Holder organization early on in the book. This is a story of friendship, growing stronger, and determination as the two of them (although starting their friendship in a rough manner in the first book) help each other overcome all obstacles set before them. Like the Negima story the world is populated by an interesting variety of characters each with their own strength and personalities but unlike Negima the cast is much smaller at the beginning allowing for more character development early on as opposed to having focus on a few early on and fitting the other characters in the story though out the plot.
After establishing themselves as members of the organization (I hope that is not a spoiler since the title of the series is named after the group and it would not make sense if they didn't join) Tota and Kuromaru get adjusted to their new life and soon find themselves assigned to a mission with Karin to protect the people in the slums at the base of the Capital from people sent to muscle them out of it. If you like ver the top martial arts and/or magical attacks then this series is on the right path for you and if it is anything like the negima series it is based on I have a feeling as people get stronger you are going to see even bigger fight scenes.
Therr are several parts of this book I enjoyed but my favorite part in the book would have to be when Tota and Kuromaru meet Jinbei Shishido who is a humna that ate mermaid flesh long ago. Not only is he incredably powerful but he reminds me a bit of Kyoraku from "Bleach" and explains the differences between the various immortals in the organization.
July 24, 2014
Please see my review of volume 1 to see how I feel about this series thus far. Needless to say, my impression wasn't very good.
Anyway, I didn't care too much for this volume, either. It was quite a bit more interesting (at least the conflicts were something that I cared about the outcome of), and the plot does seem to be getting better now.
Though the training part was boring. It is still a bit too typical shounen for my liking.
Spoilers ahead, so be warned:
Anyway, it ends in a cliffhanger, and I did care enough to read the third one, but I still think it pales in comparison to Negima.
Anyway, I didn't care too much for this volume, either. It was quite a bit more interesting (at least the conflicts were something that I cared about the outcome of), and the plot does seem to be getting better now.
Though the training part was boring. It is still a bit too typical shounen for my liking.
Spoilers ahead, so be warned:
Anyway, it ends in a cliffhanger, and I did care enough to read the third one, but I still think it pales in comparison to Negima.
September 8, 2016
So... this is turning into a stereotypical shounen slog. It's got some interesting concepts, but there's so much info-dumping that it's hard to get through. The characters aren't interesting enough to pull me through this much "blah blah blah."
May 6, 2016
This is very nice the way they're getting stronger is very nice and they got out in just one month. And is nice how even if thery're inmortal there is a way to stop them.
May 7, 2017
07/05/2017 Tôta réussit le test et intègre le clan des immortels : UQ Holder :)
25/10/2015 J'adore, je veux lire la suittttttttttttttttttttte. (critique très peu constructive)
25/10/2015 J'adore, je veux lire la suittttttttttttttttttttte. (critique très peu constructive)
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