東京エイリアンズ 2

東京エイリアンズ [Tōkyō Aliens] #2

by NAOE

Akira Gunji yang tadinya siswa SMA biasa, kini menjadi anggota AMO (Alien Management Organization) yang berada di bawah komando Departemen Kepolisian Metropolitan Tokyo. Penanggung jawab organisasi tersebut sekaligus perekrutnya, Amamiya, memprediksi adanya “kekuatan” spesial di dalam diri Gunji. Amamiya lalu memerintahkan Tenkubashi dan Gunji untuk menjaga seorang gadis alien cilik. Gunji hanya bisa kebingungan, sementara Amamiya tampaknya merencanakan sesuatu. Inilah jilid kedua komik alien yang mencengangkan!

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy, Young Adult, Aliens, Shonen

Kindle Edition

First published February 27, 2021

About the author

東洋美術学校出身。2011年、青春×機関銃がフレッシュガンガン Summerに掲載されて勝ち抜き、連載権を得る。そして2012年6月、同名作品を前後編にしたものが、月刊Gファンタジーにて読み切り掲載される。好評な反応を受けて、2013年1月より同作品の連載を開始。

パンダ好きでコミックスの自画像もパンダ。

サバゲーをやる時、クリンコフを愛銃にしている。

Reviews

[Yoon · Rating 5 out of 5]

so good, and the CLIFFHANGER??? Thank goodness I have the next volume or else I'd be SCREAMING

[rory (jess' version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

why is this giving midoriya and eri from bnha

[hannah⁷ · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHAAAT

[Catharina · Rating 5 out of 5]

The amount of plotting going on in Amamiya's head is off the charts.

[Kris Mauna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amamiya is so *heart eyes* but I actually just be side-eyeing him the whole time - another great volume! I'm really excited to continue with this series.

[Katie Kaboom · Rating 4 out of 5]

WHAT A CLIFF HANGER??

[juku]

jak dobrze ze 3 tom mam w domu bo to zakonczenie... CO SIE Z SHO STALO 😭
jeszcze przypomina mi on troche (bardzo) toye z pjsk lolol wygladem w sensie

[Moriah Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amamiya is A+ character design I tell ya. Plus, he's so kick butt 😍 Can't wait to find out more about his past!

[Sylvaiiie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mais c’était quoi cette fin ? J’y ai pensé tout le reste de ma journée de travail 😭
Clairement je vais pas du tout tarder à lire la suite, je suis super intriguée par ce manga du coup j’espère vraiment que la suite va pas me décevoir hein

[Cassie Wilde · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best quote:
"And I don't have the heart to tell her she can just slap me awake"

Worst quote:
"Who am I?All you need to know is I'm a cute girl"

[Ara ❦ · Rating 4 out of 5]

That little girl is so cute! and it's cute to see Akira and Sho spend some times together with Erika-chan

[Aria · Rating 4 out of 5]

CH 4-8
¿Que rayos acabo de ver? Me esperaba muchas cosas, pero no ese final de capitulo. Necesito ver que pasa después.

[Snow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spoilers below
3.50 stars


So in the start of this volume after school, they end up going to meet Christina and while on the way there Akira gets lost and he ends up meeting this “cute girl” and this cute girl ends up, stealing his wallet with his photo of his dad and also his train card. Sho sees this and he tries to attack her because he ended up telling Akira that she is a “target” whatever that means, and they eventually get to Christina and Christina talks about the mulch, which is their watch and it monitors the body state. It has communications and it also has transformation of combat outfit and also weaponry. There was supposed to be a fourth thing, but it was said to be just the time on the watch, supposedly. Akria, he isn’t sure what he wants his weapon to be so he asked if he can think about it.

Then Amamiya shows up and he’s like it’s your first mission you and Sho are gonna work together and you have to basically guard this young girl who isn’t actually a young girl, she’s an alien from another planet, and she ended up running away from home and the spacecraft that she went through ended up crashing and the AMO now is having Sho and Akira take her for a week until her mom gets to earth and so they watch her and Akira goes and stays at Shos apartment with her and he ends up telling Akira that he had a sister, but they don’t live with each other anymore, and Akira learns more about the girl and the fact that she ran away. Amamiya, he “joked” about that someone was trying to come kill her and he was like no it’s just a joke. All of a sudden at night this alien thing comes in and crashes in and basically tries to take her and Sho jumps in and falls out of the freaking apartment building down with the alien and Akira takes the girl and they run to the park and he’s trying to contact Amamiya, but he purposely ignores him and Akira has to fight because he’s trying to guard her and fight it, but then Sho shows up and he tries to protect them and his body ends up getting half cut off and Akira thinks he just died.

So tone of writing this volume had a lot more lighter humor, leaning into comedy more while semi addressing more serious conversations. I feel like it was more light in regards to the conversations and dialogue that was happening, and I don’t know if I loved that as much. I tend to prefer more serious, unnerving tone of writing in this type of story, and I don’t know the series is gonna do that but it’s personal preference. I think we did learn more things about the AMO and also at the start of the volume, Amamiya was talking to these rectangular boxes in a room essentially monitoring him and I don’t know what that’s about because he was being questioned for why he allowed Akira onto the AMO special forces unit (SFU) and I thought that was interesting because I wanna learn more about the AMO and aliens and what’s going on. I think this entered into a uneasy vibe and I wanna know more. I wasn’t a fan of all the humor. I don’t know how I feel with the whole cute girl situation and who that even is, I know that there are multiple characters in here that their genders are not actually confirmed but a lot leaning into more feminine presentation.

Something that this volume was doing a lot of is recapping from the first volume, and also conclusion chapters of Akira summarizing the event he’s going through and I think some of that can be nice, but this was only volume two and if you’re reading back to back and paying attention I don’t feel like it needed as much of that as it had.

Amamiya, I knew I was gonna start to have irritation over this man as I had thought back in the first volume. I had a feeling he was probably gonna lean morally gray(that’s being nice) and I had a feeling he was gonna keep pushing Akira and also now learning about Sho, learning that they had a mentor student dynamic, and Sho doesn’t have a lot of good feelings regarding him and tries to hide it. I want to learn more about him because he clearly has a lot of connections with a lot of the cast, like he clearly wants to know more about Akira and like the abilities he possesses because it was being said that he thinks that there is some type of parasitic alien within Akira. He has had a lot of authority and power over Sho, and also the way that he’s just lying to people and manipulating people and seeming indifferent about it. I just know he’s in a lot of people’s business and I know that he most likely has connections to Akira’s father (why is it I feel the connection probably isn’t sweet with a cherry on top) which is seems like a lot of people do and I’m expecting that to be a big part in the future.

We’ve also see the confliction and yet again the contemplation from Sho with Akira. He just watches him and observes, and Akira kind of gets weirded out because like why are you looking at me like that?

I wonder how deep the story is going to go into the layers about the existence of aliens from other planets and then also earthling or essentially humans, that to other aliens eyes from other planets are also technically aliens to them. Obviously there are topics about immigration in this and about visas and about the rules that supposedly have existed where if you come to the Earth, you have to go to the US first and follow rules to learn what you can and cannot do while on earth and how visas work and also walking the lines of these rules but then what do you do when something else happens. How are other aliens treated? As the little girl she technically didn’t have a visa and she would be categorize as in a illegal alien under the AMO, but it gets taken on Sho and Akira more so under the table than other members. I wonder if deeper topics about the way that the AMO specifically has developed rules if they are the ones that develop the rules of this and the way that it can control and punish other aliens and essentially the system itself and I wonder if that will be deeper explored. It seems like it will to me especially with Akiras thoughts on aliens and conversations about the effort it must take to follow rules under a system and a society that requires you to change to live within it.

The part in this volume where the little girls communication was not working normally, and so she started speaking different than normal, and it was being said that she was speaking weird was kind of weird to me and I’m not sure how I feel about that because of those specific choice it made on wording that was said I don’t know if I liked that..I don’t think I did. I don’t like how because of the way she was speaking it was being called weird and the word choices they made to think of it as weird, even though it was definitely more intended for comedic.

Other than that, the art was staying consistent and I think it’s fine. Sometimes I don’t like certain illustrations of characters and how they are being depicted. I guess my genuine critique is sometimes it’s hard for me to tell what’s actually going on in the panels of action scenes. I knew that this volume ended on a cliffhanger, and I was excited about the cliffhanger initially, but then I couldn’t even grasp what I was seeing at first until I realize that Shos body was cut horizontally in half. Sometimes it’s just a mix of shading and detail that is harder for me to tell whats actually going on, but I feel like that’s a problem with a lot of action manga. I usually eventually can tell what’s going on. It just takes my brain a minute and my eyes to actually absorb what I’m looking at.

[Stefanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darum geht es:
Akira Gunji ist ein normaler Schüler. Irgendwie schafft er es auf dem Weg nach Hause in dieses eine Abteil der Bahn einzusteigen. Verrückt, denn das ist nur für Außerirdische. Hinzu kommt, dass sein Klassenkamerad Sho auch hier ist, um einen Alien festzunehmen.
Nach einer Prüfung wird Akira Teil der „Alienaufsichtsbehörde“, kurz AMO. Im zweiten Band bekommt er seinen ersten Auftrag. Gemeinsam mit Sho soll er diesen erledigen. Ob das gut geht?

Meine Meinung:
Band 2 konnte mich wieder überzeugen. Ich mag die Charaktere besonders gern. Mein Favorit ist jetzt schon Reiji Amamiya. Mit ihm startet auch der zweite Band. Hier musste ich anfänglich an eine Szene aus „Neon Genesis Evangelion“ denken. Keine Ahnung warum, denn die Geschichten und Charaktere unterscheiden sich sehr. Dieses Gefühl hat mich den gesamten Band über begleitet und ich habe es sehr genossen.
Man könnte sagen, dass die Story hier vor sich her plätschert. Für mich war es aber auch viel Charakteraufbau. Ich hatte das Gefühl Akira und Sho besser kennenzulernen. Das hat mir viel Freude bereitet. Zu dem bekommen wir ein bisschen Aktion, die genial umgesetzt ist. Die schnellen Bewegungen und der Kampf waren beeindruckend. Besonders hier fand ich es großartig, dass die Szenen über die Doppelseite ging.
da und dachte: „Nein, so geht das nicht. Naoe, du kannst mich jetzt nicht so stehen lassen.“ Umso mehr freue ich mich auf den nächsten Band.

Ich brauche definitiv nicht nur Band 3, sondern wünsche mir von Herzen auch „Aoharu Machine Gun“. Wir brauchen unbedingt mehr von diesem großartigen Stil.

[Enairolf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ayant le second tome sous la main, après ma lecture du premier tome, je me suis immédiatement jetée dessus. Je crois bien même que j’ai encore plus aimé ce second tome! On est encore plus dans l’histoire, on découvre encore plus l’univers ainsi que les personnages. Clairement je suis terriblement fan de ce manga! Ça faisait longtemps que je n’avais pas été aussi enthousiaste en découvrant un nouveau titre. L’univers, l’intrigue, tout, tout me plaît énormément! J’ai tellement mais tellement hâte d’avoir la suite entre les mains, j’en ai besoin même!

Dans ce second tome, après avoir réussi l’épreuve d’entrée de l’AMO, Gunji Akira se voit confier sa première mission : celle de protéger une jeune fille extraterrestre en compagnie de Tenkubashi Shô.

Ce tome était tout simplement incroyable! Akira a réussi l’examen et fait donc désormais parti de l’AMO. On sent que quelque chose reste secret le concernant, Reiji semble avoir plus ou moins compris des choses à son sujet mais étrangement, il garde tout ça secret.. Je me pose beaucoup de questions autant au sujet d’Akira autant sur celui de Reiji. La première mission d’Akira ne tarde clairement pas et arrive bien plus vite qu’il ne l’aurait pensé.. En effet, avec Sho, il doit protéger la petite Erika, une jeune extraterrestre arrivée clandestinement sur Terre. En attendant que la mère de cette dernière vienne la récupérer, Sho et Akira doivent la protéger.. J’aime bien la sorte d’amitié entre Sho et Akira, ce dernier est tout intimidé concernant Sho c’est plutôt drôle à voir d’ailleurs! Par contre excusez moi mais c’est quoi cette fin de malade?! On ne peut pas nous laisser dans l’ignorance comme ça ce n’est pas possible! C’est clairement inhumain de faire ça!!! J’ai besoin de la suite et vite, j’ai besoin de réponses je refuse de penser que ça puisse réellement se terminer de cette façon!

Un second tome aussi bin exécuté que le premier, je suis clairement sous le charme de ce manga. Je sens que c’est le genre de manga que je vais un peu plus aimer à chaque tome que je lirais. Je trouve l’intrigue vraiment passionnante et cet univers nous réserve bien des surprises je le sens.. Le personnage d’Akira est tellement intéressant à suivre tout comme celui de Sho d’ailleurs. Je ne me remets pas de cette façon dont se termine ce second tome, ça me semble tellement improbable! J’ai si hâte d’avoir la suite maintenant!! J’ai trop besoin de réponses!

[Terra Epsilon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okey, wcześniej mówiłam o przewidywalności… aleokyrieelejson, drugi tom mi jednak udowodnił, że wcale nie wszystko musi być tu aż tak przewidywalne.

Już na samym początku nastoletni Faceci w Czerni z Japonii przypadli mi do gustu, ale im dalej to jest jeszcze lepiej. Akira coraz bardziej zagłębia się w strukturę AMO, a i trafia mu się pierwsza poważna misja – ochrona kosmitki nielegalnie przebywającej na Ziemi, która ma niedługo zostać odebrana przez rodziców. Na początku sprawa wydaje się dość prosta, dodatkowo jest Sho do pomocy. Co może pójść nie tak?
Oj, może i to jak…

Amamiya może być moją ulubioną postacią… ale to już nie raz wspominałam, że najbardziej lubię typ wesołych błaznów, którzy mówią mniej niż wiedzą oraz swoją prawdziwą siłę i twarz odkrywają dopiero wtedy, gdy jest ku temu potrzeba. Reiji ze swoim sposobem bycia i tym, jak radzi sobie w różnych sytuacjach idealnie się w to wpisuje. Chociaż… zobaczymy jeszcze, bo nie jestem pewna, czy z jego motywacją może mi być po drodze. Na pewno jest po tej ,,dobrej” stronie barykady (tak myślę?), tylko ile (i kogo) może poświęcić dla sprawy?
Drugą moją ulubioną postacią może być Chris… Okey, trochę kontrowersyjna osoba, ale uwielbiam ten outfit (serio pracuje na poważnym stanowisku w tajnej organizacji?!) oraz przeuroczy charakter.

[Aishah Humaira' (Mermaird ♡) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Akira being constantly nervous and in awe over Sho is honestly so adorable <3 Despite Akira thinking that Sho is cool in every aspect, it seems that the boy is pretty much bad in socialising as much as Akira himself. I really look forward to their friendship deepening and both of them being in a combat!

I'm pretty worried about what Amamiya is hiding though. He's being suspicious all over and I'm not sure if I'm okay with him giving orders to Sho and Akira. I don't trust him (even if he's that pretty)

BUT HELLO???? THE ENDING????? WHAT IS THAT PLEASE TELL ME SHO IS ALRIGHT OR I WILL BAWL

[James Garman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amarhawya, as sort of director of the AMO teams Akira-Gunyi, a person who just managed to kind of fall though into a train that is only accessable to aliens with Tenkubashi. This is Akira's first assignment so Tenkubashi has to sort of train him a bit before he is up to the job.

They end up staying at Tenkubashi's apartment because Akira-Gunyi has siblings and isn't assecure. They have to watch an escaped alien who has run away from home. She shows up using the name Erola=Takachiho-san. That is in her human form which is quite different from her alien form, which we don't get to see. Apparently she escaped from her mother, who may or may not be a machine type creature.

She acts like a sweet little girl, but who knows what she really is like in her natural form.

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

La storia ingrana e migliora capitolo dopo capitolo. Se il primo volume l'avevo trovato carino e mi aveva decisamente incuriosita, questo secondo mi ha proprio preso. Il finale è scioccante e spiazzante, ma sono convinta che tutto avrà una soluzione e spiegazione nel prossimo volume!

Amamiya, dietro la sua grande bellezza e simpatia, risulta essere il personaggio più losco tra tutti, e per ora è impossibile dargli fiducia. Ho trovato estremamente divertente lo scherzetto sotto la sovraccoperta, l'autrice me l'ha fatta alla grande ahah.

[Mee Too · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ill never be able to get over the constant and perpetual sexualization of children in Japanese culture. It is hands down one of the most overlooked and overwhelmingly disturbing part of their culture in almost all forms of media.

I dont know to what extremes is their pedo situation (probably not any worse than America) but i dont understand the promotion of it.

It makes me lower the score on so many mangas and anime's, even books!! (Tell me murakami does give off pedo vibes)

Like there is absolutely no reason for it.

3✨

[hương quỳnh · Rating 5 out of 5]

ố mài gót siêu thích tập này, t1 mình thấy tàm tạm dc cái art đẹp thì qua bên đây bắt đầu thấy hấp dẫn

chem của Sho vs Akira dễ thương quá, ngày càng thích Sho hơn rồi ấy mặc dù mặt ẻm bị đơ 😂 mà sao ẻm ăn nhiều thế nhỉ? Akira thì cục cưng của tôi từ t1 rồi ko bik 2 cháu sẽ phát triển tiếp thế nào đây

bộ này tác giả đẩy thuyền lộ quá hint hiếc gì nữa... nói chung là mình thích lắm

anh đeo bịt mắt có vẻ nguy hiểm. cách Sho nghe lời ảnh làm mình nghĩ tới Akutagawa luôn tuân lệnh Dazai 🤭

[Munchie · Rating 5 out of 5]

That cliff hanger goes hard! This volume kept me focused the entire time, never losing any ounce of interest. The behind the scenes part says that the author didn't want any action scenes in this series originally, but ended up going with it because their editors thought the main characters were drawn too cool to not be shown in action. I thought that was a great suggestion that paid off well for the series thus far. Keep reading if you're this excited as I am for whats next!

[Hemm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beaucoup plus dans l'action et toujours pleins de mystères qui s'ajoutent à l'histoire. Qui est réellement Sho? Que cache Reiji? De quoi est vraiment capable Akira? Et cette fin de tome .. PAREEEEEDON?!

Et maintenant je dois attendre le tome 3 et ce, sans rien dire?! NAHHHHHH! NAOE TU PEUX PAS NOUS FAIRE ÇA!

[Alexandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume was crazy! And what a cliff-hanger. I’m such a sucker for Men in Black style shenanigans. I was a little worried about just how nervous and anxious our lead is, but I’m hopeful that this flaw will be something he works through as we continue to challenge him. Can’t wait to see what happens next!

[Bryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow this series is not at ALL what I thought it was going to be! I love the exploration of humanity and what makes someone 'alien' and I love how Akira sometimes does the things one would expect from shounen fighting tropes, and at other times totally does not. And the slowly developing friendship (or more?) between the male leads is so great! This is an absolutely delightful find.

[Sunny · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn’t expect Reiji to be a merciless mentor I’m very surprised. Also that cliffhanger at the end of the volume wow!

Finally we’re gonna see Akira go berserk and maybe another ability of Sho? Who knows!

Very excited to see what’s coming next!

[Michelle Easton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Akira started his first mission and it’s already off to a bad start. As I learn more about the characters it makes me more and more curious about everyone’s motivations. I hope things turn out alright soon.

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've been enjoying reading this sci-fi/action manga series: it has brilliant illustrations and characters, intriguing world building and a complex storyline that keeps me intrigued. Definitely a fun series that I can recommend (be warned about some cliff-hanger endings, though!)

[Robert Hultman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool book two and a wild ending! These books read fast and have some great artwork. The style is cool with a unique way of showing character thinking without goofy, unnatural dialogue. My son loved book one!

[Tim Shepard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting leading

On one side, I'm enjoying this series. On the other, get on with it. I want to read the whole story. Not have to wait for the next book because the writer left a cliffhanger hoping to sell more books.