Baby Birth, Vol. 01

Baby Birth [ベイビィバース] #1

by Haruhiko Mikimoto, Sukehiro Tomita

An ancient seal has been broken, sending a flood of demons into the mortal realm. Hizuru Yoborozuki and Takuya Hijo, descendants of the great savior who banished the demons in the past, must fight the evil spirits using their mystical powers. In order to give the world a fighting chance, Takuya uses his music to transform Hizura into a beautiful warrior. Some things are worth fighting for, but is the Earth one of them? From the talented pens of artist Haruhiko Mikimoto (Macross) and writer Sukehiro Tomita.

Genres: Manga

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

美樹本晴彦 (Mikimoto Haruhiko) is a Japanese mangaka and illustrator.

Reviews

[Bradley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad. Excellent artwork. =)

[Donna · Rating 2 out of 5]

A figure skater who is used to being second-rate is actually one of a pair who might be able to save the world from demons.

I was not impressed with this. The art was powerful, but too often it was so blunt and covered with so many sound effects that I couldn't tell what was going on. There were too many shots of the half-naked figure skater for me as well. Some of the dialogue was painfully cheesy: "Is my musical surge truly enough to awaken the powers within her?!" made me flinch. I won't be continuing the series.

[Aaron Meyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would say that the story is interesting but it does take a long while to get a good idea of the background to the current events in it. The art is nice, dirty at times and clean in others, a mixed bag. The action scenes can be extremely chaotic in determining exactly what's going on so that was a big knock off on my rating. I am definitely curious enough to see how it ends so I will read the second volume.

[Ed Blake · Rating 4 out of 5]

so let me see if I understand what's going on... a skater and a pianist are reluctant partners, who's raison d'etre is to stop the birth of a demon that will end the world.

sounds like any buddy-buddy cop movie/tv show ever made mixed with the Exorcist.

all of which I'm completely cool with.

[Jane Hill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alright, a two volume series. While it isn't my favorite series, I've read much worse series that shoved everything into two volumes. I wish the series was a little longer though.

[Alexnini P · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's good , I really like the demon angel savior stuff very action packed.