D.N.Angel, Vol. 6

D・N・ANGEL [ディー・エヌ・エンジェル] #6

by Yukiru Sugisaki

Life becomes complicated for Daisuke when he transforms into the phantom thief Dark whenever he sees Risa, the girl he likes.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Romance, Comics, Fiction, Comics Manga

176 pages, Comic

First published January 17, 2002

About the author

Yukiru 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.

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was rereading these to see if they still spark joy and…not enough.

[Amanda Setasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good plot throughout and a decent cliff hanger. The artwork needs a bit of help, but is overall pleasing.
The story development is good, but I feel like they ended up backtracking - we're going to do this because the fans want it - no wait we take it back and the characters are going to pretend it never happened.

[Nathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Got some good laughs from the Keiji Saga scenes. The "Second Hand of Time" arc looks like it'll be really interesting.

[K.S. Trenten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everyone developed a little more in this, including Riku Harada, whom I finally found myself warming to as she stood up as a child to Takeshi, tried to recover her teddy bear, recalled where her crush on Daisuke might have begun, and showed an appreciation for Daisuke’s art work with a depth of feeling which made her at last begin to bloom as a character in her own right rather than a romantic trope. Dark showed a little more depth as well in a surprisingly introspective exchange with Daisuke and a revelation that he’s never as rough with his tamers/hosts as Krad is with his. Daisuke exposed an artistic side which fleshed out his character even more, along with a sensitivity to both art and Satoshi in some of the most beautiful panels in this series yet, which heightened the mystery around Satoshi, the Hikari, and the Niwas. On the lighter side, the school play promises to be a lot of fun. I’m looking forward to see Daisuke play Princess Freedert and Satoshi as his romantic lead, the Phantom Thief Dark. Yes, the irony of Satoshi as this character is hilarious, not to mention the delightful yaoi twist of his being paired up with Daisuke. Only this time it’s Dark’s turn to lose Daisuke and neither he nor Satoshi are happy about his loss. On top of all this, what is Keji Saga doing in Daisuke’s class and why is he stalking Daisuke? For showing all these in an intense storyline showcased in an exquisite art style, I give this four stars.

[John Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dont really have too complaints about this one. It was pretty good. I really liked the development we got out of Daisuke, both with Riku but also how he feels about Dark.
The mystery behind Satoshi and Krad is getting even more interesting and intriguing.

The lack of a 5th star is mostly because I still really hate the broken dialogue the book uses. And also by the end I found I was able to skim pages and not miss anything.

[Jean · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is So. Much. Gay. In this series. Good campy fun, despite no one actually being explicitly gay. Coding!!

[Marlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

La relacion entre Daisuke y Riku va mejorando día con día, pero una acción de Dark hace que todo se descontrole

[Cecillie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I still don't understand much of what going on. So there's an opposite to Dark named Krad (literally dark spelled backwards), and he wants to kill both Dark and Daisuke. This Krad dude is tied to the Hitari people, who are the people who makes all the art, and the Niwa family is also tied to the art people in some other way. Then there's all the love stuff with the Harada twins, which I just don't get, but Riku is my favourite twin.

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series keeps on getting interesting.

[Edit · Rating 3 out of 5]

komik bacaan SMA yang minjem dari temen..ceritanya tentang pencuri ulung yang dapat berubah wujud ketika akan melakukan aksinya..lucu..seru

[Stephanie Silva]

gonna read it after

[Lucinda · Rating 5 out of 5]

(Emiko, Daiki, give Daisuke breathing room!) Poor Riku's getting the run around too.

Also gotta say, looking forward to the play with Daisuke and Satoshi acting as the leads XD

[-FROZEN- · Rating 5 out of 5]

i can't live with out this book.

[Dacota Brooks · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really did not like these books. They were so hard to follow and I hate Manga! You have to like read it backwards! So annoying!

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love, love, love this series. It's great for both guys and girls to read

[Yvensong · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume was too confusing for me to enjoy.

[Aleina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book. :) I think sometimes I read it to fast and accidentally miss things, but altogether it's actually really good, though sometimes a bit confusing.