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Psyren #13
PSYREN－サイレン－13
Yoshina Ageha is a high school student who offers to help people with their problems for 10,000 yen. He'll take care of your stalkers, find your lost animal, whatever you want. One day when he's heading home, a nearby pay phone rings, and he picks it up. The only thing he hears however is his own voice echoing. After finding a mysterious telephone card with the word 'Psyren' printed on it, his life suddenly changes as he is drawn into a crazy new world.
192 pages, Paperback
First published September 3, 2010
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March 27, 2018
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As this is a multi-volume series my opinion is also influenced by the previous volumes... And there may be references to the plot of those volumes... SO READ WITH CARE! Here is my review of volume 11... and volume 12...
One day when Ageha Yoshina is heading home, a nearby pay phone rings, and he picks it up. The only thing he hears however is his own voice echoing. After finding a mysterious telephone card with the word 'Psyren' printed on it, his life suddenly changes as he is drawn into a crazy new world. We follow this high school student, chosen by Nemesis Q, as he participates in the Psyren games.
Something happened in volume 13... I felt totally sucked back into the whole Psyren world!! It helped that the plot was totally focused in Psyren... I love when the future changes and these were pretty huge. We'd met new WISE members in the previous volume and we meet one of them again in this volume. Battles ensure and the Elmore Gang took part and I was just racing through because it was exciting and everything I LOVE about Psyren!
The art was gorgeous! I feel like the battles have always been stripped down of frames to maximize the space but this time I felt like I understood what was happening in those battles... This is certainly an improvement for me where I can get confused about what the sequence of frames in a battle mean.
The tension was freakin' SKY HIGH! The root is in danger and its all pretty major... Ageha learns his DAD is here too which is too cool... And his sister is in love... It just made everything that was happening more important and battle worthy...
This volume was a really nice balance of back and forth between our different match ups. We won't see the end of this arc until the next volume but I'm lining up to read that ASAP! You've tugged my heart strings and now I want to see where those are leading...
One of the best set up for a major battle outcome... the art keeps getting better when I didn't think it had anywhere else to go!!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Authenticity
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tension
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Plot
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Art
BOTTOM LINE: GAH!!! We are winding up for bigger and better battles to the end...
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March 28, 2024
Retiro lo que dije, que emoción ver como avanza todo.
July 14, 2025
I don't think this series is particularly bad but it doesn't do many things well. Action scenes aren't that cool, not a lot of funny jokes, main character doesn't really do anything... Maybe this deserves more than 1 star but why? Shao has an... okay fight against a new villain I don't care about? Some shenanigans with the changing timeline happen but that's meager for the whole volume.
February 21, 2019
Masa depan berubah lagi.
Koloni Akar bertambah penduduknya tapi kali ini ketahuan oleh musuh.
Serangan melanda!
Koloni Akar bertambah penduduknya tapi kali ini ketahuan oleh musuh.
Serangan melanda!
November 23, 2022
Listen I wanted to like Psyren, I really did. I was really taken in by its setting made more interesting by the mystery. But I’m starting to think that the shonen market is all about the vending machine effect, where what’s predictable sells. This made me a little sad because the author had a lot to say about books he reads and I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt that he has the taste to pull off a good story. Yet though either the pressure of his publisher or overabundance of characters to lasso a plot around, Psyren falls into the broad demographic of drab shonen that doesn’t impress me.
If it has one thing going for it it’s the premise. Psyren’s setting and stories are nestled between the venn diagram of Bleach and the Matrix. Except all of the action is Bleach and none of the thinking is the Matrix. Yet the mystery that’s initially set up of the contemporary world being so different from the Psyren wasteland was really compelling and hooked me to the story. I was at first impressed with the characters fixing time in the past present and present future, but that quickly waned after the characters had less of a reason to do it more for the sake of the plot than for themselves. And the semblance of characterization that was there consisted more of archetypes than substantial players of the game. The character models and designs are all really sharp and cool but didn’t add much more to the story, and that’s the story that was squeezed between explosions that took up whole and chapters.
The severe lack of motive is something I found made the books really flat overall. Save the world because you should save the world. Yet it sets up a whole mess of characters you don’t care if Ageha saves or not. Everyone he’s fighting to save he shared a comedic moment, brodown, boob grab or info dump in response to a question. The books never give the characters time to simmer and build on each other and the point of the series seems moot if that’s what we’re given. It had potential all the way through to elaborate on some interesting storylines, yet the final result is so top heavy from its characters it’s hard to say any of them were worth reading. I would say it’s worth reading if you’re looking for something different in shonen, even if it isn’t super different. But it certainly didn’t show me that the genre has mature or thoughtful stories to tell, but just gave me more pointy-haired high school sword flingers saving the world.
If it has one thing going for it it’s the premise. Psyren’s setting and stories are nestled between the venn diagram of Bleach and the Matrix. Except all of the action is Bleach and none of the thinking is the Matrix. Yet the mystery that’s initially set up of the contemporary world being so different from the Psyren wasteland was really compelling and hooked me to the story. I was at first impressed with the characters fixing time in the past present and present future, but that quickly waned after the characters had less of a reason to do it more for the sake of the plot than for themselves. And the semblance of characterization that was there consisted more of archetypes than substantial players of the game. The character models and designs are all really sharp and cool but didn’t add much more to the story, and that’s the story that was squeezed between explosions that took up whole and chapters.
The severe lack of motive is something I found made the books really flat overall. Save the world because you should save the world. Yet it sets up a whole mess of characters you don’t care if Ageha saves or not. Everyone he’s fighting to save he shared a comedic moment, brodown, boob grab or info dump in response to a question. The books never give the characters time to simmer and build on each other and the point of the series seems moot if that’s what we’re given. It had potential all the way through to elaborate on some interesting storylines, yet the final result is so top heavy from its characters it’s hard to say any of them were worth reading. I would say it’s worth reading if you’re looking for something different in shonen, even if it isn’t super different. But it certainly didn’t show me that the genre has mature or thoughtful stories to tell, but just gave me more pointy-haired high school sword flingers saving the world.
March 21, 2015
Psyren takes place a carefully constructed world and its overarching plot continually builds chapter by chapter. Don't start here - it really must be read from the beginning.
Ageha and Sakurako have little to do but prepare and strive to get stronger as they wait for Miroku and W.I.S.E. to make their move. But something else happens first - another visit from Nemesis Q…
This is more like it. We're back to Psyren, the villains are on the offensive, and interesting questions and themes are being weaved into the narrative. I missed The Root and it's great to see the associated characters again. There's some fallout from Ageha meeting Avis, causing cascading relationship tension between Ageha and Sakurako which leads to complications with Mari. It's done realistically and helps flush out the personalities and engage the reader.
Other than what appears to be the beginning of a huge battle the big draw in this volume are the lingering open questions about the effects of time travel and a couple of small but very important revelations in that vein. I hoping everything will be tied together and explained because the mysteries throughout this series have been the best part and I'm very curious to discover all the "solutions." We'll see though - there's a lot set up for the remaining three volumes.
Psyren is gaining significant momentum again as the series heads to its finale. Should be a wild ride.
Ageha and Sakurako have little to do but prepare and strive to get stronger as they wait for Miroku and W.I.S.E. to make their move. But something else happens first - another visit from Nemesis Q…
This is more like it. We're back to Psyren, the villains are on the offensive, and interesting questions and themes are being weaved into the narrative. I missed The Root and it's great to see the associated characters again. There's some fallout from Ageha meeting Avis, causing cascading relationship tension between Ageha and Sakurako which leads to complications with Mari. It's done realistically and helps flush out the personalities and engage the reader.
Other than what appears to be the beginning of a huge battle the big draw in this volume are the lingering open questions about the effects of time travel and a couple of small but very important revelations in that vein. I hoping everything will be tied together and explained because the mysteries throughout this series have been the best part and I'm very curious to discover all the "solutions." We'll see though - there's a lot set up for the remaining three volumes.
Psyren is gaining significant momentum again as the series heads to its finale. Should be a wild ride.
July 25, 2014
They say the best defense is a good offense, and in this volume that proves to not only be the case, but also be the only option.
While they decide to try to hunt down Mikoru in the future and ask him everything, they find the battle is brought to their doorstep. And man, I would love this volume even if nothing else cool happened because Kirisaki almost gets to do something and Shao has a totally fantastic fight. It was worth the price of admission (even if his opponent is HORRIBLE!)
While they decide to try to hunt down Mikoru in the future and ask him everything, they find the battle is brought to their doorstep. And man, I would love this volume even if nothing else cool happened because Kirisaki almost gets to do something and Shao has a totally fantastic fight. It was worth the price of admission (even if his opponent is HORRIBLE!)
February 19, 2015
awww yiss this is my jam
romance and fight scenes; all the shonen ingredients i require
also the elmore wood kids! :D i don't even know why i enjoy them so deeply but i really do
i hope whoever frederika fights next volume is less creepy than shao's guy because dang. levels of creepitude are TOO DANG HIGH
3 stars
romance and fight scenes; all the shonen ingredients i require
also the elmore wood kids! :D i don't even know why i enjoy them so deeply but i really do
i hope whoever frederika fights next volume is less creepy than shao's guy because dang. levels of creepitude are TOO DANG HIGH
3 stars
March 19, 2014
Infiltrating a military base to retrieve the code for a quick fix to the problem ended up bearing no fruit. Amamiya's other side took control briefly and confessed feelings but she wasn't taken seriously and heartlessly asked to leave by Ageha.
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May 7, 2015
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May 22, 2022
has its funny moments and has great actions scenes!
January 9, 2014
3.5 stars.
Psyren continues to be a lot of fun.
Psyren continues to be a lot of fun.
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