2007-09-03, 08:14 | Link #1 |
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IO: The Ocean Adventure and Love Story
I could not find a thread about IO by Koio Minato so I thought I would start one. I just recently discovered this manga, and have already read through 9 of the total 10 volumes (I'm waiting for the scanlation of the final chapter before reading #10). As far as I know the title is unlicenced.
The story is about a young man who's parent's died in Okinawa when he was little. While visiting there on a high school trip, he is reunited with three sisters (who he had forgotten about due to the trauma of his father's death), who are the daughters of his parents best friends. The story progresses from there as he seeks to uncover the truth about the death of both sets of parents, as well as the mystery surrounding one of the sisters. The manga is a nice combination of harem, romance, adventure, fanservice, supernatural and mystery. It's also considered a seinen title, so it's also a bit more mature than many of the other manga I have read. I've been really enjoying the story, so I am kind of supprised there does not seem to be any discussion of it here. Has anyone else been reading this series? |
2007-09-03, 23:55 | Link #3 |
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IO is probably one of my five favorite manga that I wish would get licensed. Sadly I know it's not ongoing so the chances of anyone picking it up are pretty slim (I keep hoping for Del Rey since it was a Kodansha title). I think the service probably kills any chance of it ever coming to the US, which is sad, because while I don't consider it perfect by any means, I think it has a lot of appealing qualities.
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2007-09-04, 12:21 | Link #4 | |
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I don't really see either of those as any particular obstical, really. It might not be ongoing, but it's ten volumes long, which is as long or longer that some other titles that have been licenced. The fan serivice, while very much there is not really... offensive or pornographic. The main hurdle I would see is that this is a seinen series, and they just don't seem to be as popular as shounen and shoujo titles are with US publishers. Its not going to be the next Naruto or Bleach, but I think there could be an audience for this in the US. |
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2008-01-01, 09:50 | Link #7 |
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Well, the scanlation group finally released the last chapter of IO the other day, so I went back and re-read the whole series.
Some unexpected twists and turns in the last volume and it does get a bit dark there. Spoiler:
Overall, I really liked the manga, and I think it deserves a lot more popularity than it seems to get. Last edited by mdauben; 2008-01-01 at 17:39. |
2008-05-23, 13:48 | Link #8 | |
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This manga came as a surprise to me. Reading the description of the story, it didn't look like I'd be very interested, though i liked to try it cos the art seemed quite nice, especially the girls Story seemed to develop slowly at the start, but gradually I got hooked and still read the 10 volumes in 1 day. Very nice art, nice story, though I don't think I understand everything yet. Got to reread it sometimes. One thing a bit cruel imho: Spoiler:
About the romance in this manga, the evolution in it is pretty nice, though Spoiler:
So a phew flaws in this manga imho, some things might have been done better to make the stroy more believable, but it's still a very nice read. |
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2008-05-25, 10:20 | Link #9 | ||
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The problem was it was not originally in a spoiler tag. The poster went back and did that after I whined.
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