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Abara
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Description
When a creature attacks the city, a man with strange powers reluctantly stands to fight... but a shadowy government organization has unfinished business with him.
Abara is set in a dystopian world, filled with large structures. The story revolves around creatures known as Gaunas, Gaunas are people who can shape bone like armor and weaponry around themselves through transformation. The transformation begins around the spine and then shapes layered armor. The story focuses on one such Gauna known as Kudou Denji (though he uses Itou Denji as a fake name earlier).
Type
Manga
Related Series
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Associated Names
アバラ
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Latest Release(s)
v. 2 c. 7-11 + Digimortal Parts 1-2 by Illuminati-Manga (947d ago)v. 1 c. 1-6 by Illuminati-Manga (947d ago)c. 8 by Hanaji-scans (1025d ago)Search for all releases of this series
Status in Country of Origin
2 Volumes (Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
Yes
Anime Start/End Chapter
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User Reviews
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User Rating
Average: 7 / 10.0 (168 votes) Bayesian Average: 7.09 / 10.0
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9% (15 votes) |
| 9+ |
11% (18 votes) |
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26% (43 votes) |
| 7+ |
22% (37 votes) |
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16% (27 votes) |
| 5+ |
5% (8 votes) |
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4% (6 votes) |
| 3+ |
3% (5 votes) |
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4% (6 votes) |
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2% (3 votes) |
Last Updated
April 1st 2010, 1:52pm PST
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Year
2006
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Licensed (in English)
No
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Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 898  (+240) Monthly Pos # 2168  (-10) 3 Month Pos # 2937 (+608) 6 Month Pos # 3793 (+395)
List Stats
On 170 reading lists On 221 wish lists On 438 completed lists On 36 unfinished lists On 36 custom lists
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| Awesome, confusing by gentler on January 1st, 2010, 8:24pm |
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The art, as always for Nihei, is amazing. Highly stylized, but in a unique way that sets it apart from a lot of manga/anime. I've acquired a number of really nice desktop backgrounds from Abara.
I still have no real idea what was going on plot-wise, except for general outlines. Blame! made perfect sense to me, but Abara only resulted in confusion. But, this is more than made up for by the awesomeness of the art, and is probably just a sign that I should read it again and pay more attention. If anyone would like to try and explain what was going on (especially the ending), this would be most welcome.
Rating: 9 / 10.0 |
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| Artwork is a +, story is a NOT. by LUEser on October 14th, 2009, 8:28am |
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I did have to say I was very attracted to the artworks. Looks freaky overall, but you can tell which detailed part goes with which. The apparence does not confuse you at all; however, the story did. At least, it did for me.
Rating: 3 / 10.0 |
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| Art soo good, should be in Art Musem by coco_has_to_gogo on June 20th, 2009, 1:19pm |
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NIHEI Tsutomu is one of my favourite Manga artists. Because of his raw creativity, and story-telling. However it is his Art-work that I am truly truly in love with. Blame!, Biomega, and now Abara. If you like great mangas, and have an eye for amazing art work, I highly recommend the mangas by NIHEI Tsutomu (Microsoft choose him to draw the Halo Comics cuz he's the best artist in japan! [one of them]).
Final Word: CoCo love's NIHEI Tsutomu's MoJo
... Last updated on June 20th, 2009, 1:21pm |
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| Uneven by Jhono1 on April 26th, 2009, 6:48pm |
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Very dark, very moody and stylish and little to no dialogue at all. It's extremely hard to follow the plot and takes away a lot from this manga, the but the art is shockingly good.
5 for the story, 9 for the art really.
Rating: 7 / 10.0 |
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| wow good by mystichead on March 1st, 2009, 6:32pm |
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this is the only manga ive ever read where i couldnt get what in the world was happening....most probably cuz the art.....(not that its bad but i'am not quite used to this style, thus cant make out patterns").....and.......
Despite all that I LOVED IT........... HOLY SHIT How did that happen?
... Last updated on March 1st, 2009, 6:33pm |
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| Awesome by Nashnir on January 6th, 2009, 4:22am |
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This manga has the best art and storyline I have come across. Only a few others come comparatively close.
This is my first comment about a Manga, so you can imagine how much I liked it.
The story is very original and the action scenes are splendidly done.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| very contradicting opinions by Frostburn on December 1st, 2008, 10:32am |
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it seems people are very confused over this title so let me say a few words
I think that Tsutomu Nihei is brilliant in his ability to create dark and unique atmosphere, his art is superb although very rough, and that seems to be a problem for some people, and his plots are very unique living in an unique settings witch is why i give him high rating, also I like dark stuff, but he doesn't bother explaining the plot with a lot of text which again poses a problem for some people who don't have good ability in non-verbal communication
to sum up he has top rated works, but due to his unique style of presenting it people often don't understand what's what, plus his plots are somewhat deep which adds to the confusion
Abara's ending is one of the coolest parts of the manga btw if u can see what's happening
Rating: 9 / 10.0 |
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| Seriously, people... by albeitalways on October 18th, 2008, 10:50am |
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Abara is a good example of what a seinen is like. Mystery, action, intrigue and whatnot, the main focus of this series is the actions and the events of the plot, not what happens at the fate of the characters. Sure, the gist of the story is nothing new--it sort of resembles Variante, Elfen Lied and others, but it has its own twisted quirks as well.
And for god's sake, WHO ARE YOU TO SAY NIHEI'S ARTWORK IS CRAP!?
I dare all of you to even duplicate a single action scene with all the details in ink and pen without the help of Adobe and see if it resembles his even in resemblance at least.
The main problem, lies in part with Nihei's storytelling ability in paper. Not in how he draws.
Honestly, understanding the action scenes of the manga isn't that hard to do if you really take a good look and immerse yourself in the story.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| best yet by caveman on October 15th, 2008, 8:04am |
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I have to say I was surprised to find so many people disliked this, both the story and the art. Seeing as it is without a doubt the best comic or manga I’ve ever read (forgive me, perhaps I just haven’t read enough) I felt I ought to defend it. Clearly it is not for everyone. But it is a far cry to say the man is a bad artist – I don’t hesitate to put him up there with other illustrators such as Gustav Dore, because I think he did an incredible job in creating an atmosphere.
The plot is intangible, true, but I found this left more room for imagination than the common easy access harlot of a storyline. And it’s short enough that it doesn’t matter if you’ve seen this theme before, subtle enough to leave you guessing, strange enough to catch your attention and just when you think you will never get close to the characters something heart warming or tragic crops up. So perhaps for those who don’t want to be spoon fed, this is definitely a story worth reading.
Finally, the art is not designed to look entirely realistic (if that’s what you’re looking for go watch a movie, it’s not the point of comics) – nor is it your stereotypical bug-eyed nonexistent nosed carp. I’m so unbelievably happy to FINALLY find a mangaka that is not afraid to draw people with noses! There is also none of the over the top expressions stuff – the faces are calm more often than not, and then suddenly so full of expression it’s terrifying. I find this far more real, far more interesting. He has an individual and interesting style, and the architecture is undeniably good.
... Last updated on October 15th, 2008, 8:06am |
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| meh. by Szigane on July 15th, 2008, 1:46am |
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The people who don't understand this manga's plot must REALLY be confused if they're blaming the plot itself and not the art. The mangaka is just not a good artist at all and is terrible at portraying what he intends to portray. Detail alone does NOT make for good artistry. And that's basically a lot of what this is... a mass of details to distract the reader from the fact that the artist does not know how far apart the eyes on the faces should be set. It probably also has the dubious pleasure of distracting people from the plot and thus confusing the hell outta them.
The plot itself is pretty straightforward. Monster vs. monster with humans struggling to survive and the high ups in the government/military seeking to control some of them and use them. Anything that talks and looks white and isn't obviously human on sight is a white guana (the uncontrollable monsters). The other type are the black guanas: these seem to have a symbiotic relationship with humans that keeps the humans alive even if they've been ripped to pieces. It wasn't hard to follow at all, but it was hard to look at all the bad art. Ugh. I read through the first volume and don't think I could stand the art anymore, so I won't even try to read the second volume.
Anyways, the plot wasn't exactly something I hadn't seen before. It's been done before.
Rating: 2 / 10.0
... Last updated on July 18th, 2008, 2:08am |
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