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Eden
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Description
In the panic surrounding a worldwide pandemic which kills 15 percent of the population and cripples many more, a secret organization, the Propater, topples the UN and seizes control of much of the world. A boy and a girl, raised in an abandoned virology research center, immune to the virus, are attacked by the Propater and escape. 20 years later the boy is the most powerful drug lord in South America. He aids his son from behind the scenes as he evades and eventually with the help of mercenaries from Nomad (some of them former Propater operatives) fights the Propater. As the plot develops focus shifts away from the main character and develops many sub-plots dedicated to terrorism, Human-improvement, the struggle of the developing countries and the power battles between the drug cartels and Propater.
Based strongly on Gnostic mythology, all major characters are named after gnostic deities, and have analogous roles.
Warnings: Eden contains a lot of very graphic violence and some sex scenes.
Type
Manga
Related Series
N/A
Associated Names
伊甸园
Eden: It's an Endless World
Groups Scanlating
Latest Release(s)
Status in Country of Origin
18 Volumes (Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
No
Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A
User Reviews
User Rating
Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (306 votes) Bayesian Average: 8.59 / 10.0
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39% (119 votes) |
| 9+ |
26% (80 votes) |
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16% (50 votes) |
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8% (25 votes) |
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3% (9 votes) |
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3% (9 votes) |
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2% (5 votes) |
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1% (4 votes) |
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Last Updated
February 1st 2010, 5:06am PST
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Year
1997
Original Publisher
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Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Dark Horse (12 Volumes - Ongoing)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 327  (+48) Monthly Pos # 461  (-172) 3 Month Pos # 298 (-82) 6 Month Pos # 215 (-47)
List Stats
On 964 reading lists On 690 wish lists On 44 completed lists On 55 unfinished lists On 74 custom lists
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| Amazing by Leosten on July 27th, 2009, 2:41pm |
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| Just a multigenerational, worldwide, political, social, religious, scientific, complicated, action, sci-fi sometimes romantic tale of multiple in-depth and all the more interesting and various characters... And it's freaking good. |
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| Exceedingly clever from specific perspectives. by Crenshinibon on July 6th, 2009, 2:25am |
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I think how much one is inclined to enjoy Eden is most likely directly correlated to how you read it. As a standard post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, it flickers from above average to slightly below in terms of quality, although it is quite expansive and well-drawn. From a purely character-based perspective, it's moderately more impressive, but the utter failure of development for certain characters doesn't favor it. In the end, I think that Eden is best enjoyed as a philosophical piece that utilizes biblical symbolism to strongly prove a point, and in that regard, it allows the whole of Endo's narrative talent to comes into play. It may not be as wonderful as Tanpenshu, but it really is a stunning work in terms of thought provoking philosophy on the single level, and I hope that, like with films like Donnie Darko, the readers can see beyond the storytelling flaws to derive the meaning underneath, otherwise there's not much of a point to reading it, now, is there?
Rating: 7.4 / 10.0 |
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| page-turner by elalendi on February 7th, 2009, 9:59pm |
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Reminds me of Eternal Sabbath. It's wonderfully dark and thought-provoking and how can you resist all that awesome kick-ass battle scenes and the sci-fi-ness?? Um, I do NOT find it lame (although yes, there are some concepts of science and all that which I don't understand, but still, it's not BORING) and I think it is VERY realistic. Especially the battle scenes. And the characters... my god, they're in-depth.
The only things I have against it are the unnecessary sex scenes that pop up every once in the a while (but whatever, this is a seinen manga and the intended audience are like middle-aged guys) and that sometimes, the manga gets confusing. There's lots of characters and new ones are always appearing out of thin air, while the old ones hang in the background until they reappear to surprise you at random intervals. It's kinda hard to keep track of who is exactly who. And the plot gets... weird sometimes. Like there are moments when I'm like, "What was the whole point of focusing on what's-her-face for 5 chapters and then killing her off?" etc, etc.
The art... I love it, surprisingly since I'm always picky about it. It's not flat-out gorgeous or perfect, but I like how realistic it is (more or less) and it's definitely not bad enough to disrupt the whole thing.
Did I stress how realistic it seems? It's not just the plot, but even the dialogues and most importantly, the relationships between the characters and the portrayals of... emotions. Very touching at times. I love how even the minor characters have their own limelight.
It's moderately-paced, although a bit slow in the beginning. But believe me, it's worth reading! I have not been able to put it down since I picked it up yesterday. And the philosophy bits in it and the stuff about religion... just really, really intriguing. |
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| ~~~ by mono-sama on October 29th, 2008, 5:01am |
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great great great manga.
the story goes different directions as you go, so it keeps you guessing
great cast of characters with brilliant development.
very well executed artwork and action scenes.
a good mix of genres with realistic romance and sex. someone commented on "unneccasary random sex scenes" but these only appear when relevant to the plot. it is NOT an ecchi or hentai manga... sex is a very poignant part of many people's lives and especially in the development of their personality, and in this manga, people's lives are disected to that level of detail. the girl who was killed off, was not pointless, she was a major part of ennoa's life, which led to his drug problem and further problems... ANYWAY
im going to have to re-read from the beginning as, i agree, the plot can be slightly confusing towards the end, mostly because you can read 15 volumes straight, then have to wait weeks between chapters.
Rating: 9 / 10.0
... Last updated on March 5th, 2009, 6:33am |
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| I completely agree with crazykitty180 by raven1016 on July 21st, 2008, 5:35pm |
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| She/he is right on the mark with what she/he wrote. I agree with everything she/he said. Too many flash backs, story is too confusing because of the way it was told/layed out. The art is very nice! |
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| Eden by LastExile777 on May 10th, 2008, 7:06pm |
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Eden is one of my best seinen manga. with good and interesting plot,cool and original drawing Eden is old school classic manga. One of best!
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| addicted like pho by TimeManInJail on February 18th, 2008, 4:16pm |
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well i won't make you read alot i find it too much work...beside everyone seem to be doing it already..etc
Like it really interesting and the thing that happen to him ur.. I haven't seen much of it so i was really into it an all and i love how they have this futuristic yet near to our time(speaking in the term if the !@#@ actually exist)
oh yes they going to make you like this character and Bang you say NOOOO!!! ><
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| it pretty lame by lame2846 on February 11th, 2008, 7:59pm |
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the story pretty good but the character suck the main character still try to act all wimpy even through he not that weak the worse thing about this story it comedy suck the story suppose to be serious but it try put few lame laughing moment
Rating: 3 / 10.0 |
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| no very realistic, but very good manga by judas1985 on January 10th, 2008, 7:03am |
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| me quede lelo luego de leer este manga porq el trabajo q se habia echo con los escenarios especialmente con la ciudad de Lima es muy acertado pareciera q el dibujante paso una temporada por Lima, btw yo soy de Lima y me parecio q los escenarios es como los q yo veo cada ves q salgo de mi hogar, eso me encanta en el manga ademas de la viceras q se desparraman en cada pelea, en lo general me encanta el manga |
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| Pleasant Surprise by urbnelementfreak on January 10th, 2008, 12:41am |
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Well i got really bored one day and i decided to check out this manga series because from most of the comments it had good reviews and i absolutely agree. This manga has become one of my favorites and I am so glad that I picked it up. Though the character development is slow, i feel as though it was worth while to wait. But i was upset about some of the people dying but i guess its just another day. Anyways, i love the comedy and the artwork is done very well. So what if this manga is not entirely realistic, the storyline takes place in the future i mean come on i expect there to be some biological warfare of some kind, im sure A.I.s (artificial intelligence) will be far more advanced in the future...watevs its a manga you shouldn't be reading too much into it...But i recommend this to everyone even though its really graphic and gory...i mean i usually just read shoujo so it was a pleasant surprise
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on January 10th, 2008, 12:43am |
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