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Description
Ryousuke Akiba calls himself ES, a code name taken from a mysterious scientific experiment. He possesses strange mental powers: he can enter people's minds, discover their darkest secrets, even rearrange their memories. Ryousuke is an enigmatic and dangerous creation, but is he the only one?

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Associated Names
(เอส)
ES: Eternal Sabbath
Esu Etānaru Sabasu
Eternal Sabbath
Xâm Nhập
Вечный покой
エス エターナル サバス
入侵
영원의 안식처

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Latest Release(s)
v.8 c.79-82 by Inane & Hikaru no Go Translations over 18 years ago
v.8 c.77-78 by Hikaru no go Translations & Inane over 18 years ago
v.8 c.75-76 by Inane & Hikaru no Go Translations over 18 years ago
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Status
in Country of Origin
8 Volumes (2002 - Complete)
5 Bunkoban (2006 - Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
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Eternal Sabbath by Jeshia

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Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (1012 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.24 / 10.0
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Year
2001

Original Publisher
Kodansha (2002, 2006, 2012)

Serialized In (magazine)
Morning (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
Del Rey (Defunct / 8 Vols - Complete)

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A little too dialogue heavy  
by MatrixM
August 12th, 2011, 12:05am
Rating: N/A
But other than that, exquisite. I remember that one flaw deterred me from reading it a year or two ago, but I've matured a bit and read it in two sessions. This is a great series, though I'd rather some things weren't just suddenly brought up but rather alluded to in the previous chapters such as the
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degeneration and attempted rape/self-defensive murder
. At first it seemed too small scale but later it turned out for the best.
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Amazing! But...  
by Wija
March 19th, 2011, 9:38pm
Rating: 9.9  / 10.0
The plot is amazing. I thought "wow, here goes Souryo-sensei again." I have always had a thing for psychological stuff, so this was really interesting from start to finish. I really loved the scientific-babbles that Mine says whenever she's lost in herself. Heh.
However, I really felt like it was rushed somehow. I was hoping it would run for another 100 chapters before it ends... TO BE HONEST! I just had dreams about it... It kept haunting me even in my dreams...THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE!
From the moment I slept, I even said to myself, "haha, I wouldn't mind having nightmares about this story..." and what do you know, I dreamt about it and even woke up in the middle of the night and was still thinking about it. It left that much of an impression that even as I woke up this morning, I was still thinking of it and thought it was best to write down what the ideas were.
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I was really sad about that ending... I was hoping Shuro and Mine were to have a happy ending too... But...life is cruel for the both of them, it would seem.
But I thought, "what would happen to the child now? Will it have ES powers just like he did?"
In my dreams and my thoughts, if Mine had a son she would most likely name it after Shuro's "Ryousuke." If it was female, she'd name her "Yuri," as that was one of the little girls she's come to be close with in the story, and she would most likely want for her to live on and be her daughter since she might have been guilty she wasn't able to save her.
On the other part... what if Tomoya's mother was pregnant too? (Since she was raped by Izaku in Shuro's body) You all probably never thought about it...but that was one of the ideas that kept me haunting me in my sleep last night.
If so, there's a possibility the child might have an ES power too. And for the woman, being traumatized with the death of her husband, or she might suddenly wonder she was pregnant if her husband (theoretically) haven't been touching her - and it will be the cause of how the new generation ES-child will grow up. If Mine's child were to have a happy life, Izaku's (Shuro's body) spawn might have a rocky childhood and would lead to yet ANOTHER ES problem for Sakaki and Mine. Not to mention if she happens to see the child and it might look exactly like Izaku... And the children were opposite gender, it might become a romance... YES, even if they are siblings. Incest...I'm not even fond of it (as I have siblings of my own, and would never dare touch the subject) but it is quite plausible they would be drawn to each other. Mine's child would most likely sympathize to Izaku's spawn, and things will go out of hand from there.

Anyways...that's how far my dreams/ideas have got me. /shrug.
It would be nice if my idea could become the sequel...but that's just my wishful thinking.

Anyways...in terms of plot, I'd give it a perfect 5. The ending kept bothering me to not give it a perfect score so a 4 & a-half/5. The art is exceptional...as it is seinen so it's prefect for the story. So I'm giving it 5 too, being that it's detailed the way it should be for this kind of plot.

... Last updated on October 8th, 2011, 6:36am
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many lost opportunities  
by trepazoid
December 7th, 2010, 5:46pm
Rating: 6.0  / 10.0
This was like a love/hate relationship for me. Half the time I was bored with all the rumination of "existence" (well, as shallow a consideration as the plot of a manga can get anyway). Character development was weak, especially for those other than Kujou and Akiba. Even the antagonist got very little exposure, and it seems the philosophical/psychological exploration with the whole ES thing was pretty weak in interpretation as well as fabrication. However, what interested me was the more humane existence Akiba had with his "foster" family(ies), but that was overtaken by the poorly executed rivalry with Izaku which seemed hurried and sloppy. The relationship between Kujou and Akiba also deserved more attention than it got. But of course, both Akiba's relationship with his foster family(ies) and that with Kujou were spoiled by what Izaku's existence.
In short, while the major characters had the potential to develop--and the story turned out to be touching in certain parts--the constant attention given to underdeveloped characters and shortchanged execution of events detracted from development of the main cast and made the whole thing an underwhelming read. I wanted to see more of Akiba with his family and Akiba with Kujou, but in the end both were underplayed. A pity.

... Last updated on December 7th, 2010, 5:52pm
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the art..  
by regnum
September 21st, 2010, 4:43am
Rating: 6.0  / 10.0
The story is really exceptional and interesting for me who likes sci-fi and experimentations.
The art is really unique too, clear and very detailed. There's just something that bothers me and that is the lack of expressions in the faces of the characters. It's like the author tried so hard with their faces, and sometimes their feelings just don't reach you. Emotionless, stoic faces..And I can't remember if there is a single happy moment in the series or someone who "genuinely laughed" in the whole series. Their faces---it's just...blank..I'm sorry but for me, the characters' faces (inclusive of the main female lead) just looked empty...I guess it's the artist's style, but.....
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good manga but sad ending  
by bkmstr
August 23rd, 2010, 1:03pm
Rating: 8.0  / 10.0
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So Akiba dies but his child survives, regardless of whether the ability is passed on, but I wish it didn't end tragically, since the way this ended means that the kid will likely be born into a single-parent family and will never know his/her real father, which is kind of sad, if you think about it...although that is thinking a little too much about a work of fiction
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Excellent!  
by In-tuition
July 16th, 2010, 7:37am
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
This is the best seinen manga I've read. Souryo Fuyumi's works are very original and creative. I don't know what else I can say about this except that it's very, very good. Everything flows nicely, especially the art, which has a very clean quality about it and is also proportionally realistic.

I have to disagree with some comments about how this manga leaves questions unanswered. I haven't thought about it that way. Just take in what you are given. I feel that it answers a lot of questions, and it shows how the environment and social interaction affects our upbringing.

I was also pleasantly surprised with the ending. I knew
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Akiba was going to die, but I didn't know she was going to be pregnant with his child.
The ending was a bit rushed, it seemed, and I really do wish it would've ended happily for Akiba and Mine, but oh well.

Oh and by no means was this manga "boring crap". It's a work of art...every page, every dialogue.

... Last updated on July 16th, 2010, 7:39am
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Amazing, read it!  
by Leafy
June 12th, 2010, 10:25pm
Rating: N/A
I don't know why it took me so long to pick this manga up, but it was definetly worth it. The characters, the plot, everything was just perfect. It is definetly a tear jerker, but even if you're not a fan of tragedies, still give this one a chance. The ending was not what I had initially wanted and anticipated (you know, the typical happy cliched ending that everyone wants), but I was pleasantly suprised, I think it was the perfect ending to this manga.
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ho-hum  
by zombiefetishlove
May 27th, 2010, 9:53pm
Rating: 3.0  / 10.0
the romance was slightly boring and it seemed awkward-all of a sudden he just likes her when hes emotionally challenged before. and all of a sudden she likes him. kinda weird.
well, the plot could have done better if it were shortened, it seemed to drag on a bit, but there were good parts in there. even though
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basically every character died except for the girl and the other guy who was a research lab person


although its labeled as tragic, i wouldnt call it that, i didnt even shed a tear.

the beginning is good, but the ending is basically boring crap. no characterization of the main characters(yuri and her mother were good characterizations, though). so i guess read this on a slow day, because it also has a lot of psychology/workings of the brain in it.
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Difficult  
by Fundefined
January 3rd, 2010, 4:02pm
Rating: 6.0  / 10.0
Not in it's subject matter or characterization, but in judging it.

ES is a introspective thriller on the nature of humans and despite its great care in sculpturing the characters, none of their questions seem to be answered satisfyingly as they are killed before they ever gain anything. The abrupt demise of the characters before their salvation is rather startling considering how close they were to a satisfying conclusion.

Yet their deaths don't add any characterizations to the remaining, instead one feels cheated by the author who could have done more with the plot. I'm not advocating for a necessary good end without deaths however I'm sad that characters that were built so strongly got discarded so haphazardly in a ending that could have been so much more.

... Last updated on January 3rd, 2010, 4:07pm
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So sad  
by John21
December 16th, 2009, 12:12am
Rating: N/A
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Man dis manga is deep. The mangaka really put a lot of thought in it. However i don't really like tragedy dat much so after reading dis one fet pretty damn sad. Nobody was saved. even the kid died. The most useless character eva Sakaki survived, and I just wish the female character was stronger. Ending shud have been happier but still it was k i guess. Art is amazing, and story iss really thought provoking
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