Alive: Saishuu Shinkateki Shounen

Description

From Del Rey:

A strange virus is making its way around the globe, causing its victims to commit suicide. In less than a week, it's become a lethal pandemic. Now a group of Tokyo teens who have survived the outbreak are wondering why they are still alive.

Official English:
Azuki, INKR

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Alive 最終進化的少年

Alive: The Final Evolution

ARAIBU คนผ่าเหล่า เผ่าหายนะ

Живой: последняя эволюция

アライブ

アライブ最終進化的少年

最終進化少年

最终进化少年

얼라이브 최종 진화 적 소년

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Latest Release(s)

v.21 c.82 by Ala Atra Scans & For The Halibut 14 years ago

v.21 c.81 by Ala Atra Scans & For The Halibut 14 years ago

v.21 c.80 by Ala Atra Scans & For The Halibut 14 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

21 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

9 topics, 69 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (1127 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.25 / 10.0

25%

21%

28%

15%

Last Updated

December 22nd, 2023 4:24am PST - 1 year ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Drama Sci-fi Shounen Supernatural
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Strongest System

Ragnarok (Odin Helgheim)

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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Gekkan Shounen Magazine (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Azuki (Digital)

Del Rey (Defunct / 8 Vols)

INKR Comics (Digital)

Kodansha USA (21 Vols - Complete; digital)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #715

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Monthly Pos #1556

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3 Month Pos #2305

(-688)

6 Month Pos #3923

(+180)

Year Pos #4430

(+325)

List Stats

On 2030 reading lists

On 1725 wish lists

On 2374 completed lists

On 153 unfinished lists

On 570 custom lists

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Forum Posts Click to view the forum

Asking about Katsumata

10 years ago

About the two final messages in Alive the final evolution final chapter

12 years ago

Alive ---The End

12 years ago

My problems with Alive

14 years ago

Alive - The Final Evolution TV Anime Formally Dropped

14 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Suprisingly addictive.

by flapple
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I was reading this, and i was wondering to myself why i was reading it. Something about this manga made me finish up to vol 16 in 1 day. I thought about how stupid it was with all of the brainwashing and insanity. I didnt really like the plot and the antagonist was gay. Probably the only thing i kept looking forward to was the relationship between Taisuke and Nami. Im a sucker for romance.

Dunno why i liked it when i hated everything about it. Weird.

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by Miriette Le Fay
16 years ago

Rating: 9.5 / 10.0

Story = 10
Art = 9.7
Characters = 9

Well... the story developts really well and I'm against comments that say the plot is clichê. No, the mangaka has used some elements already used so many times in storys but he has changed them to shape the story in his way. We can use the fairytales for an exemple. Once upon a time a prince... to typical. What can we do to make it original? Well... the Prince will aparently be the heroe but in the end we will discover he is actually the villain behind the "curtains". It's more original isn't it? The mangaka story was also made in this style. I have no critics (that's why I give it a 10). The manga isn't repetitive and fluids very well I must say...
The art has beganning with some "defects" principally in the Taisuki case, almost unsightly. But again life isn't esthetic. When the story pogress (I would say volume 3 / 4 if I still remenber...) The art was better and almost perfect fit the story.
The part that I think failed was the charactes. Nothing to serious) disagreeing with a comment bellow the villains where better developted. They have interesting and original characters. If it wasn't because of that I would probably give 10 to the story and the rank would ingrese. Sadly it isn't. The three main heroes (even thought they aren't as godd as the villains) aren't bad at all. Take Yuta as a example. The main characters grow with us even thought I think with so much better characters on this story why doesn the author have to choose for main heroe him? The inocent type but that loves his friends and that belive one of the villains is still his friend isn't my type. But again. he grow with us and I don't think it was there he has failed. It was on the second arc on the Tezuka Family. Comparing them with the first arc villains they where no good. I would give them a 7 and (like I think I said below) I would give to the first arc villains a 10. This would give a 8.5 if there wasn't some other elements like main characters, other less important characters like the reporters and the second arc villains (army, souls...). This will give a 9.
The other mistake I found in this was the deaths. There was almost artificial (until what I read) how the heroes or "simpathic people" never die and the other not. I know the story doesn't divide between bad and good people, even the bad has a sad story or something that make use like them but the heroes and the characters that obviously has never done nothing much bad don't die. In a war the two sides have to be hurt.
Other than that is a great story.

... Last updated 16 years ago

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fair

by wait321
16 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

The series has a promising start. The suicide premise was rather original and interesting. As the story progressed, it became the typical journey found in most shounen series, but it was still entertaining to see the unique powers, history, and trauma of each of the heroes and villains.

Now that the first arc has ended, the story isn't as entertaining. There's a ton of new heroes and villains but not enough background about them to get a good sense of their personalities, histories, and goals to keep me interested.

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uhOh

by pinUp
16 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

ugh...the story at the beginning are sooOOO~~ typical,a no0b wimp get a Great Power then act like he's the boss,forgetting his friend who always protect him and kidnap the girl....and the hero go on a journey to find them...i've seen a few manga that the story like this in..

but what i didn't like is the hero's/heroine are soo~ Ordinary...meanwhile the enemy have 2 interesting Character such as Kanon and the guy whos power is
Bubble(forget his name,tho)....ugh the artist really can drawn a pretty character, till chapter 13,i've only found Kanon that are pretty interesting thought....

and this manga has alot of pages each chapter...v.V way to go hehe~~

... Last updated 16 years ago

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love this!!!!!!!!!!

by oraclegirl
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

when i first read the first pages i really found it not so interesting, but i still decided to read further.
and i'm really happy to read it further , because it got more and more exciting. Now i really want more!!!!!!!!
it's just so great. New characters appeared and the art gets more and more adorable!!!
can't wait for the next scanlates!!!!!!!!!

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Outstanding

by XileDragon
16 years ago

Rating: 8.8 / 10.0

Well, I rarely give anything above 9.5, but here's one of them. Out of all the mangas I have read, this is the one that has done the best job in mixing seemingly every genre into it. A sci-fi with reasonable amount of action, mixed with detailed art, hints of romance and occasional comedic moments. Mystery, supernatural powers and even time gaps are thrown in as well.

Alive has many cliches, but the thing about cliches is how they are used. Alive's authors do it very well, because instead of making the characters plain, the cliches endears them to the reader. The pace is well done as well, as new developments appear quite rapidly, but the story does not feel rushed either.

Ultimately, this is the first manga that hasn't made me go 'wow', but still forced me to give it such a high rating. In a strange way, it is what I would call a perfectly well balanced manga.

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Awesomness <3

by Hina-tan
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

One of favorite mangas ever, if not my most favorite manga ever.

I started reading this, mostly because I had free time and wanted to read something.I didn't have a thought that I might end up loving this.At the start it seemed a bit weird to me but as the story progressed the plot and characters became deeper and at one moment I noticed that I'm already loving this XD

I'm always carving for more <3

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great manga

by Zelly01
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

okay... i love this manga but i will stop reading this one because alive will be adapted into an anime series... i´ll finish reading this after I watched the anime...
however alive is really catching i almost spend the whole day reading the manga.

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fucking epic.

by Hellsayer
16 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

One of my favorites, very well made with an awesome story and cool powers, great characters, and good settings. The enemies are unoriginal but its hard to come up with original ones these days.
and i really don't like that doctor that is obsessed with comrades or the fast girl. theyre assholes. but d2, badass till the end! T-T10/10

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Great

by U-Jin
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

One of the best shounen manga if not top one.
And i want to say this to people that have "oryginality" problem -
naturally most shounen manga are similar, same genre doh..

I have read 11 volumes in one go, so atleast give it a try :3

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