Freesia

Description

Freesia is set in an alternative Japanese society that is at war, and has passed a law legalizing retaliatory killings. If somebody kills your loved one, you are legally sanctioned to kill, or hire someone to kill, the perpetrator. The manga is set around a character who works for a firm that specializes in these retaliatory killings.

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

フリージア

末世杀手

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

v.12 c.74-81 (end) by Gantz_Waitingroom 15 years ago

v.11 c.67-73 by Gantz_Waitingroom 16 years ago

v.10 c.60-66 by Gantz_Waitingroom 16 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

12 Volumes (Complete)
6 Aizouban Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

3 topics, 10 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (579 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.01 / 10.0

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Last Updated

August 3rd, 2024 4:24pm PDT - 9 months ago

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Genre

Action Adult Drama Mature Psychological Seinen Tragedy
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Mugen no Juunin - Bakumatsu no Shou

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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Enterbrain (2018)

Shogakukan (2001)

Serialized In (magazine)

Ikki (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #746

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Monthly Pos #1527

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3 Month Pos #2897

(-130)

6 Month Pos #3749

(+195)

Year Pos #4262

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List Stats

On 929 reading lists

On 1428 wish lists

On 1213 completed lists

On 110 unfinished lists

On 414 custom lists

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Freesia

11 years ago

Rather confused

14 years ago

The End?

15 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Finally gave this a try

by thischinksays
15 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Sometimes confusing, always depressing and quite deep. I'm not too into the art of Freesia but it does have a certain appeal to it. The pacing can be chaotic and even just weird at times but there was always a certain amount of interest keeping me going. This is a very depressing and dark kind of work but it is also very complex in what it tries to portray and give meaning to. Entertaining at times, sickening at times, I continued to read and my persistence was rewarded with a satisfying ending. These days most stories either in movies, books, manga, anime and games almost always lack a good ending, much less a satisfying one. I would have rated Freesia a 5 but the ending had enough meaning to make Freesia a 7. My rating doesn't really matter though, since it's only my opinion. Try Freesia if you want to form your own.

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Very retro feel. Very political.

by McCamyTaylor
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

Reminded me of the 1960s, Sartre and Goddard, back in the days when artists were Marxists and they did not feel the need to make their audience "feel good" about what is basically a very messed up world. A little bit more humor would have helped the dialectic go down easier.

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Great manga

by JiggleJiggle
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

This manga was awesome. One of the best existentialist pieces that I've ever read. I understand that a lot of people would be turned off by the graphic sex and violence, but this manga dealt with a lot of deeper themes, like the kind that you would find in Dostoevsky's novels. In fact, this manga reminded me a lot of Crime and Punishment and Notes from the Underground. Kano, the antihero, was quite an interesting character. I would recommend it for an older audience.

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Typical Ending But...

by xet5225
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

It is a good read. The main character gets himself out of the situation where it seems like the end for him and escapes. Later his injuries are healed but as I read, more holes are filled in while creating a bigger hole, his past and this camouflage technique. It satisfied my mind as I'm reading the chapters but sometimes the scenes jump quickly leaving no conclusion or rest to my thoughts until much later, where everything comes to a whole but may be questionable between readers.

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One of the best

by markdarkangel
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I really feel that this manga is one of the best reads that i have ever come across, pure sienen for adults. Jiro did a excellent portrayal of what the dregs of human society can be like with pure insanity taking place within different characters especially the main character himself. The art is great, really fits the manga very well and the ending will catch you off guard.

I can see why people have problems with this manga, Jiro never pulls any punches when it comes to his work but that what makes him one of the best. But in any case i guess only real sienen lovers would see that.

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Translation needed

by quidam
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I hope someone picks this up and translates last two chapters.

It's shame this great series is left uncompleted for english readers.

I found in Freesia deep insight into malfunctions of human psyche and how people are struggling to fit the society, despite their mental condition. Jiro portrayed schizophrenic mind perfectly.

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F'n A

by revilenigma
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

If your a shoujo or shounen tard then stay away, this is for a mature seinen loving audience only. This is one of the greatest manga ever created, your never quite sure what's real and what isn't, your constantly doubting everyone's sanity. The art's drop dead gorgeous and the writing is top notch.

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x_x

by Romashk
16 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

It's boring. This manga is like this :" You take a bucket of clay. Throw it on the floor. Scrub it of and pummel the mass with fists. Finally, put in the chimney hoping it will adjust itself into a statue." Yep, excitting, but its nonsence. It doesn't work that way, and I doubt it ever will.
Do yourself a favor, read some shoujo or smthn. Atleast it wouln't ruin your good mood.

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either you hate it or love it

by Trottelreiner
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

my all time favorite. the story... the artwork. everything about this manga is amazing.
Though... 4years ago i just hated all jiro-matsumoto mangas. I guess his mangas are really seinen. for mentally grown ups..

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ugh

by serobins
16 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I have to say, I find every single character in Freesia ugly and morally repellant. In this manga, any tiny scraps of humanity, kindness, or decency left in the world are always overwhelmed and destroyed. Reading it leaves me feeling a bit queasy sometimes, but I can't argue that it's not gripping.

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