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Alive (manga by T Kawashima)

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Alternative title:
Alive - Evoluzione Finale (Italian)
Alive - Last Evolution (French)
Alive - Last Evolutionary Boy
Alive - Saishū Shinka teki Shōnen (Japanese)
アライブ 最終進化的少年 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Taisuke Kanou is your average 16-year-old student. He has two close friends, Hirose and Megumi. Hirose has trouble with bullies, but Taisuke is always there to defend him, even though he just winds up getting beaten instead of Hirose. During class one day, Taisuke is hit by something unworldly and for that split second, he sees a vision of the universe. As he's walking home from school, he sees a girl fall and die if front of him, but his first thought is jealousy. He later finds out that the strange sensation that hit him is spreading throughout Japan. Those who are struck by it either commit suicide or "evolve," but the "evolved" usually have dark intentions for the rest of the world.
User Ratings: 90 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (Eng:8, sub:3, dub:2, ?:1)
 Excellent: 18 votes (Eng:7, sub:7, dub:3, others:1
1 english & indonesian
)
 Very good: 24 votes (Eng:18, dub:3, sub:1, others:2
2 French
)
 Good: 25 votes (Eng:18, sub:4, ?:1, others:2
1 +
1 Indonesia
)
 Decent: 6 votes (Eng:4, dub:2)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 235 users, rank: #374 (of 6820)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.944 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.4557, rank: #1377 (of 7632)
Weighted mean: 7.774 (Very good−), rank: #1858 (of 7632) (seen all: 8.08 / seen some: 7.80 / won't finish: 4.57)
Bayesian estimate: 7.771 (Very good−), rank: #920 (of 3501)
Number of tankoubon: 21
Number of pages: 200
Chapter titles: We have 83
Vintage: 2003 (serialized in Monthly Shonen Magazine)
Release dates: We have 42
Links: We have 1
Reviews:
Alive GN 5 (Aug 9, 2008)
Alive GN 2 (Nov 20, 2007)
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, February 24-March 2 (Feb 26, 2019)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 27-September 2 (Aug 29, 2017)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 30-August 5 (Aug 1, 2017)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 16-22 (Jul 18, 2017)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 2-8 (Jul 4, 2017)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 11-17 (Jun 13, 2017)
Kodansha Lists School Rumble, Alive, Nodame Cantabile, Princess Resurrection Manga on iTunes (Jun 27, 2016)
Noragami Anime's Teaser Promo Streamed (Oct 18, 2013)
Kodansha USA to Take Over Del Rey Manga Titles (Update 3) (Oct 3, 2010)
Alive Manga Writer Tadashi Kawashima Passes Away (Jun 17, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 15-21 (Feb 24, 2010)
Alive - Saishū Shinka teki Shōnen Manga Ends in Japan (Feb 6, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 12-18 (Oct 21, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 17-23 (Mar 4, 2009)
Kawashima's Alive Manga Gets TV Anime (Jun 16, 2008)
New York Magazine Previews Tokyopop's "99 Roses" (Feb 7, 2008)
Manga Named to Librarians' Great Graphic Novels List (Jan 16, 2008)
Library Group Finalizes 'Great Graphic Novels' Nominations (Dec 13, 2007)
New York Magazine Continues Manga Previews (Aug 30, 2007)
New York Magazine Previews Del Rey's Alive Manga (Aug 1, 2007)
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    Alive (eBook 1) 2016-07-26 (from $9.99)
    Alive (eBook 2) 2016-07-26 (from $9.99)
    Alive (eBook 3) 2016-08-16 (from $9.99)
    Alive (eBook 4) 2016-08-30 (from $9.99)
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Graphic novel
    Alive (GN 1) 2007-07-31 (from $9.47)
    Alive (GN 2) 2007-10-30 (from $7.09)
    Alive (GN 3) 2008-01-31 (from $7.76)
    Alive (GN 4) 2008-04-29 (from $9.07)
    Alive (GN 5) 2008-06-24 (from $8.43)
    Alive (GN 6) 2008-10-28 (from $8.79)
    Alive (GN 7) 2009-01-27 (from $9.59)
    Alive (GN 8) 2009-11-24 (from $9.19)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
Serialized In: Monthly Shonen Magazine (Kodansha)
English staff
English companies
Translation: Anastasia Moreno

Adaptation: Anastasia Moreno
Lettering: North Market Street Graphics
Licensed by:
Del Rey
Kodansha Comics (current)
Online Distribution: K MANGA
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
Translation: Fédoua Thalal

Adaptation: Fédoua Thalal
Design: Sylvie Daulon
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Pika Édition
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher: GP Manga
Italian cast
(none)

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