Psycho Busters 1 [Paperback]

Akinari Nao (Author), Yuya Aoki (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 2007 | Series: Psycho Busters (Book 1)

MYSTERY GIRL

Out of the blue, a beautiful girl asks Kakeru to run away with her. This could be any boy’s dream come true, but there’s something strange afoot. It turns out that the girl is on the run from a shadowy government organization intent on using her psychic abilities for its own nefarious ends. But why does she need Kakeru’s help? Could it be that he has secret powers, too?

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A bored 15-year-old yearns for excitement and gets more than he can handle in this inaugural volume. Kakeru has the house to himself for the summer, but his quiet existence of computer games and porn is interrupted by a spectral girl, who draws him to a house where he meets two young psychics with telekinetic powers. The house is invaded by armed Farmers—men tasked with retrieving the psychics and locating their missing leader, Joi. Kakeru may be psychic himself, although he has no idea what his powers are; a series of confrontations with rogue psychics hint that he is either very powerful or very lucky (or perhaps both). Most of the volume is devoted to setting up the story, although there are a few spectacular fight scenes that make ample use of movement and sound. Visually the book is consistent if run-of-the-mill; most manga conventions are present, and the artwork seldom attempts anything out of the ordinary. This is a solid beginning to a story, and if it runs anywhere near as long as Aoki's previous epic, GetBackers, it will have plenty of time to turn into something engrossing. (Oct.)
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 16 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (October 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345499352
• ISBN-13: 978-0345499356
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,277,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good new series, February 3, 2010

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This review is from: Psycho Busters 1 (Paperback)

This is a fun story, focused on a 'normal' teenage boy, Kakeru, as he gets involved with a group of psychic runaways from a secret government research facility. Joi, the pre-cog leader of the gifted teens insists that he is an important and powerful psychic, but Kakeru just sees himself as an average teen, despite some extremely unlikely occurrences that keep him alive.

A supernatural series aimed toward teenage boys (a naked girl astral-projection into Kakeru's room starts his interaction with the psychics), the story is well done and the characters engaging. The psychic abilities are diverse and reasonably developed, and the fight scenes are exciting without being over-blown. I am currently on volume 3, and looking forward to continuing to read the series. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys supernatural or action manga (YuYu Hakusho comes to mind).