Day X (Manga)

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Day X ( Japanese 彼女 た ち の エ ク ス ・ デ イ , Kanojo-tachi no X day , German "the day X of her and the others") is a manga from the Mangaka Setona Mizushiro . Influenced by the school massacre in Littleton , the mangaka describes the experiences of three students and a teacher who plan to blow up their school.

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The main character of the manga is Rika Saginuma, a young student who suffers quite from being abandoned by her boyfriend, who is now leaving with a training partner of her. In an online chat at her school, she meets some soulmates who are planning to blow up the school. Eventually you get to know each other and begin to implement the plan.

At the end of the 2nd volume there is the rather unusual SF story The Last Meal .

Characters

Rika Saginuma ( 鷺 沼 梨花 , Saginuma Rika , nickname: 11 , pronounced eleven )
The young student is in the senior class of her high school. She used to be in the athletics club and was a high jump ace, where she even took 2nd place at the state championship. After an injury, however, she could no longer find the right connection. However, she is rather frustrated by the fact that her boyfriend broke up with her after 3 years. After meeting soul mates in an online chat, she plans to blow up the school with them.
Nanaka Shimada ( 嶋 田 七 果 , Shimada Nanaka , nickname: Polaris ( ポ ラ リ ス , Porarisu ))
Nanaka is in Rika's parallel class and is a very inconspicuous girl who hardly speaks and has no friends. Nanaka is only happy after school, when she is allowed to take off her school uniform and walk around in Lolita style, which is her real self. Nanaka alias Polaris is the driving force behind the assassination plans. When she is very emotionally charged, she tends to go to extremes. She wants to throw herself off the school roof because of a little something, but is saved by Rika.
Yumihiko Tsukumura ( 月 村 弓 彦 , Tsukumura Yumihiko , nickname: Kin-san ( 金 さ ん , Kin-san ))
The young, nice student is in a class under Rika and Nanaka. Actually, one does not trust him to do such a thing, but the boy suffers from the abuse of his mother. She always hits him when she is frustrated or has trouble with her lovers. When he was 5 years old, his mother poured boiling water on him. Since then he has had corresponding scars on his shoulder and upper arm. Yumihiko falls in love with Rika, but is afraid of women because of his mother.
Reichi Katano ( 片 野 玲 一 , Katano Reichi , nickname: Dsungare ( ジ ャ ン ガ リ ア ン , Jangarian ))
The fourth in the group is the school's biology teacher. He is frustrated by the atmosphere at the school and also by the intrigues among the teachers. That's why he doesn't want to have anything to do with them and prefers to spend his breaks alone in the biology room. The shy teacher is pursued by the daughter of the chairman of the board. His only friend is his Djungarian dwarf hamster .
Ryo
Ryo broke up with Rika because she always seemed aloof to him. He's going with Kako now, but tries to start over with Rika again.
Kako Takashima
The young girl was once Rika's training partner and is also very good at high jump. She is well on the way to becoming better than Rika. She goes with Ryo, but doesn't know that Ryo and Rika were once a couple. She is always friendly to Rika, but she only sees her as a rival.
Kunimoto
The young woman is the daughter of the CEO and is after Reichi. After they go out once, Kunimoto believes Reichi loves her and harasses him with phone calls or lounges outside his door. She also spreads the rumor that they are both engaged.

Manga

In Japan, the 2-volume manga was published in 2002 by Akita Shoten's Princess . Tokyopop also published the manga in the USA under the title X-Day . In French he appeared in Asuka Comics.

In Germany the manga is published by Tokyopop , translated by Ninako Takeuchi.

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