Name: Ilegenes - Kokuyou no Kiseki-
Original Title: イルゲネス ~ 黒耀の軌跡 ~
AKA: The Genetic Sodom Ilegenes
Author: Kuwabara Mizuna
Artist: Ishizue Kachiru
Status: Publishing
Genres: Military, Drama, Sci-Fi, Shoujo
The Story:
The island of Ilegenes is home to an internationally renown genetic engineering research institution. In addition to their research involving genetic manipulation, a dark underground organization exists called the Black Market. Great profit is gained from the mass production of clones and the sale of human bodies. Thus, people refer to Ilegenes as the place God has turned away from—The Genetic Sodom. Fon F. Littenber enrolled in the Ilegenes military school to become strong. He wants to avenge his parents' deaths by destroying the Black Market organization. Fon is a cool, collected young man whose attitude and parentage separate him from his peers. His father is Professor Littenber, the father of Genetic Sodom and the authority on brain research. Due to this, Fon is targeted by rival students and nasty rumors that claim he was subjected to genetic manipulation at the hands of his father. What awaits Fon in Ilegenes?
- From MAL
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Prior Reading:
I found out about Ilegenes from another blog which I forgot.. but I was fascinated by the gorgeous art. I have a military uniform fetish :3 Seeing bishounens in military uniforms just made me happier. Beautiful art never fails to make me so excited. I was reading GodChild before this & I was really excited to start on Ilegenes immediately after GodChild.I'm happy I did~
The Story:
The main plot focus is on revenge. The story rarely strays away from this main point which is good since a lot of stories would go serious & all happy go lucky the nest moment.We of course don't have whole entire plot on anger & resentment but we see slightly more relaxed moments of friendship being built. The setting of the plot is on the island of Ilegenes in which the story slowly unwraps itself to reveal the secrets of the black market & the people whom Fon (main character) know. As Ilegenes is a sci-fic that deals with issues such as cloning & genetic modification, issues of ethics are touched on. It leaves u thinking whether its fine to sell ur genes for money & the story gives the opinions on family members seeing others use their loved ones genes for their own.
The Characters:
The characters are somewhat alright..not very colourful & fascinating though. Most characters are serious but do have points that set them apart from one another such Jaques being mature but care free. Nicolas being overly seriously uptight & Fon as a cool but at the same time rash young guy.
Note there are no female characters in this series so far except for Nicolas's sister so there aren't any girly "kya kya" moments.
Fon is the main focus in the entire story & we hardly leave him :) He gets a lot attention but then again Jaques gets it too. We see a bond being built between Jaque & Fon with Jaque as a brotherly figure to orphaned Fon. The cast could have been more fun but then we wouldn't want to lose the seriousness of this great manga.
The Art:
Ilegenes Art = beautiful.
The guys are pretty (bonus point for me) & the body proportions are all completely fine. Fight scenes are fluidly drawn. The fights are clear & not messy.The only messy part was a scene in chapter 21.That would be a spoiler. :3
The covers are beautiful, colours are not bright but slighlty dark which suits the setting of teh story. Although there are hardly any female characters when they do appear (the peacock hybrid) she is absolutely adorable. Wish there are more female characters around.The art for them is so pretty too.
You may like this if:
Artist: Ishizue Kachiru
Status: Publishing
Genres: Military, Drama, Sci-Fi, Shoujo
The Story:
The island of Ilegenes is home to an internationally renown genetic engineering research institution. In addition to their research involving genetic manipulation, a dark underground organization exists called the Black Market. Great profit is gained from the mass production of clones and the sale of human bodies. Thus, people refer to Ilegenes as the place God has turned away from—The Genetic Sodom. Fon F. Littenber enrolled in the Ilegenes military school to become strong. He wants to avenge his parents' deaths by destroying the Black Market organization. Fon is a cool, collected young man whose attitude and parentage separate him from his peers. His father is Professor Littenber, the father of Genetic Sodom and the authority on brain research. Due to this, Fon is targeted by rival students and nasty rumors that claim he was subjected to genetic manipulation at the hands of his father. What awaits Fon in Ilegenes?
- From MAL
Blogger Airtime!
Prior Reading:
I found out about Ilegenes from another blog which I forgot.. but I was fascinated by the gorgeous art. I have a military uniform fetish :3 Seeing bishounens in military uniforms just made me happier. Beautiful art never fails to make me so excited. I was reading GodChild before this & I was really excited to start on Ilegenes immediately after GodChild.I'm happy I did~
The Story:
The main plot focus is on revenge. The story rarely strays away from this main point which is good since a lot of stories would go serious & all happy go lucky the nest moment.We of course don't have whole entire plot on anger & resentment but we see slightly more relaxed moments of friendship being built. The setting of the plot is on the island of Ilegenes in which the story slowly unwraps itself to reveal the secrets of the black market & the people whom Fon (main character) know. As Ilegenes is a sci-fic that deals with issues such as cloning & genetic modification, issues of ethics are touched on. It leaves u thinking whether its fine to sell ur genes for money & the story gives the opinions on family members seeing others use their loved ones genes for their own.
The Characters:
The characters are somewhat alright..not very colourful & fascinating though. Most characters are serious but do have points that set them apart from one another such Jaques being mature but care free. Nicolas being overly seriously uptight & Fon as a cool but at the same time rash young guy.
Note there are no female characters in this series so far except for Nicolas's sister so there aren't any girly "kya kya" moments.
Fon is the main focus in the entire story & we hardly leave him :) He gets a lot attention but then again Jaques gets it too. We see a bond being built between Jaque & Fon with Jaque as a brotherly figure to orphaned Fon. The cast could have been more fun but then we wouldn't want to lose the seriousness of this great manga.
The Art:
Ilegenes Art = beautiful.
The guys are pretty (bonus point for me) & the body proportions are all completely fine. Fight scenes are fluidly drawn. The fights are clear & not messy.The only messy part was a scene in chapter 21.That would be a spoiler. :3
The covers are beautiful, colours are not bright but slighlty dark which suits the setting of teh story. Although there are hardly any female characters when they do appear (the peacock hybrid) she is absolutely adorable. Wish there are more female characters around.The art for them is so pretty too.
You may like this if:
- You liked the series 07-Ghost. Both deal with the military & revenge.
- Have a fetish for military uniforms like me haha
- You enjoyed the manga series Switch.
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