Mai: The Psychic Girl, No. 4

by Kazuya Kudo, 池上 遼一, James D. Hudnall

Penultimate volume of the story of the ordinary Japanese girl with extraordinary powers. This is the third in a four-volume collection of one of Japan's most popular "manga". This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 092927928X
• ISBN13: 9780929279282
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Viz
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Before AKIRA, there was MAI

MAI, Psychic girl is truly on of the classic mangas that has somehow been forgotten in the US mainstreaming of Japanese manga and anime. Released in the late 80s/early 90s Mai was one of the first hugely successful B & W manga comic books. The story itself is a rater simple but entertaining take. Mai is a young school girl who has started developing psychic abilities. She is the target of a sinister secret society who hope to harness her power (and others like her) to obtai world domination. Much like Otomo's AKIRA, Mai encounters other people who possess simlar powers to her and she must deal them. The artwork is by famous manga artist Ryoichi Ikegami who is ebst known for his work on Crying Freeman. The style is not your typical cutesy sailor moon/dragon ball Z manga art, opting for a more realistic, sometimes western comic book approach to storytelling. Overall MAI is a true classic a a fantastic story. One worth reading!

good read

This book is about Mai, a girl who happens to be a very powerful psychokinetic. She doesn't think her abilities are a very big deal, although she is careful to hide them from others. Still, she uses them mainly to keep boredom at bay. Unfortunately, a secret organization is after her and other psychokinetics, so that they can use her for military purposes. Her dad, a man skilled at martial arts, as other ideas, however, and does his best to keep her safe. The artwork in this book was unexpected for me, much more realistic than anything I've seen in other manga works. However, it wasn't consistantly good artwork, and some of the characters tended to look odd, as another reviewer noted. The story itself was very riveting, and I couldn't put it down. I can't wait to read more about Mai, and I'm looking forward to the next volume.

excellent- all manga should be like this

I had read other manga before, but this one totally blows everything else I have ever read away. At first, the main character Mai, is a bit reluctant to accept her destiny as protectress of the earth, but when she starts using her powers to battle, it becomes very gripping and hard to put down. With the exception of some nude scenes that had no place in this manga, I found this book to be extremely entertaining and nonoffensive.

Mai oh Mai!

This book was amazing. It really got me into most anime and manga things, and it's easy to see why. Gripping storyline, beautiful art...I really felt involved. Kudo and Ikegami are much applauded. Oh by the way, mail me if you find any other comparable manga things, please.

awesome plot & story & ARTWORK!

Really cool, my favorite manga. The plot is really interesting, the artwork is excellent. It can be a little gory sometimes, and there are certain scenes which have no place, but it still is the best!