Anime & Manga Review: Freezing

January 2, 2012
Posted by DaBrenz
  
Hey guys! I haven’t seen you all since last year!! (Geddit? Hahaha.) Well, a new year brings us one step closer to our never-ending destination known as the future! So let me introduce to you to a possible path in our future, via the manga "Freezing"!

Author: Im Dal Young
Artist: Kim Kwang Hyun
  
Be warned, the manga, released in 2007, is coated with blood and revolves around mature themes unsuited for the faint-hearted/young, but if you think you are up for it and want to venture into the Sci-Fi genre, Freezing is a good way to make a start.
  
This manga is really one of a kind, because while the protagonist of the story is our dashing young Kazuya Aoi, all the butt-kicking action is dished out by the gorgeous, busty women known as Pandoras. Females play the unusual role of the main fighter, while males take a step back (for once) and play a supporting (but nonetheless important) role in the long and tiring fight against the enemy Nova.
  
Kazuya Aoi is our typical male hero- warm, kind. These heroes are usually the clumsiest around: resulting in poor Kazuya Aoi mistaking the back of beautiful yet cold Satellizer el Bridget for that of his late sister, Kazuha Aoi. He screws up big time, on the very first day after enrolling in a specialized school known as the West Genetics Academy, too. *facepalm*
  
Following Kazuya Aoi closely, we are introduced into a world of Pandoras and their trusty partners, Limiters. With awesome weapons named Volt Weapons, cool techniques like Accel and Tempest Turn, Kazuya discovers his rare ability and thus his potential as a Limiter. Everyone is interested in making him their Limiter except our Satellizer el Bridget - which makes Kazuya all the more determined for him to be accepted as Satellizer’s Limiter.
Of course, when surrounded by gorgeous girls, a love triangle is inevitable. Lana Linchen, our sweet ditzy countryside girl enters the fray with her powerful abilities and plays that key role in allowing feelings to be realized.
  
There really isn’t any other way to describe Freezing. You really have to read it for yourself to be able to capture and understand the full essence of it. Take note that there are a lot of terminologies within the book that the author has created!
  
I REPEAT. Be warned that Freezing is a mature manga with many of the darker themes within it. It is NOT for the faint-hearted or underaged. :D

Nonetheless, it is a good and different read and can be found on MangaFox and MangaReader, where majority of the chapters are scanlated by The Halibut&Vexed Scans and Ala-Atra Scans respectively.


With 62 chapters, Freezing has rather irregular updates so that acts as a deterrent in your manga-reading, be warned. Freezing also has an ANIME!! With 12 episodes and 6 OVAs, the anime of Freezing aired JUST THIS YEAR!! It is completed and the anime can be found on AnimeDreaming.
Let Satellizer and Kazuya take you into a new futuristic world, of what may be in the day that will never come: Tomorrow ☺






Next review: Looking for a quick read with bits and pieces of ECCHI? Stay tuned!


DaBrenz, signing off.