Aya and her twin brother Aki thought they were going to a celebration of their sixteenth birthday at their grandfather's home, but the funeral-like atmosphere tips them off that something's not right. Their 'birthday present' turns out to be a mummified hand - the power of which forces an awakening within Aya, and painful wounds all over Aki's body. Grandfather Mikage announces that Aki will be heir to the Mikage fortune, and Aya must die! But Aya has allies in the athletic cook and martial artist Yuuhi, and the attractive, mysterious Toya. But can even two handsome and resourceful guys save Aya when it's her own power that's out of control?
So what's the story?: Around Aya's sixteenth birthday, things start getting a little... Strange. She falls off a bridge, and floats down to safety. She gets saved from being run over by a mysterious man. A dark aura shows up on photos of her. And when she and her twin brother go to their grandfather's house on their birthday, they're shown a mummified hand, and after the chaos that results, Aya is told she'll have to be killed for the good of her family.
I managed to type that with a straight face, I DEMAND CREDIT.
Reaction shot: For the record, immediately after I finished this, I went to check the list of retarded shoujo clichés. This one hits... A lot of them. And some of them were created specifically for this series.
I tell you this so you're aware, okay?
Basically, this is one of those manga series where if you're happy to go along with the eye candy and not think about it too hard, everything is wonderful. If you try to think about it, then it can get very annoying very fast. The main character, Aya, alternates between crazy, annoyingly crazy, and a tolerable character, although some of her actions just beggar belief. Such as: She's just been attacked and nearly killed by members of her own family, and it's her first kiss that she freaks out over.
Most of the characters fill out cliché roles that I haven't seen in - oh god, ages. There's Mysterious Amnesiac, Grumpy Hardworking Not-Gonna-Get-The-Girl!Guy, the secretive girl with powers, the energetic and violent-to-her-brother main girl -
The art and story in and of themselves aren't that bad. It's just the way it's handled that makes me roll my eyes so much.
Verdict: Earth logic need not apply.
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