Mana's return to her hometown brings conflict with her. Unbeknownst to her. Mana has a magical power that makes her a "Mindbreaker". Apparently, it allows her to enhance the magical/mystical powers of those around her, and enables her to get anyone she befriends to defend her from the other factions who want to destroy or capture her.
Three of her friends have sworn to give up supporting their factions, and support her instead. Now, she adds her Highschool science teacher and priest, and his adopted son, Tomonori Nakaura and Tsukasa Amou, to her sworn defenders. But Tsukasa feels that Tomonori will hate him for having wings sprouting from his head in his true "Aquarian" form. But when Mana gives him the courage to share the truth, he finds that Tomonori views him as an angel sent to him by God.
Meanwhile, someone else, a boy named Lafayel, is sent by his own mind-breaker to attack Mana for reasons none of his faction will reveal. Mana is defended and discovers her own power to heal and magnify the powers of others. She doesn't care about fighting for a faction, she only wants to take care of Kaname and her other friends, and to have everyone live and be happy. The others, so used to fighting for their factions, and the goals of their factions (except Kaname and Mana who are ignorant of the whole Aquarian Age battle for the earth) find her goals refreshingly simple and admirable, so they leave their factions to fight for and defend her.
But Kaname's friend Itsuki has a reason of his own for wanting to follow Mana and defend her. Can she help him save his sister, whose magical power is so great it harms her? Or will they be captured by his former faction, E.G.O. or that of the people who sent Lafayel? What do they want with Mana, anyhow?
Second volume, and still next to no explanation of what is going on exactly, which means that this manga must be primarily for those people who are already into the card game, and have some idea what all this is about. I wish I knew, because the manga's story both intrigues and annoys me.
Intrigues because it looks very good, but annoys because hardly anything is ever explained. I had to figure out for myself what a Mind-Breaker was and what one could do. It sounds like some kind of torturer, but it actually appears to be a good thing instead. I think the breaking part refers to how a Mind-breaker can cause people to break ties to their former factions when he or she touches them. I'm not even sure I'm correct in this.
I might give this one more chance, but I'm not sure its worth the money, if every volume is going to be so tight-lipped in its explanations. If you're already a fan of the game, please enlighten me. But if you haven't heard of the game or know what the manga is talking about, you're getting a tough row to hoe in regards to this manga. Explanations are practically non-existent, and while the art is pretty, with plenty of Bishounen, it's more exasperating to read than rewarding.
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