I don't like Manga, but I loved 'Afterschool Charisma'

[Nique]

I don't know if this is a ripoff of clone high but it's a pretty good read. School-time but with crazy-ass clones of famous historical figures including Adolf Hitler, of all people. Looking forward to future volumes.

[Fifthfiend]

Nobody who reads manga likes manga, not even the people who claim otherwise.

[Magus]

Originally Posted by Nique

famous historical figures including Adolf Hitler, of all people.

That's actually not surprising in the least, the first thing I'd think of is Hitler and Abraham Lincoln if told the basic premise of this manga.

"At first it appears to be a drama involving these students coping with having the career paths and fates of their originals forced upon them, but it's soon revealed that there's a group bent on killing all the clones."

Wouldn't a more interesting experiment be to see if they turn out differently given a different environment/career path, to see the extent of genetics' power on Hitler's racism versus fighting in WW1 and growing up in depression-era Germany? Like to see if he's a crazy despot given the chance to go to art school for reals this time instead of having to be on the losing side of WW1?

Or to see whether or not Lincoln feels the need to grow a beard in our increasingly beardless society? Of Japan?

[Kim]

Just read the first chapter on a surprisingly legal site. Doesn't have chapters 2-6 though so I guess I'll wait to read the rest until I feel motivated to buy the first volume.

Pretty cool comic, and the art's good.