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King Of Thorns

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1King Of Thorns Empty King Of Thorns Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:04 pm

Aceviper

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A really awesome story, which despite having a tangent story line has really interested me. Again, unfortunately, scanslations have stopped for a reason i don't really know. But you should read what is out at least. Stop Tazmo has it all.

Plot

King of Thorn is a science fiction survivor drama. It is told mostly from the view point of a girl named Kasumi. The story begins when 160 people are chosen to go into cold sleep until a cure is found for their mysterious disease, the Medusa virus. The Medusa virus is a disease which, six weeks after contracting it, causes victim to have seizures, and within five hours all of the victim's cells have solidified into a clay-like substance. It is named for the Medusa of Greek mythology, whose gaze could turn a person into stone.

When some of the sleepers wake up, the world has drastically changed, and there is a veritable jungle running around and through the facility. Massive monsters roam through the facility, and there are no signs of any other human beings. Although at first the survivors assume that many years have passed by, later in the storyline they realize that they have only been asleep for a very short period of time, and that there is far more to the Medusa virus and their situation than they ever could have imagined. In reality, the survivors have only been asleep a short while and the thorns and creatures are creations from the minds Kasumi's sister, Shizuku, as materialized Medusa bodies.

The Medusa Virus

Originally thought to be a disease causing people to have seizures and then their body petrifying, it is actually a bodyless sentient being from outer space. It infects people's minds and attempts to form a physical body based on an image in their mind. If it cannot successfully form a body, it breaks down causing the host body to petrify in the process.

It was originally bound to a meteor that crashed in remote Siberia near a boy and his pet deer on a walk. By simply being near the rock, the boy was infected with the concentrated Medusa. He returned home and infected his entire family, who all died, save for his emotionally withdrawn sister, Alice. Her imaginary friend was a boyish figure with a cat tail. When the Medusa successfully formed a body in this image and then stabilized the body by eating Alice's dead brother's pet deer, she was horrified and burned down the family house to kill the creature. In the process of doing this, the girl unwittingly spread Medusa thinly over the entire planet and infecting a lot of other people in the process. However, since there was only a certain amount of Medusa present in the meteor, only a certain amount of people were infected, the virus will infecting ones with weak determination.

The Venus Gate sect then appeared and took the girl to the castle fortress to experiment on her and Medusa, as they first believed it to be a gift from god that would allow them to make their imaginations real. Once they realized the truth, it was too late, as their security specialist (Zeus) had already found a new imagination host (Kasumi's twin, Shizuku) and used her to make new creatures in the facility's Medusa extraction room. He used these new creations in his quest to "amuse" himself and make the entire world an entertaining game of sorts.

The large monster at the very beginning of the manga that devours all but seven of the capsule survivors after they try to go through an elevator door is actually the "mother" monster from Shizuku's mind. After eating people, it has the ability to feed off of their thoughts and use the meat from their bodies to create offspring. Through the offspring, Zeus intends to create "games" in each continent of the world as a fight-for-your-life scenario involving the world's population.

2King Of Thorns Empty Re: King Of Thorns Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:57 pm

Ampitup

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Epic manga. I finished it two days ago. I wanted to check it out before I go ahead and treat myself to the movie.

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