Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2707150 in Books
• Published on: 1990-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

Small Picture Good, Big Picture Bad
The story is cool from page to page especially the non-fighting parts, but when they start bringing in the super-villains straight out of a marvel comic, it gets corny... And the whole world conspiracy and peace tribune in the alps, give me a break guys...

I'm able to tolerate it mostly because the art is incredible. Dump this and read Sanctuary if you want a classic...

Before AKIRA, there was MAI
MAI, Psychic girl is truly on of the classic mangas that has somehow been forgotten in the US mainstreaming of Japanese manga and anime. Released in the late 80s/early 90s Mai was one of the first hugely successful B&W manga comic books.

The story itself is a rater simple but entertaining take. Mai is a young school girl who has started developing psychic abilities. She is the target of a sinister secret society who hope to harness her power (and others like her) to obtai world domination. Much like Otomo's AKIRA, Mai encounters other people who possess simlar powers to her and she must deal them.

The artwork is by famous manga artist Ryoichi Ikegami who is ebst known for his work on Crying Freeman. The style is not your typical cutesy sailor moon/dragon ball Z manga art, opting for a more realistic, sometimes western comic book approach to storytelling.

Overall MAI is a true classic a a fantastic story. One worth reading!

good read
This book is about Mai, a girl who happens to be a very powerful psychokinetic. She doesn't think her abilities are a very big deal, although she is careful to hide them from others. Still, she uses them mainly to keep boredom at bay. Unfortunately, a secret organization is after her and other psychokinetics, so that they can use her for military purposes. Her dad, a man skilled at martial arts, as other ideas, however, and does his best to keep her safe.

The artwork in this book was unexpected for me, much more realistic than anything I've seen in other manga works. However, it wasn't consistantly good artwork, and some of the characters tended to look odd, as another reviewer noted. The story itself was very riveting, and I couldn't put it down. I can't wait to read more about Mai, and I'm looking forward to the next volume.