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Title: Wild Adapter

Alternative title:
ワイルド アダプター [Japanese]
와일드 어댑터 [Korean]

Genres: Mystery && Psychological.

From: Link to Website#1

Rated: Mature Ages, M18+ [Tokyo Pop print - my Singaporean Chuang Yi had no censorship ratings. xd ]

Creator: Kazuya Minekura

From the creator of Saiyuki comes a manga in the film noir tradition, full of intense action, wild assassins and mysterious, amnesiac strays.

Volume 1 Blurb: Makoto Kubota wandered through life, not taking things too seriously or looking too deep within himself. His job as the head of the Izumo Group's youth gang kept him pleasantly occupied with yakuza wars, mahjong and assassinations...Until the day he stumbled upon a strange drug called Wild Adapter that produces bizarre side-effects--including death. Forever changed, Kubota becomes entangled with a drifter named Minoru Tokito, and the two form an unlikely companionship that draws them deeper into the mystery of Wild Adapter...

Volume 2 Blurb: Life is cheap in the back alleys of Yokohama. Makoto has had enough of Sanada and the Izumo Organization, leaving it in a rain of blood. He sees the effect of Wild Adapter when he bumps into a pregnant woman at the convenience store. It seems a yakuza turf war is brewing, and Tokito is caught in the middle of it. How long can Makoto stay away from a life that keeps calling him?

Volume 3 Blurb: Kubota and Tokito decide to infiltrate a popular cult that preaches a return to a more animalistic level of humanity, hoping to pick up information on Wild Adapter and perhaps even Tokito's forgotten past. The yakuza are still hot on their tail, but there is a lot more to this new religion than just meditation and ritual chanting, and, once you join up, the only way out may be on a stretcher.

From: Website #2

As a huge fan of Minekura Kazua-sensei, I was thrilled when this series came out. I love it. I have V 1 and 2 and eagerly await V 3. I actually have the Wild Adapter artbook (bought about 2 yrs ago) and my friend found me the anime DVD for "Executive Committee", which is slightly slashy and really cute. I was told that Wild Adapter is Minekura-sensei's slashiest work (like Saiyuki isn't slashy enough, right?), and I am a big fan of the Kubota/Tokito pairing.

I just love the artwork. The storyline is just weird enough to keep me entertained. And any book where 2 boys kiss is all right with me.

I LOVE TOKITO MAN.
HE'S HAND IS LIKE.
WAYYY COOL.
AND HE'S SO CUTEE!
HAHA.
"WHAT'S A WOMEN DOING ERE?! D:"
HAHA. ANYWAYS. HIS HAND'S LIKE THAT GUY IN BLOOD+ WHOS LIKE, IN LOVE WITH SAYA... AHHAHA, pirate

[He's a guyXD]

[I love Wild adapter ^^]
[I got really confused on what was going on, though. So I haven't read it in ages]
[Have you read Executive committee? The main two characters are basically Tokito and Kubota in an AUXD]
[It's a lot more upbeat, though razz ]

[Yeh, it was an early work, so her writing's not as goodXD]
[It's addictive, but like with hrer newer Saiyuki books, I sometimes get confused what's going on 'cause there's too much happening]
[I really should read the latest chapter, though. I d/l'ed it, and then totally forgot about it]

Heck yes Wild Adapter is awesome! I randomly found volume 3 at Barnes and Noble, but not the first two. Luckilly I'd aready read the scanlations.
I have an artbook too, the pics are pretty and soooo slashy. I love it to death^^

Rulin' ya universes...

...since 1992.

"Seriousness is the refuge of the shallow."

Does anyone know if there's a release date for vol.7?

- Oscar Wilde.