No. 6: Manga to TV Animation, Success!

Futuristic Sci-Fi Manga turns into Anime. No. 6 anime gives off a shounen-ai feeling to yaoi fans...

 

 "A science fiction manga adaptation drawn by Hinoki Kino began serialization in the March 2011 issue of Kodansha's Aria magazine. A TV anime series adaptation by Bones began airing in Japan in July 2011."

No. 6
Alternative Name: Number 6
Author/ Mangaka: Asana Utsuko; Kino Hinoki
Category: Manga
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-fi, Shoujo, Shounen-Ai


Sypnosis:

The story takes place in an ideal city known as "No. 6". Sion, a boy raised in the elite and privileged environment of his home, gives shelter to another boy, who only gives his name as 'Nezumi' (Meaning mouse or Rat) on the former's 12th birthday. After spending a rainy night with his new friend, Sion discovers the next morning that Nezumi has left and disappeared without a trace. Four years later, Sion experiences a spate of incidents around him in which a deadly infection by parasitic bees leaves its victims to age rapidly. Sion's co-worker is one of the victims and Sion is arrested on suspicion of murder. Whilst Sion is being transported to the Correctional Institute, Nezumi appears and rescues him. Sion begins to find out the hidden truth behind the Ideal City No.6.

Main Casts:

Shion / Sion

Shion is a main character in the manga and anime No.6. He is kind and understands people. He doesn't seem amazed by No.6 even though he lives there. He also feels that something about the city is weird - something just feels wrong. Shion has a generally pleasant sort of face. Initially, he had brown hair and hazel brown eyes. When he was 12 years old, he used to wear a white shirt with a light turquoise button up sweater vest over it, light brown trousers, dark brown shoes and his No. 6 ID bracelet on his left wrist.

Spoiler :

But these changed to white hair and red eyes due to a form of disease he acquired from some substance emitted by a bee in his body. He also has a long pink/red-ish scar twisting around his body from the side face (around just under the eye) to neck to abdomen to limbs because of the same reason. The long scar seems to have emerged from the inside of his veins. He is quite slim but not emaciated. He used to wear his No. 6 ID bracelet on his left wrist but was forced to get rid of it. 
He is shorter than Nezumi. He wears black trousers and a red coat with a hood. On the inside he wears a white collared shirt and a light turquoise sweater over it.

Shion is a kind and gentle person. He has an amazing IQ level, proven by his acceptance into the Special Course.
 He has the ability to treat and stitch Nezumi's wounded (by gunshot) arm at age 12. When he was restrained to his own bed by Nezumi, rendered motionless, he seemed more interested than scared of his acquaintance's ability. 
Though grateful for No. 6, he seems to have a slight doubt about it and the whole system, as noted by Nezumi. He is insecure about many things including his slender body and loves his mother very much. He also seems to like to daydream, but is capable of being aware of what happens in his surroundings even when he does.

Nezumi

A fugitive who is on the run from the police after escaping from prison. He sneaks into Shion's house after being shot. Nezumi gets treated and sheltered by him for a night, then disappears without a trace in the morning.

He has dark blue hair and wears it in a short, but visible ponytail, leaving his fringe and strands of hair hanging at the sides of his face. His eyes are a light grey. In episode 2 of the anime, he wears a cloak with a hood (made of superfiber) which he soon took off to cover the enemy's eyes temporarily before holding a knife to his chin. He also used it to cover Shion and himself when they jumped out of a car(also in episode 2). He noted that he is taller than Shion, to which Shion agrees due to it being a valid fact. He wears grey pants (he tucks in the left side into a boot and the other is left as is and appears tattered), a dark green jacket with multiple pockets and a notably big scarf around his neck. He has a fairly muscular body.

Spoiler :

When he was 12 years old, his hair was slightly shorter than when he turned 16 and he left it down. He wore a grey oversized shirt with a wide collar and a pair of dark grey shorts. His weight was 37.1 kg and his height was 145.3 cm.


Nezumi is a rude and straightforward person. He has a deep hatred towards No. 6. Though deemed a criminal in the beginning, he seems to be an honourable person as shown when he saves Sion to repay him for saving himself back when they were 12. He is smart and quick-witted, easily able to defeat 4 officers of the safety bureau and steal their car. It is implied that he created the robot rats in his home which seem to be intelligent enough to follow instructions.
It is revealed in episode 8 that Nezumi is the sole survivor of the forest people. His deep hatred toward No.6 is due to his Forest Home burning down.

He hates No.6 and appears to know something about the city that no one seems to know.

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This is for the minds of the BL fans! :3
















  "do they look good together?"

---(*nod nod*)

" This is SHOUNEN-ai / Yaoi already!!!" --myreview (comments are okay!)

It's reall hard to watch this anime coz it's so homoerotic??? :] can you tell???

"whats with the smile, nezumi!!!"

(source:wikipedia)