3x3 Eyes: Curse of the Gesu

by Yuzo Takada

Book Overview

Pai is a strange, provincial woman who has come to Tokyo from the Tibetan highlands. Somewhere in Tokyo is a young man who can help her in her quest... to become human! When Pai finally finds Yakumo,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569711755
• ISBN13: 9781569711750
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Immortality...What's the Drawback?

I love 3x3 Eyes. It's one of the first Anime I ever saw and the first manga I ever read. Even re-reading it now it's still amazing.The main reason is Yakumo. Yakumo is an ordinary Tokyo teenager. Unlike most supernatural stories, he's no martial artist, he doesn't delve into magic. He likes bikes and he lives alone and he's completely unremarkable. Until he becomes immortal. He gains no super-strength, he still can't fight, he's got no magic. He just can't die. And since most of the stuff that's after him is really kickin, his strategy is to throw himself at the bad guys and while they're beating him to a bloody pulp, Pai (the girl he's protecting) can run to safety.He also still feels pain. Immortality is really a kind of torture for him. Later on in the series, he takes some time out and learns to fight. However, the enemies get stronger and he's back to his original strategy.I think it's a really fresh and interesting view of immortality. And there's loads of humour and quirkyness in it it. 3x3 Eyes has lots of good points, but that's my favourite and what really makes it stand out.

Sazan = 3 eyes

3X3 eyes, or "Sazan Eyes" is the name of a well-written manga series by Takada Yuzo. It is a supernatural story mixed together with romance, comedy, and loads of violence (and blood). To summarize the story ^_^:Fujii Yakumo was a normal high school teenager. Well, the series starts when he's 17 but he has to drop out when he died/became immortal. He also works half time in Culture Shock, a *coughcoughcoughgaybarcoughcough* in Shinjuku ^_^. ********Yakumo's father is an archeology professor that traveled to Tibet to study the legend of the Sanjiyan Unkara (meaning 3 eyes or triclops). He died there from natural cause while trying to get out of Yunnan (a Chinese province near Tibet) and after acquainting with Pai. Before he died, Yakumo's father understood that Pai wished to become a human and therefore sent a letter with her to Yakumo. (Why does Pai want to become human? The Sanjiyan Unkara are beautiful,LONG LIVING, creatures. As the old ones, become...old, the longer sanjiyan are more emotional and develop split personalities. The Sanjiyan believe this mental thing will kill them all (their ultimate end ^^) and so want to become human.)**********When Yakumo meets Pai and...reads his father's letter, he's a little...overwhelmed and doesn't quite believe the story. Until Takuhi (meaning "man bird"), who (I think) attacked Yakumo and...killed him. But as he was dying, Pai, or Parvati IV, merged her soul with his, making him immortal, a "wu" (none/void/nothing). Yakumo is now...wahla! The living dead, or some kind of zombie. However, Yakumo is pretty much the same, the "wu" can eat, have emotions, so forth. Except, he'll never bleed to death, can heal himself, and grow back an arm or leg he loses in combat. Creepy, huh ^_^?So, now, Pai and Yakumo start searching for Ningen no Zou (Statue of Humanity), a statue that can make Sanjiyan humans by using 3 sanjiyans, striping two of the sanjiyan's powers from them and tranferring them to the third. It's not going to be easy though, will demons and evil also going after the statue and making sure nothing stands in its way. ***************************Sazan Eyes is truly a good story and I really enjoyed it. There are some nudity, and other things above PG in it however, so I recommend it for 17+ or people who don't care much about hentai. ...

Love Manga

This is a great Manga. I love the video series, which is now not being sold, because the distributor went out of business. The whole series is great, charming, funny, and interesting with an added element of a little horror/gruesome fight scenes. Any anime lover will adore this book!

this book is awesome

i love reding this book and am a big fan of the autho

A great mix of humor and horror!

3X3 Eyes 'Curse of the Gesu' is the second in the series, and is a great read whether you are a fan of the comic or not. It is easy to pick up and read, and the artwork is great. The characters are likeable, and you can't help but sometimes laugh at Yakumo's plight. Even if you haven't read the first part, you can easily figure out what is going on. A must read for any anime fan!