PhD: Phantasy Degree Vol. 1

By Son Hee-Joon

Book Overview

Sang, a fearlessly spunky young girl in search of the Demon School Hades, comes across a group of misfit monsters that are ditching class from the Demon school and convinces them to sneak her into the class that normally only allows monsters to attend.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595323198
• ISBN13: 9781595323194
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: TokyoPop
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

A bit to much comedy but still a good begining

If you read "King of hell" this suffers the same effect. Don't get me wrong it's a good manga but the comedy seems a bit forced at to many parts. Now to the characters, you get to know most of the first arc characters. Sadly most don't impress till the next volume but a good start. The fighting isn't bad but still not impressive. My recommendation is buy both volume 1 and 2 so you don't feel disappointed with this one.

Screw Hogwarts!

Harry Potter and Slayers were two factors that probably went into this Korean manga. Creator Hee-Joon Son came up with a strange world where the realm of demons crosses over with the human one. But before most young demons can, they have to go to school! It starts out with Sang, a young energetic redhead who really seems teamed to enter into Hades, the school for up and coming demon teens. Her personal mission, for reasons to be explained later on, is to gain access to the school and locate a special ring. The ring itself is currently in the possession of Notra, a scantily-clad succubus who is supposedly engaged to the actual prince of Hell, and was given the ring as an engagement present. In order to get in the school, Sang runs into a group of kids playing hookie. It's Dev the demon, Mordicus the vampire, Pannus the mummy, and Lukan the werewolf. Sang asks for Mordicus to bite her, and she "temporarily" gets vampire fangs to make herself look like a student at the demon school. However, some humans from a religious guild come looking for the ring too, and slash off a few of the students to get it. But, the seemingly vanquished monsters come back to life, only more powerful(sorta like Saiyans). Sang and the others team up to stop them from gaining the ring and having the gates of Hell at their command. Phantasy Degree(or just PHD)is developing into a great action fantasy so far. It's got great comedy mixed in with action that the typical Yu Yu Hakusho fan would like.

:D

Hilarious, A young girl searching for the demon school hades meets up with some demon dropouts (a werewolf as friendly as a squirrel, a weak demon, a pathetic mummy, and a vampire) and she convinces them to give her a tour of their school. One small problem, she has to be a demon to go to their school. Once that problem is solved by having the vampire bite her, a tour is given to Sang, who runs away when threatened by a bunch of demon bullies. Yet there seems to be more to this girl then meets the eye, is Sang really a powerful scorceress? Honestly I don't know, so we'll all just have to wait and see don't we? *pouts* I hate waiting.