What is D.N. Angel and who created it? D.N. Angel is Yukiru Sugisaki's latest manga to hit the market and is published monthly (usually) in its serial magazine, Asuka. And of spring of 2003 the animated series made its appearance in Japan. Of the three series featured on this site I find D.N. ANGEL to have the worst animated series. It doesn't even follow the storylines from the manga and only has trace elements and characters that link back to the original series. I'm sorry, but I find it pretty weak. Her other works include "Candidate for Goddess", "Brain Powered", and "Sotsuguyo M" which she mainly did the drawings for and the story was written by another author I believe. Sugisaki's latest series was featured in the monthly "Asuka" magazine where she published a short running story called "Lagoon Engine". It ran for a few months worth of Asuka and is now published in tankoubans, the first volume already out and the second due sometime in August 2003 but that'S about all I know about it. I didn't take much interest in it when I was browsing through one of my favorite DN angel websites - OFFRAMP (You can find a link to it in the links page). OFFRAMP does have a small feature page about it - drawings are extremely toothaching sweet & at the same time, the art is amazing. Sugisaki-sensei is truly gifted when it comes to drawing! The Story... The story goes like this: Daisuke Niwa(the cute red head on top), a young thirteen year old junior high student is about to have his 14th birthday. He decided to admit his feelings to his object of affection, Risa Harada, the younger twin in his class. She rejects him. Risa thinks that, well, I guess Daisuke is a little too plain for her. So, he's crushed, decided to go home. Now here's the funny part: most people walk up the front porch and enter through the door and screams out "I'm home!". Not Daisuke. Everyday, he must go through an obstacle course that is set up in the front yard all the way to the front door. Now, this isn't some easy little obstacle course. He's pushed to the limit with all kinds of traps and lasers and the works. Supposedly his grandfather and mother are 'training' him. Training for what? Read on! And yes,poor Daisuke has to go through this weird obstacle course even on his birthday *sigh*. He makes it to the front door like every day but he's in no mood to chat with his family inside and decides to sulk in his room (his heart was ripped to shreds! Poor fellow). Downstairs, his mother asks his grandfather if he thinks our Daisuke is ready. Ready for what? Again, read on. In his room, he greets his pet rabbit and says he sorry that he didn't take him to school today (strange, huh? a 14 yr. old taking his pet rabbit to school...he should know by that age, show & tell isn't mandatory in class.) So he sits there, sulking, thinking again and again on how Risa had rejected him when a strange sensation overcame him. His body temperature started to rise and he felt very hot. He grew. Daisuke's hair was no longer red, his voice changed, he's taller and he turned into a man in mere seconds (and boy, is he a man...heehee) Daisuke is totally freaked out and runs downstairs to find his mother. He asks her what the heck is going on while his mother took a few moments to check out the handsome man in front of her (well, since Daisuke has turned into someone else,that means he's not her son, so she can do that legally, right?) Anyways, his mother calms down and both his grandfather and mother tells that the Niwa family has this trait that appears in all of the head males of the family. Once the boy becomes of age (I suppose around the time puberty comes along), he goes through this period of time where he transform between two people. One of the personalities, ofcourse is his self and the other is Dark Mousy, the infamous thief that's known for swiping valuables and sweeping ladies off their feet. At this time, his mother & grandfather explains why he had to go through that weird obstacle course everyday for almost his whole life: it was to train him in preparation for his brief period as Dark. And the fact that Daisuke will change into Dark due to a reaction in his genes everytime he sees the girl that he likes (Risa) and Dark will turn back into Daisuke the exact some way (who does Dark likes???) . If you think that that's bad enough to go through during puberty, Daisuke also has to face a strange kid that keeps tabs on him on every thing he does. His name is Satoshi Hiwatari and he is in the same class as Daisuke. Satoshi is more or less an orphan since he's the only one left in his family but he has an adoptive father among the authorities (I'm not sure what's his rank). Satoshi is extremely bright and leads the police force in Daisuke's area. Satoshi's main objective is to capture Dark and they confront each other many times however Satoshi also seems to know that Dark is Daisuke's alter ego and he would never lay a hand on Daisuke to hurt him in any way (this is where all the fan girls start to think the shonen ai kicks in..lol...). Satoshi himself is a very cold and lonely guy that Daisuke often tries to befriend but Satoshi is hidding a dark secret; he manages to keep it quiet for the first 3 volumes but by the 4th volume, he can no longer hold it back... Intrigued yet? It's a good manga to go through for fun...not too wordy and plenty of eye candy drawings + the comedy! Highly recommended! Web site design © 2002 Anime Groove. Layout by: Ikako S.C. All the content on this website is in no way purposefully used to infringe the © of the artists and any company affliated with the production of these animes/mangas/music. This website is intended as a form of promotion and is not earning any profit at the advantage of the artists' creations.