Azure Flame Reloaded

Some time ago, I read and reviewed the first volume of Eternal Sabbath, and the verdict was that while it didn’t get off to the best of starts, the series did at least have promise. Now, all of the subsequent volumes have been read, and so the question must be asked- did the series ever live up to its potential?

At the end of the first volume of ES, Mine had made contact with not only ES himself in the guise of Ryousuke Akiba, but also with Sakaki, the sole survivor of the research group that worked on the Eternal Sabbath gene. Continue Reading »

He calls himself Eternal Sabbath (ES), although if it’s convenient he’s just as likely to use another name. A man with the unique ability to literally hack into people’s minds and rearrange their memories, he wanders from place to place, his goals unclear, his past a mystery.

Whilst using the identity “Ryousuke Akiba”, a chance meeting brings ES into contact with Dr Mine Kyujou, a researcher into the workings of the human brain, and one of the few people able to resist his hacking. Mine is immediately fascinated by ES and his superhuman abilities, but as she attempts to investigate him, she finds herself drawn into the larger events surrounding ES and the very reason why he came to exist in the first place. Continue Reading »