Di(e)ce
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| di(e)ce | |
 The cover of the first tankobon of the Japanese manga | |
| ｄｉ［ｅ］ｃｅ -ダイス- (di(e)ce -daisu-) | |
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| Genre | Action (fiction), Mystery, Supernatural, Tragedy, Sci-fi |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Saki Otoh of naked ape, Kana Yamamoto |
| Published by | Ichijinsha |
| Magazine | Comic ZERO-SUM |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 2007 – 2010 |
| Volumes | 6 |
di[e]ce or di(e)ce (ｄｉ［ｅ］ｃｅ-ダイス-, di[e]ce –daisu-) is a manga written and illustrated by naked ape and Kana Yamamoto. Since 2007, it has been serialized in a shōnen manga magazine, Comic ZERO-SUM. The story covers two best-friends, Kazuki Naruse and Haruki Koutake, which is on the advanced track of Seitoukou Academy. Though they are not connected by blood, these two whose faces are so similar coincidentally have their 16th birthdays on November 11. However, on that fateful anniversary, the game of fate—killing and surviving, which is called di[e]ce, started, revealing that they are the two kings that is supposed to kill each other in order to finish the game. The manga chapters ended on November, 2011, and the series has 6 collected volumes published by Ichijinsha.[1]
Plot
In the Seitokou Academy, one arcade-game king, Kazuki Naruse, is best friends with the student council, Haruki Koutake. Both have similar faces, and coincidentally have the same birthday dates, which is on 11 November. On their 16th birthday, an unfortunate game of survival, di(e)ce, started. In the game, Kazuki and Haruki, were revealed to be the kings of the game, and as there can’t be two kings in a game, one have to kill the other. Meeting various other players such as Sion and Gara, the two best-friends find their way to kill each other.
Media
Manga
- First volume was released on 25 September 2007.
- Second volume was released on 24 May 2008.
- Third volume was released on 25 March 2009.
- Fourth Volume was released on 10 September 2009.
- Fifth Volume was released on 24 April 2010.
- Last (sixth) volume was released on 25 November 2010.
Drama CD
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On 25 December 2008, a di[e]ce's drama CD[2] was released. It consists of eight tracks of seven story and one after record comments.
References
- ^ di(e)ce volumes. (in Japanese)
- ^ di(e)ce drama CD on Amazon.com (in Japanese)
External links
- di(e)ce @ Naked Ape's official website (in Japanese)