Boogiepop: The Ultimate Guide

Post by **Harukochan** » Mon May 01, 2006 1:02 pm

That is so cool. The story is all over the place (literally), but that makes it so much more fun to read.

http://megaten.net/boogiepop/ I found another site. This one has scans of the covers of the novels.

Post by **Harukochan** » Fri May 05, 2006 1:46 pm

Manticore is a clone of Echoes ("He" refers to it as "his child") at one point. I think Echoes was from space, and, well, just reread the little story Naoko tells Akio about Echoes.

And Echoes was, essentially, caught off guard when Saotome attacked him. None of the people in the room were expecting the Manticore's "sidekick"/boyfriend to be Saotome.

Post by **Harukochan** » Fri May 05, 2006 1:52 pm

Well, everyone has a weakness.

Post by **Adam_Arnold** » Fri May 05, 2006 2:00 pm

I don't recall Echoes or the Manticore ever being poisoned. Echoes was stabbed in the neck with a mechanical pencil, though.

Post by **Harukochan** » Fri May 05, 2006 2:02 pm

The mechanical pencil had some poison made by the Manticore in it.

Post by **Adam_Arnold** » Fri May 05, 2006 9:00 pm

In the manga, he just gets stabbed and you really don't ever know anything more than it was a mechanical pencil. He screams a bit and then kind does the whole leaping off stuff.

[mind you, I don't recall the poison as that was, for me, five Boogiepop books ago.]

Post by **Harukochan** » Fri May 05, 2006 10:51 pm

It's in the first novel, and all they say is that the poison was made by the Manticore.

Zerodaimu · Post by **Zerodaimu** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:19 am

Well, based on my interpritation of the Others novel, Echos is either an angel or alien (or a mix of both, but ultimately something we cannot comprehend) and Manticore is a clone bionetically engineered to be "superior" to him.
One could also assume Manticore, being a clone (abet supior) of Echoes, had te same toxins affect her, meaning she could likely know what would effect Echoes.

doceirias · Post by **doceirias** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:45 am

Only way the Manticore is superior is communication. But this is why the poison worked -- it was of his flesh.
It looks like the Night Watch series will deal more with what exactly Echoes is, but I don't think either alien or angel really get close enough. He seems to be a construct sent by some higher beings beyond our imagining.

Post by **Adam_Arnold** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:51 am

Thank you so much for the support! We're glad you enjoyed our releases. ^_^

Post by **Harukochan** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:43 am

This is pretty late, but-

http://bottled-metro.net/boogiepop/index.php

VERY nice images from the artbook, and wallpapers.