Afterschool Charisma, Volume 1

This review refers to volumes 1-7 of the manga. The series is about a group of private school students who are clones of famous historical figures (Joan of Arc, Marie Curie, Sigmund Freus, Napoleon, and several others). They struggle with forging their own identity while living up to the potential of their originals. Over the course of the seires the students discover that their school is not the beautiful ideal that it initially appears to be. For what purpose are the clones being made, and what will happen to them after they leave the academy? This is a series for older teens, or maybe even adults. There is violence, nudity, and very dark subject matter. ( )

Legendary historical figures are cloned--and now they're in high school. Shiro Kamiya is the only student who is not a clone. When Clone Kennedy is assassinated in the same fashion as his famous original, the teen clones begin to question whether their lives are fated to follow the pattern of their famous ancestors. Also, what happened to Clone Marie Curie, whose talents were more musical than scientific? Is she really at music school? Or is there something more sinister going on at the school?

Clones have been created to recreate the lives and genius of famous people, including Mozart, Marie Curie, Freud, John F. Kennedy and Hitler. When clone Kennedy is shot, the clones begin to wonder if they are to share their progenitor's fates as well as their genius. ( )