D-Live!! (ドライブ!! DoRaibu!!?) is Ryōji Minagawa's manga series made after Project ARMS, published in Shōnen Sunday Comics Special by Shogakukan publishing company. The story is about Satoru Ikaruga, a high school kid multi-driver nicknamed "genius driver" who can drive almost any vehicle, working for the Almighty Support Enterprise (ASE). He is called whenever ASE is hired to solve a case which involved vehicle driving.
Characters[]
Satoru Ikaruga[]
A high school boy who do part time job with ASE Japan Branch as a vehicle driver specialist. His father was a friend of Hajime Mozu and also an ASE driver who died in doing his job.
Hatsune Shimizu[]
A high school girl, the mechanic specialist of ASE Japan Branch. Her dream is to make her late father's motorcycle racing team wins the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race. She almost made it with Satoru riding her bike, but an accident happened that made Satoru didn't finish the race.
Hajime Mozu[]
Chief of ASE Japan branch. He is an ex-ASE vehicle driver specialist, Satoru was trained by him. He is sometimes cruel to Satoru by cutting his payment if Satoru made any mistake in doing his job.
Clever Owl[]
He is ASE USA branch's specialist in spying and infiltrating. He is also a playboy and thinks that he is the next James Bond. He always gets sick if traveling in a vehicle, especially if the driver is Satoru. Only Mozu can make him not sick in a vehicle.
Rika Karasuma[]
ASE Japan Branch's specialist of geology. A beautiful woman who is lecturer in a university in Japan.
Reception[]
D-Live!! had been selected among one of the most recommended manga to read at the 9th Japanese Media Arts Festival in 2005.[1]
References[]
- ↑ "9th Japanese Media Arts Festival Winners". Anime News Network. 2005-12-22. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
External links[]
- D-Live!! ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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