Definitely one of the finest series I've ever had the chance to see, 3x3 Eyes has been a constant influence in all my Mage games. The story of the manga was pretty simple, Boy meets girl with three eyes. Boy dies and is ressurected as three eyed girl's REGENERATING ZOMBIE BODYGUARD. After which boy is pressed into service to helping the girl complete her quest... to finally become human, and to get his soul back from her when she does.
While it might sound failry straightforward, the manga was top-notch when it came to action and mystic coolness. Yakumo Fujii (the aforementioned regenerating zombie bodyguard) starts off as a regular guy, but after years of working with Pai (miss triclops herself) and fighting off demon after demon, he picks up more than his fair share of dirty tricks and "Beast summoning" spells.
Anyway, the manga boasts of very interesting oppoenents and heroes, each of which have strange mystical abilities that go from okay... like a shapeshifting mermaid who has aquakinesis to downright ugly... like a cult who can "melt" into a fleshy goo and absorb animals into their bodies to gain the animal's special abilities.
For those interested to read more about the series, try checking out the non-official RPG for 3x3 Eyes. It even comes in two flavors: GURPS or HERO.
Click here for the game using the GURPS rules
And here for the game using HERO rules
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i collected volumes 1, 3, 4 & 5 of the manga version. the first one was in chinese and the rest were in japanese. obviously, i couldn't understand the latter, so i resorted to downloading the english translations from the internet and reading them alongside the comic.
i liked the story that much:)
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