Shounen Enigma by Sakaki Kenji

[Divinenega]

Just read the translations for chapter 32 and 33. Holy crap.

I figured Kikijima was just a red herring but from the looks of things he really is Enigma. Of course it makes his motives all the more mysterious and I'm still wondering what his plans are for everyone after the E-Test. Guess we'll know soon.

On the note of the e-test, the 7th password challenge is pretty insane considering that Sumio's up against Enigma himself, and without the others. It also looks like Shigeru;s power(whatever it is) is pretty significant after all. Now I;m really curious as to the explination for that one...

The whole "world for shadows thing" also has me a little curious too...

 

[FanOfAniManga]

Just read the translations for chapter 32 and 33. Holy crap.

I figured Kikijima was just a red herring but from the looks of things he really is Enigma. Of course it makes his motives all the more mysterious and I'm still wondering what his plans are for everyone after the E-Test. Guess we'll know soon.

I sort of knew Kijima had to be Enigma for awhile since chapter 28 revealed that he had that distinct handprint, and that he had an obsession with preserving his students Abilities or Talents (I prefer calling it Ability). What gave me lots of doubt up until the current chapter is his split personality: Is there a presence called Enigma that possesses Kijima? But when Kijima revealed he's been watching everyone the whole time, I knew they had to be the same identity. Actually, I'm still sort of feeling the possibility that Enigma and Kijima are different characters, with Enigma controlling the latter. After all, isn't the manga series called "Enigma"?

 

[Keino]

Another two awesome chapter. It is getting more intriguing as it goes along. I thought that Kijima was working for Enigma and even though it looks like he is Enigma himself but I will still hold on to my first assumption until it is confirmed he is Enigma.

Well looks like Shigeru "ability" is important/powerful and I am even more excited to see what it is.

 

[Hamy]

The only character I worry about turning completely into a shadow is Kurisu considering that he's already once transformed into a shadow if he transforms into one again he'll be stuck as one... So I wonder if in the end he will make it out or not?

 

[Zatono]

23 hours eh? I wonder how slow/fast that'll be in chapter time, since I really want to see Shigeru's ability, and finish up the E-Test Arc. Seeing everyone's reaction to who Enigma really is should be great.

As for Sumio's predicament, I really do wonder how he's going to make it without the dream diary. Maybe his talent will evolve some more?

 

[saladesu]

Sumio's talents will probably evolve again, maybe he won't need to write in the diary itself since the physical diary's already gotten destroyed. Perhaps he will just be able to conjure up the image of what is going to happen next in his head (maybe they will actually be clear images and not those horrid drawings he used to draw ).

It looks like this arc is drawing to a close, and I'm quite interested to see how this story is going to continue after the e-test is over. Maybe FanofManyAnime is right and Enigma and Kijima are actually two distinct entities, and Enigma is controlling Kijima much like how shadows change and control people too. Or, Kijima is A Enigma, and there are more Enigmas out there. Both allow room for the story to continue on even if Kijima is defeated or otherwise dealt with by Sumio and gang.

Of course, I'm also really curious about what Shigeru's powers are. Whatever could they be that makes them so important and powerful?

 

[Hamy]

Of course, I'm also really curious about what Shigeru's powers are. Whatever could they be that makes them so important and powerful?

I'm curious too but considering that Enigma would allow her to run freely like Haiba while it may be powerful its possible that since she doesn't have a grasp of it - or even aware of it from what we've seen - is that she may be a liability at the moment rather than help. Course I don't doubt that she'll probably grasp a bit of it enough in the end to actually catch Enigma for the 7th password.

 

[k-dom]

I also think that the aim of the E test is to make their powers evolve. Those who fail are I suppose not interesting and reject as experimental failures under the shadow forms

 

[Googlez_kun]

I always wondered if his ability is limited to this single diary.What if the pages run out?Is it like the Death Note?I always assumed that he could just draw his predictions on a normal sheet of paper,but we never got any confirmation,so it might be impossible.Or i just forgot something.

Anyway,i'm liking those developments so far.They will be saved anyway,because it's still a Shonen,but i would be pleasantly surprised if something actually happened to them.It's not like i hate the characters,it's just that i hate Shonen characters getting away with everything and Enigma seems a little darker.

 

[FanOfAniManga]

There's practically no telling what'll happen from here because there are so many things yet to be explored.

 

[hai_Priesty]

I suspect Sumio's ability to be :

Spoiler: Indirectly related to Chapter 34 in some aspects

Rather than being a prophetic mind, I suspect Sumio's ability to be receiving message from people of special power, something akin to able to read/receive telepathy. And that the Foretelling power is actually Shigeru's all along.

After all, she can foretell misfortune at the 6th Password stage, and that Sumio apparently couldn't effect his Dream Diary for ALL THE 16 HOURS at when he (and Takemaru and Hiina) was cut off totally from external connection and was lost in the maze. He was perhaps just the receiving end of Shigeru's message and Diary was null when he's far away / cut off from her.

Edit : He also commented in about 3/4 months ago that his Diary usually contains random messages in his daily life, but somehow started receiving all relevant and important messages only since E-Test started - readers widely speculated that it "evolved" - but I guess this can be explained by "strong reception" (like mobile ^_^; ) since the message source Shigeru is right next to him all this time.

(Ps. I am not the first one to suggest this.)
If that's the case, then Sumio probably can evolve or has another unknown aspect which he can use to "receive" other important things.

 

[R4n]

I suspect Sumio's ability to be :

Spoiler: Indirectly related to Chapter 34 in some aspects

Rather than being a prophetic mind, I suspect Sumio's ability to be receiving message from people of special power, something akin to able to read/receive telepathy. And that the Foretelling power is actually Shigeru's all along.

After all, she can foretell misfortune at the 6th Password stage, and that Sumio apparently couldn't effect his Dream Diary for ALL THE 16 HOURS at when he (and Takemaru and Hiina) was cut off totally from external connection and was lost in the maze. He was perhaps just the receiving end of Shigeru's message and Diary was null when he's far away / cut off from her.

Edit : He also commented in about 3/4 months ago that his Diary usually contains random messages in his daily life, but somehow started receiving all relevant and important messages only since E-Test started - readers widely speculated that it "evolved" - but I guess this can be explained by "strong reception" (like mobile ^_^; ) since the message source Shigeru is right next to him all this time.

Spoiler

That is an interesting theory and is quite plausible :O
Though my question now is why Sumio only 'received' Shigeru's power and not the rest? And why Shigeru is not activating her power herself?

 

[k-dom]

or maybe Shigeru ability is somehow a copycat power. From what I understand it should more powerful than Sumio one

 

[Zatono]

or maybe Shigeru ability is somehow a copycat power. From what I understand it should more powerful than Sumio one

I like this idea. If Sumio was the one with the copying power, then the teacher wouldn't be that interested in Shigeru at all, would he?

 

[Jaymie]

Chapter 35 was really nice. It was basically all flashbacks and explanations, but Sumio and Shigeru are my favorites, so I'm perfectly okay with it. And at least the flashbacks didn't last two months like a certain WSJ series...

 

[FanOfAniManga]

Chapter 35 was really nice. It was basically all flashbacks and explanations, but Sumio and Shigeru are my favorites, so I'm perfectly okay with it. And at least the flashbacks didn't last two months like a certain WSJ series...

You're talking about Nurarihyon no Mago, aren't you? If that's the series you're referring to, don't worry, it'll be over soon, like the past flashback arc with Nurarihyon and Yohime. I think Shiibashi's strategy of using a long flashback arc as a plot dump can only work once to keep the story enjoyable and believable. Otherwise, it might end up like Bleach where Kubo is BSing hard to keep his story alive.

As a newer series, I think it'd be too early to judge how well or how poor Enigma will turn out.

 

[ErosVp]

I think he is talking about OP.... Good chapter. Shigeru power must be using the abilities of anyone she met.

 

[pasaway098]

Now we finally know Sumio and Shigeru's abilities...

Spoiler

Shigeru has Future Sight and Sumio has Telepathy.

Don't you guys think that there's no need for an 8th password because Matsurigi's New Reward is actually the freedom of Kurisu? After all, he just came back to take the e-test again to save his senpai. And I think Enigma already said he's fulfill Matsurigi's Old Reward "To become a Doctor" when he passed the 2nd e-test. Your thoughts?

 

[FanOfAniManga]

Spoiler

Don't you guys think that there's no need for an 8th password because Matsurigi's New Reward is actually the freedom of Kurisu? After all, he just came back to take the e-test again to save his senpai. And I think Enigma already said he's fulfill Matsurigi's Old Reward "To become a Doctor" when he passed the 2nd e-test. Your thoughts?

Spoiler

Matsurigi's reward has never truly been revealed. But wouldn't it make more sense if his reward would be not just to save Kurisu, but rather everyone trapped inside Kijima's world from past e-tests? I'm sure that as a person wanting to become a doctor, he'd rather save as much people as he can than just his best buddy.

 

[momogoldfish]

Response to above

Spoiler

Well the wish is apparently generated subconciously so it might depend on whether Mitsuragi was so obsessed with saving Kurisu that he doesn't care about the rest of the shadows or considers them unsavable.