Psycho Trader Chinami
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Psycho Trader Chinami | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, Supernatural |
| Manga | |
| Author | Akihiro Kimura |
| Publisher |  Shogakukan |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Sunday GX |
| Original run | 2001 – 2001 |
| Volumes | 2 |
Psycho Trader Chinami is a manga by Akihiro Kimura.
A comedy manga in the stylistic tradition of magical schoolgirls who cause large-scale destruction, this series is set in the near future. Psychics have been manifesting their powers amongst normal humans to the extent that there is now a "Psychic Code" of laws for them to obey. One girl has dreamed since youth of joining the Psycho Police and enforcing the code, but fails the test. Getting into trouble, she finds herself saved by the Psycho Traders - a loosely organized group of mercenaries, bounty hunters, private security guards, and quasi-legal ne'er-do-wells.
Psycho Trader Chinami faintly echoes some aspects of cyberpunk works such as Snow Crash and Neuromancer. Convenient oppression of minority groups, personalized miniature high-tech devices, advanced monitoring systems, corporations performing government functions, and vast conspiracies are displayed or hinted at throughout the work, and resolved in a surprise ending. Despite the similarities to more serious works, Psycho Trader Chinami is far more lighthearted than the aforementioned depictions of the future. Much of the series might be considered a send-up of either manga character stereotypes or the cyberpunk genre.
