ĒlDLIVE

ēlDLIVE
Cover of ēlDLIVE volume 1 by Shueisha
エルドライブ (Erudoraibu)
Manga
Written by	Akira Amano
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Jump Live, Shonen Jump+
Original run	August 2013 – present
Volumes	5
Anime television series
Studio	Pierrot
Original run	2017 – scheduled

ēlDLIVE (エルドライブ Erudoraibu) is a Japanese manga series by Akira Amano. It started serialization via Shueisha's online app Jump Live in August 2013, switching to the digital publication Shonen Jump+ after it launched in September 2014. It has been collected in five tankōbon volumes. The first three chapters were published in English by Viz Media in 2014. An anime television series adaptation by Pierrot is scheduled to air in 2017.^[1]

Plot

Chūta Kokonose is a middle school boy who had been able to hear a voice that no one else could hear ever since he could remember. One day, a strange blue alien named Chips appeared and recruited him to the space police, élDLIVE because he fit the requirements. During his entrance test, he discovered the voice he hears actually comes from a small white alien living in his body who he later named Drew. Combining his power with Drew, he was able to complete his exam using a power called SPH, used only by aliens. Chūta, now an officer, along with his coworker and classmate, Misuzu Sonokata, and the rest of the Solar System Area station have to work together protect the universe from dangerous criminals.

Characters

Main Characters

Chūta Kokonose (九ノ瀬 宙太 Kokonose Chūta)

Chūta is a middle school student who talks to himself often because he can hear a voice that no one else can hear. This habit has given him the nickname "Mumbling Chūta" from his classmates and got him into trouble often. He was recruited into space police élDLIVE, and discovered the true source of the voice: a little white alien living in his body who he later named Drew. Initially, Chūta did not want to be in élDLIVE due to the danger, but gradually began to accept his role and become more confident. Chūta is good at home economics due to his aunt, who he's living with, not being good at chores, and this is reflected in many of the SPH attacks he and Drew create together, with Chūta visualizing the attack in his head and Drew performing it. He and his teammate and classmate, Misuzu, do not get along at first but started to warm up to each other after Chūta saved Misuzu from getting framed for a crime and being kidnapped.

References

1. "Akira Amano's ēlDLIVE Manga Gets TV Anime in 2017 by Pierrot". Anime News Network. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.