Enigme



Enigme is a Manga series that ran in Shonen Jump and was written by Sakaki Kenji, who studied under Akira Amano (the author of Katekyo Hitman Reborn). Haiba Sumio is a student at a Tokyo High School with an interesting ability. He occasionally falls asleep and wakes up with premonitions of the future written out on his "Dream Diary". With this ability, Sumio helps out people in trouble before anything bad happens, until one day when his peaceful life completely changes. His mother is kidnapped and he and his friend Shigeru end up trapped in a game known as the "e-test" along with five other people who also posess special powers. Winning the game will allow him to save his mother, but as he progress through the test, the mysteries grow deeper...

This series is a brilliant thriller with some similarities to Death Note and Mirai Nikki, and is currently the most popular of Shonen Jump's series released in 2010. It ended in December, 2011. The plot is also very involved, so spoilers abound.


 * Achilles' Heel:
 * Ambiguously Evil: The Masked Gentleman, . He doesn't act antagonistically towards Sumio and actually compliments him after.
 * All Your Powers Combined:
 * Ambiguously Brown: Moto.
 * Arc Words: Enigma.
 * Art Evolution: Subtle, but it's there. Just look at Sumio's hair: at the beginning it's just a big un-detailed poof of an afro, but in the last ~10 chapters it becomes more detailed and clean.
 * Ax Crazy: Akame. He's introduced as being a murderer who kidnapped a five year old and killed him after receiving the ransom for the hell of it. It just goes downhill from there.
 * Becoming the Mask:
 * Be Careful What You Wish For:
 * Big Brother Is Watching
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Mao from the train arc. She acts all cutesy to try to get the other passengers on her side, and
 * Body Horror:
 * Body Snatcher:
 * Brainwashed and Crazy:
 * Chair Reveal:
 * Chivalrous Pervert: Sumio is a good guy, but hits on every girl he sees, except for Shigeru.
 * Clear Their Name:
 * Closed Circle: Yuyami High School.
 * Cursed with Awesome: Moto initially, but he gets over it.
 * Cut Short: Judging by the length of the first arc compared to the second (the former is over four times the length of the latter), it's likely that the writer had to rush to avoid this.
 * Damsel in Distress: Sumio's mother in the first arc.
 * Death Trap
 * Disc One Final Boss:
 * Disappeared Dad:
 * Easily Forgiven:
 * Escape From the Crazy Place
 * Evil Plan: Enigma . He
 * Extremely Short Timespan
 * Eyepatch of Power: Subverted with Moto: he's one of the more cowardly participants in the test.
 * Five-Man Band: Interchangeable to a degree, but they most often fall into these roles:
 * The Hero: Sumio.
 * The Lancer: Jiro, Moto, Hiina.
 * The Chick: Shigeru, Hiina.
 * The Smart Guy: Jiro.
 * The Big Guy: Takemaru, Aru.
 * Sixth Ranger:
 * Final Girl:  in the train arc.
 * Gambit Pileup: The Gaikotsu Express turns out to be one of these.
 * Genre Savvy: Sumio. An important photograph was printed with disappearing ink? Just take a picture of it with your cell phone!
 * Good All Along:
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars:
 * Good Smoking, Evil Smoking:
 * : Played with in regards to.
 * Hot Shounen Mom: Sumio's mum works at a cabaret. 'Nuff said.
 * I Am a Humanitarian:
 * I Just Want to Be Normal: Sumio's borderline, as he just isn't fond of having his destiny controlled by the dream diary, and.
 * It Was with You All Along:
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Matsurigi seems to be a bit of a jerk, but.
 * Jigsaw Puzzle Plot
 * Kids Are Cruel: Both Hiina and Moto have been victims of bullying. In addition, Sumio saves a girl from being bullied in the first chapter.
 * Logical Weakness: allows  to sync with other people's thoughts, but it won't work if the person refuses or closes themselves off.
 * Love At First Sight: Sumio's mum and dad apparently. Sumio tries to emulate this. Repeatedly.
 * Love Triangle: There appears to be one developing between Sumio, Shigeru and Hiina.
 * Looks likes there's one between Sumio, Shigeru, and.
 * Manipulative Bastard:
 * The Messiah:Sumio, with his insistence that No One Gets Left Behind.
 * Mysterious Parent: Sumio.
 * Names to Run From Really Fast:
 * New Powers as the Plot Demands:
 * It's later revealed that
 * Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:.
 * Nightmare Face: Happens a lot.
 * Nightmare Fetishist: Suuki.
 * Nightmare Fuel:
 * No Indoor Voice: Enigma
 * Oblivious to Love:
 * He seems to think she likes.
 * Plot Tailored to the Party: The whole point of the e-test.
 * Portal Picture:
 * Power Perversion Potential: Lampshaded but averted since.
 * Race Against the Clock: The e-test.
 * Reality Warper:
 * And  too.
 * Sadistic Choice: Sumio and co. had to choose between letting.
 * Scars Are Forever:
 * School for Scheming
 * Screw Destiny: Sumio's attitude toward the predictions in his Dream Journal. In chapter 35, we learn why.
 * Skull for a Head: Enigma's avatar is a skull with a back-to-front jaw.
 * Sliding Scale of Free Will vs. Fate: Sumio's Dream Diary puts him solidly under Type 3.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": The title itself. While the original title has two upside down 'e's, this is usually simplified to either 'Enigme' or 'Enigma'.
 * Student Council President: Matsurigi, and before that.
 * Superpower Lottery: While Matsurigi's  is a pretty cool ability,
 * Taking Up the Mantle:
 * Team Normal: Suuki could count as this, considering he has no powers and yet hangs out with Sumio and the rest of the e-test participants. Additionally,
 * Telepathy: This is revealed to be.
 * Tempting Fate: A short bonus story taking place before the E-Test has Shigeru thinking of Kirio and wishing they could meet up again.
 * The Big Bad Shuffle
 * The Man Behind the Man
 * The Ojou: Hiina. Inverted in that her distant attitude makes her a social outcast.
 * There Can Only Be One: The challenge on the train runs on this setup.
 * The Reveal: The end of Chapter 35 reveals that.
 * The Speechless: Kirio in Shigeru's flashbacks.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Wham! Episode: Chapter 32.
 * Chapter 51.
 * X Meets Y: It feels a lot like Saw meets Medaka Box, what with the inexplicably super-powered school kids and the life-threatening mind game situation.
 * Alternately, Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors meets JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair: Sumio.
 * You Wake Up in a Room
 * The Man Behind the Man
 * The Ojou: Hiina. Inverted in that her distant attitude makes her a social outcast.
 * There Can Only Be One: The challenge on the train runs on this setup.
 * The Reveal: The end of Chapter 35 reveals that.
 * The Speechless: Kirio in Shigeru's flashbacks.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Wham! Episode: Chapter 32.
 * Chapter 51.
 * X Meets Y: It feels a lot like Saw meets Medaka Box, what with the inexplicably super-powered school kids and the life-threatening mind game situation.
 * Alternately, Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors meets JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair: Sumio.
 * You Wake Up in a Room