“Future agent Karin travels back to stop playboy Junta from causing overpopulation by altering his DNA, but falls for him.”
DNA²
D・N・A² ~何処かで失くしたあいつのアイツ~
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Synopsis
Future agent Karin travels back to stop playboy Junta from causing overpopulation by altering his DNA, but falls for him.
Japan in the future has a massive over-population problem. Scientists have traced the root of this problem to one particular individual, Junta Monamari. According to their records, Junta was a "Mega-Playboy" who sired children with over a hundred women. Each one of his sons inherited the Mega-Playboy gene too, so the problem grew exponentially from thereon. Meet Karin Aoi, a "DNA Operator." Karin is sent back to the past with a mission: to alter Junta's DNA and prevent him from ever becoming the Mega-Playboy, thereby eliminating the world's overpopulation problem. Junta's DNA can only be altered by shooting him with a special bullet called DCM which contains the chemical for suppressing the Mega-Playboy DNA. In return, Karin gets a vast sum of money... enough to make all her dreams come true. Will Junta become the playboy he is destined to be, or will his better self prevail? But Karin is falling for the real Junta too... and what of the sweet and kindly Ami who has secretly loved Junta all her life? What will happen to future Japan? (Source: Manganews)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.36 · split reception
5.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 4.0
↓ 3.33
Running avg · Jul 2008 → Mar 2023
- 9 “This manga appears rather boring on the first glance but trust me after you read the 1. Volume you want to buy the other four, too. The story seems pretty simple at first: Some girl from the Future...”
- 4 “Ok, just to get another view on this manga. I read the first few chapters years ago and was amazed! Now I had the chance to finish reading this manga and I think all the years of waitinig in...”
- 4 “While it started out promising, I've never seen a rom-com manga drop harder than Quantumania's second week box office. That's right. At its core DNA2 is a rom-com, with the potential to deliver the...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 42 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 36m approx
- Published Aug 1993 – Jun 1994
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0648 catalog