History Manga / Marginal

In the year 2999, only eleven cities still survive on Earth. The climate has changed drastically, and a biochemical apocalypse has made women extinct. For centuries, the short-lived population of Earth has survived by depending on only one woman, a religious figure called the Holy Mother whose ova are harvested to create genetically engineered children. By now, any concept of a world in which women exist as ordinary people is long gone. Society has re-structured itself into clans and villages of all-male families and partnerships. Only the suspiciously long-lived men of the Medical Center of the City understand how this has come to pass.

At the beginning of Marginal, the Holy Mother is assassinated by a terrorist known as Grinja. The government in power doesn't want to start a mass panic, so it pretends that the Holy Mother has only shed her vessel, and that she will be miraculously "reborn" in the near future. The public, which is superstitious and devout, believes this easily. Only government officials know that behind the scenes, there is a frantic effort to create a being able to give birth.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The disappearance of women has created institutions that readers in the real world find cringe worthy (but normal to the inhabitants of [[spoiler: Marginal]]) to emerge.

* ImprobableAge: In a world where most men age rapidly and die their 30's, the men of the Medical Center should all be nearing death if not already dead. [[spoiler: However, they are not because they are standard humans from Mars and the Moon. As such, they age at the normal human rate. Only the Director has a shortened life span, but for different reasons.]]

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The story goes back and forth between the people [[spoiler: who assasinate the Mother]] and the mysterious boy they found, and the fall-out [[spoiler: after the assassination]] in the city.

Published in the magine Petit Flower in 1985, ''Marginal'' is a {{ShoujoDemographic}} manga by famous creator {{Creator/Moto Hagio}}. It predates the subgenre of {{BoysLove}}, but is sometimes grouped with it due to the author's influence on this subgenre and the manga's depiction of relationships between male characters in the context of a world with no women.

The whole world is agitated. Holy Mother, the only individual capable of producing children, is aging and the future seems uncertain. In such circumstance, a group of people from the desert appear in the city, who show special interest in the Sanctuary. And why in a medieval-looking world do modern inventions such as helicopters exist and why do the people fear them?

* ImprobableAge: In a world where most men age rapidly and die their 30's, the men of the Medical Center should all be nearing death if not already dead. However, they are not. [[spoiler: The men of the Medical Center are standard humans from Mars and the Moon, so they age at the normal human rate. Only the Director has a shortened life span, but for different reasons.]]

* ImprobableAge: In a world where most men age rapidly and die their 30's, the Director of the Medical Center should be very elderly. However, he is not. [[spoiler: the Director is a standard human, not from the Earth. While he has a short projected life span for other reasons, he seems to at the normal human rate.]]

* ThatThingIsNotMyChild!: [[spoiler: Primarily Arlin after the Kiras begin to read her mind, but also Meyard,though he seems more conflicted. See also:StalkerWithATestTube]]
* The Immune

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Grinja and his compatriots, but also [[Dr.Go, Maago, Arlin,and arguably Meyard.]]

* Improbable Age: In a world where most men age rapidly and die their 30's, the Director of the Medical Center should be very elderly. However, he is not. [[spoiler: the Director is a standard human, not from the Earth. While he has a short projected life span for other reasons, he seems to at the normal human rate.]]

* YourSonAllAlong: A very unique variant, at that. [[spoiler: Of all the people with the Ezekiel mutation whose DNA Ivan could have used to make Kira, he used Meyard's. Kira, however, never finds out, and Meyard is not happy to find out his genetic material was used against his will.]]

* MadScientist: [[spoiler: Ivan Alexandr. How he goes on and on about the role of the womb is creepy]]

* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: Kira and hir siblings, products of Ivan Alexandr's MadScientist-dom]]

''Marginal'' is a {{BoysLove}} manga by famous creator Creator/MotoHagio. The series stands out by intricate plot in a rich sci-fi and dystopian setting. At its core, the story explores the relationship between sexes, the role of reproduction in human's perception of the meaning of life, and the role of science in civilization. Also expect a lot of twists.

''Marginal'' is a {{BoysLove}} manga by famous creator MotoHagio. The series stands out by intricate plot in a rich sci-fi and dystopian setting. At its core, the story explores the relationship between sexes, the role of reproduction in human's perception of the meaning of life, and the role of science in civilization. Also expect a lot of twists.

The whole world is agitated. Holy Mother, the only individual capable of producing children, is aging and the future seems uncertain. In such circumstance, a group of people from the desert appear in the city, who show special interest in the Sanctuary. And why in a medieval-looking world do a modern invention such as helicopters exist and why do the people fear them?

* ValuesDissonance: {{Invoked}}. The disappearance of women has caused institutions that readers in the real world find cringe worthy (but normal to the inhabitants of [[spoiler: Marginal]]) to emerge.

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* {{Hemaphrodite}}: [[spoiler: Kira]]

* TwoLinesNoWaiting.
* ValuesDissonance: Deliberate. The disappearance of women has caused institutions that readers in the real world find cringe worthy (but normal to the inhabitants of [[spoiler: Marginal]]) to emerge.

The whole world is agitated. Holy Mother, the only individual capable of producing children, is aging and the future seems uncertain. In such circumstance, a group of people from the desert appear in the city, who show special interest in the Sanctuary. And why in a medieval-looking world do a modern invention such as helicopters exist and why does the people fears them?

* AncientConspiracy
* ArtificialHuman

The whole world is agitated. Holy Mother, the only individual capable of producing children, is aging and the future seems uncertain. In such circumstance, a group of people from the desert appear in the city, who show special interest in the Sanctuary. And why in a medieval-looking world do a modern invention such as helicopter exist and why does the people fears them?

* LoverAndBeloved
* MadScientist
* OneGenderRace