to order to take revenge on Seine for leaving her without her voice. She falls in love with Tatsuya. Anoshu The fourth of the mermaids. A bit of a dimwit, and not entirely a bad sort. Enati The third of the mermaids. Possesses Simon's skull, and supposedly all his knowledge. Bella The second of the mermaids. She is sadistic, heartless and cruel. She is respected (feared) by her younger sisters, with Sheila fearing her the most. The only one she fears is her older sister Ariel. Ariel The first mermaid and the eldest of them all. Ariel is also biggest of them and the most powerful. Only being overcoming for her "Father". She is the only one who is nice to Sheila and gave her a new body to replace the one that she had lost. She admits to loving Sheila more than she loves her other sisters. Manga On July 2, 2010 Tokyopop announced it had acquired a title license for Aion's release in North America at Anime Expo with a first volume release set at January 8, 2011. Tokyopop released three volumes total before closing its North American publishing division in April 2011. After Tokyopop lost the rights, Viz Media re-published the series digitally under their Viz Selects line. Reception Reviews on the manga were mixed, overall Anime News Network gave the first two volumes a C rating while ANN praised the story's "fantastical mix-and-match of ideas" and "Lively conversation and psychological gamesmanship in the later chapters" however, it was also seen to have plain artwork and too many subplots. The second volume also was said to focus too much on secondary characters with no plot advancement. Newsarama called the artwork of the series so far "definitely appealing" and states it has great deal of potential with occasionally quite creative angles. Newsarama also goes on to say that the relationship is left unexplained between the two main characters and although the questions being put forward are intriguing they are not really suspenseful and that sort of slow build between the two main characters can sometimes make it difficult to judge a series solely by its first volume. The Manga Critic did a short take on the first volume calling it "maudlin, nonsensical, and boring" with bad artwork the bottom line being that the story is both predictable and emotionally flat, making it a tough sell for all but