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| Author - Yuu Watase :: Volumes - 18 :: Pub Date - 1992 ~ 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher - Shogakukan :: Comic Company - Flower Comics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Junior high
student, Yuuki Miaka, and her friend, Hongo Yui open the book by the title
of Shijintenchisho out of pure curiosity, which leads to more
trouble than it may have been worth. Surrounded by a warm red light, they
are magically transported into the world book. Barely a minute after first
landing in this world, the twosome are threatened by bandits who wish to
sell the girls into slavery. Luckily, Miaka and Yui are saved by a
handsome young man ... who leaves in a huff shortly after discovering the
girls have money to offer him in return for the service. Suddenly, the red
light appears again and the two girls are brought back to the real world.
As time goes on, Miaka becomes obsessed with both visions of mysterious
young man and the appeal of leaving this world and its problems behind.
Alone, she goes back to the library to open the book once more. What
follows is a complex story of blind love, misled hate, stupid
courageousness, and a bunch of bishounen (cute guys). This was the first series I ever owned by the amazing Yuu Watase. It was the big shove that got me into the world of anime and manga (thus the real reason for the high rating). Volumes 1-13 contain the main plot line, and then the last five books have a second story that was added because of the immense popularity of the anime series. Both stories are wonderful and the artwork is beautiful. There are translations for most of the series and even graphic novels are available. Even so, the anime series follows the manga pretty closely, so the Japanese manga can be easily understood if you've seen the anime. The first OAV doesn't appear anywhere in the manga, though. Anyway, you have to love Watase-sama for her cliff hangers and her ability to kill off anyone ... and the omakes (Fushigi Agyu) are absolutely hilarious. Rating - 10 |
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| Graphic Novels - Viz, LLC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Series by Yuu Watase - Alice 19th :: Ayashi no Ceres :: Epotoransu! Mai :: Imadoki! :: Shishunki Miman Okotowari :: Watase Collections | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Translations - Reika-chan :: Tasuki no Miko |
