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Beautiful People
From Mitsukazu Mihara comes a unique collection of poignant stories that examines our innermost fears and desires, and ruminates on the power that love and loss has on our collective consciousness.
In this anthology, a young boy tries to grant the ultimate wish to a magical snow princess; two strangers struggle to survive an apocalyptic world--and each other; th...more
In this anthology, a young boy tries to grant the ultimate wish to a magical snow princess; two strangers struggle to survive an apocalyptic world--and each other; th...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
February 7th 2006
by Tokyopop
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This says vol. 1, but it's the only volume. It's a collection of unrelated short stories. The first two stories are actually pretty crappy, but the last four were all really good. The first two were just way too short to tell their stories decently, and you end up with no attachment to anything. I rented this off Manga Takeout, but I think the final four stories would be worth the price of the book. All the stories are essentially tragic, but not in an "everyone dies" sort of way....more
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A wonderful collection of short stories. The art is far from beautiful, but the clean lines and unique style is what makes it captivating. Out of all the stories, I loved the last one. It made me feel all warm inside. I just might read more of the mangaka's works.
This is a collection of short stories. Beautiful art accompanies these intelligent and deep tellings of a variety of people, all struggling with the cards they've been dealt. I think I was most impressed by the post-apocolyptic story of the 'last man' and 'last woman' both of whom are gay. There's a certain melancholy attached to these various sentiments, and the art lends itself well to the unfortunate surroundings of the protagonists (perhaps it would be more accurate to call them antagonists...more
Not as good as Mitsukazu's other books (the "Doll" series especially.)
Art is still beautiful, but the storytelling is weak and forgettable.
"IC in a Sunflower" is much better as stand alone short stories.
Art is still beautiful, but the storytelling is weak and forgettable.
"IC in a Sunflower" is much better as stand alone short stories.
it's been a while since i enjoyed shorts as much as these. clear, nice-looking art and stories with a good mix of sweet/strange.
re-read for fun; clearing off the manga-to-be-read shelf
a bunch of short stories about true beauty. the best one has to be the last story blue sky
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三原ミツカズ (MIHARA Mitsukazu) is credited with helping shape the GothLoli look through her work in the "Gothic & Lolita Bible"
In 1994, she won the first "Feel Young New Face Manga Awards" Judges’ Special Prize with her short work, "The Children Who Don’t Need Rubbers."
She resides in Osaka, Japan.
Sometimes credited as MIHARA Tsukazu.
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More about Mitsukazu Mihara...
In 1994, she won the first "Feel Young New Face Manga Awards" Judges’ Special Prize with her short work, "The Children Who Don’t Need Rubbers."
She resides in Osaka, Japan.
Sometimes credited as MIHARA Tsukazu.
...more
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