Shadow Star 5 - A Flower's Fragrance

なるたる [Naru Taru] #5

by Mohiro Kitoh

Shiina and Akira are typical introverted teenagers in every way, save one - their bonding with cute extraterrestrial creatures, part of a growing number of alien entitiy emigres, known as the fearsome Shadow Dragons, all of whom have linked with Earthling youths. Some have bonded with not-so-typical - and not so nice - kids. The appearance of the terrible Dragons in the skies over Japan has brought the Japan Self-Defense Force into conflict with the beasts, and a group of Dragon-controlling hard cases has decided to take the fight to the JSDF and teach them - and anyone else who gets in the way - a lethal lesson in the consequences of crossing swords with the Shadow Dragons!

Genres: Manga, Horror, Comics, Science Fiction, Fantasy

208 pages, Paperback

First published May 24, 2002

Reviews

[Tanabrus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scopriamo qualcosa in più su Takano, e sul direttore del progetto delle mongolfiere militari che in breve tempo è riuscito a subodorare qualcosa su Shiina.
E poi finalmente qualche nozione sull'evoluzione dei draghi, anche se non sulle loro finalità o sul motivo della loro esistenza, grazie alla storia di Jun e Jyogi.

Nel mentre, Sudo continua a star dietro ad Akira.
Il tutto condito da malessere giovanile, problemi psicologici e desiderio di cambiare tutto quanto.

[Marlon Deason · Rating 4 out of 5]

A dark take on the Pokémon and Digimon genre. This saga gets real dark as the story unfolds. Don’t be caught off guard by the subversion of the pocket monster genre. What starts as an action girl series winds up in a weird place reminiscent of Evangelion. Only half the story made it into the English translation. I’m uncertain if it was the strong material, lack of sales or the loss of licensing that brought about its premature end.

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yep, it definitely FEELS like war, but is it actually just the innocent play of a young girl? Is it really because these young monsters really do handle pain so well?

Yikes. And not just air battles with the US Air Force, but chemical warfare. And for what true motive? The questions keep coming.

[isabelb · Rating 5 out of 5]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
i have to readdddddddddddddddddddd