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Yume Miru Wakusei

Yume Miru Wakusei (The Dreaming Planet)
AUTHOR: SATO, Shio
MY EVALUATION: B (Very Good)
Fantasic science fiction.  Attractive characters and persuasive composition.
DATA: 1982-84, Shogakukan
STORY:
Iris (/iris/) was the illegitimate prince of Aslan Kngdom in the big Continent and was raised in a desert by his mother.  After her death, the King saw the son inherited his beloved’s beautiful silver eyes and silver hair, and desired to make Iris the crown [...]

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 TITLE:  Sakura no Mori no Sakura no Yami (“Darkness of Forrest of Cherry Blossom”)
AUTHOR:  KIHARA, Toshiye (Toshie)
MY EVALUATION:  B(Very Good)
Short but profound.  Taste of delicate beauty of Noh plays.
STORY:
It was late 15th Century.  Shuka was a leader of a small bandit group in Kyoto, capital of Japan in Muromachi era.  Though he had been living a self-indulgent life since he was  pushed [...]

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