Uwaaaa! It has been so long since I have updated this poor blog! I am going to try to update it moreoften, especially in the summer so y'all have something to read! Okay I assume that you are ready for a new book yes? Well this is going to be a SPECIAL EDITION article of the blog because it is the first one about a manga! Manga is Japanese "comic books" for those who do not know.
For this special editon of the blog, I have decided to write about Kobato. Kobato is a fabulous new manga introduced to me by my friend H. It is by the world renown manga group CLAMP (yes their name is spelled in all caps!). If you dont know about CLAMP, they are a group of four women who started out as doujinshi (fan-comic artists) who gained a publisher and are now world known. A semi-complete list of their manga will included at the end of this article.
Kobato is a cute, light hearted shoujo (girls) manga. It is the story about Kobato Hanato and her blue dog Iroyogi-san. Kobato is a bit absent minded, so its up to Iroyogi-san to keep her in line! Kobato has a wish, she wants to travel to "that place". However, in order to do so, she must collect a bottle of broken hearts she has mended. First, though, she must get the bottle! How, you ask, can she get this bottle? By proving her common sense of course! However, Kobatos common sense takes some creative thinking, but with her determination and evident goal, she will indeed succeed! Now all she must to is gather the hearts...
So far there is one volume of this manga translated to the English. I read it just last night for the first time, and I must say it is aabsolutely fabulous! If you love CLAMP, cute things, shoujo manga, or any of the above, I would highly recomend this book! Hopefully more volumes will be released in English soon, as I cannot wait to see what mischeif Kobato gets into next! Fans of CLAMP will be pleased to see that they have continued their trademark mixing of mangas. The story of Kobato evidently takes place in xxxHOLiC's Japan,(one scene takes place in Yuuko's favourite park) and I beileive that she is living in the appartment from Chobits. Characters and items from many of their other manga appears too. There is also an anime (television programme) of this story available, though I think only in the Japanese language with English subtitles. The only bad thing about this manga is that it is a little expensive at $11.99.
The publisher is Yen Press.
Please look for it at your local new and used bookstore, and at your local library!
Other titles by CLAMP:
-xxxHOLiC
-Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
(xxxHOLiC and Tsubasa have interwoven stories so please read them together!)
-Chobits
-Magic Knight Reaearth
- RG Veda
-CLAMP School Detectives
-Cardcaptor Sakura
-Clover
-Angelic Layer
