A Strange and Mystifying Story

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A Strange and Mystifying Story
A Strange and Mystyfing Story vol1 Cover.jpg
Cover of the first volume of A Strange and Mystifying Story as published by Libre Publishing
この世異聞
(Kono Yo Ibun)
GenreFantasy, Yaoi
Manga
Written by
Published byLibre Publishing
English publisher
Digital Manga Publishing
ImprintBe × Boy Comics
MagazineMagazine Be × Boy
PublishedMay 2005 - November 7, 2012
Volumes7
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A Strange and Mystifying Story (Japanese: この世異聞, Hepburn: Kono Yo Ibun) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by . The manga was published by Libre Publishing. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the first volume through its imprint, Juné, on May 27, 2008,[1] the second volume following on August 19, 2009.[2] It is about a man who is sick with a disease cursed to affect all of his bloodline who summons a therianthrope, his family's guardian, to heal him.

Reception[]

Holly Ellingwood of ActiveAnime praised the 'quite striking' design of the therianthrope,[3] and enjoyed his background story in the second volume.[4] Michelle Smith found the background story incongruous with the otherwise "crude" presentation of the therianthrope in the rest of the series.[5] Leroy Douresseaux praises the "slow burn", the "anticipation of consummation" in the work, and compares the story to Danielle Steel's fiction.[6] Danielle van Gorder praised the character development, especially of the secondary characters, and the manga artist's easily distinguishable character designs.[7] Van Gorder found the second volume "a bit disjointed", as it jumps around in time, showing the progress of the characters' relationship.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "A Strange & Mystifying Story". Juné Books. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016.
  2. ^ "A Strange & Mystifying Story Vol. 2". Juné Books. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016.
  3. ^ Ellingwood, Holly (May 21, 2008). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. 1 (Advance Review)". activeAnime.
  4. ^ Ellingwood, Holly (July 22, 2009). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. 2 (Advance Review)". activeAnime.
  5. ^ Smith, Michelle (August 3, 2009). "Manga Minis, 8/3/09: A Strange and Mystifying Story, Vol. 2". Pop Culture Shock. Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
  6. ^ Douresseaux, Leroy (April 15, 2008). "A Strange and Mystifying Story: Volume 1 (Yaoi Manga)". Comic Book Bin. Toon Doctor.
  7. ^ Van Gorder, Danielle (May 7, 2008). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. #01". Mania. Demand Media. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011.
  8. ^ Van Gorder, Danielle (September 29, 2009). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. #02". Mania. Demand Media. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014.

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