A Strange and Mystifying Story

A Strange and Mystifying Story

Cover of the first volume of A Strange and Mystifying Story as published by Libre Publishing
この世異聞
(Kono Yo Ibun)
Genre Fantasy, Yaoi
Manga
Written by Tsuta Suzuki
Published by Libre Publishing
English publisher
Published May 2005 - November 7, 2012
Volumes 7

A Strange and Mystifying Story (Japanese: この世異聞 Hepburn: Kono Yo Ibun) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Tsuta Suzuki. 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.
  2. ↑ "A Strange & Mystifying Story Vol. 2". Juné Books.
  3. ↑ Ellingwood, Holly (21 May 2008). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. 1 (Advance Review)". activeAnime.
  4. ↑ Ellingwood, Holly (22 Jul 2009). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. 2 (Advance Review)". activeAnime.
  5. ↑ Smith, Michelle (3 Aug 2009). "Manga Minis, 8/3/09: A Strange and Mystifying Story, Vol. 2". Pop Culture Shock.
  6. ↑ Douresseaux, Leroy (15 Apr 2008). "A Strange and Mystifying Story: Volume 1 (Yaoi Manga)". Mania.
  7. ↑ Van Gorder, Danielle (7 May 2008). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. #01". Mania.
  8. ↑ Van Gorder, Danielle (29 Sep 2009). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. #02". Mania.

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