is a Japanese manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 written and illustrated by Toshiki Yui

Toshiki Yui

is a Japanese seinen manga artist born in 1956 in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Some of his early work was published under the name . He has been publishing since 1986....

. The manga is licensed in France by Panini Comics

Panini Comics

Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, best known for their collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy...

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Manga

Shueisha

Shueisha

is a major publisher in Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump,...

 released 3 bound volumes

Tankobon

, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

of the manga between February 2000 and September 2001. Panini Comics

Panini Comics

Panini Comics is an Italian comic book publisher. A division of Panini Group, best known for their collectible stickers, it is headquartered in Modena, Italy...

 released the manga between October 2002 and February 2003 in Germany. Planet Manga released the manga between July 12, 2001 and October 24, 2002 in Italy. It is being distributed online by JManga.

Volume listing

Reception

Manga Sanctuary series of reviews, regards the characters to be "less endearing" than those of Yui's Kirara

Kirara (manga)

is a manga series by Toshiki Yui first published in 1993 by Shueisha. It was later adapted as an original video animation in 2000.It was licensed in French by Panini Comics.-Plot:...

, and the humor to be "less effective" in the first volume review, goes further in criticism by describing the second volume reading experience as devoid of emotion and the last volume as leaving a bitter after taste so much the manga is ill built and rushed. The French manga dictionary Dicomanga pointed to the author's large usage of computer software which gives a particular yet slightly icy tone to his universe. SplashComics noted that the author used the technique of using photographs as backgrounds. SplashComics described the second volume as being "a typical Yui: Girls and ghosts", noting that although the series was tamer than Kirara

Kirara (manga)

is a manga series by Toshiki Yui first published in 1993 by Shueisha. It was later adapted as an original video animation in 2000.It was licensed in French by Panini Comics.-Plot:...

, that fanservice was provided via tight shirts and short skirts, and felt the ending was "a little disappointing".