is a Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

 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...

 is written and illustrated by Tamayo Akiyama

Tamayo Akiyama

a Japanese shōjo manga author and artist. She was a former member of CLAMP.Akiyama has also done illustrations for three novels and illustrations for a CD .-Works:Hyper Rune, Mouryou...

. The manga is licensed for an English-language release in North America by Tokyopop

Tokyopop

Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...

, licensed for a French-language release in France.

Reception

Mania.com's Jarred Pine criticises the manga for its lack of "mystery solving" and thinks that the "horror" genre for the book is mis-tagged. IGN

IGN

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's A.E. Sparrow commends the book for its art.