Red River (Red River)

Rating:
Summary: Awesome
Review: It's hard to just glance at this manga and think it's any good at all. But since I research manga to find new and interesting reads, this one seemed odd enough to look into.

Yuri is the protagonist--she's a normal Japanese girl--who is suddenly sucked into a puddle on the street, and it magically brings her to the Ancient Middle East (Anatolia--Hittite Empire, a little history there) and blah, blah, you can read the summary. But what makes this manga better than most is the great plot and the detail in the characters. The artwork is lovely (I've seen better artwork, but not better storylines) and it keeps you moving along, wanting to know what's going to happen to Yuri and Prince Kail. I found myself thinking of what it must feel like to be in their shoes. It's just so imaginative and catchy.

I don't think many people have heard about this manga; I think it only came out in the US recently considering I'm only getting to book 3 now. But it's a really good twist from the typical shojo ("true-to-life characters...and relationships"). But I have to warn you, if you read it and want more like I do, it's a 27 (yes, TWENTY-SEVEN) volume commitment. Kinda scary, but I like a challenge if I can afford it.