ตะวันรักที่ปลายฟ้า 21

天は赤い河のほとり [Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori] #21

by Chie Shinohara

แม้นาเกียจะขัดขวางทุกวิถีทาง แต่ในที่สุดคาอิลก็ได้ขึ้นครองบัลลังก์เป็นกษัตริย์ของฮิตไทต์ คาอิลต้องการตั้งยูริเป็นมเหสีแต่นาเกียอาศัยอำนาจตัวเองตั้งเงื่อนไขให้ยูริไปทำหน้าที่ผู้บัญชาการทหารรักษาพระองค์ให้สำเร็จก่อน ระหว่างนั้นยูริเกิดตั้งท้องขึ้นมา เมื่อวูลฮีคนสนิทของนาเกียรู้เข้าก็วางแผนทำให้ยูริแท้งลูก ลูซาฟาคนสนิทของยูริจำต้องพายูริไปพึ่งพารามเซส ขณะที่อยู่อียิปต์ได้รู้ว่าข้างกายคาอิลมีสายลับของอียิปต์แอบแฝงอยู่คนั้นคือ...!?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Historical Fiction, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Historical, Shojo

Paperback

First published June 26, 2000

About the author

Chie Shinohara (篠原千絵) is an award winning Japanese manga artist best-known for Red River, known in Japan as Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori: Anatolia Story. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo, in 1987 for Yami no Purple Eye and in 2001 for Red River.

Aside from her comics work, she has also written several prose novels. She has published the six volume Big Draw Daughter Hatsu light novel series, as well as five gaiden (or side-story) novels related to her Red River series. All of these were illustrated by Shinohara herself.

Works

Akatsuki no Lion - 2003
Ao no Fūin (Blue Seal) - 1992–94
Houmonsha wa Mayonaka ni (Midnight Visitor) - 1984
Kioku no Ashiato (Footprint of Memories) - 2005
Kiri no Mori Hotel - 2007
Kootta Natsu no Hi (Frozen Summer Day) - 1995
Mizu ni Sumu Hana (Romance of Darkness) - 2004
Mokugekisha ni Sayounara (Farewell to the Eyewitness) - 1985
Nanika ga yami de mite iru (Something Watching in the Dark) - 1986
Ryouko no Shinreijikenbo (A Record of Ryoko's Psychic Events) - 1988–91
Sanninme ga Kieta (A Third Person Disappeared) - 1992
Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga naru (Then Five Bells Rang) - 1994
Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori: Anatolia Story (Red River) - 1995–2002
Tokidamari no Hime - 2008-09
Touboukyuukou (Runaway Express)
Umi no Yami, Tsuki no Kage (Moon Shadow on a Dark Sea) - 1986–91
Yami no Purple Eye (Purple Eye of Darkness) - 1984–87
Yume no Shizuku, Kin no Torikago - 2010-present

Reviews

[Bailey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Look at Yuri, ruling those rebels like a kween (pardon the spelling; I've been binging Broad City)! To me, this whole volume was bittersweet: on the upside, Ramses decides to aid Kail, Yuri gets delegate/strategize on her own (giving those old "am I worthy of being Ishtar without him" worries a good swift kick), but on the flip side, Ramses gets kidnapped by his own corrupt queen just as he agrees to the alliance, and Yuri gets to return to Kail, with news of the miscarriage. I'm dreading that convo, and it's simply fiction. It's even acknowledged that her leading the troops is a good distraction from her pain and that she and Kail will be able to fully grieve together. What a reunion...

[Vivien · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beginning was ok but better when Yuri saves a small boy & us reunited with the 3 sisters & Il Ban. Also when Yuri decides to rescue Ramses. Il Ban has really gotten to know Yuri that he already knows how she should do that.

[Katie (Katie's Corner Blog) · Rating 5 out of 5]

see full review @ Katie's Corner

[nidah05 (SleepDreamWrite) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another good volume.

[Hisgirl85 · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[Tamara · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Irene · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s so funny that at this point people are no longer trying and are simply accepting that yes you can kidnap Yuri but she’ll bring her own entourage and probably cause a rebellion or two in the city

[Dominique "Eerie" Sobieska · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anatolia Story vol. 1 - 28

Overall Rating: 2..../10
I re-read from teenager to grown up. Not the best idea...

This may be my third re-read of this series. I am pretty sure I read it twice in the first two years of it's release. I was young, I loved it. It was romantic. But after reading it this year (maybe +15 years later....), I was wrong. I just saw wrong turns, within wrong turns. Maybe as an adult, you see things differently.

If you,ve read a manga or book during your early years and end up reading them much later in life, you may end up like me- loving a series in the past and ruining it as the adult in you laughs for once enjoying them... :(

Do I recommend this:

Unless you are under the age of 20 honestly...

[Lexie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Welcome to Book 21, which with just 7 volumes to go Yuri FINALLY figures out a way to escape ravishment. Guys it was a loooong time coming.

Still acting under the guise of marrying Ramses (and man do I love Nefert) Yuri pretty much acts like she does with Kail (just minus the touchy-feely stuff). I think Ramses figures out pretty quickly why Kail always seems so exasperated with Yuri. She incites a minor kerfuffle during some of Queen Nefertiti's priests chopping off a 5 year old's arm (yeah, them Egyptians...) which gives Nefertiti all the excuse she needs to arrest Ramses and have him tossed into a room to die horribly at her palace.

Shinohara you still haven't convinced that Nefertiti is a bad person by the way. GOOD TRY.

And Yuri, in typical fashion, wins the love of the common people (this time of Egypt!) to help rescue Ramses because let's face it. He needed rescuing.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

What first drew me to this series was the romantic historical aspect. I loved how a modern day girl gets pulled back into the past. I don't know what it is about those stories that attract me so much, maybe it is the difficulty for the girl of fitting in and having to rely on the guy so much to be able to get along in the world.

I would really recommend this series to fans of Inuyasha, it has a lot of the same concepts.

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 3 out of 5]

E adesso Yuri si mette a raccogliere seguaci anche in Egitto, dove - insieme a Ramses - si mette all'opera per togliere potere alla vedova imperiale Nefertiti. La vedova è riuscita ad imprigionare Ramses e Yuri, nonostante avesse la possibilità di tornare da Kail, alla fine decide di rimanere ad aiutarlo in cambio di tutte le volte in cui lui ha aiutato lei.

Se proprio mi si permette, mi sa che la pettinatura egiziana sta molto meglio ad Yuri di quel nido di uccelli che porta di solito.

[Holly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful story, beautiful artwork, and great characters.

[Miss Ryoko · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the Yuri I love... strong willed and not afraid to stand up for what's right! You go girl!!

[Alexis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this series on a mere coincidence but it quickly became one of my all time favourites. I read the entire series in 1.5-2 days. It was truly wonderful and a joy to experience.

[Luna's Little Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall series review, 4 Stars.
I started Red River a few years ago but finally got round to finishing it this year.

[scarlettraces · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty much... Ramses Ramses Ramses. And Nefertiti Nefertiti.

[Brianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

pretty good.

[Destiny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series. Must read for fans of Inuyasha and From Far Away.