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天は赤い河のほとり [Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori] #12
天は赤い河のほとり 12
新皇帝となったカイルは、エジプトが攻めてきた東へ出陣することに。日本へ戻るまであと半年となったユーリは、西へ出陣する。ユーリは「暁の明星」が昇るまでに戻ってこれるのか…！？
185 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 24, 1998
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About the author
Chie Shinohara
272 books255 followersChie 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
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
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March 10, 2020
This is the volume I've been waiting for. And it only took twelve tries! Love isn't front and center, but actual political intrigue and Yuri is finally showing off her bad ass fighter chick side. And yeah, I'll admit, I gave an audible gasp when Kail kissed her "goodbye" but with sixteen to go before the finale, we know it's only see you later. I feel bad for my teeny tiny little piece when other reviewers treat us to an in depth analysis of each conflict. And kudos to them, but a lot happens in manga (if it's a good series), and it's nearly impossible for me to recap it all, so my individual ratings are a bit short.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 9, 2015
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.
I would really recommend this series to fans of Inuyasha, it has a lot of the same concepts.
June 23, 2010
I love this series! It is so much fun to see a manga series that takes place in a non-Japanese setting. And Kail and Yuri are so cute together! I hope Yuri decides to never go back to Japan and just stay in the Hittite empire for the rest of her life. :)
December 2, 2009
Wonderful story, beautiful artwork, and great characters.
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August 27, 2011ok.... ive just about all of them so im not gonna list them all......
March 19, 2013
Loving this series so much!
May 4, 2012
very good.
April 10, 2015
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.
June 5, 2017
see full review @ Katie's Corner
August 19, 2020
That explicit warning box on the cover isn't good news for romance, let me tell you. Quite the opposite. Trigger warning for sexual assault.
We're falling into a pattern here . . . sexual assaults on Yuri, wars that begin any time Yuri seems to be getting close to returning to Japan, the queen and her people gloating at their schemes . . . I honestly don't know how much this series has to offer. I'm getting pretty tired of these basic recurring plots, especially the sexual assaults (yes, far worse would have happened realistically, but it's a manga with magic! Come on, if you can bend some rules of the world for story, you can bend any). I'm going to give it another few volumes, but seeing as there's still 16 more (we're not even halfway through!) I don't know if I'll make it to the end.
We're falling into a pattern here . . . sexual assaults on Yuri, wars that begin any time Yuri seems to be getting close to returning to Japan, the queen and her people gloating at their schemes . . . I honestly don't know how much this series has to offer. I'm getting pretty tired of these basic recurring plots, especially the sexual assaults (yes, far worse would have happened realistically, but it's a manga with magic! Come on, if you can bend some rules of the world for story, you can bend any). I'm going to give it another few volumes, but seeing as there's still 16 more (we're not even halfway through!) I don't know if I'll make it to the end.
July 20, 2021
Yuuri es secuestrada por un personaje secundario que ya nos caia mal y el principe Kail debe ir en su busqueda, pero mientras en Hattusa un peronaje secundario toma una decision dificil para salvar a Yuuri y asegurar que el proximo rey sea Kail, reitero nuevamente NO se encariñen con los personajes secundarios. Al final de este libro entendia a Yuuri pero senti que volvia a la actitud que tenia en los primeros libros y eso no me termina de convencer, espero que en los proximos tomos vuelva a crecer como personaje
April 12, 2020
4.5 stars
January 1, 2021
OK beginning but better when Yuri goes off to war with Arzawa.
August 8, 2025
4.5/5
December 5, 2022
Can I rate this 0 stars? Is that possible?
CW: SA
CW: SA
March 29, 2014
Welcome to Book 12! I was originally going to give this a three star, because Kail is DEPLORABLE in this book, but then Yuri was like 'I pwn you all with my mad deductive skillz' and I thought she deserved an extra star for that.
So Kail is Crowned--wahoo! Way to go! Now for a million different marriage offers (literally, the library keeper feared for his assistants lives because there were so many clay tablets) and Kail wants no one but Yuri. Which he then tries to force the issue with. Ilbani (and Kikkuri for that matter) in a rare moment of betrayal of my feelings were ready to stand by, but Hadi would not let it stand! She helped Yuri and took her away while Kail had a moment with Ilbani (who pretty much saw through what he was trying to do--which was so everybody would hear that he had a falling out with Yuri. I cling to this hope like you wouldn't believe).
Meanwhile they hire some new maids and such and aren't they just so HELPFUL and GRACIOUS and SWEET towards Yuri? After giving her strawberries and getting her drunk they introduce her to a HUMBLE servant who has MANY questions.
Yuri pretty much sees through that shit and gets the job done to get rid of them.
And Urhi is making trouble for everyone in a rival nation because of reasons. He looks much better with only one eye let me tell you.
So Kail is Crowned--wahoo! Way to go! Now for a million different marriage offers (literally, the library keeper feared for his assistants lives because there were so many clay tablets) and Kail wants no one but Yuri. Which he then tries to force the issue with. Ilbani (and Kikkuri for that matter) in a rare moment of betrayal of my feelings were ready to stand by, but Hadi would not let it stand! She helped Yuri and took her away while Kail had a moment with Ilbani (who pretty much saw through what he was trying to do--which was so everybody would hear that he had a falling out with Yuri. I cling to this hope like you wouldn't believe).
Meanwhile they hire some new maids and such and aren't they just so HELPFUL and GRACIOUS and SWEET towards Yuri? After giving her strawberries and getting her drunk they introduce her to a HUMBLE servant who has MANY questions.
Yuri pretty much sees through that shit and gets the job done to get rid of them.
And Urhi is making trouble for everyone in a rival nation because of reasons. He looks much better with only one eye let me tell you.
August 12, 2019
Eppure sembrava che Uruhi ci avesse finalmente lasciato le penne... Invece niente! L'erba cattiva non muore mai. Certo che, tra l'altro, la regina Nakia non ha ancora sofferto alcuna perdita, mentre Yuri e Kail hanno una lista di persone che sono morte per loro lunga da qui a Roma.
Kail è finalmente diventato imperatore e durante la sua incoronazione, il popolo non faceva altro che invocare la dea Ishtar. La povera Yuri, nel frattempo, ha deciso che tornare in Giappone è la scelta migliore da farsi. Così potrà dimenticare Kail. Dal canto suo, Kail fa fatica a trattenersi e cerca di costringere Yuri a cedergli con la forza. Lei, poverina, urla e strepita che non vuole ma nessuna delle ancelle presenti a palazzo vuole inimicarsi l'imperatore. E stanno a guardare. Solo Hadi ha il coraggio di intervenire e di salvare Yuri.
Certo, Yuri lo perdona (??, OK si è fermato ma caspita!) e si prepara a dirgli addio. Lui non si spreca nemmeno a scusarsi..
Kail è finalmente diventato imperatore e durante la sua incoronazione, il popolo non faceva altro che invocare la dea Ishtar. La povera Yuri, nel frattempo, ha deciso che tornare in Giappone è la scelta migliore da farsi. Così potrà dimenticare Kail. Dal canto suo, Kail fa fatica a trattenersi e cerca di costringere Yuri a cedergli con la forza. Lei, poverina, urla e strepita che non vuole ma nessuna delle ancelle presenti a palazzo vuole inimicarsi l'imperatore. E stanno a guardare. Solo Hadi ha il coraggio di intervenire e di salvare Yuri.
Certo, Yuri lo perdona (??, OK si è fermato ma caspita!) e si prepara a dirgli addio. Lui non si spreca nemmeno a scusarsi..
February 3, 2009
This series is starting to wear thin since the characters are not changing their bad habits and the plot is getting repetitive.
August 10, 2011
It suckes.
March 21, 2019
It's nice when Yuri is smart by design.
Trigger warning: attempted rape. Not that Viz put an advisory on the cover, oh no.
Trigger warning: attempted rape. Not that Viz put an advisory on the cover, oh no.
April 9, 2008
I love this series and my review is on vol. 1 as to why I love it so!
September 18, 2011
She has been kidnapped too many times. I quit.
July 25, 2014
Love this series. Must read for fans of Inuyasha and From Far Away.
April 8, 2018
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...
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...
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