Red River (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 5: Includes volumes 13, 14, & 15

Red River #5

by Chie Shinohara

A 3-in-1 edition of the classic romance fantasy series where a modern girl is whisked to ancient times and must navigate a scheming court and warring factions while trying to find her way home.

Yuri, a modern teenager, is transported to ancient Anatolia as part of a scheme by the evil Nakia, queen of the Hittites. Only the intervention of Nakia’s stepson, Prince Kail, saves Yuri from the queen’s bloodthirsty intentions. As an unintended consequence of the prince’s actions, the people of Anatolia embrace Yuri as the incarnation of the great war goddess Ishtar.

Yuri and Kail continue to face the challenge of finding a way to protect their people without further bloodshed. At the same time, Nakia is trying to sabotage the only method that Yuri can use to ever return home.

Genres: Manga, Historical Fiction, Romance, Fantasy

584 pages, Paperback

Published October 21, 2025

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

[Heather’s Reading Bubble · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m going to be completely honest here. I love the art in this series. I love Yuri as a protagonist. I love Nakia as a villain but I found myself rolling my eyes multiple times while reading this volume. Yuri deciding to stay there and sacrifice ever seeing her family again all for Kail, who I still can’t stand, why? I get she’s a teenage girl but I just am not buying into this grand love story the way that I think I’m supposed to be. Kail still treats Yuri like she’s property and not a person. Yuri going on and on about how all that matters is Kail while people are being murdered was so annoying. I’m glad Viz has rereleased this series and wish they would for others but I am not going to lie and say this is the greatest thing I’ve ever read either. It has its ups and it’s downs.

[Aaron Meyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely the best volume to date. It has been two years since Yuri has arrived and is at the cusp of being returned home. Yet love has a way of saying hold my beer. Now that Yuri is older I feel like the way she has been drawn on these volumes going forward are more lovely, there are times where she is looking exotic and transfixing. Plus she becomes a woman truly after her decision to stay. The final section there is so much intrigue and murder and we get to see Yuri continue to grow off the battlefield and in the harem where she learns valuable skills that will serve her well whenever she becomes queen. One can only hope she does. It's funny I am totally invested in how her future takes shape at this point!

[Lizzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

High stakes. Big decisions. Murder mysteries. Some of my favorite moments are in these volumes!

[Mia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dammit this is repetitive but so addicting

[fall girly (school hiatus) · Rating 5 out of 5]

the amount of times i rolled my eyes reading this