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In a secluded valley in the shadow of Sleeping Dragon Mountain reside four martial-arts clans. Three of the clans, Kenga, Jeweled Mirror, and Water Crystal, have maintained peace in the valley for generations. The fourth, the Black Pearl clan, appeared out of the night in a cloud of mystery and suspicion. Warriors from the three clans are leaving at an alarming rate to join the Black Pearl. Can Juline Kenga, teenage heir to the Kenga clan, uncover the secrets of Black Pearl? Find out in volume 1 of Juline, the shoujo martial-arts drama by Narumi Kakinouchi (Vampire Princess Miyu)

168 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

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Narumi Kakinouchi

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Narumi Kakinouchi (垣野内成美) is a female Japanese manga artist, animator, director, character designer, and an animation director. Some of her work has appeared in the adult manga magazine Lemon People.

After graduating from high school, she began working at Studio Beebo under the direction of Tomonori Kogawa, then moving on to Studio Io, Artland, AIC and other studios where she was an animator, designer, and animation director on many TV series and OVAs. She made her manga and character designer debut with Vampire Princess Miyu. Due to her magnificent artwork, she became very popular even outside the anime and manga scene, doing illustrations and character designs for many other projects.

Kakinouchi made her key animation debut with her work on the 1980 series Space Runaway Ideon. She then garnered great attention as the character designer, storyboard artist, and animation director for the Vampire Princess Miyu OVAs in 1988, and in March of that same year she co-authored the first Vampire Princess Miyu manga, serialized in the mystery/horror monthly manga magazine Susperia.

She made her directorial debut with Ryokunohara Labyrinth in 1990, in addition to being the character designer, scenario creator, storyboard artis, and animation director for the OVA.

Kakinouchi is married to anime director Toshiki Hirano.

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