Kaze Hikaru, Vol. 4

Kaze Hikaru #4

by Taeko Watanabe

Romance between "swordsmen," based on a true-life adventure of a young girl determined to be a part of history.

In the 1860s in Japan, a new era is dawning. During this time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the shogunate system. This group becames one of the greatest (and most infamous) movements in Japanese history…the Shinsengumi!

Ordered by Katamori-sama to assassinate Captain Serizawa, Captain Hijikata holds a secret meeting with the other leaders in the Mibu-Roshi to plan the murder of their charismatic comrade. Soji breaks in on the meeting, but rather than pleading for his friend's life, he offers to kill him.

Genres: Manga, Historical Fiction, Historical, Romance, Comics, Shojo, Genderqueer

200 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1999

About the author

Name (in native language) : 渡辺多恵子

Zodiac : Virgo

Blood type :AB

Her works consist mainly of shōjo manga and is best known for Kaze Hikaru. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award, in 1991 for Hajime-chan ga Ichiban! and in 2003 for Kaze Hikaru.

Reviews

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sei learns some tough lessons through the purge of the Serizawa faction and subsequent institution of a strict and controversial code of conduct for members of the Shinsengumi. This volume seems to mark a change veering away from the fluff-heavy first three parts and becomes more serious in tone, which bodes well for things to come IMO.

[Abhi Prasad · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75
Good stories to continue to learn about the history, characters, relationships, and setting of the story. I wouldn’t say it was as memorable as volume 3 - but still continues to keep the quality up. You have to admire the mangaka/authors dedication to historical accuracy and not cutting corners if something is “unusual” by todays standards. Granted these earlier books were published over 20 years ago lol

[Katie]

LLP

[Ash · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

[Starbubbles · Rating 3 out of 5]

My determination to finish this series is beginning to waiver. I'm baffled by the popularity of this series. An I missing some hidden meaning, a sorrid love affair, the meaning of life? I mean, what is it?! Just because it is "a historical romance set in the time of rurouni kenshin," does not mean it is just as good. Besides, if we are going to split hairs, it was not. It's like saying the American Civil War and Reconstruction are the same era. They are not. But let's face it, it's just easier to lump and entire century as pretty much the "same time frame," so I shouldn't be complaining this much. I think I've ranted enough for one review.

[Lord · Rating 4 out of 5]

After two first volumes, this series turned out to be really good. It's amazing how much effort Watanabe sensei put into her historical research for this manga. The story is also interesting and I'm looking forward to the next volume.

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

Nice cover. Also, about time I catch up on manga series I started but didn't continue or was going to but got lazy and just stopped reading the series all together. This is one of them.

Anyway, this one was good, interesting at times, but good. And did I mention that cover is adorable?

[Holly Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

i'll start reading this book once i get it... more like once i find it!
lol

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 4 out of 5]

#Program BUBU

Pertama kali dibeli dan dibaca pada tanggal 28 September 2002.

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book, loved the series!!! It delves into the history of Japanese culture.

[Lucinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finally got it... I am so torn about Serizawa-sensei

Love Okita and Sei's continuing relationship.