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Barbara Ikai

Otherworld Barbara

Manga Finished Community Score: 7.49 Source: N/A

Chapters: 24

Volumes: 4

Published: Jul 27, 2002 to Jun 28, 2005

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At the center of story is a teenaged girl who has been in a coma since the age of nine, when she was found with her dead parents. The mother had apparently killed the father, and then killed herself. And the girl, Aoba, was found to have her dead parents' hearts in her stomach. The core mystery, of course, is why this girl ate her parents' hearts, but there are plenty of other mysteries to chew on. Why does the presumably imaginary dreamworld—Barbara—that Aoba now inhabits seem to affect the real world, and what is her connection to the boy, Kiriya, who she has never met and who shares her dreams of Barbara? And what does this have to do with a mysterious scientist looking for the secret to eternal youth, or, for that matter, with a long extinct race of Martians? (Source: MU)

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Rank

3503

Popularity

13491

Chapters

24

Volumes

4

Published

Jul 27, 2002 to Jun 28, 2005

Members / Favorites

1523 / 18

Authors

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Author: Hagio, Moto

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Genre: Drama Genre: Fantasy Genre: Mystery Genre: Romance Genre: Sci-Fi Demographic: Shoujo

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