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Yozakura Quartet
Genre: Magic, School Life, Slice of Life, Super Power, Supernatural
By: Yasuda Suzuhito
Year of Release: 2006-ongoing
Serialized in: Monthly Shōnen Sirius
Publisher: Kodansha
Akina, Hime, Kotoha, and Ao are four members of the Hiizumi Seikatsu Soudan Jimusho (Hiizumi s Everyday-life Consultation Office), which, in addition to helping kindergarteners deal with tough times, strives to preserve the peace of their little town, Sakurashin, by hunting down the troublemakers who dare threaten it.
Author:
Suzuhito Yasuda
A Japanese manga artist and illustrator. He most recognized for illustrating the light novels series Durarara!! and Kamisama Kazoku both adapted into anime series,and for being the original creator of the manga series Yozakura Quartet which was also adapted into a anime series.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuhito_Yasuda
The manga has been licensed by Del Rey in English but unfortunately Del Rey is no longer so hopefully Kodansha will pick this up soon and republish it ^^
My thoughts with no spoilers:
The art is is one of the best I've seen, the story is cute and later on gets very exciting and i have no idea why its not popular, don't be fooled by the covers (which are amazing IMO) its not a music manga if you read the genre you'll understand. The characters are very likable and the plot is interesting with some nice twists and even romance (a nice add in a shonen) but not too much ^^ so I'll just give a bit of a summary now which i think you shouldn't read since it gives a lot of spoilers but if you're like me and spoilers get you interested here you go;
The story revolves on Hime (The teen mayor), Ao, Kotoha the three supergirls and Akina a seemingly normal guy who is more than he seems, as they protect their beloved town Sakurashin. They run an an office called Hiizumi Life Counseling Office, where their job is to help and protect the townspeople of Sakurashin, a town where humans and youkai co-exist with one another. With thier numerous friends the 'gods' Yae the towns land goddess, her older brother Yuhi whose the guardian deity of Mariebelle an ancestor of the town doctor and star Juri, Touka and Kyosuke the Oni, Rin the 'zombie' and the various townfolk both humand and not. Each of them has their own set of problems however;
Hime who has taken care of the town as Mayor since she was 9 burdened herself to protect it. But she holds a secret in order to save her beloved town and townsfolk.
Ao whose big brother Gin set of on a journey to help out but was possessed and his body comes back as the main villian Enjin. She is a mind reading Youkai
Akina who is responsible to 'tune' the fallen beings (humans possessed by youkai) and youkai an ability that can send back youkai to their world and cut off their connection to the human world. This ability can only be used by his family; the one who succeeds this ability is called oyakume.
Kotoha the only half-youkai at the start of the series who had been human but 'fell' thankfully she regained her senses said to be thanks to Akina's grandfather and Hime but still seems to be a bit scared of that event. (Interesting is that she seems to remember it but it is said later on that its not supposed to be so.)
Basically its a story on how these characters overcome their difficulties and protect the town earning new friends and saving those thought to be lost ones.
Hime who has taken care of the town as Mayor since she was 9 burdened herself to protect it. But she holds a secret in order to save her beloved town and townsfolk.
Ao whose big brother Gin set of on a journey to help out but was possessed and his body comes back as the main villian Enjin. She is a mind reading Youkai
Akina who is responsible to 'tune' the fallen beings (humans possessed by youkai) and youkai an ability that can send back youkai to their world and cut off their connection to the human world. This ability can only be used by his family; the one who succeeds this ability is called oyakume.
Kotoha the only half-youkai at the start of the series who had been human but 'fell' thankfully she regained her senses said to be thanks to Akina's grandfather and Hime but still seems to be a bit scared of that event. (Interesting is that she seems to remember it but it is said later on that its not supposed to be so.)
Basically its a story on how these characters overcome their difficulties and protect the town earning new friends and saving those thought to be lost ones.
Yozakura has a complicated anime history. Fans of the manga generally hated the original anime, produced by Nomad in 2008. The original anime is loosely based on the first three volumes, but makes so many changes that the plot barely resembles the manga. Tatsunoko Production has since taken over, and has been much more loyal to the manga. Tatsunoko's adaptions begin with volume five. 2014's Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta features canon adaptions of the first four volumes, fixing the changes made by the 2008 anime, as well as adapting the Hana no Uta arc, volumes 8 - 9 of the manga. Below is a list of anime, along with which volumes they adapt:
- Yozakura Quartet (2008): Volumes 1 - 3, (not canon, does not closely follow the manga). 12 Episode TV Anime.
- Yozakura Quartet: Hoshi no Umi (2010-2011): Volumes 5 - 6 (canon). 3 Episode OVA.
- Yokazura Quartet: Hana no Uta: (2013): Volumes 1 - 4, 8 - 9 (canon). 13 Episode TV Anime.
- Yozakura Quartet: Tsuki ni Naku (2013-2014): 11 (canon) 3 Episode OVA.
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