As a child Sakura Mamiya mysteriously disappeared in the woods behind her grandma's home. She returned whole and healthy, but since then she has had the power to see ghosts. Now a teenager, she just wishes the ghosts would leave her alone! At school, the desk next to Sakura's has been empty since the start of the school year, then one day her always-absent classmate Rinne Rokudo shows up, and he's far more than what he seems!After school one day, Rinne helps Sakura deal with the ghost of a boy who has a crush on her. Rinne it seems, knows just how to handle such ghosts, and has the skills and tools to properly dispatch them to the afterife (for a small fee of course). Sakura starts to learn more about her mysterious classmate, and her curiosity about Rinne draws her deeper into the amazing world between life and death.
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Reads R to L (Japanese Style).
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Rin-ne is the newest manga from Takahashi, creator of Ranma½ and Inuyasha, two of the most successful anime and manga series of all time. Sakura is a teenage girl who can see spirits due to a narrow escape from the wheel of death and reincarnation as a child. One day, her classroom is plagued by a ghost, and she meets Rinne, a living boy filling the role of a shinigami—a supernatural being who guides spirits to their rest. Poor and alone on Earth, he tries to cadge meals and scam a living in between dealing with unquiet spirits. Despite potential melodramatic fodder, both characters are too practical and matter-of-fact for theatrics. Instead, Rin-ne tells the wry and funny adventures of two lonely kids becoming friends against a background of ghost stories that are more melancholy than frightening. Rin-ne is not the most profound of comics nor is it the most visually stunning, but it is a satisfying and heartfelt story, with promise of greater things to come as the tale unfolds. (Oct.)
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Author and artist Rumiko Takahashi, the world's most popular and prolific female manga creator, has a large, devoted international fan base. Over 100 million copies of her work, such as Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2 and Mermaid Saga--all available from VIZ Media--have been sold worldwide. Takahashi's works have been the basis for four long-running animated series and over eight animated movies.
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The spotlight on Rumiko Takahashi's career began in 1978 when she won an honorable mention in Shogakukan's annual New Comic Artist Contest for Those Selfish Aliens. Later that same year, her boy-meets-alien comedy series, Urusei Yatsura, was serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday. This phenomenally successful manga series was adapted into anime format and spawned a TV series and half a dozen theatrical-release movies, all incredibly popular in their own right. Takahashi followed up the success of her debut series with one blockbuster hit after another--Maison Ikkoku ran from 1980 to 1987, Ranma 1/2 from 1987 to 1996, and Inuyasha from 1996 to 2008. Other notable works include Mermaid Saga, Rumic Theater, and One-Pound Gospel.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Vol. 1 is a good first start but most of all, it's great to have Rumiko Takashi back again!,
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This review is from: RIN-NE, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
Rumiko Takashi, probably the most well-known mangaka in the world is back with a new manga titled "RIN-NE" (known in Japan as "Kyoukai no RINNE") and is currently published in Japan in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday and now available in the US courtesy of Viz Media's new imprint "Shonen Sunday".
Known for popular hit manga (and anime series based from her manga) such as "Urusei Yatsura", "Maison Ikkoku", "Ranma 1/2" , "One Pound Gospel", "Mermaid Scar", "Inuyasha" and many more titles. In "RIN-NE" vol. 1, we are introduced to a high school teenager named Sakura Mamiya. What we know about her is that when she was a little girl, she saw a ring in the sky and an older woman. Flash forward over a decade later and Sakura is a high school teenager and she has the ability to see ghosts. One day during class, she sees for the first time, the boy named Rinne Rokudo who has been absent from his class for a long time, finally making it to class. But when the teacher starts calling out his name, everyone acts as if he's not there. But as Rokudo is in class throwing out some tiny dog snacks, Rokudo thinks no one can see him but Sakura sees everything. Sakura sees a big Chihuahua materializing in the classroom and suddenly swallowing up Rokudo. Sakura then wonders if this boy is a ghost. So, she sees him again walking down the road and suddenly lunges at him but she is shocked that he is for real. A ghost that constantly follows Sakura on her way to school then asks her who is the guy. And to her surprise, Rokudo answers the ghost and telling it that he needs to rest in peace. Automatically, the ghost chihuahua ends up combining with the ghost boy and starts attacking Rokudo. Rokudo tells Sakura that he needs to send the new combined ghosts towards a huge red wheel in the sky but to make it happen, he needs money. Once she makes the payment, she watches him send the ghosts off to where they are supposed to be. Afterwards, Rokudo tells her that he is sort of a "shinagami" (death spirit) and then he hypnotizes her to make sure she doesn't remember a thing. Unfortunately for Rokudo, Sakura remembers everything and now the two become partners in taking on spirits that are stuck in the world of the living (especially those haunting the school and the students) and sending them off. In this first volume, we see the two working together and taking on a few ghosts but also learning how Sakura is able to see ghosts and we are introduced to Rokumon, a cat spirit that can change to a "bakeneko" (a cat monster) and we also learn why Rokumon is always wearing the same tracksuit every day. The first volume of "RIN-NE" was entertaining but yet different from other past manga series from Rumiko Takahashi, who tends to utilize a lot of characters in her series. Similar to "Inuyasha", most of the storyline focuses on the two main characters Sakura and Rokudo. We are introduced to Rokudo's grandmother and the cat spirit Rokumon but it will be interesting to see where Takahashi takes this series. In a way, this manga release is quite interesting because it just started in Japan back in April and Viz has been releasing each chapter as it comes out in Japan [...]. So, it's somewhat a manga simultaneous release (a three month wait after its release in Japan) for the US market which is very cool! So far, so good with the first volume. It's too early to tell if this is going to be an awesome release but going with Rumiko Takahashi's manga track record, I've literally been hooked with each manga release (including the anime based from the manga) so far and I have no doubt in mind that "RIN-NE" is going to be an enjoyable release as well. There are a total of two volumes that have been released in Japan and the second volume is being planned for a January 2010 release. So, I definitely look forward to reading more of Rumiko Takahashi's latest manga series!
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On the wheel,
This review is from: RIN-NE, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
Imagine a series like Tite Kubo's "Bleach," but sort of flipped around -- some of the same elements are there, but done in a very different style.
In a nutshell, that's "Rin-Ne," and it's a pretty massive departure from Rumiko Takahashi's prior fantasy works (gender-flipping boy/girls, dog demons, mermaids and so on). Fortunately "Rin-ne Volume 1" is a smooth introduction to the story of two kids who find themselves suspended between this world and the world of the dead, and displays a brand of comedy that is much subtler than what we've seen from Takahashi before. Ever since she was "spirited away" as a child, Sakura has seen ghosts. But one day in class, she also sees Rinne Rukudo -- a scarlet-haired, robed boy who's invisible to everyone but her, wrestling with a giant chihuahua ghost. Yeah, it gets weirder after that. It turns out that Rinne is a "sort of" shinigami with a magical Haori of the Underworld, who ushers the souls of the dead onto a giant red wheel of reincarnation... for a fee ("You now owe me five hundred yen!"). And after a failed attempt to hypnotize Sakura into forgetting all she's seen, Rinne finds himself sitting next to her in class, and reluctantly working with her on supernatural matters. And there are a remarkably large number of them -- a cell phone that keeps receiving ghostly calls from long ago, and a ghost that is stuck in a cycle; a strange black kitten who really wants to work for Rinne; and a girl haunted by a fallen samurai's ghost. And when Sakura encounters Rinne's strangely youthful (and strangely familiar) grandmother, she's accidentally swept off into the world of the dead -- and unless he can rescue her, she might end up reincarnating way too early. "Rin-ne Volume 1" is a smooth introduction to Takahashi's new imaginary world. And while at first it feels a bit like a quieter, less action packed "Bleach," it's redolent of Takahashi's previous works (the tiny animal-footed troublemaker, the high kicks). At the same time, it's also a very different kind of manga from her previous two series -- not much action, a mellower hero, and a focus on dealing with ghosts and supernatural critters rather than on fighting. So Takahashi deftly juggles both the weird ghostly cases (which are more perplexing than scary) that Rinne and Sakura have to solve, and mellow humorous moments ("Booo, I'm going to get yoooooou, woooooh!"). At the same time, she gradually drops little bits of info that answer some overhanging questions -- Rinne's true nature, how he ended up becoming a shinigami, and the reason he's crashing in an abandoned building with only the clothes on his back (which we never see getting washed... weird). Rinne and Sakura are also quite different from Takahashi's previous protagonists -- she's a very earnest, sweet girl who seems more puzzled by her sixth sense than frightened by what she sees, and gradually we find out just what happened in her childhood. He's a very professional and mature guy, albeit an excessively frugal one ("If I spent money on such a luxury... I'd be sent to hell"), and has a cute if dumb little black cat, Rokudo, that is determined to help him whether he likes it or not. "Rin-Ne Volume 1" is a nice start to a promising manga -- the reverse flip of "Bleach," with a likable hero and heroine and lots of supernatural weirdness. It will be interesting to see where it goes next.
5.0 out of 5 stars
SWEET Manga!,
This review is from: RIN-NE, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
I bought this manga for myself awhile back and just bought one for my best friend's birthday and she loves it! This series is very fun, cute, charming, and entertaining! It has japanese mythology and supernatural themes! We LOVE it! The art is GORGEOUS and the characters are very likeable and have spunk! We are very satisfied customers and are happily hooked on this series!
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