Silver Diamond Volume 1: Silver Seed (Paperback)

by Shiho Sugiura (Author)

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Product Description
Rakan is a lonely orphaned teen with an unusual attraction to flowers and plants. Chigusa is his surprise guest, who arrives mysteriously one day out of nowhere. Together, these two uncover secrets about each other--including the fact that Rakan may be a special prince who Chigusa insists on protecting at all costs!From master storyteller Shiho Sugiura, comes a unique tale of adventure and emotion as two unlikely friends try to get used to new surroundings...and to each other.

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop (July 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1427809658
• ISBN-13: 978-1427809650
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #456,975 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Let's hear it for green thumbs!, September 9, 2008

By	Jenine Wilson "A Reader and Writer of Fantasy" (Western, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Sawa Rakan is a young man living on his own after the death of his mother and grandfather. Despite his shadowy knowledge of his not quite normal past Rakan is determined to live his life and progress into the future in as predictably mundane way as possible. This plan is blown out of the water when he discovers a man lying unconscious in his flower bed. Now Rakan is discovering his affinity with plants is something more than just having a green thumb and that life cannot always be as normal as he would like it to be.

This is a very well drawn, well written manga and the start of a new fantasy series. Although the idea of traveling between worlds is not unusual in fantasy manga, the direction that this story seems to be going in is pretty unusual. There is a nice little mystery lurking behind Rakan's past and I really enjoyed his interactions with his otherworldly visitors, Chigusa, Narushige, and Koh the talking snake. It made me laugh out loud in a couple parts (especially when Koh discovered the TV!) and I'm looking forward to the next volume.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy this seris came over!, May 16, 2009

By	Sam N. - See all my reviews

A few years ago I remember filling in a survey on Tokyopop abput which managas I'd like to see brought over into the english language. My top three choices had been Koori no Mamono no Monogatari, Yatterneez, and.... Silver Diamond.

I'm very happy they listened for at least this seris, and have just placed an order on it.

I recomend that if you like fun quirky yet still VERY interesting mangas to pick this one up. ^^-

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Obsession., April 11, 2009

By	JSyv (Texas) - See all my reviews

I bought Silver Diamond on a whim and I am so glad that I did. I am an avid manga reader (more like a rabid otaku, really...) with at least 50+ series bursting off of my shelves. The artwork and the characters are simply beautiful and the story line is different, interesting, and fun. So far I have read volumes one through four and I love them all.

Silver Diamond centers around Rakan (a handsome young man with an ability to make flowers and other plants grow like crazy), Chigusa (a dark, spiky haired hottie who is one heck of a shot with his tree? gun), Shigeka (beautiful blonde man with a pet(?) snake that can talk), the Prince (exists in another world, he is quite possibly VERY evil), and other characters are added along the way. The interactions between the characters is often hilarious and I find myself laughing aloud so much that the others in the house think I'm slightly crackers. The story has a distinct shonen-ai feel to it (so be warned if you don't like that kind of thing...I do, so slurp :P...) with the growing relationship between Rakan and Chigusa. There is also a building tension with the "dark" Prince version of Rakan. Conclusion: Great, funny, sexy, feel good series with a looming battle between light and dark and possible (love?) to come. Buy it! You won't be disappointed. With each volume it only keeps getting better.