Silver Diamond, Vol. 1: Silver Seed [Paperback]

Shiho Sugiura (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2008

"Silver Diamond, Volume 1: Silver Seed".

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop; 1ST edition (July 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1427809658
• ISBN-13: 978-1427809650
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #736,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

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

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Jenine Wilson "Lover of fantasy" (Western, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silver Diamond, Vol. 1: Silver Seed (Paperback)

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 Shiho Sugiura is a creative story teller., June 13, 2010

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Keri Lea Frankl "kcougar" (NEBRASKA CITY, NE, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silver Diamond, Vol. 1: Silver Seed (Paperback)

Silver Diamond is one of the most imaginative stories out there. I am a gardener, so the story line of a boy that can grow plants attracted me to this story, when I started reading Shiho's creativity is what kept me coming back. I usually pick up a manga here and there, but with Silver Diamond I bought 3 volumes with every paycheck. Now I'm anxiously waiting for the latest volume to be printed!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional!, September 27, 2009

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S. B. Barnum "plays a librarian on tv" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silver Diamond, Vol. 1: Silver Seed (Paperback)

I'm a big fan of the boy's love genre of manga and this is my favorite series. It's funny, romantic and the fantasy world that is created here is amazing and interesting. I have volumes one through four and I have to say you'll never be let down by the story, the art or the wonderful characters. Absolutely stunning. The only drawback I found is that I constantly crave more.