Cover of the first volume of Otherworld Barbara featuring Kirya Kitakata
バルバラ異界 (Barubara Ikai)
Genre
Science fiction
Manga
Written by
Moto Hagio
Published by
Shogakukan
English publisher
US:Fantagraphics Books
Magazine
Flowers
Demographic
Josei
Original run
September 2002 – August 2005
Volumes
4
Otherworld Barbara (バルバラ異界, Barubara Ikai) is a science fiction manga by Moto Hagio. It is set in a near-future Japan, and begins with a girl, Jyujo Aoba, who has been in a coma since she was nine years old, who was discovered next to her parents' bodies, with their hearts inside her stomach. To discover why she killed her parents, a specialist enters her coma dreams and finds that Jyujo is dreaming about and simultaneously creating the future. The series was serialised in Shogakukan's Flowers between September 2002 and August 2005 and is collected in 4 volumes. The series is licensed for release in the United States by Fantagraphics Books.
In 2006, Otherworld Barbara won the Grand Prize of the 27th Nihon SF Taisho Award
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