Barbara Ikai

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Alternative Titles

English: Otherworld Barbara

Synonyms: The Island of Barbara

Japanese: バルバラ異界

Information

Type: Manga

Volumes: 4

Chapters: 24

Status: Finished

Published: Jul 27, 2002 to Jun 28, 2005

Genres: Mystery, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Shoujo

Authors: Hagio, Moto (Story & Art)

Serialization: Flowers (Monthly)

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Score: 7.26¹ (scored by 25 users)

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Ranked: #5942²

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Popularity: #16454

Members: 212

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Ranked #5942Popularity #16454Members 212

MangaFlowers (Monthly)Hagio, Moto (Story & Art)

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Volumes: /4

Chapters: /24

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Synopsis

At the center of story is a teenaged girl who has been in a coma since the age of nine, when she was found with her dead parents. The mother had apparently killed the father, and then killed herself. And the girl, Aoba, was found to have her dead parents' hearts in her stomach. The core mystery, of course, is why this girl ate her parents' hearts, but there are plenty of other mysteries to chew on.

Why does the presumably imaginary dreamworld—Barbara—that Aoba now inhabits seem to affect the real world, and what is her connection to the boy, Kiriya, who she has never met and who shares her dreams of Barbara? And what does this have to do with a mysterious scientist looking for the secret to eternal youth, or, for that matter, with a long extinct race of Martians?

(Source: MU)

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Background

Barbara Ikai won the 26th Nihon SF Taisho Award in 2006.

The series has been published in English as Otherworld Barbara by Fantagraphics in hardcover 2-in-1 omnibuses since August 9, 2016. The final volume is set to release on August 15, 2017.