Mekakushi no Kuni (Land of the Blindfolded)

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Synonyms: After the Festival, The Devil in the Flowered Office, In the Rain, Inside Rain, After the Sports Festival, The Boy Who Makes Mistakes

Japanese: 目隠しの国

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 9

Chapters: 48

Status: Finished

Published: Dec 10, 1998 to Jan 24, 2004

Genres: Drama, Romance, Supernatural

Theme: Love Polygon

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: LaLa

Authors: Tsukuba, Sakura (Story & Art)

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Land of the Blindfolded is the story of high school student Outsuka Kanade who can sometimes see a person's future with a touch, and transfer student Naitou Arou, whose ESP is limited to past events. When Kanade glimpses an unfortunate incident coming, can she change it? She soon befriends Arou, who's no novice—he can turn his ability on or off at will, even using it to see an object's "memories." Are these teenaged seers of the past and future made for each other? And who's right: Arou with his "hands off" policy about meddling in people's lives, or Kanade whose more proactive stance has already had unhappy consequences?

(Source: CMX)

Included one-shots:
Volume 1: Machigaeru Otoko (The Boy Who Makes Mistakes), Matsuri no Ato (After the Sports Festival)
Volume 2: Hyakka Jimusho no Akuma (The Devil in the Flowered Office)
Volume 3: Ame no Naka (Inside Rain)

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Mekakushi no Kuni was published in English as Land of the Blindfolded by CMX Manga from November 1, 2004 to September 13, 2006.

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Naitou, Arou

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Namiki, Masahiro

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Ootsuka, Kanade

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Nakamura, Eri

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Ezawa

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Kaicho

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Sou

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Sanae

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Aug 26, 2007

Kieli_Heart

Recommended

I read this manga series a while back when I was first starting college. I was just browsing through my favorite anime store and just happened to fall upon this series. I am so glad I picked it up. It was so difficult for me to find decent series that didn't have too much of one thing over the other elements that can be used in making a story.

Land of the Blindfolded is a sweet and beautifully drawn series about three people that have special powers. One can see the past and the other two can see the future of anything they touch. It's a ... shoujo series but I find that this could be enjoyed by both sexes.

There were many shoujos that I picked up and it was just constant mushy stuff that was irrelevant to the growth of the actual relationship between the characters. It was that or it was entirely depressing. Land of the Blindfolded has its sad moments but it's not overfilling the pages with it. The romance is sweet and definitely not nauseating like other series.

The three main characters are the girl, Kanade, her new boyfriend, Arou, and their friend (and sometimes fake adversary to Arou) Namiki.

Kanade is a sweet girl that can only see the future at certain times. She's always willing to help others and unlike Namiki, who I will talk about later, she uses her power to prevent tragedies...at least when she can. She has a heart of gold and is gentle and sweet. But she is also very afraid. Throughout the story, when we see her best friend Eri, Kanade is very afraid to even tell her best friend about her special power. I think that this keeps the series realistic if powers like these were possible in real life. For we all know, the hard way, sometimes people can't accept what is different and become afraid. That becomes a message discussed throughout the series.

Next is the boyfriend, Arou. Most of the times in shoujo stories, the love interest is usually some kind of emo, depressed and self-pitied guy who thinks he must take on everything himself. Arou is different. He's actually very upbeat and gets quite excitable when either Kanade is involved or it's something fun. He loves to cook and do gardening and even revived the garden club in their school! But that's not to say he doesn't have his own problems. There are at least a couple of volumes that go into much detail about his past and it's really and truly sad. You see clues throughout all the books but it isn't until a couple of books later towards the end that you find out everything.

And finally, there is Namiki. His story was quite interesting. And even with the way his personality is, sometimes comes off cold and uncaring, he does have a kind side. And it is so hilarious to see him act up with Arou. That's because Namiki really knows how to push Arou's buttons... especially with Kanade around hee hee.... But it's also because of Namiki that there is at least a couple of other "main characters". They even get their own little side story xD I don't want to say anything now because that is something you should see for yourself.

The character development, for a series to span over only 9 volumes, was quite amazing. Over the time I was reading, I just fell in love with the characters. The way that they were portrayed was just so real. You could feel what they were feeling and understand what they were going through. And the way they reacted to certain things... I just can't explain it really. You'd have to read the series yourself to understand what I'm talking about.

The art, now, was nicely done. I love the soft lines and the style. The use of the soft textures and toning really emphasized the gentleness and personalities of the characters. And I loved the expressions the artist used. Many of them were just hilarious. Some really helped the mood of the current setting.

I really enjoyed this series. I'm so serious when I say that it was becoming difficult for a while to find a good shoujo series but this one was a keeper. I hope this review was helpful to you. If not...lolz drop me a line and let me know what else you would like to know. And then I'll edit ^^

But I really hope that you'll pick up a copy and see for yourself what I was talking about. Later! ^^

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Mar 25, 2008

maybelletea

Recommended

This is an amazing manga... one of the most original I've read, really. At first I was dissapointed because they didn't have the rest of it in my library, but when they bought it I was ecstatic-- if you give this a try you might see what I mean, and how it's so wonderful to read.

The story is about three people who have unique psychic abilities. There's Kanade, the energetic and helpful main character, who can touch people and see their future (though this only happens at random); Arou, Kanade's newly found boyfriend, who can see the past at any given time without control (which ... results in both dismay and good fortune); and then there’s the somewhat selfish but good-hearted Namiki, a friend of the two (or perhaps more of a rival in love to Arou) who can see the future at will. The main concept of the story is, hence the name, “if there was a land of the blindfolded, would people be able to understand the concept of sight?” It brings forth the theme, for even if they help people with their powers, if people can’t understand, even if the powers for the better they would rebel against them because of it’s difference.

Really, just the whole feel of the story is amazing. You really connect with the characters, and are feeling what they are feeling as you read. It’s a shoujo, as in it’s romantic and dramatic, and mostly from a girl’s point of view, but it holds something else too, something that enables it appealing for both genders.

The art is very beautiful, and always matches the mood. Serious turning to happy, or the other way around. I love the way the artist draws the character’s faces, such emotion is played in a single scene. And the perspective she uses! Land of the Blindfolded’s art is much better than most manga I’ve read.

But the main thing, that stands out in the manga, is most certainly the character development. I loved them all, and always wanted to read more about them. Each character grows as a person, I think, over the course of the series. Their emotions seemed real to me. This happens very seldom for me when reading manga. Usually, even if I like the characters, it appears as if though they are in a different world, not thinking like regular humans. I think, when reading those manga, “no one would ever really do this”. But Land of the Blindfolded is different. Even though it involves supernatural powers, it’s undercurrent of feeling is very realistic.

I recommend this manga highly, to anyone who wants a nice romance, a nice drama, or just a nice read.

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Jan 3, 2011

doramaaprncss

Not Recommended

Preliminary (20/48 eps)

this is the first manga i read... and i absolutely HATED it.
I swear, its so boring. theres nothing in it... its just stupid little stories. No comedy, typical romance (none of the EEEP moments), very stupid. The characters are not well-developed, and it just stinxx!
bcz its the first manga i read, and the ppl r praising it 2 death, i'm thinking, maybe manga isnt for me bcz the expectations 4 manga seem rlly low.
the only thing that kept me from giving it a 1 is that the drawings r nice and the blindfolded analogy is cool..
BUT.. the story is horrid. A nightmare to read.
PLZ PLZ, ...

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