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A Strange and Mystifying Story

A Strange and Mystifying Story (Japanese: この世異聞, Hepburn: Kono Yo Ibun) is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Tsuta Suzuki. The manga was published by Libre Publishing. It was initially licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the first three volumes through its imprint, Juné.[1] After Libre ended its publishing agreement with Digital Manga Publishing in 2016,[2] the manga was licensed in 2017 by Viz Media under its Boys' Love imprint, SuBLime.[3]

A Strange and Mystifying Story
Cover of the first volume of A Strange and Mystifying Story as published by Libre Publishing
この世異聞
(Kono Yo Ibun)
GenreFantasy, Yaoi
Manga
Written byTsuta Suzuki
Published byLibre Publishing
English publisher
ImprintBe × Boy Comics
MagazineMagazine Be × Boy
PublishedMay 2005 - 7 November 2012
Volumes7

It is about a man who is sick with a disease cursed to affect all of his bloodline who summons a therianthrope, his family's guardian, to heal him.

Media

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Volume list

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 10 November 2006[4]978-4-8626-3058-227 May 2008 (Juné)[1]
14 November 2017 (SuBLime)[5]		978-1-5697-0717-3 (Juné)
ISBN 978-1-4215-9595-5 (SuBLime)
2 10 August 2007 [6]978-4-8626-3241-819 August 2009 (Juné)[7]
13 February 2017(SuBLime)[8]		978-1-56970-130-0 (Juné)
ISBN 978-1-4215-9596-2 (SuBLime)
3 9 May 2009[9]978-4-8626-3591-419 September 2011 (Juné)[10]
8 May 2018(SuBLime)[11]		978-1-56970-227-7 (Juné)
ISBN 978-1-4215-9597-9 (SuBLime)
4 9 July 2010[12]978-4-8626-3799-414 August 2018 (SuBLime)[13]978-1-4215-9598-6 (SuBLime)
5 10 October 2011[14]978-4-7997-1030-213 November 2018 (SuBLime)[15]978-1-4215-9599-3 (SuBLime)
6 10 October 2012[16]978-4-7997-1206-112 February 2019 (SuBLime)[17]978-1-4215-9600-6 (SuBLime)
7 10 May 2013[18]978-4-7997-1493-514 May 2019 (SuBLime)[19]978-1-4215-9601-3 (SuBLime)

Reception

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Holly Ellingwood of ActiveAnime praised the 'quite striking' design of the therianthrope,[20] and enjoyed his background story in the second volume.[21] Michelle Smith found the background story incongruous with the otherwise "crude" presentation of the therianthrope in the rest of the series.[22] Leroy Douresseaux praises the "slow burn", the "anticipation of consummation" in the work, and compares the story to Danielle Steel's fiction.[23] Danielle van Gorder praised the character development, especially of the secondary characters, and the manga artist's easily distinguishable character designs.[24] Van Gorder found the second volume "a bit disjointed", as it jumps around in time, showing the progress of the characters' relationship.[25]

References

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  1. ^ a b "A Strange & Mystifying Story". Juné Books. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (18 June 2016). "Libre Ends Publishing Agreement With Digital Manga, Inc". Anime News Network. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. ^ Ressler, Karen (14 February 2017). "Viz's SuBLime Adds A Strange and Mystifying Story, 2 Other Boys-Love Titles". Anime News Network. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  4. ^ "この世 異聞". Libre. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  5. ^ "A Strange & Mystifying Story, Vol. 1". SuBLime. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  6. ^ "この世 異聞 其ノ弐". Libre. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  7. ^ "A Strange & Mystifying Story Vol. 2". Juné Books. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016.
  8. ^ "A Strange & Mystifying Story, Vol. 2". SuBLime. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  9. ^ "この世 異聞 其ノ参". Libre. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  10. ^ "A Strange & Mystifying Story Vol. 3". Juné Books. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016.
  11. ^ "A Strange & Mystifying Story, Vol. 3". SuBLime. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  12. ^ "この世 異聞 其ノ四". Libre. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  13. ^ "A Strange & Mystifying Story, Vol. 4". SuBLime. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  14. ^ "この世 異聞 其ノ五". Libre. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  15. ^ "A Strange & Mystifying Story, Vol. 5". SuBLime. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  16. ^ "この世 異聞 其ノ六". Libre. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  17. ^ "A Strange & Mystifying Story, Vol. 6". SuBLime. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  18. ^ "この世 異聞 其ノ七". Libre. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  19. ^ "A Strange & Mystifying Story, Vol. 7". SuBLime. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  20. ^ Ellingwood, Holly (21 May 2008). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. 1 (Advance Review)". activeAnime. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011.
  21. ^ Ellingwood, Holly (22 July 2009). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. 2 (Advance Review)". activeAnime. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011.
  22. ^ Smith, Michelle (3 August 2009). "Manga Minis, 8/3/09: A Strange and Mystifying Story, Vol. 2". Pop Culture Shock. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  23. ^ Douresseaux, Leroy (15 April 2008). "A Strange and Mystifying Story: Volume 1 (Yaoi Manga)". Comic Book Bin. Toon Doctor.
  24. ^ Van Gorder, Danielle (7 May 2008). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. #01". Mania. Demand Media. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011.
  25. ^ Van Gorder, Danielle (29 September 2009). "A Strange and Mystifying Story Vol. #02". Mania. Demand Media. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014.
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