“Future-planet Edo setting: orphaned Shichimi joins five half-siblings on perilous pilgrimage to their mothers' graves.”
Nijiiro Tougarashi
虹色とうがらし
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Synopsis
Future-planet Edo setting: orphaned Shichimi joins five half-siblings on perilous pilgrimage to their mothers' graves.
The story is set in a place very similar in appearance to Earth in the Edo period. However, Adachi (the mangaka) regularly reminds the reader all throughout the series that the setting is another planet in the distant future which just happens to look like Earth. After the death of his mother, Shichimi sets out to join his step-brothers and -sister who live together in Karakuri Tenement, a place provided by the father they have never met. He finds out that each of them had different mothers (all of whom have died), but were fathered by the same man. Not long after Shichimi's arrival, the siblings decide to journey to visit the graves of each of their mothers. On this journey, they encounter many dangers. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Running avg · Jul 2010 → Feb 2015
- 9 “I had never heard of Niji Iro Tougarashi until I saw it on another site and began reading, because it was fantasy, and I'd heard good things about Mitsuru Adachi. I was pleasantly surprised to find...”
- 10 “Nijiiro Tougarashi is by far one of my favorite manga series ever. Written by Adachi Misturu it is one of his best works, containing all of his staple elements: - Believable Characters - Great...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 109 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 14h 32m approx
- Published Jan 1990 – Jan 1992
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3237 catalog