“Leukemia-stricken Yukiko joins marrow registry after meeting transplant survivor Otani, seeking donor when family fails to match.”
Yukiko: Kagayaku Inochi
由希子－輝くいのち－
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Leukemia-stricken Yukiko joins marrow registry after meeting transplant survivor Otani, seeking donor when family fails to match.
Yukiko finds out she has leukemia while studying in New Zealand. To live, she needs a bone marrow transplant but none of her family members are a match. She meets Otani Takako, who was saved via his mother's bone marrow transplant, and decides to participate in the Japan Marrow Donor Program recommended to her by Otani.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 1 vol ch × vol
- Published Jan 1994 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M28316 catalog