“Cry-baby Mari discovers her ballerina mother is alive and vows to become world-famous to find her.”
Haai! Mari-chan: Ai no Etoile
ハーイ！まりちゃん 愛のエトワール
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Cry-baby Mari discovers her ballerina mother is alive and vows to become world-famous to find her.
Mari Saotome is a cry-baby. She lives only with her father since her mother is already pass away. She falls in love with ballet after seeing a ballet performance. One day, she hears her aunt and father arguing about her becoming a ballerina. To her surprises, she hears that her mother is still alive and also a professional ballerina, but her whereabouts is unknown due to divorce. From that day, Mari wants to be known in the entire world, so she can finds her mother.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 7 vol ch × vol
- Published Mar 1985 – Dec 1989
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M45291 catalog