“Immortal teen Maquia rescues orphaned baby Erial, forming a bond as he ages and she remains forever young.”
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう
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Immortal teen Maquia rescues orphaned baby Erial, forming a bond as he ages and she remains forever young.
The story begins with Maquia, who is from a family where all the members stop aging in their mid teens. She has no parents and, although her days are peaceful, she feels lonely. Their peace is shattered when an army invades, seeking the secret to her people's immortality. Leilia, the most beautiful girl in her clan, is taken away, and the boy Maquia has secret feelings for disappears. Maquia is able to escape, but she loses her friends and her home. Wandering alone in the forest, she finds Erial, a baby boy who has lost his parents. The story follows the changing relationship between the two as Erial grows up and Maquia does not. (Source: ANN)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 27 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 36m approx
- Published Apr 2018 – Jul 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M50961 catalog