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Otherworld Barbara
バルバラ異界
Tokio discovers a phantom island named Barbara. Then there’s a mysterious and missing geneticist, an eccentric clergyman, a grieving grandmother granted temporary youth, a psychologist killed by a freak tornado… Hagio offers a sci-fi explanation for these seemingly random paranormal elements, and makes it all matter with believable characters in complex and subtle relationships.
(Source: Fantagraphics)
Note: Winner of Japan's Science Fiction Grand Prize award in 2006.
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Moto Hagio
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- What is Otherworld Barbara about?
- Tokio discovers a phantom island named Barbara. Then there’s a mysterious and missing geneticist, an eccentric clergyman, a grieving grandmother granted temporary youth, a psychologist killed by a freak tornado… Hagio offers a sci-fi explanation for these seemingly random paranormal elements, and ma
- Is Otherworld Barbara still ongoing?
- Otherworld Barbara is currently finished. It has 24 chapters.
- Who are the main characters in Otherworld Barbara?
- The main characters are Tokio Watarai, Kiriya Kitakata, Aoba Juujou, Ezra Strady.
