Kaze Hikaru, Vol. 20, 20

Romance between swordsmen, based on a true-life adventure of a young girl determined to be a part of history.

In the 1860s in Japan, a new era is dawning. During this time fraught with violent social upheaval, samurai of all walks of life flock to Kyoto in the hope of joining a band of warriors united around their undying loyalty to the shogunate system. This group becames one of the greatest (and most infamous) movements in Japanese history...the Shinsengumi!

Hijikata decides to make use of Kamiya's feminine features and sends him out dressed as a woman on a spy mission. Her assignment: to ascertain the whereabouts of the notorious enemy leader Sakamoto Ryoma. Soji, left in the dark about the secret mission, sets off to find Kamiya. The two get more than they bargained for when they come face-to-face with the enemy himself!

Author: Taeko Watanabe
Publisher: Viz Media
Published: 08/07/2012
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.57h x 5.05w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781421535845
ISBN10: 142153584X
BISAC Categories:
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Manga | Fantasy
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Manga | Romance

About the Author
Taeko Watanabe debuted as a manga artist in 1979 with her story Waka-chan no Netsuai Jidai (Love Struck Days of Waka). Kaze Hikaru is her longest-running series, but she has created a number of other popular series. Watanabe is a two-time winner of the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award in the girls' category--her manga Hajime-chan go Ichiban! (Hajime-chan Is Number One!) claimed the award in 1991, and Kaze Hikaru took it in 2003.

Watanabe read hundreds of historical sources to create Kaze Hikaru. She is from Tokyo.