Storm Fairy

Storm Fairy

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  • Create Date:2021-06-11 08:51:19
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Osamu Tezuka
  • ISBN:1569703515
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Summary

Storm fairy is a collection of three short stories by legendary manga-ka Osamu Tezuka。

In Storm Fairy, an empress flees her burning castle to the nearby forest where she encounters a mischievous forest fairy who grants her wish, for a seemingly small price。 It’s not until much later, after she’s given birth to her daughter Ruri, that the empress realizes the true weight of her deal with the fairy。 Now the princess, with a face as ugly as sin, must live the rest of her life from behind a mask。 When a malcontent discovers Princess Ruri's curse, he plots to overthrow the emperor by masquerading his own daughter as the princess, mask and all。 Ruri also meets a lowly ronin and a beautiful fairy who make it their mission to return her to her rightful place on the throne。

In “Kokeshi Detective Agency,” fearless little Pako goes around solving spooky mysteries while her dog Moll does his best to protect her。 Oddly enough, Taro, Pako’s scaredy-cat older brother, is forced to accompany Pako on all these scary adventures。

In “Pink Angel,” a sunset cloud named Pink spends an awfully lot of time on the surface helping those who are unhappy or in need。 Unfortunately, the rainclouds Sir Brown and Sepia don’t take kindly to Pink’s meddling。

Note: Kickstarter edition has special book jacket with alternate cover。

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Reviews

Jena

A cute collection of stories by Osamu Tezuka of Astro Boy fame, mostly aimed at a young girl audience。 I enjoyed it for the most part, although all of the stories felt like they dragged (however, these were originally published in magazines so they weren't all meant to be consumed in one sitting back-to-back)。 The first story is a fairtytale following a fairy, princess, and a jonin。 The second story follows a few adventures of a young girl and her brother who investigate things that appear to be A cute collection of stories by Osamu Tezuka of Astro Boy fame, mostly aimed at a young girl audience。 I enjoyed it for the most part, although all of the stories felt like they dragged (however, these were originally published in magazines so they weren't all meant to be consumed in one sitting back-to-back)。 The first story is a fairtytale following a fairy, princess, and a jonin。 The second story follows a few adventures of a young girl and her brother who investigate things that appear to be supernatural but have a logical explantation。 The third story follows a cloud-girl who travels to earth to help various humans。 The art was joyful with some nice humor sprinkled in。I didn't notice anything overtly racist in this particular collection, but there is a disclaimer in the end about how the publishers preserve and translate comics as they are, including any racist depictions。 I did some research and some Osamu Tezuka comics do contain more overt racist caricatures, stereotypes and depictions so that's worth noting to new readers。 More info on that can be found here: https://en。wikipedia。org/wiki/The_Association_to_Stop_Racism_Against_Blacks 。。。more

Laura (ローラ)

A sweet selection of fairytale-esque stories。

Bri

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 Another collection of Tezuka's work I snagged from Kickstarter! P。s。 Only a teeny spoiler I'd say, but just in case!I liked the uniqueness of the stories in this one, but they dragged on something awful。 I feel like it would have been better broken into smaller chunks, with some sort of obvious pacing in between stories。 I think I enjoyed Pink's the most (but that might just be because it was shorter。。。) and felt like one of the 'bad guys' learned their lesson more-so than some of the others in Another collection of Tezuka's work I snagged from Kickstarter! P。s。 Only a teeny spoiler I'd say, but just in case!I liked the uniqueness of the stories in this one, but they dragged on something awful。 I feel like it would have been better broken into smaller chunks, with some sort of obvious pacing in between stories。 I think I enjoyed Pink's the most (but that might just be because it was shorter。。。) and felt like one of the 'bad guys' learned their lesson more-so than some of the others in the other stories。 Plus I liked the idea of clouds being their own unique, magical selves。 Pink's adventures with the Princess and Sayuri, respectively, were fun and interesting!Either way, other than the length and lack of 'breaks,' I really enjoyed the Storm Fairy collection! 。。。more

Kathleen

A rare collection of Tezuka stories aimed at girls! My favorites were the stories about the detective girl who's not frightened of anything, and investigates mysterious circumstances wherever she finds them。 The art holds up well - cartoony, but engaging, and the plots aren't too hard to follow, although "Storm Fairy" gets a bit convoluted due to its length。 A rare collection of Tezuka stories aimed at girls! My favorites were the stories about the detective girl who's not frightened of anything, and investigates mysterious circumstances wherever she finds them。 The art holds up well - cartoony, but engaging, and the plots aren't too hard to follow, although "Storm Fairy" gets a bit convoluted due to its length。 。。。more