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Children of the Whales Vol.23 (end)

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Children of the Whales Volume 3 (Story & Art by Abi Umeda)

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Some Children of the Whales art I have saved. I'm asbolutely in love with how visually stunning this series is.

It's a brilliant manga, please give it a read if you can. Highly recommended.

Art by Umeda Abi

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(via CHILDREN OF THE WHALES)

In un mondo ricoperto totalmente da deserti, una piccola popolazione vive a bordo di un'immensa isola fluttuante, la Mud Whale, che naviga il mare di sabbia.

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Finally giving this a shot!

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I AM SCREAMING I KNOW TJIS IS SO LATE BUT VOLUME 20 IS IMMACULATE JENDDNDYB I AM IN AWE ABI UMEDA YOU ARE WONDERFUKL

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The fantasy we should already know (Children of Whales).

If my uncle had not been recommended this story at work, he would never have known it. And it's a HUGE shame. Because CHILDREN OF WHALES DOES NOT STAND OUT, BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE FIRST BLIND STEP to enter his RICH INNER WORLD.

And that is why today I bring you this review, to try to guide you a little more towards this beautiful work.

ABI UMEDA HAS PROBABLY CREATED ONE OF THE BEST FANTASY WORLDS I HAVE EVER SEEN; which, together with a cast of endearing characters (I think it is almost impossible not to love all the inhabitants of the Mud Whale) and a plot full of beautiful unknowns, make this a legend that borders on the biblical, very well thought out, capable to reach your heart and squeeze it to tears (There are witnesses of my tears and I have to say that when reading the manga… It kept happening to me xD 😢😭) while you don't stop looking for more. Because that's what it is: ADDICTIVE. After finishing the anime yesterday, I immediately started reading the manga and couldn't stop until I finished the translated chapters, haha! (And I recommend it to you, aside. You can start reading from chapter 16-17 (volume 4-5), since there are several pieces of information that are out of order or missing directly from the anime and this way you will understand everything better). I suppose that it is not in vain that it is a story of feelings and discoveries, in which the author perfectly balances all her themes (colonialism being one of the most important, since the Mud Whale presents a pacifist people who, suddenly, see your customs and destroyed truths (another important theme: the power of truth and lies)) and characters (more in the manga than in the anime this second point, the truth, but that does not make one less than the other. In fact , the anime is traced to the manga until almost the end!).

And, well, in short: THE PITY about the beginning IS THAT IT IS SO UNKNOWN (and, therefore, undervalued by ALL OF US, even if it has a reason…). Because CHILDREN OF WHALES is quite UNIQUE and SPECIAL. And, without a doubt, IT DESERVES not only a second season (please), but that WE READ IT NOW.

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KUJIRA no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau[クジラの子らは砂上に歌う]

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going back to my roots and drawing cotw

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All chapters of Tenmaku no Ja Dougal/A Witch's Life in Mongol by Tomato Soup are currently available to commemorate the series having been ranked first for the 2023 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list for female readers.

Etsuko Mizusawa, Tomomi Abe, Abi Umeda, Toriko Gin, Misato Konari, John Tarachine, and Tori Mizunagi have dedicated illustrations to this wonderful occasion!

Interesting historical manga I've found

Anna Comnena is a comedic four-panel manga by Futaba Sato about the titular princess and historian of the Byzantine Empire.

Aoi Horus no Hitomi is a gorgeous manga by Chie Inudoh about Hatshepsut's life and struggles as the female pharaoh in the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. Licensed in French by Ki-oon, in Chinese by Tong Li Publishing, in Polish by Studio JG, in Korean by 영상출��미디어 (I can't find their official English name), and in Italian by Edizioni BD.

Blissful Land is a slice-of-life manga by Ichimon Izumi about a young doctor-in-training who finds himself engaged to a foreign girl in 18th-century Tibet. Licensed in English by Kodansha Comics, in Polish by Studio JG, in Spanish by Milky Way Ediciones, and in French by nobi nobi!.

Kuranishi has written two manga series set in Tibet: Ruten no Terma stars a Japanese man in search of his missing brother in modern Tibet while Tsuki to Kin no Shangri-La/Shangri-la for moon & diamond stars a young boy who is mysteriously left by his father at a Tibetan temple.

Tenmaku no Ja Dougal/A Witch's Life in Mongol by Tomato Soup is about an educated slave girl named Sitara who is taken prisoner of war by the Mongolian Empire when Prince Tolui's army sacks her first mistress Fatima's town in Islamic Iran. Taking the name of her first mistress, Sitara becomes a lady-in-waiting to Sorghaghtani, who happens to be Tolui's wife, and has a fateful encounter with Töregene, Ögedei's resentful wife from a defeated enemy tribe.

Vlad Drăculea by Akiyo Ohkubo depicts Vlad III's life as he goes from the puppet monarch of Wallachia to the feared defender of the land against the Ottoman Empire. This manga stands out for its subdued aesthetics and aversion of Big Anime Eyes. Licensed in French by Editions Soleil.

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Children of the Whales

23 volumes (when completed in English).

Licensed by Viz Media.

Chakuro is the 14-year-old archivist of the Mud Whale, a nigh-utopian island that floats across the surface of an endless sea of sand. Nine in ten of the inhabitants of the Mud Whale have been blessed and cursed with the ability to use thymia, special powers that doom them to an early death. Chakuro and his friends have stumbled across other islands, but they have never met, seen, or even heard of a human who wasn't from their own. One day, Chakuro visits an island as large as the Mud Whale and meets a girl who will change his destiny. Note: Nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2017.

Related Series

Kujira no Kora wa Sajo ni Manabu (Spin-Off, not licensed)

Status in Country of Origin 

23 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

Adapted to Anime

Award-nominated Work

Curse/s

Death of Loved One/s

Desert

Elaborate Art Style 

Genocide

Island/s

Limited Lifespan

Lost Civilizations

Mass Murder/s

Murder/s

Mysterious Location

Romantic Subplot

Special Ability/ies

Violence

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Children of the Whales Volume 2 (Story & Art by Abi Umeda)

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This is a short story from the manga Children of the Whales by Abi Umeda. It appears at the end of volume 7 but you don't need to have read any of the manga or know the plot to understand it. It's such a beautiful story that makes me so emotional. Trigger warnings for injury and mentions of death and torture. You can read this manga for free here.