4.5-"Instead of crying over my situation, I'll try to learn their language." HOT DAMN THIS IS GREAT.When was the last time you read a cliche story about a girl falling into a new world, but done RIGHT? Imagine Fushigi Yuugi without the melodrama and annoying love story, imagine a character who understands that right now she is a burden to the man who has rescued her, and instead of crying about it, is trying to LEARN THE LANGUAGE to make herself useful.Noriko is your average high school girl who...

Caught up in a terrorist bombing, high school student Noriko is transported to a fantasy world where she is the Awakening - a girl with the power to awaken the Sky Demon. Lost, alone, and confused, Noriko meets Izark, a travelling warrior who wants nothing to do with her. When I came across this manga as a middle school student, I didn't really like it all that much. Where was the magic? Why was Noriko so useless? When would she learn kick-ass moves and help Izark out?However, when I reread this...

One of the beast manga ever

Welcome to volume 1 of Kanata Kara or as it's known in English, From Far Away. This is another manga I picked up because of an article in Animerica Extra, but the added bonus is I love Hikawa-san's other works (notably Chotto Friday and Chizumi & Fujomi). This is a straight out the boat fantasy (despite Noriko saying it's a cool scifi story), which Hikawa-san doesn't have many of.Cast! Noriko, a high school student--I believe first year (10th grade) making her about 15?--who dreams of a fantasti...

My overall rating of this manga is ★★★★★This kind of story is kind of similar to Red River, Vol. 1 (amazing manga series). I really enjoyed this.You know how the female protagonist is always crying in shojo mangas. Noriko cries too but I actually understand why she's crying. It's not something feeble as OMG, he thinks I'm annoying *cries* but it's something more then that. Noriko and Izark are so ADORABLE together!I freakin' adore Izark, he makes me swoon. Yes ladies he is that type of man. That...

Review for series as a whole:Story:Kanata Kara/From Far Away was an interesting read with a few twists that make it one of the better "teenager transported to another world" stories. There is a constant feeling of dread and after every two pages of happiness and two cracked eggs and milk, the readers are in for two arcs of trouble. The Murphy Law is fully in effect here, and nothing stays perfect for long. What's a story without (constant) mishaps? Well, it isn't Kanata Kara without it that's fo...

fantasy shoujo is irresistible and this was exactly what I was looking for, can’t wait to find out more about the awakening and izark's mission!!

“Can you see it. This is the world of light. Everything has become one in light. I entered the world of light and I found you.Do you understand? We are the world of light. This is what we have been searching for. I feel a gentle energy that embraces everything. And this energy can be felt anywhere anytime as long as you open yourself to it”Kanata Kara by Kyoko Hikawa has been my most favorite Shoujo Manga since early 90s till today and I know it will stay as my most favorite for years to come.Ka...

The plot is so very familiar. It's like Fushigi Yugi by way of Inuyasha, and Juni Kokuki. High school girl is transported to another place and time. She is rescued by a very good looking young man. They are attacked by beasts and villains then end up traveling & having adventures together. The heroine Noriko Tachiki is a more sensible version of Miaka Yuki & less volatile than Kagome Higurashi. And like Youko Nakajima, she's ignorant of her purpose and presence in the strange new world.I love it...

The plot and setting of From Far Away is nothing new: a gentle, ordinary school girl gets thrown into some alternative world and meets the brooding male lead who has a dark past, blah blah blah. But the difference is, Kyoko Hikawa managed to create something nice and sweet and meaningful with her series: the importance of friendship, trust, acceptance and overcoming one's fear is highlighted, instead of the entire story focusing on the romance.

An ordinary 16 year old girl gets sucked into a fantasy world where everyone and their mother is out to get her. She meets her reluctant savior in the face of a travelling warrior who wants to deliver her someplace safe and be done with her. They don’t understand each other’s language and the girl is pretty much useless in a world full of monsters and thugs, but she and the warrior soon form a strong friendship. Even though she doesn’t know it, the girl is the Awaking, a legendary creature that

4.5 Stars! I think me and From Far Away are going to do juuuust fine ;)

Holy moly, "regular schoolgirl gets transported to an ancient society where she is destined to fulfill a prophecy and fall in love with a handsome bishounen along the way" is such a specific trope, but it sure did have a Moment™ in early 90s shojo manga (}Fushigi Yugi, Ao no Fuin, Red River, From Far Away, probably more I don't know about yet). It's a great premise for a story though, so I'm not complaining. I really liked that the author here chose to acknowledge the language barrier the main c...

I've read a lot of manga recently. A lot, a lot, actually. This 14 volume series is pretty close to the top of my list of the best I've read. It uses a lot of cliches/stereotypes, the heroes are exactly what you'd expect them to be, but I really, really loved it--enough to read it online a total of 4 times already, and be considering purchasing it. It is well drawn, written, and organized; it doesn't completely follow the archetypal story--it's still semi-original; and mainly it just gives me a

Liked it, getting the next one. I like the MC H. So mysterious! 4 solid stars.

Noriko dreams of a strange and beautiful world, only to be pulled into it on her way home from school. Her arrival sets off a flurry of signs and omens. People all over this world know that an ancient prophecy is being fulfilled. The Awakening has come. Everyone rushes to find her, but she ends up in Izark's keeping. Mixed messages abound since he's kind to her and protects her ... but feels he must kill her if his suspicions are true. Although this is a reread, it's been *so long* since I pulle...

This first installment of Kyoka Hikawa's fourteen-volume From Far Away series, which came highly recommended by a friend with a great deal of experience in the genre, is my first foray into the world of Japanese manga. I had previously read one manga-style comic from Australia (Queenie Chan's The Dreaming ), but never anything from Japan itself, so I was curious to see what I would make of it. Apparently it is a "shōjo" manga, which wikipedia informs me is a sub-set of the genre aimed at youn...

I read this earlier in year as a digital copy but re-read with the hardcopy in my hands.This classic shoujo adventure by Kyoko Hikawa began serialization in in Japan in 1992 and the artwork has the hallmarks of the time. This is my favorite era of shoujo-adventure because the current crop of shoujo seems far more interested in high school life whereas the late 80s and early 90s was about fantasy adventure and the young girl who gets swept to another place.Noriko is a slightly spacey teenager in

Noriko is on her way home from school, when she is unexpectedly transported to another world. Assumed dead in her world, she starts to panic. When a creature from the depths tries to eat her, a beautiful man named Izark rescuses her. (Talk about a shojo hunk!)There is a clear language barrier between the two, and Noriko feels so alone. Izark knows that "The Awakening" was prophesied, but he didn't expect this phenomenon to include a helpless girl who kindly asked him for his name. I am liking th...

4.5 ⭐️ TW/CW:Violence, ableism (character mentions curing his daughter’s blindness) Wow this actually gripped me from the start! I just wanted to clear this from my manga tbr and I just assumed that I would be indifferent to it and not want to continue but I’m actually going to continue and hope to enjoy them more as I read them. This is basically about a girl who enters a different world and time period but is rescued by a guy who belongs there. He seems to reluctantly keep her with him and eve...