Kagome Kagome (manga)

Kagome Kagome (かごめかごめ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toshiki Yui. It was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from May 1999 to June 2001, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Toshiki YuiKagome Kagome was serialized in Shueisha‘s seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump from May 20, 1999, to June 19, 2001.[c] Shueisha collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from February 18, 2002, to September 19, 2001.

The series was digitally published in English by JManga in 2011. It was also licensed in France, Italy, and Germany by Panini Comics.

Volume list

No. Release date ISBN
1 February 18, 2000 978-4-08-875888-6
 
  • 1. How We Met (と初めて会ったTo Hajimete Atta)
  • 2. Alone All Night (単独ですべての夜Tandoku De Subete No Yoru)
  • 3. The Weave Between Us (私たちの間に織りWatashi Tachi No Ma Ni Ori)
  • 4. The Aim of the Weave (の目的は、織物のNo Mokuteki Ha, Orimono No)
  • 5. The True Form of the Ghost (と、幽霊の真のフォームTo, Yūrei No Shin No Fōmu)
  • 6. The Seal is Released… (のシールがリリースされる…No Shiiru Ga Ririisusareru…)
  • 7. Inside the Abandoned Well (さて、放置中Sate, Hōchi Chū)
  • 8. The Woman’s Problems Continue (女性の問題を続けるJosei No Mondai o Tsudukeru)
2 October 19, 2000 978-4-08-876081-0
 
  • 9. Naive Invitations (素朴な招待状Soboku Na Shōtai Jō)
  • 10. Rapidly Approaching Kagome!! (カゴメは急速に接近!Kagome Ha Kyūsoku Ni Sekkin!)
  • 11. The Ghost Appears!! (と、幽霊が表示される!To, Yūrei Ga Hyōji Sa Reru!)
  • 12. Masami’s Courage (車田の勇気Kurumada No Yūki)
  • 13. Into the Rapids (急流にKyūryū Ni)
  • 14. Confrontation!! (対決!Taiketsu!)
  • 15. The Enigma Deepens (このエニグマを前後に深くKono Eniguma O Zengo Ni Fukaku)
  • 16. The Un-returnable Room (国連-通いルームKokuren- Gayoi Rūmu)
3 September 19, 2001 978-4-08-876213-5
 
  • 17. The Other Side of the Wall (壁の向こう側Kabe No Mukō Gawa)
  • 18. 5 Alternate Stairs (5代替階段5 Daitai Kaidan)
  • 19. The Blood Awakens… (血覚醒…Chi Kakusei…)
  • 20. Helpless Isolation!! (無力な絶縁!Muryoku Na Zetsuen!)
  • 21. To the Depths of the Earth!! (地球の深さ!Chikyū No Fuka Sa!)
  • 22. The Legend of the Dragon Hole (伝説のドラゴンホールのDensetsu No Doragon Hōru No)
  • 23. Mother’s Confession (母の告白Haha No Kokuhaku)
  • 24. Kagome’s Fate (カゴメの運命Kagome No Unmei)
  • 25. Kagome Kagome (かごめかごめ)

Reception

Manga Sanctuary series of reviews, regards the characters to be “less endearing” than those of Yui’s Kirara, and the humor to be “less effective” in the first volume review, goes further in criticism by describing the second volume reading experience as devoid of emotion and the last volume as leaving a bitter after taste so much the manga is ill built and rushed. The French manga dictionary Dicomanga pointed to the author’s large usage of computer software which gives a particular yet slightly icy tone to his universe. SplashComics noted that the author used the technique of using photographs as backgrounds. SplashComics described the second volume as being “a typical Yui: Girls and ghosts”, noting that although the series was tamer than Kirara, that fanservice was provided via tight shirts and short skirts, and felt the ending was “a little disappointing”.

Notes

  1. ^ The title refers to bird-in-the-cage, a game in which a blindfolded child sits in a spinning circle of children and guesses the person behind them.
  2. ^ It started in the 30th issue of the magazine, released on May 20, 1999.
  3. ^ It finished in the magazine’s July 2001 issue, released on June 21 of that same year.

 

Kagome Kagome

First tankōbon volume cover
かごめかごめ
Manga
Written by Toshiki Yui
Published by Shueisha
Magazine Ultra Jump
Demographic Seinen
Original run May 20, 1999 – June 19, 2001
Volumes (List of volumes)

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