Anna del--Golden Desert King

Author: (Japan) Orihara Midori
Translator: Qiu Yanni
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Orihara Midori's representative work, narrating the story of a modern high school girl, Nan, who opens a mysterious ancient book and travels through time to the powerful planet of Annadelu. She meets a handsome prince of Annadelu and learns that she is the reincarnation of the princess of the Silver Star. To ensure the stability and peace of the planet, she must marry the king of the Golden Desert to save the fate of the entire planet. This book is a mature work of Orihara's style, adopting the classic plot of "time travel" in shojo manga, describing the story of a girl, Nan, meeting a prince from a different world. Not only is the story background Orihara's specialty in courtly themes, with elaborate costumes, handsome nobles, luxurious economies, and complex politics, all of which are eye-opening, but the entire work is light and cheerful, with beautiful illustrations and colored letter paper, which are also highlights of the book. In today's era of stylish and edgy shojo manga, experiencing this light-hearted piece is also a great choice. Unlike the current trend of shojo manga becoming more "cool and edgy" or "eroticized," Orihara has always insisted on depicting "pure dreams." Her manga works are usually standalone books, and her serialized works are not excessively long. Simple and clear stories are like a series of romantic novels, sweet and delightful. Although Orihara has not created any "serialized for over 10 years with over 10 million copies sold" super famous works, this simple romance has given countless girls beautiful dreams. After all these years, Orihara's current works have not aged but become more refined, with subtle and dreamlike imagery, paired with delicate and warm dialogue or prose, filling the reader with a strong sense of shojo sentiment. This book is a mature work of Orihara's style, adopting the classic plot of "time travel," describing the story of a girl, Nan, meeting a prince from a different world. Not only is the story background Orihara's specialty in courtly themes, with elaborate costumes, handsome nobles, luxurious economies, and complex politics, all of which are eye-opening, but the entire work is light and cheerful, with beautiful illustrations and colored letter paper, which are also highlights of the book. In today's era of stylish and edgy shojo manga, experiencing this light-hearted piece is also a great choice.