Wallaby (manga)
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is a Japan
ese fantasy
manga
by Kiyohiko Azuma
. It was published in Game-jin magazine from December 1998 until the summer 2000 issue, and collected in Kiyohiko Azuma Sakuhinshu: Azumanga 2. Unlike most manga, Wallaby was drawn in left-to-right format.
Wallaby was published intermittently at the same time Azuma was writing Azumanga Daioh
and shares a similar drawing style. Unlike Azumanga Daiohs slice-of-life manner, Wallaby has a dramatic plot. Azuma himself described Wallaby as a heartful, slapstick romantic comedy. The story was stopped after eight chapters with no conclusion.
, Rarirarurara, places his soul in a stuffed
wallaby
made by his classmate Kokoro Kosaka as a memorial tribute. Kokoro agrees to let Warabi live in her bedroom while he waits to be returned to a human body. Rarirarurara decides this will not happen quickly, as Warabi seems to be happy where he is.
: A 16-year-old high school student, Kokoro deeply admired Warabi while he was still alive. She made the stuffed
wallaby
(Warabi's current body) as a tribute during his funeral. She is somewhat violent and her thinking is simplistic, characteristics shared by her niece Emi.
Wallaby: A classmate of Kokoro's who, before his death, was quite popular with girls at his school. After he and his family are killed in a car accident, his guardian angel, Rarirarurara, transfers his soul to a stuffed wallaby made by Kokoro. Until he can be returned to human form, he is forced to remain in Kokoro's care. He is shy, humble, patient, and good at video games. He makes an appearance in Azumanga Daioh (manga version only) inside the pocket of Kokoro, while she's visiting the culture festival.
/ : Warabi's guardian angel. She placed his soul in a stuffed toy wallaby to keep him from dying unhappily, because her promotion is dependent on his happiness. She starts investigating ways to restore Warabi to life, but then decides doing so unnecessary. She often drops by Kosaka's room to visit Warabi.
: Kosaka's younger niece. She lives a distant bicycle ride away. She comes to Kosaka's house to play (and be babysat by Kokoro's mother) and takes Warabi with her when she leaves.
Kokoro's Mother: Emi's babysitter. She helps Kokoro by telling her that Emi took Warabi.
Japan
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ese fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
by Kiyohiko Azuma
Kiyohiko Azuma
is a Japanese manga author and artist. In his manga he writes under the hiragana form of his name, which has led some non-Japanese-speakers to confuse him for a woman . He used to use the pen name ' in his H manga...
. It was published in Game-jin magazine from December 1998 until the summer 2000 issue, and collected in Kiyohiko Azuma Sakuhinshu: Azumanga 2. Unlike most manga, Wallaby was drawn in left-to-right format.
Wallaby was published intermittently at the same time Azuma was writing Azumanga Daioh
Azumanga Daioh
is a Japanese comedy manga by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized by MediaWorks in the shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh from 1999 to 2002 and collected in four bound volumes...
and shares a similar drawing style. Unlike Azumanga Daiohs slice-of-life manner, Wallaby has a dramatic plot. Azuma himself described Wallaby as a heartful, slapstick romantic comedy. The story was stopped after eight chapters with no conclusion.
Plot
After Akira Warabi's accidental death, his guardian angelGuardian angel
A guardian angel is an angel assigned to protect and guide a particular person or group. Belief in guardian angels can be traced throughout all antiquity...
, Rarirarurara, places his soul in a stuffed
Stuffed animal
A stuffed toy is a toy sewn from cloth, plush, or other textiles, and stuffed with straw, beans, plastic pellets, cotton, synthetic fibres, or other similar materials. Stuffed toys are also known as plush toys A stuffed toy is a toy sewn from cloth, plush, or other textiles, and stuffed with straw,...
wallaby
Wallaby
A wallaby is any of about thirty species of macropod . It is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is smaller than a kangaroo or wallaroo that has not been given some other name.-Overview:...
made by his classmate Kokoro Kosaka as a memorial tribute. Kokoro agrees to let Warabi live in her bedroom while he waits to be returned to a human body. Rarirarurara decides this will not happen quickly, as Warabi seems to be happy where he is.
Characters
Stuffed animal
A stuffed toy is a toy sewn from cloth, plush, or other textiles, and stuffed with straw, beans, plastic pellets, cotton, synthetic fibres, or other similar materials. Stuffed toys are also known as plush toys A stuffed toy is a toy sewn from cloth, plush, or other textiles, and stuffed with straw,...
wallaby
Wallaby
A wallaby is any of about thirty species of macropod . It is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is smaller than a kangaroo or wallaroo that has not been given some other name.-Overview:...
(Warabi's current body) as a tribute during his funeral. She is somewhat violent and her thinking is simplistic, characteristics shared by her niece Emi.
- Kokoro makes a cameo appearance in Azumanga DaiohAzumanga Daiohis a Japanese comedy manga by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized by MediaWorks in the shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh from 1999 to 2002 and collected in four bound volumes...
(both manga and anime). During the first year, she attends the school culture festival with Warabi in her pocket and is perplexed by the unrecognizable stuffed animals made by OsakaAyumu Kasuga, more commonly known as , is a character from the anime and manga series Azumanga Daioh.She was voted 7th in the top 100 poll, "Anime Heroines of 2002" by readers of the Japanese anime magazine Newtype in 2003.-Biography:...
and SakakiSakaki (Azumanga Daioh), given name unknown, is a character from the anime and manga series Azumanga Daioh.Her family name, Sakaki, is that of an evergreen tree of Japan considered sacred in Shinto, and which is often found on the grounds of shrines....
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Wallaby: A classmate of Kokoro's who, before his death, was quite popular with girls at his school. After he and his family are killed in a car accident, his guardian angel, Rarirarurara, transfers his soul to a stuffed wallaby made by Kokoro. Until he can be returned to human form, he is forced to remain in Kokoro's care. He is shy, humble, patient, and good at video games. He makes an appearance in Azumanga Daioh (manga version only) inside the pocket of Kokoro, while she's visiting the culture festival.
- His family name is very close to the JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
pronunciation of .
/ : Warabi's guardian angel. She placed his soul in a stuffed toy wallaby to keep him from dying unhappily, because her promotion is dependent on his happiness. She starts investigating ways to restore Warabi to life, but then decides doing so unnecessary. She often drops by Kosaka's room to visit Warabi.
: Kosaka's younger niece. She lives a distant bicycle ride away. She comes to Kosaka's house to play (and be babysat by Kokoro's mother) and takes Warabi with her when she leaves.
Kokoro's Mother: Emi's babysitter. She helps Kokoro by telling her that Emi took Warabi.