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From Far Away (manga)

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[ serialized in [LaLa] ]

Alternative title:
Kanata Kara (Japanese)
彼方から (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, romance
Plot Summary: Noriko Takichi is just an ordinary high school student. One day on her way home from school with her friends, she was hit by bomb blast and she was thrown into another world. In there, when she's nearly being attacked by monster, Izaku suddenly appear and help her. It turns out that Noriko is "The Light" which all the kingdoms in this world have been looking for, and also the one that Izaku trying to kill so Izaku can change his fate for not becoming "The Darkness" that every fortune tellers told him since his childhood. Noriko believes that she been thrown to this world because there is a purpose, so she try to do her very best. Izaku didn't want to kill Noriko because he starts to like her. The romance starts to grow between them. When Noriko find out that Izaku is "The Darkness" who tries to kill her when they first met, they vow to find a way to change their destiny and be together forever. The battle between Good and Evil and battle within Izaku himself start from now.
User Ratings: 79 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (English:5, dub:5, ?:1, sub:1)
 Excellent: 22 votes (English:8, dub:7, sub:3, ?:2, raw:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 19 votes (sub:7, English:6, dub:4, edit.dub:2)
 Good: 10 votes (English:6, sub:2, dub:2)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:3, dub:2, English:2, raw:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (English:1)
 Not really good: 4 votes (English:2, dub:2)
 Weak: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (English:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 176 users, rank: #304
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.797 (Very good-.20), std. dev.: 1.8785, rank: #1093
Weighted mean: 7.770 (Very good-.23), rank: #1014 (seen all: 8.36 / seen some: 7.35 / won't finish: 4.57)
Bayesian estimate: 7.772 (Very good-.22), rank: #584
Number of tankoubon: 14
Vintage: 1992-11 to 2003-03
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 1
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Related releases:
    From Far Away (GN 1) 2004-11-01 (from $3.36)
    From Far Away (GN 2) 2004-12-01 (from $3.85)
    From Far Away (GN 3) 2005-03-15 (from $6.37)
    From Far Away (GN 4) 2005-05-15 (from $3.36)
    From Far Away (GN 5) 2005-07-15 (from $6.37)
    From Far Away (GN 6) 2005-09-06 (from $5.99)
    From Far Away (GN 7) 2005-11-08 (from $5.99)
    From Far Away (GN 8) 2006-01-03 (from $6.37)
    From Far Away (GN 9) 2006-03-14 (from $5.42)
    From Far Away (GN 10) 2006-05-09 (from $5.99)
    From Far Away (GN 11) 2006-07-11 (from $6.37)
    From Far Away (GN 12) 2006-09-12 (from $5.99)
    From Far Away (GN 13) 2006-11-14 (from $6.21)
    From Far Away (GN 14) 2007-01-09 (from $5.80)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Story & Art: Kyouko Hikawa

 (none)
Japanese companies 

Publisher: Hakusensha

English staff 

Translation: Yuko Sawada

Adaptation:
Trina Robbins 
Yuko Sawada (vol. 10-14)

Cover Design:
Andrea Rice (vol. 2-14)
Carolina Ugalde (vol. 1)

Editing:
Eric Searleman 
Joel Enos (vol. 8-14)

Graphic Design: Andrea Rice

Publisher:
Hyoe Narita (vol. 5+)
Seiji Horibuchi (vol. 1-4)

Touch-up Art & Lettering:
Freeman Wong (vol. 10-14)
Walden Wong 

English cast 
(none)
English companies 

Licensed by: Viz Media

 
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