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Basara

BASARA

manga
Finished
1990
Action
Adventure
Drama

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The facts

Status: Finished
Chapters: 107
Volumes: 27
First released: 1990
Country: Japan
Format: manga
Author: Yumi Tamura, Eric Montesinos
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What it is about

Basara is a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure series and one of the most popular shoujo manga of the 90s in Japan. It is the story of how a young girl becomes "the child of destiny" and finds the strength to free her people and seek revenge for the death of her brother. (Source: VIZ Media) Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shoujo category in 1992.