Eerie Queerie! | |
ゴースト! (Gōsuto!) | |
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Genre | Comedy, supernatural |
Manga | |
Written by | Shuri Shiozu |
Published by | Shinshokan |
English publisher | (expired) |
Imprint | Wings Comics |
Magazine | Wings |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 1999 – 2003 |
Volumes | 4 |
Eerie Queerie!, titled Ghost! (ゴースト!, Gōsuto!) in the original Japanese, is a four-volume manga series written and illustrated by Shuri Shiozu. It was published by Shinshokan under the Wings Comics imprint from 1999 to 2003. [1] [2] The series was licensed in English by Tokyopop in 2004, [3] though it went out of print when the company closed its North American publishing division in 2011. [4]
The series centers around Mitsuo Shiozu, a lonely high school student who has the psychic ability to see "spirits" who can use him to interact and communicate with the living world for a purpose. These purposes usually don't go very well for Mitsuo, but the spirits seem to be able to do what they need to do to move on. They also lead Mitsuo to quite a few admirers – of the male sex. The story is mostly lighthearted, and much of its humor comes from the awkward and embarrassing situations and misunderstandings the characters find themselves in. The manga itself is shōnen-ai yet also a parody of shōnen-ai storylines and stereotypes.
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | March 25, 1999 [1] | 978-4-403-61535-1 | March 9, 2004 [3] | 978-1-59182-719-1 |
2 | February 24, 2000 [5] | 978-4-403-61576-4 | May 11, 2004 [3] | 978-1-59182-720-7 |
3 | November 22, 2001 [6] | 978-4-403-61650-1 | July 6, 2004 [3] | 978-1-59182-721-4 |
4 | April 24, 2003 [2] | 978-4-403-61710-2 | September 14, 2004 [3] | 978-1-59182-861-7 |
Critical reception for the series was mixed to positive, with AnimeFringe's Maria Lin calling the first volume "entertaining" and "worth the low price". [7] Anime News Network's Liann Cooper called the series' second volume "fun" but noted that "a series cannot survive on fanservice alone". [8] Of the series' later volumes, Cooper said that in volume three "the series has picked itself back up" but that the conclusion of Eerie Queerie! in volume four was unsatisfying. [9] [10]
Eerie Queerie! | |
ゴースト! (Gōsuto!) | |
---|---|
Genre | Comedy, supernatural |
Manga | |
Written by | Shuri Shiozu |
Published by | Shinshokan |
English publisher | (expired) |
Imprint | Wings Comics |
Magazine | Wings |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | 1999 – 2003 |
Volumes | 4 |
Eerie Queerie!, titled Ghost! (ゴースト!, Gōsuto!) in the original Japanese, is a four-volume manga series written and illustrated by Shuri Shiozu. It was published by Shinshokan under the Wings Comics imprint from 1999 to 2003. [1] [2] The series was licensed in English by Tokyopop in 2004, [3] though it went out of print when the company closed its North American publishing division in 2011. [4]
The series centers around Mitsuo Shiozu, a lonely high school student who has the psychic ability to see "spirits" who can use him to interact and communicate with the living world for a purpose. These purposes usually don't go very well for Mitsuo, but the spirits seem to be able to do what they need to do to move on. They also lead Mitsuo to quite a few admirers – of the male sex. The story is mostly lighthearted, and much of its humor comes from the awkward and embarrassing situations and misunderstandings the characters find themselves in. The manga itself is shōnen-ai yet also a parody of shōnen-ai storylines and stereotypes.
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | March 25, 1999 [1] | 978-4-403-61535-1 | March 9, 2004 [3] | 978-1-59182-719-1 |
2 | February 24, 2000 [5] | 978-4-403-61576-4 | May 11, 2004 [3] | 978-1-59182-720-7 |
3 | November 22, 2001 [6] | 978-4-403-61650-1 | July 6, 2004 [3] | 978-1-59182-721-4 |
4 | April 24, 2003 [2] | 978-4-403-61710-2 | September 14, 2004 [3] | 978-1-59182-861-7 |
Critical reception for the series was mixed to positive, with AnimeFringe's Maria Lin calling the first volume "entertaining" and "worth the low price". [7] Anime News Network's Liann Cooper called the series' second volume "fun" but noted that "a series cannot survive on fanservice alone". [8] Of the series' later volumes, Cooper said that in volume three "the series has picked itself back up" but that the conclusion of Eerie Queerie! in volume four was unsatisfying. [9] [10]