Dear Myself Explained

Genre:Yaoi
Type:manga
Publisher:Shinshokan
Published:January 1998
Volumes:1
Type:manga
World's End
Publisher:Shinshokan
Magazine:Dear+
Published:June 1999
Volumes:1

Dear Myself is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Eiki Eiki, with a sequel, World's End. They are licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing which released Dear Myself in August 2006 and World's End in October 2007.[1] [2] They are licensed in France by Asuka[3] [4] and in Germany by Egmont Manga.[5] [6]

Reception

Andrea Lipinski, writing for School Library Journal recommended Dear Myself for grades 10 and up, describing it as "a thought-provoking story for mature readers".[7] Danielle Van Gorder, writing about World's End for Mania Entertainment, noted that Eiki Eiki's artistic strength was in her drawings of eyes, but felt that the shifting personalities of the protagonists did not come off as being natural, and that their relationship shifted from being healthy to being "codependent".[8] Holly Ellingwood, writing for Active Anime, enjoyed the "layered character development" of World's End compared to other yaoi manga.[9] Jason Thompson, writing for the appendix to , felt that World's End "reaches new depths in Eiki Eiki's glorification of pathological behavior".[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dear Myself . Juné Books . Digital Manga, Inc . 14 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202416/http://www.junemanga.com/books/111/ . 3 March 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: World's End . Juné Books . Digital Manga, Inc . 14 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175944/http://www.junemanga.com/books/545/ . 3 March 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Dear Myself . Asuka . . 14 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080905161755/http://www.asuka.fr/catalogue_serie.php?serie=114 . 5 September 2008 . dead .
  4. Web site: World's End . Asuka . . 14 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090401072909/http://www.asuka.fr/catalogue_serie.php?serie=130 . 1 April 2009 . dead .
  5. Web site: Dear Myself, Bd. 01 . Manganet . Egmont . 14 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090513045844/http://www.manganet.de/product_info.php/info/p2550_dear_myself%2C_bd_01.html . 13 May 2009 . dead .
  6. Web site: Dear Myself, Bd. 02 . Manganet . Egmont . 14 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090513051726/http://www.manganet.de/product_info.php/info/p2582_dear_myself%2C_bd_02.html . 13 May 2009 . dead .
  7. Web site: Graphic Novels . School Library Journal . . November 1, 2006 . 14 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229040308/http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6387327.html . 29 February 2012 . unfit .
  8. News: Van Gorder . Danielle . World's End Vol. #01 . Mania . . 19 March 2008 . 14 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229040308/http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6387327.html . 29 February 2012 . dead .
  9. Web site: Ellingwood . Holly . World's End . Active Anime . 30 November 2007 . 14 January 2012 .
  10. Web site: Thompson . Jason . 365 Days of Manga, Day 74: World's End . Unbound Worlds . . 29 November 2009 .

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