Ch. 2 Summary: Shiina flies home from her vacation on the island, with two mysterious passengers on board. The plane is attacked by a creature similar to Hoshimaru. Shiina attempts to fight off the attacker, but fails and falls towards the ocean. She is caught by Otohime and her dragon, and returned to the plane. The two passengers have disappeared.

Narutaru has this bizarre thing going on with princesses, dragons and shadow dragons. I wasn’t sure what to make of it the first time I read the series. Hopefully in this series of posts we’ll be able to explore some ideas surrounding the dragons. A brief disclaimer: it’s been a while since I read this series, and my memory is pretty fuzzy. So please forgive me if some of my speculation is wildly off. Continue reading Narutaru Ch. 2 — The Princess and the Dragon →

Ch. 1 Summary: Shiina almost drowns and meets Hoshimaru.

We’re initially drawn into the manga with an exciting showdown: two fighter planes face off with some bizarre monster that looks like it came straight out of a five year old’s imagination. Continue reading Narutaru Ch. 1 — Surfing Through the Stars →

I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been working on a secret project behind the scenes. Well, this is it!

If you couldn’t guess from my avatar picture, Narutaru is one of my favorite manga. To be precise, it’s my second favorite. First place goes to Oyasumi Punpun (which is next in line for blogging if this series of posts succeeds). I’ve been promising myself ever since I started this blog that I would write about Narutaru. And I always keep my promises (eventually).

For the past year, I’ve also been studying Japanese. So I figured I would combine these two pursuits. I would blog about Narutaru while reading the original Japanese version. Continue reading Shadow Star Narutaru: Introduction →