Mystique Mandala of Hell

by Hideshi Hino

Book Overview

This Hideshi Hino classic appears here in English for the first time ever Mandala, the daughter of the King of Hell, is given two all- seeing crystal eyes and then sent up into the world to save her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932897038
• ISBN13: 9781932897036
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: DH Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

MANDALA SEARCHES FOR THE DIVINE EYE

100 years ago, beneath the islands of Japan, a spirit world of demons flourished and was ruled over by Gongoro III. The underground world flourished in peace until a series of earthquakes threatened to destroy them all. In a panic they call out to the Lord of Darkness for help. He tells them to pluck out the eyes of Gongoro's daughter Mandala, and replace them with his own. She will ascend to the human world and dwell there for 1000 days, after which all the demons will be reborn. Just then, the last earthquake hits and Mandala only has time to put in one eye. In all the furor, she discovers she has lost the other divine eye and so she must spend eternity looking for the other if she ever hopes to revive her species again. Taking on the guise of a little girl, she enrolls in an elementary school and even picks up a love interest named Tanaka, even as Western demons seek to eliminate her so they can rule over Japan. This 12th volume of the Hino Horror series was a bit more heartfelt than what Hideshi Hino usually writes. Mandala, instead of causing terror and killing humans, merely wants to resurrect her family and race and must live with a stupid mistake forever until she can find the other eye. Her predicament is particularly poignant because she doesn't have anyone to help her. Even the other kids at school think she's too weird to hang out with. All except Tanaka, who has his own problems, when he apparently kills a girl by running into her with his new bike! I guess Mandala is just more sympathetic that most of Hino's characters. There are some moments here of horror cliche, but overall, Volume 12 is a great entry in an inconsistent series.