Seimaden: Volume 1

by You Higuri and Yu Higuri

Hilda, a pretty young dancer who works in a tavern, appears to have a carefree life. Underneath it all, however, she suffers from amnesia, unable to remember anything of her childhood other than her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401206999
• ISBN13: 9781401206994
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Wildstorm
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Gorgeous Yu Higuri saga

I liked a lot this manga,I loved the charachters and the setting above all. It is a gripping story, very good in fact.

Ramance and Fantasy Classic

This is a great story and the art is fantastic. I only wish they would release volume 2 faster.

Anxiously awaiting the next volume!

I first fell in love with this manga because of the artwork, and fell in love with the story through fan translations that I found. Imagine how excited I was to hear that this would finally be available in english! The first volume really doesn't tell much, just some basic background. Laures is a demon king in love with Hilda, a dancer, but there is also someone else in love with Hilda, and that is where much of the drama comes in. This is one story that is pure fantasy which actually makes it more fun because you can just allow yourself to get lost in the fantastical. There are beautiful demons, demons that look like angels, and a man that is obviously a little crazy (but he's hot!), and not to give anything away but there is some really twisted displays of affection to come! Highly recommended because even though this first volume doesn't give away much, the story gets so much better and the art is really top-notch! (and for those of you into yaoi, there are some lovely boy/boy bits to come)

a visual playground created by women, for women

I'm a fan of the bishounen genre in general. I enjoyed this romance; on the first reading, turning each page made me smile anew, mainly because of the eye candy art. Laures is so over-the-top effeminate and pretty (although he occasionally manages to look a bit like Michael Jackson, but you can judge that for yourself). You Higuri pulled out all the stops when she invented him, not bothering to make him plausible; it's fantasy fun, pure and simple. That said, the rather simplistic plotline so far doesn't give the book much re-read value but I'm waiting for the following volumes to see print in English to find out how the story continues. I've been hoping for this series to get translated ever since I began admiring You Higuri's art back in high school. I even had a picture of Laures taped to the inside of my locker.