Kurohime (manga)
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Cover of the first manga volume
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魔砲使い黒姫 (Mahō-tsukai Kurohime) |
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| Genre | Romance, Magical Girl, Comedy |
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| Written by | Masanori Ookamigumi Katakura |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Jump, Jump Square |
| Original run | 2002 – 2011 |
| Volumes | 18 |
Kurohime (魔砲使い黒姫 Mahōtsukai Kurohime?, literally meaning "Magic User Kurohime") is a manga series authored by Masanori Ookamigumi Katakura (片倉・狼組・政憲 Katakura Ōkamigumi Masanori?). The manga began its run in 2002, and had been serialized in Monthly Shōnen Jump. It will be one of the pilot manga in the new monthly shōnen book's website, Jump Square. An English-language version of the manga is published by Viz Media. However, only volumes 1-14 were translated with the 15th cancelled and no plans to continue the series have been announced.
An action game based in the manga titled Mahou Tsukai Kurohime was developed and published by Tomy Corporation for the Sony Playstation 2 in 2006. The game has only been released in Japan.
Ten years prior to the manga's beginning, Kurohime brought an end to a massive war fought to own and rebuild the Tower of the Gods, which once completed would allow the builder to become a god themselves. Upon completion, Kurohime destroyed the tower and entered the realm of the gods to slaughter them, as they were the ones who started the war in the first place. Through a combination of deception and brutality, the gods captured her and then split Kurohime into two beings, one representing her rage, and the other representing her compassion.
The being representing her rage, in a form of a small girl named 'Himeko', seeks to regain her body and powers, and attempt to take down the gods again; however the curse can only be undone with love, and Kurohime is predominantly selfish and manipulative. Throughout the course of the manga, Kurohime is able to regain her ability to love through her relationship with Zero, causing her to evolve into different incarnations throughout the various story arcs.
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