Synopsis
At the center of story is a teenaged girl who has been in a coma since the age of nine, when she was found with her dead parents. The mother had apparently killed the father, and then killed herself. And the girl, Aoba, was found to have her dead parents' hearts in her stomach. The core mystery, of course, is why this girl ate her parents' hearts, but there are plenty of other mysteries to chew on. Why does the presumably imaginary dreamworld—Barbara—that Aoba now inhabits seem to affect the re...
Background
Barbara Ikai won the 26th Nihon SF Taisho Award in 2006. The series was published in English as Otherworld Barbara by Fantagraphics in hardcover 2-in-1 omnibuses from August 9, 2016 to August 15, 2017.
FAQ
Otherworld Barbara has 24 chapters.
Otherworld Barbara has 4 volumes.
Otherworld Barbara is currently finished.
Otherworld Barbara was written by Moto Hagio.
Otherworld Barbara was published Jul 27, 2002 to Jun 28, 2005.
