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Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori
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Description
Yuri, a modern day teenager who has just gotten her first kiss, is suddenly whisked away to ancient Anatolia where an evil queen wants her for a blood sacrifice. Luckily, the timely intervention of Prince Kail saves Yuri from the queen's grasp. For now. Kail promises to send Yuri back to her home, but the queen's persistent schemes to kill them both, plus their growing interest in each other, keep those plans delayed. Note: Contains a side story called Orontes
Renka that is published in the final volume (28) of Anatolia Story, which is set in the same historic period. Orontes Renka: Many years after the end of Yuri's reign... the Hittite empire is about to become an Egyptian territory through marriage between the Hittite princess and the Egyptian king. A traveler from Egypt, Maripas, comes to the land of the Hittites at this time and gets robbed of all his belongings while playing good samaritan. He's then offered shelter by an unusually well-educated Hittite girl named Yuri. But this seemingly innocent meeting soon turns into a thrilling romantic adventure -- cases of mistaken identity and runaway royals are about to complicate international relations! ( Datenshi Blue's vol 28 does not include Orontes Renka. Instead, it was released separately by ShoujoMagic.)
Type
Manga
Related Series
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Associated Names
天は赤い河のほとり
天是红河
天（そら）は赤い河のほとり
하늘은 붉은 강가
Anatolia Story
Orontes Renka
Red River
Groups Scanlating
Latest Release(s)
Status in Country of Origin
28 Volumes (Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
Yes
Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A
User Reviews
Anatolia Story by XileDragon
User Rating
Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (483 votes) Bayesian Average: 8.63 / 10.0
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51% (246 votes) |
| 9+ |
18% (89 votes) |
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12% (60 votes) |
| 7+ |
7% (34 votes) |
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4% (17 votes) |
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2% (8 votes) |
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2% (9 votes) |
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1% (4 votes) |
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0% (2 votes) |
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3% (14 votes) |
Last Updated
November 20th 2009, 6:14pm PST
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Year
1995
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Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Viz Media (26 Volumes - Ongoing)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 160  (-11) Monthly Pos # 77  (+1) 3 Month Pos # 34 (-4) 6 Month Pos # 34 (-2)
List Stats
On 980 reading lists On 596 wish lists On 512 completed lists On 90 unfinished lists On 87 custom lists
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| well... by Di27 on October 18th, 2009, 10:37pm |
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i really dont care to the people there who cant be bothered to read a long series just because the first few chapters or volumes didnt satisfy them.. i know of countless of times where i thought "ahh this will be a boring manga" but corrected again and again (sometimes right) same goes when i think a manga is interesting all i can say is that this manga is GOOD i cant begin to imagine the kind of research the mangaka has put in to make realistic and entertaining for us and it would be an insult to say its crap just coz you were bored for a few minutes its called a PROLOGUE, an INTRO... in most cases it isnt meant to be entertaining its meant to give you the background of the story so you can understand it!!
well anyway this manga is so good although the side story Orontes Renka disappointed me but i dont think the series should suffer for that maybe the ending is a bit rough but it is a brilliant story and definately in my TOP5
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on October 18th, 2009, 10:38pm |
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| Boring same thing by purplefinch on October 4th, 2009, 7:08am |
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I gave this manga two chances. First I only read up to chapter 3, then I read up to chapter 7 or something. Just could not take it. It is incredibly dull, and many stories are like this. If you read one like this, you read them all. Highly unrealistic, the prince looks like a female with hugo hands, and boring characters.
And the politics try to make it intriguing but it fails horribly. Terrible politics, and the whole thing with the evil queen. Oh gosh where did we see evil queens before?
But the art is nice besides huge hands and long fingers. Pretty good. Needs more detailed backgrounds, however. The backgrounds gives it even more dull flavouring.
Rating: 4 / 10.0 |
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| my 5 years old's stories by comel on August 28th, 2009, 9:30pm |
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i like the story the 1st time i read it,
but then it's like cinderela, snow white, sleeping beauty, little mermaid....where the queen is evil (also has magic), n a prince charming, riding a white house. At this point it's still ok..
then the story gets too telenovela or cheap soap opera, repeating again and again where the queen always escape from accusations, and then start bullying the heroine again..
Rating: 7.9 / 10.0
... Last updated on August 28th, 2009, 9:36pm |
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| Good, really good! by thebikernun on August 21st, 2009, 9:34am |
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I truly enjoyed the story and art of this manga. The depth of the characters, the growth in the relationships and the intrigue all had me wrapped around the writers finger. Very entertaining!
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on September 16th, 2009, 5:06pm |
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| Well.. by SeppoD on June 30th, 2009, 2:28am |
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| I do like it.. For the other characters. Yuri didn't bother me MUCH, she was just a classic lead. I think a main is meant to be someone to look up to and such, so I tend to forgive characters like her. But a huge turn-off as far as shoujo-fantasy--different-world stuff is.. Spoiler (highlight to view) Ugh, when they choose LOVE over FAMILY and LIFE. I'm sorry, but at that moment, I saw her as selfish. She had a boyfriend, a loving family, friends - basically the average, loved life, and she decides to leave it after a whole freakin year of griping. Seriously, at that point, she just plain pissed me off. -Grumble- Average plot, a bit boring to an amusing point, but if you're looking for something like smut, I would look elsewhere. >.> Mind you, I read the thing for the romance and blah blah, but even that gets kind of boring. I understand the main hero's interest, but, no offence, I kind of find it funny just how accepting the people are of a completely different race being revered to the point of 'god'. Maybe the Hittite can be somewhat plausible, but the Egyptians not finding her at all weird? Just, ugh. D>
Rating: 5 / 10.0 |
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| Well, by Xochie on June 5th, 2009, 7:18pm |
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To the doubters:
Name me one other lead girl in a smut manga who would hug a skinned body (referring to somewhere in the first chapters, since you obviously haven't read far).
Great story - the only smut that I've liked...
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on June 5th, 2009, 7:18pm |
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| great manga by kujika on June 3rd, 2009, 4:24am |
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To adress some doubters from before... critics should read the whole available thing first, well actually that only means professional critics.
chapter 11? You didn't even reach the main plot! Yuri may be "Mary Sue", but she's getting much stronger even though there are times she is beaten down with blows fate deals her (who isn't?). The evil queen, well, is evil for a reason as it turns out in the end, even though Yuri says she would still have had a choice, she just chose the wrong path.
Sometimes she annoys me too, but she can't be perfect all the time. She actually masterminds some amazing things later on.
And the prince later on wants more from here than that, plus this era is shown by the author to be generally very free with morals, as you'll find out if you read on.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| Amazing. Definitely Worth Reading by EtceteraSpeed on May 16th, 2009, 9:44am |
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Top-notch manga, everyone. READ IT. You MUST read it.
Heroine is not some stupid shoujo. At the beginning she may be considered that, but she just arrived at a brand new place in a brand new era. What else do you expect? Art is pretty good, story is awesome, characters are well-described, historical facts are accurate enough, and smut was evenly paced and not overdone (I hate that...).
I said it before, and I'll say it again. YOU MUST READ. I'LL HAUNT YOU IF YOU DON'T!!! Rawr.
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on May 16th, 2009, 9:45am |
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| Highly Recommended by goal on April 12th, 2009, 2:55am |
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This manga competes with the best shoujo manga. Its length allows one to really absorb the story and plot, enjoy the character development and the romance development. All of those are really important for me!! The quality of story telling is not compromised in 28 volumes. That in itself is a great accomplishment.
I enjoyed the characters, the romance and smut content was very enjoyable as well. The story remained true to the history in the plot.
It was a very good read and I hope if you enjoy good storytelling, a good romance and a good plot, you must read this!! I really wish there were more mangas like this out there with such a mature romance, with this many volumes and such excellent plot/stortyline throughout.
Rating: 10 / 10.0
... Last updated on September 15th, 2009, 3:24pm |
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| finished :) by samanthaknd on April 5th, 2009, 10:08am |
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This was an excellent series and I enjoyed every last volume, The ending was great as well, ok it was overly smutty but even that was ok to an extent. I don't agree with the comments saying Yuri was useless as I don't believe so, she may have been brash in her actions, but she did always have a reason!. I actually liked Ramses  and secretly hoped they would actually marry, but knew it would never happen.Every character wether bad or good had a role to play and they done it well. It took me 2 days to finish 28 volumes but it was well worth it so I give this series 10/10. give it a try and if you disregard the smut if you're not into it you won't be dissapointed!.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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