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Marie no Kanaderu Ongaku  
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Description
A fantasy epic of truly magnificent scale with gorgeous illustrations. In just two volumes, the author manages to create an incredibly rich and fascinating world that is full of wonders and enchanting beauties. A world in which men are watched over by the mechanical goddess Marie who at times appears on the sky. Marie's music brings people happiness and harmony. Their life is free from advanced technology and the longing for progress. The main story centers around Kai, a young man who develops a deep affection for Marie. His quest for enlightenment leads him inside Marie's mechanical body where he learns the unbelievable truth about her and his own world.

Type
Manga

Related Series
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Associated Names
玛丽的音乐盒
Marieの奏でる音楽
Music of Marie
Muzyka Marie
The Music of Marie

Groups Scanlating
Kotonoha
kittenpatriot

Latest Release(s)
v.2 c.15-16 (end) by Kotonoha (1048d ago)
v.2 c.13-14 by Kotonoha (1073d ago)
v.2 c.12 by Kotonoha (1173d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
2 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
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User Rating
Average: 8.8 / 10.0 (232 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.56 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 20th 2011, 8:32am PST

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Genre
Drama  Fantasy  Mature  Romance  Sci-fi  Seinen 
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Author(s)
FURUYA Usamaru

Artist(s)
FURUYA Usamaru

Year
2001

Original Publisher
Gentosha (2001)
Sony Magazines (Vol. 1; 2001)

Serialized In (magazine)
Comic Birz (Gentosha)

Licensed (in English)
No

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Monthly Pos #1402 increased(+316)
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On 251 reading lists
On 583 wish lists
On 484 completed lists
On 22 unfinished lists
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 wrench my soul   
Rating: 9.9 / 10.0
by whitespade
October 7th, 2012, 1:19am
this is so crazy yet so wonderful, so sedate yet so mind blowing, I'm screaming for one minute straight at the ending. I can''t believe it, everything is never what I expect it to be, I don't know what is real or everything is? i don't know how to put it into words, the impact of this manga on me, take me by the throat and choke me off stability, putting me on the edge and make me think in many different ways.
a great manga - a masterpiece, even. read it.
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 Outrageous   
Rating: N/A
by overclucker
August 29th, 2012, 5:03am
This one's got my cogs turning, but somehow makes me feel angry. Not as angry as the ending of School Days made me, but I am going to need some time to recuperate before reading another manga with a heavy story like this. It is most definitely a masterpiece.
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 Creepy yet beautiful   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by enaikelt
August 24th, 2011, 7:54pm
More or less. This is a fantastic story. It takes a bit to get used to the art (and I can't seem to get used to how the mangaka sort of does this strange 'covered by clothes' sex scenes thing); in fact, I never quite got used to it. It's detailed, but sort of abstract.

I agree with AeonisPi that the ending really makes the story; it ties all these strange, varied foreshadowing into a little bundle of Amazing Plot Twist... two, actually. The Music of Marie reads like a child's story book - one with religion, death, obsession, sci-fi, war, philosophy and a very sad, sweet sort of love story. It does strange things to your head. Even after reading, I still don't know what to think.
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 Seeing   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by FormX
August 9th, 2011, 1:12pm
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Did you notice that Maru could see Kai? Hope that wasn't too much of a spoiler. Everyone else could have acted if Kai existed, but Maru was new, and it seemed like he could actually see Kai. And no one noticed, because they got used to Kai.
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 Brilliant sci-fi fantasy   
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by AeonisPi
September 13th, 2010, 2:13am
I found this manga really beautiful in both story and artwork. It's moves at a slow place, gradually filling in details about the worlds workings and its characters. The richly detailed world and its characters interactions are further supported by the amazingly detailed artwork. I felt this series was well thought out. It's an interesting presentation of a post-apocalyptic Utopian society riddle with tons of gears and machinery. However, this is one of those stories that comes altogether in the very last moments. It drops some hints for you, some you might not even pick up. In the end, it ties itself up rather tidily.

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The ending caught me totally off guard. While Satisfied I couldn't help from crying. It was so sad, yet beautiful. I couldn't really hate it.


Everyone should read through this once, if not for the story, then for the art, even if just for some of the philosophies present.
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 ORGASMICALLY a FANTASTIC READ   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by OMGWTFLOLBBQ
July 18th, 2010, 4:19pm
I knew it from the 1st chapter that this will be a great manga. The story is strange,mysterious and so unpredictable that makes it so enjoyable to read . A must read to any who wants to read manga.
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I really really like the plot twist at the ending it is just so....so....fascinating.......so......amusing


... Last updated on July 18th, 2010, 4:19pm
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 Strange but good   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by PrincessVera
July 11th, 2010, 3:19pm
This series is a frustratingly slow-paced series, a combination of strange futuristic spirituality and science fiction. At the same time, it's so short that you run through it quickly. Most of the series you spend getting to know more about the culture and its background, and then toward the end you finally start getting to the heart of Kai's connection to Marie and Pipi's connection to Kai. The series has strange plot twists involving these three.

The main character is actually Pipi and not Kai, which you'll understand very clearly at the end.

There are a few truly odd scenes:
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Kai masturbating to the thought of Marie, but I wonder how accurate this scene is, due to the ending plot twist... and Pipi and Kai in the flashback scene in the last chapter when Kai reappears from the ocean--I won't spoil it though


The ending was pretty surprising, but I was satisfied by it. And a little depressed. And amazed. And confused. All in all, it's pretty good, but pretty weird. If you want something happy, upbeat, and hopeful, I wouldn't look here. It's not depressing, but it's not... uplifting, either.
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 Promising   
Rating: 8.5 / 10.0
by OppKnox
May 31st, 2009, 2:14pm
The world is definitely interesting, but I think the real draw here is Marie. What is Kai's ultimate purpose? The comparison to Miyazaki below is apt, though I'm reminded of all fantasies involving automatons, industrial age technology, and post-apocalyptic, utopian societies. The world itself tends to be more creative than logical, so it may be more appealing to fantasy enthusiasts than sci-fi fans.

The plot grows increasingly more intriguing after Chapter 5, but I’ll refrain from commenting further until I’ve finished the second volume.
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 Excellent...   
Rating: 8.2 / 10.0
by Crenshinibon
December 6th, 2008, 11:52am
Complex, engrossing, and brilliantly written. The characters have strong depth and their interactions as realistic. The mysterious atmosphere is concocted perfectly, and Kai's slow-but-sure progression into obsession- and his struggle against doing so- makes him one of the best written characters I've seen in a long time. I can only hope that we see more scanlations in the future.
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 Read it!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Miriette Le Fay
August 24th, 2008, 11:01am
It's too much good. The art is perfect and the story isn't cliché. I don0t will talk much about this manga because the coment below have already say it. ;)
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