Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori

Description

From Viz:
Yuri, a pretty Japanese girl, is ecstatic after passing her college entrance exam and having her first kiss with her childhood friend-turned-boyfriend. However, her luck soon changes. She starts to notice that water becomes agitated whenever she goes near it. One night, hands appear out of a puddle on the street and drag her into the water. Transported to an ancient village in the Middle East, she is then captured by armed troops and taken to the Queen's palace for a human sacrifice.

Contains the side story Orontes Renka published in the 28th volume, set in the same historic period.

Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Shoujo in 2001.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

Anatolia Story

Dòng Sông Huyền Bí

Heaven Is Beside the Red River

Il Cielo Vicino al Fiume Rosso

Orontes Renka

Pulang Ilog

Red River

The Sky Is at the Banks of the Red River

The Sky Is Near the Red River

The Sky Is the Red River

Красная река (история Анатолии)

السماء على ضفة النهر الأحمر

ตะวันรักที่ปลายฟ้า

天(そら)は赤い河のほとり

天は赤い河のほとり

天是紅河岸

赤河戀影

赤色天使

闇河魅影

하늘은 붉은 강가

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Status in Country of Origin

28 Volumes (Complete)
16 Volumes (Bunkoban)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

Anatolia Story by XileDragon

Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori by Kamelot

Forum

7 topics, 28 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.6 / 10.0 (1402 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.55 / 10.0

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18%

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Last Updated

May 2nd, 2025 5:49am PDT - 18 hours ago

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Genre

Adventure Drama Historical Mature Romance Shoujo Smut Supernatural
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Original Publisher

Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)

Sho-Comi (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (28 Volumes - Complete | 3-in-1 Edition - Fall 2024)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #507

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Monthly Pos #1191

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3 Month Pos #1613

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6 Month Pos #1701

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Year Pos #1490

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List Stats

On 1586 reading lists

On 1532 wish lists

On 3102 completed lists

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anatolia story

by [deleted member]
19 years ago

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such an awesome story! i can't wait for the next chapter...

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Simply fascinating

by [deleted member]
19 years ago

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This manga is great, really. The art is nice to start with and it improves a lot. It's very shoujo, but very pleasing with lot of fanservice along with a plot. The historical setting is carefully researched and the mangaka mix skillfully references to modern themes with customs of the past. The characters are lovable and you won't miss to like Yuri because she feels like a real 15-year-old, not like some clichè unreal heroine. A bit of magic, mistery, blood and angst interwines the love story of the main characters. I've read 14 volumes so far (I like a lot, I buy) and it never desappoints me. many cliffhangers! Sometimes there are clichès, but most of times I burn to know what happens next. If you like shoujo, you must give this a try. If you loved Basara you must read this. Less "serious" but worth many readings.

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I love it

by Erikachan
5 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This manga is amazing . it's the best historical manga I've ever read , I really recommend it
I love the romance , and all the characters are unique and have their own personality . The story is very interesting and I love it . Sometimes it makes me cry sometimes it makes me happy
For the art style , it's an old shøjo and the lover is an European

... Last updated 5 years ago

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A bit melodramatic but pretty good

by sakirol
9 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Red River is fairly melodramatic. Characters often have fixations that are awkward. The story is complete and has a sensible timeline with each arc. There's a good mix of smut as well. Quite a good read overall.

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A smut romance drama

by Akatsubaki
10 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

If you love reading smut manga, you will notice many many of them are short stories and lacking in plot. This is where Sora wa akai kawa no hotori offers a long smutty story to satisfy you in interesting historical background of Anatolia / Turkey. The arts is 90ish style, so some of you need to get adjusted by it. Every bishies will fall in love with the main character and want to have her, often by force. Except for the one she loves. There are some aspects in the story that rise my eyebrow though, when it ignored sensibility for the sake of the story. The girl, Yuri, is very OP. She is just a normal teenager on modern day before being sent to the past, depicted as small and skinny (cute). But without any experience and skill required, she can jump on a running horse and riding it (without a saddle ofc), i know how hard it is to ride a horse as a small asian girl. Then she is able to fight and defeat men on sword fighting, defeat a lion, all without getting hurt, and many more rising eyebrow scenes. Said to possess those qualities to be a queen; leadership skill, wisdom, winning the heart of people, discipline, etc. ...She is flawless. And the antagonist, the queen, is a stereotypical classic antagonist who were there to bully the protagonist and make the story going. It's boring to see this villain keep trying and fail and keep trying and fail again without character development. I can accept all of these because the selling point is the smutty romance drama. So yeah, this is a good manga if you are looking for a long smutty romance.

... Last updated 10 years ago

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Okay

by ginrin
12 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

So many loopholes in the story that could make your eyes roll everytime but other than that this is enjoyable romance. Character development is present with time and not just the protagonist. This is your typical shoujo without much thought to read nor trick up to her sleeve.

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Amazing

by sandyatthebeach1
14 years ago

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This was simply a joy to read. Honestly one of my favorites. Yuri is a great protagonist, and she quickly grew from annoying and weak to being a strong heroine that I ended up adoring. Although there were flaws, there was nothing terrible. If the oldish art stopped you from reading it before, like it stopped me, ignore it and just try reading it! The art style actually really suits the story, and you get used to the style quickly. If you haven't read Red River before, you're definitely missing out on a great story, romance, and all-togethor amazing manga.

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One of My Favorites

by toffeefudge
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

My only additional comment is to say that though the manga spans 28 volumes...it only gets better as you read on! There is a point at volume 10 or so when I was afraid the plot would start to get repetitive, but then Yuri is swept away to Egypt and there is a three way war of the countries love triangle that will blow your mind. There is real character development in here, so the original plot lines to change to some degree, but it will be epic! The romance is also amazing/satisfying, it will be hard to find another manga like this.

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I didn't really like it, but I have no complaints..

by Zina
15 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

Now, I've never read a smut before, but sometimes I was like, "Wait. Why are they naked?" This happened maybe only 6 times throughout the entire manga, but it is still as puzzling as hell....

Other than that, I found the story to be kind of slow, but fast enough that I didn''t drop it. Be warned, the mangaka holds no hesitation in killing off characters. They don't kill them off willy-nilly, but be careful not to get too attached to any of them.

Everything other people have commented about the "queen" as the antagonist is true. I won't repeat it again.

The coolest part was that every once in a while, the manga would have a few pages saying "And in the early 19th century, an archaeologist found the records of place-some-activity-here, although no-one ever knew why something-something was something-something." And in the arc before, the something-something's were explained. I didn't make much sense, did I? Anyways, the ties in with real life were SUPER cool.

I, personally, really liked the art, and in particular, the skirts.

The end, in my opinion, almost was amazing. There are two obvious ways the story could have gone, but the mangaka picked the way that I liked the least. It was not a bad ending, but I think it could have been better.

In total, not bad, but not good. I'm not planning on reading this one again. If you are into wars and relationships, read Red River because it may be your cup-of-tea.

Something that I just remembered: The mangaka does something entirely amazing with the relationship at around chapter 30. It was soo beautifully crafted that I was (and am still) in awe. I will reinforce what I said about the manga being good for those who like reading about relationships(and not necessarily only romantic ones).

... Last updated 15 years ago

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I should have read this long ago!!

by soleil
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I thought I wouldn't like this because the art style is that of the 1990s but no I was wrong! This is one of the best if not the best mature shoujo I've read! Being it historical didn't bore at all because the story is developing so well and I like the art now very much. And the characters are so likeable, especially Yuri. Wish there are more manga with heroine like her.

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