Shion no Ō
| Shion no Ō | |
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| Genre | Mystery, Seinen |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Katori Masaru (story) Jiro Ando (art) |
| Illustrated by | Jiro Ando |
| Published by |  Kodansha |
| Anime | |
Shion no Ō (しおんの王, lit. The King of Shion), with the subtitle The Flowers of Hard Blood, is the title of a Japanese mystery manga series written by Katori Masaru and illustrated by Jiro Ando. It started serialization on March 25 2004 in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Afternoon published by Kodansha. As of May 2007, five bound volumes have gone on sale in Japan and the manga is currently unfinished. On May 23 2007 with the release of the fifth bound volume, Kodansha announced that an anime adaptation will be produced.[1]
Plot
Shion no Ō centers around a young high school girl named Shion Yasuoka who witnesses the murder of her parents as a child. At the time of the murder, her father leaves behind a game piece from shogi, a Japanese strategy board game similar to chess. This leads her to believe that the murderer is a shogi player. Although Shion refuses to speak after the murder and communicates only through writing messages, she eventually decides to take up shogi herself to gain clues about the murder of her parents.
Characters
- Shion Yasuoka (安岡紫音, Yasuoka Shion)
- Makoto Hani (羽仁真, Hani Makoto)
- Satoru Hani (羽仁悟, Hani Satoru)
- Ayumi Saitō (斉藤歩, Saitō Ayumi)
- Saori Nikaidō (二階堂沙織, Nikaidō Saori)
- Shinji Yasuoka (安岡信次, Yasuoka Shinji)
- Osamu Kamizono (神園修, Kamizono Osamu)
- Yokoyama (横山)
References
- ^ "Shion no Ō anime annoucement" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-05-24.
External links
- Shion no Ō ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia