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Kurohime
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Cover of the first manga volume
Manga
Written by Masanori Ookamigumi Katakura
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Monthly Shōnen Jump
Jump Square
Original run 20022011
Volumes 18

Kurohimeliterally meaning "Magic User Kurohime", is a manga series authored by Masanori Katakura. The manga began its run in 2002. An English-language version of the manga is published by Viz Media. However, only volumes 1-14 were translated with the 15th cancelled and no plans to continue the series have been announced.

An action game based on the manga titled Mahou Tsukai Kurohime was developed and published by Tomy Corporation for the Sony Playstation 2 in 2006. The game has only been released in Japan.

Plot

Ten years prior to the manga's beginning, Kurohime brought an end to a massive war fought to own and rebuild the Tower of the Gods, which once completed would allow the builder to become a god themselves. Upon completion, Kurohime destroyed the tower and entered the realm of the gods to slaughter them, as they were the ones who started the war in the first place. The gods captured her and then split Kurohime into two beings, one representing her rage, and the other representing her compassion.

The being representing her rage, in a form of a small girl named 'Himeko', seeks to regain her body and powers, and attempt to take down the gods again; however the curse can only be undone with love. Throughout the course of the manga, Kurohime is able to regain her ability to love through her relationship with Zero, causing her to evolve into different incarnations throughout the various stories.

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