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'''{{Infobox animanga/Header
{{Otheruses4|the Italian city|other uses|Parma (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox CityIT |
img_coa = Parma-Stemma.png|
| image = [[Image:I2141.jpg|230px]]
| caption = ''Harlem Beat wa Yoake Made'' Volume 1
official_name = Comune di Parma|
| genre = [[action]], [[comedy]], [[fantasy]], [[school life]], [[shounen]], [[supernatural]]
region = [[Emilia-Romagna]] |
province = [[Province of Parma|Parma]] (PR) |
elevation_m = 55 |
image_skyline=Photo 041lungoparma.jpg|
image_caption=Ponte Verdi in Parma by night.|
area_total_km2 = 260 |
population_as_of = [[December 31]], [[2007]] |
population_total = 178718 |
population_density_km2 =|
name=Parma|
mapx=44.8|
mapy=10.33|
timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]], [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1 |
coordinates = {{coord|44|48|N|10|20|E|}} |
frazioni = See [[#Frazioni|list]]|
telephone = 0521|
postalcode = 43100|
gentilic = Parmigiani (Pram'zan) (Parmensi (Arijoz) are <br /> called the province's inhabitants)|
saint = [[Hilary of Poitiers|Sant'Ilario di Poitiers]], [[Saint Honoratus|Sant'Onorato]], [[Saint Roch|San Rocco]] |
day = [[January 13]] |
mayor = Pietro Vignali|
website = [http://www.comune.parma.it www.comune.parma.it] |
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[[Image:Parma 02.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Piazza della Pace with the Farnese family’s Palazzo della Pilotta.]]
| author = [[Takashima Kazusa]]
'''Parma''' is a [[city]] in the Italian region of [[Emilia-Romagna]] near Modena, famous for its [[architecture]] and the fine countryside around it. It is the home of the [[University of Parma]], one of the oldest universities in the world.
| publisher = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
Parma is divided into two parts by the little stream with the same name. The [[Italian literature|Italian]] poet [[Attilio Bertolucci]] (born in a hamlet in the countryside) wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry".
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| magazine = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Asuka]]
== History ==
| first = [[2002]]
===Prehistory===
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Parma was already a built-up area in the [[Bronze Age]]. It has verified by now that in the current position of the city rose a "terramare". The "terramare" (Earthsea) were ancient villages in structural wood on pile-dwelling built according to a defined scheme and squared form, built on the dry land, generally in proximity of the rivers. During this age (among the 1500 BC and the 800 BC) the first [[necropolis]]es (placed where stand the present-day Piazza Duomo and Millstone Square) rose also.
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===Ancient age===
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The city was most probably founded and named by the [[Etruscans]], for a ''parma'' (circular shield) was a [[Latin language|Latin]] borrowing, as were many Roman terms for particular arms, and ''Parmeal'', ''Parmni'' and ''Parmnial'' are names that appear in Etruscan inscriptions. [[Diodorus Siculus]] (XXII, 2,2; XXVIII, 2,1) reported that the Romans had changed their rectangular shields for round ones, imitating the Etruscans. Whether the Etruscan encampment was so named because it was round, like a shield, or whether its situation was a shield against the Gauls to the north, is more a matter of choice.
Harlem Beat wa Yoake Made is a manga by [[Takashima Kazusa]]. In 2002, it began serialization in [[Asuka]].

The [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] colony was founded in 183 BC, together with Mutina ([[Modena]]). 2000 families were settled. Parma had a certain importance as a road hub over the [[Via Aemilia]] and the Via Claudia. It had a forum, in what is today the central Garibaldi Square. In 44 BC, the city was destroyed, and Augustus rebuilt it. During the [[Roman Empire]] it gained the title of ''Julia'' for its loyalty to the imperial house.

The city was subsequently sacked by [[Attila]], and later given by the barbarian king [[Odoacer]] to his fellows. During the [[Gothic War (535–552)|Gothic War]], however, [[Totila]] destroyed it. It was then part of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[Exarchate of Ravenna]] (changing name to ''Chrysopolis'', "Golden City", probably due to the presence of the army's treasure) and, from 569, of the [[Lombards|Lombard]] Kingdom of Italy. During the Middle Ages, Parma became an important stage of the [[Via Francigena]], the main road connecting Rome to Northern Europe: several castles, hospitals and inns were built in the following centuries to host the increasing number of pilgrims.

===Middle Ages===
Under the [[Franks|Frankish]] rule, Parma became the capital of a county (774). Like most northern Italian cities, it was nominally a part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] created by [[Charlemagne]], but locally ruled by its bishops, the first being Guidobus. In the subsequent struggles between [[Papal States|Papacy]] and the Empire, Parma was usually a member of the Imperial party. Two of its bishops became [[antipope]]s: Càdalo, founder of the Cathedral, as [[Antipope Honorius II|Honorius II]]); and Guibert, as [[Antipope Clement III|Clement III]]). An almost independent [[medieval commune|commune]] was created around 1140. After the [[Peace of Constance]] (1183), quarrels with the neighbouring communes of [[Reggio Emilia]], [[Piacenza]] and [[Cremona]] became harsher: the aim was the control over the vital trading line over the [[Po River]].

The struggle between [[Guelphs and Ghibelline]] was a feature of Parma too. In 1213 her ''[[podestà]]'' was the Guelph [[Rambertino Buvalelli]]. Then, after a long stance alongside the Emperors, the Papist families of the city gained control in 1248: the city was besieged by the Emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]], who was however crushed in the [[Battle of Parma|battle]] that ensued.

===Modern era===
Parma fell under the control of [[Milan]] in 1341. After a short-lived period of independence under the Terzi family (1404-1409), [[Sforza]] imposed their rule (1440-1449) through their associated families of [[Pallavicino]], [[Rossi]], Sanvitale and Da Correggio. These created a kind of new [[feudalism]], building towers and castles throughout the city and the land. These fiefs evolved into truly independent states: the Landi governed the higher [[Taro]]'s valley from 1257 to 1682. The Pallavicino seignory extended over the eastern part of today's province, with the capital in [[Busseto]]. Parma's territories were an exception for Northern Italy, as its feudal subdivision frequently continued until more recent years. For example, Solignano was a Pallavicino family possession until 1805, and [[San Secondo]] belonged to the [[Rossi]] well into the 19th century.
[[Image:Parma nel XV secolo.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Parma in the 15th century.]]

Between the 14th and the 15th centuries, Parma was at the centre of the Italian Wars. The [[Battle of Fornovo]] was fought in its territory. The [[France|French]]held the city in 1500–1521, with a short Papal parenthesis in 1512–1515. After the foreigners were expelled, Parma belonged to the [[Papal States]] until 1545.

In that year the [[Farnese]] pope, [[Pope Paul III|Paul III]], detached Parma and [[Piacenza]] from the Papal States and gave them as a duchy for his illegitimate son, [[Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma|Pier Luigi Farnese]], whose descendants ruled in Parma until 1731, when [[Antonio Farnese]] (1679-1731), last male of the Farnese line, died. The state was consolidated by [[Ottavio II Farnese]] (1547-1586). He also renovated the city's structures to create a true capital for his little but rich reign.

In 1594 a Constitution was emanated, the [[University of Parma|University]] enhanced and the Nobles' College founded. The war to reduce the barons' power continued for several years: in 1612 Barbara Sanseverino was executed in the central square of Parma, together with six other nobles charged of plotting against the duke. At the end of the 17th century, after the defeat of Pallavicini (1588) and Landi (1682) the Farnese duke could finally hold with firm hand all Parmense territories. The castle of the Sanseverino in [[Colorno]] was turned into a luxurious summer palace by [[Ferdinando Bibiena]]. [[Image:ParmaBattistero.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The battistero of Parma.]]

In 1731 the combined [[Duchy of Parma]] and [[Piacenza]] was given to the [[House of Bourbon]] in a diplomatic shuffle of the European dynastic politics that were played out in Italy. Under the new rulers, however, it faced a certain decadence. In 1734 all the outstanding art collections of the duke's palaces of Parma, [[Colorno]] and [[Sala Baganza]] were moved to [[Naples]].

Parma was under French influence after the [[Peace of Aachen]] (1748). Parma became a modern state with the energetic action of prime minister [[Guillaume du Tillot]]. He created the bases for a modern industry and fought strenuously against the church's privileges. The city lived a period of particular splendour: the Palatine Library, the Archaeological Museum, the Picture Gallery and the Botanical Garden were founded, together with the Royal Printing Works directed by [[Giambattista Bodoni]].

===Contemporary age===
During the [[Napoleonic Wars]] (1802-1814), Parma was part of the [[Taro (département)|Taro ''Département'']]. Under its French name '''Parme''', it was also created a ''[[duché grand-fief de l'Empire]]'' for [[Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance]], the Emperor's Arch-Treasurer, on 24 April 1808 (extinguished 1926).

After its restoration by the 1814-15 [[Vienna Congress]], the [[Risorgimento]]'s upheavals had no fertile ground in the tranquil duchy. In 1847, after [[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma]]'s death, it passed again to the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbons]], the last of whom was stabbed in the city and left it to his Widow, Luisa Maria of Berry. On [[September 15]], [[1859]] the dynasty was declared deposed, and Parma entered in the newly formed provinces of Emilia under [[Carlo Farini]]. With the [[plebiscite]] of 1860 the former duchy became part of the unified [[Italy|Kingdom of Italy]].

The loss of the capital role provoked an economical and social crisis in Parma. It started to recover its role of industrial prominence after the connection with Piacenza and [[Bologna]] of 1859, and with [[Fornovo]] and [[Suzzara]] in 1883. [[Trade union]]s were strong in the city, in which a famous General Strike was declared from [[May 1]] to [[June 6]], [[1908]]. The struggle with [[Fascism]] lived its most dramatic moment in the August 1922, when the regime officer [[Italo Balbo]] attempted to enter in the popular quarter of [[Oltretorrente]]. The citizens organized into the ''Arditi del Popolo'' ("People's assaulters") and pushed back the squadristi. This episode is considered the first example of Resistance in Italy.

During [[World War II]], Parma was a strong centre of [[Partisan (military)|partisan]] resistance. The train station and marshalling yards were targets for high altitude bombing by the Allies in the spring of 1944. Much of the Palazzo della Pilotta — situated near the train station — was destroyed by errant bombs, but Parma did not see widespread destruction during the war. Parma was liberated of the German occupation (1943-1945) on [[April 26]], [[1945]] by the partisan resistance and troops of [[Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB)|Brazilian Expeditionary Force]] [http://www.pitoresco.com/historia/guerra/guerra01.htm].

== Main sights ==
=== Churches ===
[[Image:Duomo e Battistero di Parma.jpg|thumb|300px|The Cathedral and the Baptistry of Parma.]]
[[Image:Parma-sanfrancesco01.jpg|thumb|300px|Façade of the church of St. Francis.]]
[[Image:Parma 01.jpg|thumb|300px|The Governor's Palace.]]
*The [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] [[Parma Cathedral|Cathedral]] houses both 12th century sculpture by [[Benedetto Antelami]] and a 16th century fresco masterpiece by [[Antonio da Correggio]].
*The [[Baptistery of Parma|Baptistery]], adjacent to the cathedral was begun in 1196 by Antelami.
*[[Church of Saint John the Evangelist of Parma]], built between 1498 and 1510 behind the Cathedral's apse. It has [[Baroque]] facade and belfry, with a Latin cross plant and three naves. In 1520–1522, Correggio frescoed the dome with the ''[[Vision of St. John the Evangelist (Correggio)|Vision of St. John the Evangelist]]'', a highly influential fresco which heralded illustionistic perspective in the decoration of church ceilings. Chapel frescoes by [[Parmigianino]]. Also the [[cloister]]s and the ancient Benedictine grocery are noteworthy. The library has books from the 15th and 16th centuries.
*[[Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata]].
*The Benedictine Monastery of ''San Paolo'', founded in the 11th century. It houses precious frescoes by Correggio, in the so-called ''[[Camera di San Paolo]]'' (1519-1520), and [[Alessandro Araldi]].
*The Gothic church of ''San Francesco del Prato'' (13th century). Until the 1990s it was the city's jail

=== Palaces ===
* The ''[[Palazzo della Pilotta]]'' (1583). It houses the Academy of Fine Arts with artists of the [[School of Parma (Painting)|School of Parma]], the Palatine Library, the [[Galleria Nazionale di Parma|National Gallery]], the Archaeological Museum, the Bodoni Museum and the Farnese Theatre.
*The Ducal Palace, built from 1561 for Duke [[Ottavio Farnese]] on a design by [[Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola]]. Built on the former Sforza castle area, it was enlarged in the 17th-18th centuries. It includes the ''Palazzo Eucherio Sanvitale'', with interesting decorations dating from the 16th centuries and attributed to Gianfrancesco d'Agrate, and a fresco by Parmigianino. Annexed is the Ducal Park also by Vignola. It was turned into a French-style garden in 1749.
*The ''Palazzo del Comune'', built in 1627.
*The ''Palazzo del Governatore'' ("Governor's Palace"), dating from the 13th century.
*The Bishop's Palace (1055).
*''Ospedale Vecchio'' ("Old Hospital"), created in 1250 and later renovated in Renaissance times. It is now home to the State Archives and to the Communal Library.

=== Other ===
* The ''[[Teatro Farnese]]'' was constructed in 1618–1619 by [[Giovan Battista Aleotti]], totally in wood. It was commissioned by [[Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma|Duke Ranuccio I]] for the visit of [[Cosimo I de' Medici]].
*The ''Cittadella'', a large fortress erected in the 16th century by order of Duke [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma|Alessandro Farnese]], close to the old walls.
*The ''Pons Lapidis'' (also known as Roman Bridge or Theoderic's Bridge), a Roman structure in stone dating from [[Augustus]] reign.
* The ''[[Orto Botanico di Parma]]'' is a [[botanical garden]] maintained by the [[University of Parma]].
* The ''[[Teatro Regio di Parma|Teatro Regio]]'' ("Royal Theatre"), built in 1821–1829 by [[Nicola Bettoli]]. It has a Neo-Classical facade and a porch with double window order. It is the city's [[opera house]].
* The ''Auditorium [[Niccolò Paganini]]'', designed by [[Renzo Piano]].
* The Museum House of [[Arturo Toscanini]], where the famous musician was born.
*[[Museo Lombardi]]. It exhibits a prestigious collection of art and historical items regarding [[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma|Maria Luigia]] of [[Habsburg]] and her first husband [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]; important works and documents concerning the Duchy of Parma in the 18th and 19th centuries are also kept by the Museum.

== ''Frazioni''==
Alberi, [[Baganzola]], Beneceto, Botteghino, Ca'Terzi, Calestani, Carignano, Carpaneto, Cartiera, Casalbaroncolo, Casalora di Ravadese, Casaltone, Case Capelli, Case Cocconi, Case Crostolo, Case Nuove, Case Rosse, Case Vecchie, Casino dalla Rosa, Casagnola, Castelletto, Castelnovo, Cervara, Chiozzola, Coloreto, Corcagnano, Eia, Fontanini, Fontanellato, Gaione, Ghiaiata Nuova, Il Moro, La Catena, La Palazzina, [[Malandriano]], Marano, Marore, Martorano, Molino di Malandriano, Osteria San Martino, Panocchia, Paradigna, Pedrignano, Pilastrello, Pizzolese, Ponte, Porporano, Pozzetto Piccolo, Quercioli, Ravadese, Ronco Pascolo, Rosa, San Prospero, San Ruffino, San Secondo, Sissa, Soragna, Valera, Viarolo, Viazza, Vicofertile, [[Vicomero]], Vigatto, Vigheffio, Vigolante.
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==Demographics==
In 2007, there were 177,069 people residing in Parma located in the province of Parma, [[Emilia-Romagna]], of whom 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 14.87 percent of the population compared to pensioners who number 22.90 percent. This compares with the Italian average of 18.06 percent (minors) and 19.94 percent (pensioners). The average age of a Parma resident is 46 compared to the Italian average of 42. In the five years between 2002 and 2007, the population of Parma experienced 6.97% growth, while [[Italy]] as a whole grew by 3.56 percent.[http://demo.istat.it/bil2002/index.html][http://demo.istat.it/bil2007/index.html] The current birth rate of Parma is 8.53 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births.


==Plot==
As of 2006, 90.91% of the population was [[Italian people|Italian]]. The largest foreign group came from other parts of [[Europe]] (namely [[Albania]], [[Romania]], and [[Ukraine]]): 3.61%, followed by [[sub-saharan Africa]] (namely [[Ghana]]): 1.86%, and [[North Africa]]: 1.44. Approximately 17.9 percent of newborns has at least one parent of foreign origins, compared to the Italian average of 10.3%.[http://demo.istat.it/str2006/index.html]


A supernatural comedy about the Prince of Hell, Kaito, and his cat, Levun, who decide to run away together to escape an arranged marriage the Prince wants nothing to do with. Somehow upon entering the human world, the Prince's appearances changes from tall, dark, and handsome to short, light and skinny, and his cat becomes a tall, busty female. Now the Prince is living life as a regular high school student and his cat is the school's nurse. Meanwhile, the King of Hell sends a womanizing vampire, a short tempered werewolf, and a kind hearted zombie to retrieve his son. Not to mention, the Prince's fiance isn't going to just wait around forever.
== Food ==
Parma is famous for its food: [[Parmigiano Reggiano]] [[cheese]] (also produced in [[Reggio Emilia]]), [[Prosciutto|Prosciutto di Parma (Parma ham)]]. In 2004 Parma was appointed the seat of the [[European Food Safety Authority|European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)]].
Parma also has two food multinationals, [[Barilla Group|Barilla]] and [[Parmalat]].


== Sister cities ==
==Characters==
* {{flagicon|People's Republic of China}} [[Shijiazhuang]], [[PRC|China]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Milwaukee]], [[United States]]
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Guadalajara, Spain|Guadalajara]], [[Spain]]
* {{flagicon|France}} [[Bourg-en-Bresse]], [[France]]
* {{flagicon|France}} [[Tours]], [[France]]
* {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]]
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Worms, Germany|Worms]], [[Germany]]
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Szeged]], [[Hungary]]
* {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Moncton]], [[Canada]]
* {{flagicon|USA}}[[Stockton, California|Stockton]], [[United States]]


'''Kaito | The Prince of Hell''': Tall, dark, and handsome in Hell, but a average, skinny kid (under the alias:'' Kujou Yamato'') in the human world. His best friend is the overprotective, Asakura Taiki. When under disguise, it appears that he can turn back to his original self involuntarily. However, this has only happened twice in the manga so far; when falling into the pond at the festival and when falling into the lake to rescue Levun. He can turn back to his human disguise when Levun kisses him. He has feelings for Levun as show in chapter 12. He has a distinctive, black tattoo on the whole of his back, which identifies him as the Prince of Hell.
== Sport ==
[[Parma F.C.]] was founded in 1913. It is a [[Serie B]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club renowned in Italy and Europe for its successes including three national cups, a European Cup of the Winner's Cup, two UEFA Cups, a European Supercup and an Italian Supercup. It plays in the city's stade ''Ennio Tardini'' which used to host up to 29,000 spectators but is being renovated in 2008 after the club was demoted to Serie B. Also [[volleyball]], [[women basketball]], [[rugby union]] and [[baseball]] have large popularity in the city and have scored relevant successes.


'''Levun | The Prince's Cat''': Kaito's cat in Hell, but a tall, beautiful, and busty female (under the alias: ''Haga-sensei or Ms. Haga'') in the humman world. She poses as the school nurse in Kaito's high school to keep an eye on him. It appears that she can kiss Kaito to turn him back to his human disguise. Like Kaito, she has involuntarily changed back to her form from Hell and changed back into her human disguise afterward without warning, but why this happens is still unknown. It looks as if she has a somewhat attraction to Kaito. Asakura Taiki and Souya (the vampire) have very obvious feelings for her.
Parma is also home to two [[rugby union]] teams in the top national division, [[Parma Rugby|Overmach Rugby Parma]] and [[Gran Rugby|SKG Gran Rugby]].


'''Asakura Taiki | The Zombie''': He is best friends with Kaito and has a crush on Levun in her human form, Haga-sensei. Taiki is kind-hearted but muscled. He tries his best to protect Kaito from danger. He is sent by the King of Hell along with three others to find Kaito's whereabouts. Souya (the vampire) and Kisaragi Touma (the werewolf) believe that Kujou Yamato (Kaito) is in fact the Prince, but Taiki is reluctant to believe so.
== Famous people==
[[Image:Correggio 010.jpg|thumb|300px|Detail of Correggio's frescoes in the ''Camera di San Paolo''.]]
=== Painters and sculptors ===
* Francesco Mazzola, best known as Il [[Parmigianino]], painter
* [[Sisto Badalocchio]], [[Painting|painter]]
* [[Alessandro Araldi]], painter
* [[Michelangelo Anselmi]], painter born in Tuscany
* [[Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani]], painter
* [[Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli]], painter
* Filippo Mazzola, painter
* [[Antonio da Correggio]] (Antonio Allegri), painter born in [[Correggio]] ([[Reggio Emilia]])
* [[Benedetto Antelami]]
* Giacomo (or Jacopo) Zanguidi ( [[Giacomo Zanguidi|Bertoia]])
* Giovan Federico Bonzagni
* Amedeo Bocchi
* [[Bartolomeo Schedoni]]
* [[Oreste Carpi]]


''' Souya | The Vampire | Mr. Janitor''': He is one of three lackeys sent by the King of Hell to find Kaito's whereabouts. He is a womanizer who also, like Taiki, has a crush on Levun's human form, Haga-sensei. He has failed to gain her affection more than a few times. He poses as a janitor at Kaito's high school and is popular with the school girls there.
=== Others ===
* [[Giambattista Bodoni]], [[typography|typographer]]
* [[Ferdinando Paer]], [[composer]]
* [[Giuseppe Verdi]], opera composer
* [[Arturo Toscanini]], [[conducting|conductor]]
* [[Bernardo Bertolucci]], director
* [[Giovannino Guareschi]], writer
* [[Alessandro Cortini]], musician
* [[Vittorio Bottego]], explorer
* [[Attilio Bertolucci]], poet
* [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma]], military commander
* [[Christopher Padreddii]], writer, Co-chairman Fratelli D'Italia
* [[Anthony Beschizza]], co-chair Fratelli D'Italia
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* [[Cleofonte Campanini]], [[conducting|conductor]]


'''Kisaragi Touma | The werewolf''': He is one of three lackeys sent by the King of Hell to find Kaito's whereabouts. He is short tempered, likes to nap, and skilled with knives. He poses as a senior in Kaito's high school. He is most often seen arguing with Souya (the vampire).
== See also ==
* [[European College of Parma]]


'''Sugita-sensei | The Prince of Hell's Fiance''': Went to the human world off on her own to find Kaito's whereabouts. She poses as a new counselor at his high school and performs "uniform checks" without warning on unsuspecting students. She is looking for the black tattoo which identifies its owner as the Prince of Hell.
== External links ==
* [http://www.efsa.europa.eu/index_en.html The European Food Safety Authority Website]
* {{wikitravel}}
* [http://www.parmaitaly.com/indexk.html The best of Parma]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.798769,10.323372&spn=0.086441,0.158838&t=k&hl=en Parma's view from satellite (Google Earth)]
* [http://www.comune.parma.it/tourvirtuale/index.html 360° photos of City of Parma]
* [http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=11&ref_genre=&ref_item=22 Video Introduction to Parma and the Parmigiano Reggiano]
* [http://www.webvisionitaly.com/category.php?id=11&ref_genre=&ref_item=380 Video Brief History of Parma]


'''Kunitachi Mikage''': A underclassmen at Kaito's high school who has a crush on Asakura Taiki after an incident in the nurses office. While Kaito was passed out in the nurses room after one of Sugita-sensei's "uniform checks", Taiki tries to sneak a peak at his back for the black tattoo. Instead, he mistakes Kunitachi Mikage for Kaito and feels her up. She misinterprets this incident and stops at nothing to gain "Asakura-sempai"'s affection, forever trying to remove Kaito from the picture.
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==References==
[[Category:History of Italy]]
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna]]
[[Category:Renaissance sites of Emilia-Romagna]]
[[Category:Baroque sites of Emilia-Romagna]]
[[Category:Romanesque sites of Emilia-Romagna]]


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Harlem Beat wa Yoake Made
File:I2141.jpg
Harlem Beat wa Yoake Made Volume 1
Genreaction, comedy, fantasy, school life, shounen, supernatural
Manga
Written byTakashima Kazusa
Published byJapan Kadokawa Shoten
MagazineJapan Asuka
Demographicshounen
Original run2002 – complete
Volumes5

Harlem Beat wa Yoake Made is a manga by Takashima Kazusa. In 2002, it began serialization in Asuka.

Plot

A supernatural comedy about the Prince of Hell, Kaito, and his cat, Levun, who decide to run away together to escape an arranged marriage the Prince wants nothing to do with. Somehow upon entering the human world, the Prince's appearances changes from tall, dark, and handsome to short, light and skinny, and his cat becomes a tall, busty female. Now the Prince is living life as a regular high school student and his cat is the school's nurse. Meanwhile, the King of Hell sends a womanizing vampire, a short tempered werewolf, and a kind hearted zombie to retrieve his son. Not to mention, the Prince's fiance isn't going to just wait around forever.

Characters

Kaito | The Prince of Hell: Tall, dark, and handsome in Hell, but a average, skinny kid (under the alias: Kujou Yamato) in the human world. His best friend is the overprotective, Asakura Taiki. When under disguise, it appears that he can turn back to his original self involuntarily. However, this has only happened twice in the manga so far; when falling into the pond at the festival and when falling into the lake to rescue Levun. He can turn back to his human disguise when Levun kisses him. He has feelings for Levun as show in chapter 12. He has a distinctive, black tattoo on the whole of his back, which identifies him as the Prince of Hell.

Levun | The Prince's Cat: Kaito's cat in Hell, but a tall, beautiful, and busty female (under the alias: Haga-sensei or Ms. Haga) in the humman world. She poses as the school nurse in Kaito's high school to keep an eye on him. It appears that she can kiss Kaito to turn him back to his human disguise. Like Kaito, she has involuntarily changed back to her form from Hell and changed back into her human disguise afterward without warning, but why this happens is still unknown. It looks as if she has a somewhat attraction to Kaito. Asakura Taiki and Souya (the vampire) have very obvious feelings for her.

Asakura Taiki | The Zombie: He is best friends with Kaito and has a crush on Levun in her human form, Haga-sensei. Taiki is kind-hearted but muscled. He tries his best to protect Kaito from danger. He is sent by the King of Hell along with three others to find Kaito's whereabouts. Souya (the vampire) and Kisaragi Touma (the werewolf) believe that Kujou Yamato (Kaito) is in fact the Prince, but Taiki is reluctant to believe so.

Souya | The Vampire | Mr. Janitor: He is one of three lackeys sent by the King of Hell to find Kaito's whereabouts. He is a womanizer who also, like Taiki, has a crush on Levun's human form, Haga-sensei. He has failed to gain her affection more than a few times. He poses as a janitor at Kaito's high school and is popular with the school girls there.

Kisaragi Touma | The werewolf: He is one of three lackeys sent by the King of Hell to find Kaito's whereabouts. He is short tempered, likes to nap, and skilled with knives. He poses as a senior in Kaito's high school. He is most often seen arguing with Souya (the vampire).

Sugita-sensei | The Prince of Hell's Fiance: Went to the human world off on her own to find Kaito's whereabouts. She poses as a new counselor at his high school and performs "uniform checks" without warning on unsuspecting students. She is looking for the black tattoo which identifies its owner as the Prince of Hell.

Kunitachi Mikage: A underclassmen at Kaito's high school who has a crush on Asakura Taiki after an incident in the nurses office. While Kaito was passed out in the nurses room after one of Sugita-sensei's "uniform checks", Taiki tries to sneak a peak at his back for the black tattoo. Instead, he mistakes Kunitachi Mikage for Kaito and feels her up. She misinterprets this incident and stops at nothing to gain "Asakura-sempai"'s affection, forever trying to remove Kaito from the picture.

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