Eidron Shadow

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Eidron Shadow ( Jap. 悠久黙示録エイドロンシャドー, Yūkyū Mokushiroku Eidoron Shado , dt. "Eternal apocalypse Eidolon [gr. Appearance, Phantom] Shadow") is a manga series of Japanese manga artist Satoshi Urushihara of 1999, based on an idea by Kinji Yoshimoto . It is about the adventures of a group of supernaturally gifted women and girls. The two-part series can be assigned to the genre of his .

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The earth, six decades after a devastating cometary impact : Since the catastrophe, some beings with special powers, so-called eidrons , have been living all over the planet . These people can use their shadows to create a powerful combat robot , a so-called shadow . These strange, difficult-to-control machines can easily wreak havoc.

The central character of the story is Lifa, a fourteen-year-old girl who has lost her memory and who works in a restaurant for the family who took her in. After attacking and destroying a passenger plane , a Shadow comes under suspicion and is hunted by both the US government and a mysterious secret organization. During the escape, which at first seemed hopeless, a number of young women come to her aid, most of whom have a mysterious past.

Characters

Lifa

Lifa (English Leefa) is a fourteen year old girl and lives with her stepmother, who has two young children named Jonkey and Ann, who are much younger than Lifa.

At the beginning Lifa knows very little about her past; the forces trapped in their subconscious are only released after a fight with another eidron from which a shadow emerged. Unlike the other eidrons who can control their shadows, Lifa's Shadow has a personality of its own. This means that when Lifa is normal, her other self is asleep, and when Lifa's Shadow wakes up, Lifa is asleep.

Lifa's Shadow has tremendous power and a lot of energy, making it one of the strongest. Lifa is a very loving and helpful girl and is friends with Partenos and Leena, who are also Eidrons.

Partenos

Partenos is Lifa's friend and works with her in the same restaurant. She is also an Eidron and, unlike Lifa, has many years of experience in controlling her Shadow. There are few details about her in the manga.

Leena

For a long time Leena lived with another group of eidrons who drew power and bristled with strength. One of them is Zoroa, who awakened the powers of the Shadows in her. After the fight between Zoroa and Lifa, Leena switched sides and became friends with Lifa and Partenos.

Leena has little experience with her Shadow and is therefore rescued by Lifa's Shadow at the last second when she tried to stop the US government's atomic bomb - which was a bit humiliating for her. She is very reserved and only gets involved in a few things that seem too sensitive or strange to her.

Publications

In Japan, the manga appeared in two volumes in 1999. In German, the first and second volumes of Eidron Shadow appeared simultaneously in 2002. A year later, a complete edition appeared under the title Eidron Shadow Collection . Like other German Manga editions, the volumes were criticized by some fans because certain explicit scenes were censored.

German editions

  • Satoshi Urushihara: Eidron Shadow Collection (Complete Edition) Panini 2002. ISBN 3-89921-627-X

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