Michiyo Akaishi

Asterisk


When Ayame moves into town with her sister, she considers it just the latest in a lifetime of such moves.  But it is here that she will first encounter the Asterisks, people who are sensitive to the presence of devils.  Ayame soon learns that it is not the power of an Asterisk that allows her to see the devils around her, and she uncovers her family’s secret past as well as a prophecy for her own future.

(The title is supposed to be a reference to the hexagram.  Early on, one of the characters asserts that it is called "asterisk" in "a foreign language." Along with most mainstream girls’ artists, Akaishi does have an unforunate tendency to get her background information wrong.  But if anyone can prove her right in this case, please let me know!)


Asterisk

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アスターリスク
小学館: 別コミフラワーコミックス
新書版
Asterisk
Shogakukan:  Betsu Comi Flower Comics
Shinsho-ban
cover
v.1:  ISBN-10:4-09-134341-4, 04/1992

v.2:  ISBN-10:4-09-134342-2, 02/1993
アスターリスク
小学館: 小学館文庫
文庫版
Asterisk
Shogakukan:  Shogakukan Bunko
Bunko-ban
cover
ISBN-10:4-09-191413-6, 11/2002
Translated into Chinese by Daran (大然) as Huang Jin Hua Gui (黄金花鬼).