Historie © Iwaaki Hitoshi/Kodansha [Serialized in Afternoon]
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media/Level Comics
Historie 3 of 6+
By Iwaaki Hitoshi
Original title: ヒストリエ
Kodansha, serialized in Afternoon, seinen
Volume 3 first released in Japan 2005.11
Published in Indonesia 2010.09 by PT Elex Media Komputindo/Level Comics
Synopsis
Sold off as a slave, Eumenes is marched out of Cardia, and on to a ship bound for Oldia. But before he and his new master reach their destination, a slave mutiny breaks out, preventing the vessel from riding out a storm and causing it to founder and sink off the Paphlagonian coast.
What will happen to Eumenes now? Does this calamity spell the end to his journey?
Despite the back cover art below, and considering the percipient prodigy later becomes secretary to Alexander The Great, likely not.
Volume 3 contains chapters:
20. A Buyer Appears
21. Departure
22. Antakaios
23. The Argo
24-29. In Paphlagonia (Part 1-6)
(Chapter titles c/o Wikipedia)
Awards and Recommendations
Iwaaki Hitoshi's historical series was shortlisted for the 10th Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize (2006), along with Oda Tobira's Tomo'o and nine other titles. (The Grand Prize eventually went to Azuma Hideo's Disappearance Diary.) The prize is awarded to manga modeled on the Osamu Tezuka approach.
The Japanese daily Mainichi praised Iwaaki-sensei's reimagining of the mysterious historical Eumenes's life as Bold and unique,
according to a Wikipedia citation. Level editor Tika-san, meanwhile, recommends Historie for its novel take on ancient Greek politics.
Level Comics Historie 3 street date: 22 September 2010
Thank you, Lenny-san, for the artwork and summary.
Iamque opus exegi,
~niki DBA 30uɐlnɯɐnɥ (花木蘭03)
Mistress of Adoxography
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