Historie © Iwaaki Hitoshi/Kodansha (Serialized in Afternoon)
Published in Indonesia by Elex Media/Level Comics
[Cover from Level Comics]
Historie 1 of 6+
By Iwaaki Hitoshi
Original title: ヒストリエ
Kodansha, serialized in Afternoon, seinen
Volume 1 first released in Japan 2004.10
Published in Indonesia 2010.05 by PT Elex Media Komputindo/Level Comics
Synopsis
This is the story of Eumenes (Eumenes of Cardia) who would later become the secretary of Alexander the Great. Since childhood, Eumenes has been plagued by a dream about a mysterious woman. Who is she?
Volume 1 contains chapters:
- The Globe
- Hometown Cardia (Part 1)
- Hometown Cardia (Part 2)
- Hometown Cardia (Part 3)
- Library (Part 1)
- Library (Part 2)
- The Same Deam
- The Scythian Way
- Physical Training
Awards and Recommendations
Iwaaki Hitoshi's historical manga was a 10th Osamu Tezuka Culture Award finalist. Wikipedia cites the Mainichi newspaper's view that Iwaaki's vision of Eumenes' past (which, historically, is largely a mystery) 'Bold and unique.'
Level's Historie editor Tika-san recommends the manga for its unique, Eumenes-perspectived take on ancient Greek politics. Politics is also Baka-Updates Manga's top user-voted category for this series. The other categories/themes include: War, Prodigy, Realistic, Mediterranean, and Extended Flashbacks.
A People's History Scholar's (Nik's) Observation
Owing to its ensemble of ancient Greek and Persian VIPs, the subtext of Historie appears to be the Great Man theory, or the Thomas Carlylean view that the history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Aside from Eumenes and Alexander The Great, there's Alexander's tutor Aristotle, father Philip II of Macedon, and Aristotle's father-in-law, Hermias of Atarneus.
Level Comics Volume 1 street date: 19 May 2010
Historie back cover
~niki DBA huamulan03 (花木蘭03) who thanks Level editor Lenny-san for the cover, blurb, and ambush interview of Historie editor Tika-san
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