Ibara no Ō

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Ibara no Ō
いばらの王 (King of Thorns)
Genre	Adventure, Seinen
Manga
Authored by	Yuji Iwahara
Publisher	Enterbrain Tokyopop Germany
Serialized in	Monthly Comic Beam
Original run	October 2002 – October 2005
No. of volumes	5

Ibara no Ō (いばらの王, Ibara no Ō^? lit. King of Thorns) is a manga series by Yuji Iwahara. Ibara no Ō was first serialized in Monthly Comic Beam between October 2002 and October 2005 and is published in six tankōbon by Enterbrain.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 2.1 Kasumi 2.2 Marco Owen

[edit] Plot

Ibara no Ō is a science fiction drama. It is told mostly from the view point of a girl named Kasumi. It begins when 160 people are chosen to go into cold sleep until a cure is found for their mysterious disease. Medusa. Six weeks after contracting the disease the victim will start to have seizures. Within five hours all your cells have solidified into a clay like substance.

When some of the sleepers wake up the world has drastically changed, there is a veritable jungle around the facility. Weird mutated animals and no sign of anyone else. Most of them get eaten early on.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Kasumi

She is the main character and the story is mostly told from her point of view. She also has the mysterious disease known as medusa. Her twin sister Shizuku, who also had the disease was not chosen to go into cold sleep. Part of the manga focuses on Kasumi coming to terms with what she feels was abandoning Shizuku, even though Shizuku was the one that encouraged her to go. She also harbours romantic feelings towards Marco.

[edit] Marco Owen

He is the second main character and by far the most calm. He turns out to be a criminal who had gotten into trouble with the CIA then ended up working for them, in an attempt to solve the mystery of Medusa and Level 4. He has many levels to him, and seems to know a good deal more than the rest of them do. He is also the unofficial leader of the group.