| 白姫抄 | |||||
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| Kanji: | 白姫抄 | ||||
| Romaji: | Shirahimeshō | ||||
| English Title: | Snow Princess Tales | ||||
| Genre(s): | Supernatural | ||||
| Manga | |||||
| Publisher: | Kobunsha, Kadokawa Shoten (JP) TOKYOPOP, Viz Media (NA) | ||||
| Demographic: | Shojo | ||||
| Magazine: | Val Pretty | ||||
| Publication Date: | June 10, 1992 | ||||
| # of Volumes: | 1 | ||||
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Shirahime-Syo: Snow Goddess Tales (白姫抄 Shirahimeshō) is a manga anthology created by the creative team, CLAMP.
There are three stories, which revolve around Yuki-onna, a yokai found in Japanese folklore.
Shirahime-Syo was released by Kobunsha in 1992, and re-released by Kadokawa Shoten in 2001.
Content[]
Garō no Yama (牙狼の山 Wolf Mountain, "On Wolf Mountain")
A young girl named Fubuki befriends a spirit wolf who has saved her from a pack of dogs. Complications ensue between the girl's mother and her newfound friend.
Kōri no Hana (氷の花 Flower of Ice, "Flower of Ice")
A man leaves his lover, Kaya, waiting by an ice-cold lake. He returns years later, believing she will have found someone else and grown old, only to find her unchanged from the day he left her.
Hiyoku no Tori (比翼の鳥 Wings Side-by-side, "Happily Married Couple")
A soldier loses his way on a snowy mountainside while returning home to his fiancée. In his frustration, he shoots down two herons only to discover upon his eventual return home that the herons had been guiding him.
Releases[]
Shirahime-Syo was published by Kobunsha under their Haru Pretty imprint on June 10, 1992 (ISBN 4-334-80161-7). A re-release on Kadokawa Shoten's Asuka Comics DX line happened on August 2001 (ISBN 4-04-853393-2).
Shirahime-Syo: Snow Goddess Tales have been licensed and translated into English by Tokyopop, but is now out-of-print. In 2007, it was licensed in Indonesia by M&C Comics.