Manga-ka: Yeon-Joo Kim
Publisher: Tokyopop
Rating: Teen (13+)
Released: October 2007

Synopsis: “A young girl is kidnapped by her father’s political enemies… a bride-to-be embarks on a journey to her new home, but her escort has other plans… and a tough boy falls for the orphan girl he’s supposed to protect… In these moving, poetic stories, people are often not what they seem, while love comes from where you least expect it.”

Nabi the Prototype is a collection of six short stories, most of which are all directly connected to each other. The thing that maintains this as a collection of short stories over a continuous story with a couple shorter ones tacked on is that though directly connected, the bulk of the stories are not presented in chronological order. Upon first reading, this may seem a little odd to readers but it’s a unique way of keeping readers interested, if not at least a little confused at first.

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Manga-ka: Kim Jea Eun
Publisher: Tokyopop
Rating: 13+
Released: January 2005 – March 2007
Volumes: 5

Synopsis: We follow the fast paced life of a young half-Korean, half-Caucasian boy named Kai on his journey through the streets of Harlem. With piercing blue eyes that put everyone around him under a spell, Kai finds himself learning how to kill before learning how to love.

When you open the book it feels like you can instantly tell what the story is about. There’s the classic love interest, in this case a Korean girl named Sunil, who happens to fall into this strange world by secretly following Kai down onto the dangerous streets of Harlem. Once discovered, Kai’s best and only friend, Spike, instantly falls in love with her. He asks Kai to hook them up, but instead of doing what he’s asked to Kai steals her away creating a rift in their friendship that lasts the entire series. So that’s what Soul to Seoul is about; just another stereotypical friend versus friend over a girl right? Not even close.

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