Kieli sees ghosts. It’s an odd ability for a 14-year-old girl, and it makes her a bit of an outcast at her boarding school. Her only friend, in fact, is the (semi-) departed spirit of a girl who used to inhabit her room. That is until the two encounter a young man who appears to share Kieli’s “gift.” It doesn’t take long to discover, though, Harvey is an altogether different sort of creature — one of the infamous Undying, the reanimated corpse of a dead soldier. Could it be that in this cursed fellow Kieli has finally found a kindred spirit? Throwing in her lot with this strange, soulless man and his possessed radio, she means to find out…
- KIELI Volume 1 | April 2008
- KIELI Volume 2 | October 2008
Kieli © Yukako Kabei /MEDIA WORKS © Shiori Teshirogi /AKITASHOTEN
KIELI Volume 1
story by Yukako Kabei, art by Shiori Teshirogi
April 2008 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-2851-2 | $10.99 ($11.99) | 192 pages | 5″ x 7.5″ | Older Teen
Kieli sees ghosts. It’s an odd ability for a 14-year-old girl, and it makes her a bit of an outcast at her boarding school. Her only friend, in fact, is the (semi-) departed spirit of a girl who used to inhabit her room. That is until the two encounter a young man who appears to share Kieli’s “gift.” It doesn’t take long to discover, though, Harvey is an altogether different sort of creature — one of the infamous Undying, the reanimated corpse of a dead soldier. Could it be that in this cursed fellow Kieli has finally found a kindred spirit? Throwing in her lot with this strange, soulless man and his possessed radio, she means to find out…
KIELI Volume 2
story by Yukako Kabei, art by Shiori Teshirogi
October 2008 | ISBN: 978-0-7595-2852-9 | $10.99 ($11.99) | 224 pages | 5″ x 7.5″ | Older Teen
As the holidays wind down, Kieli continues her “research trip” with her companions — Harvey, a near-immortal soldier known as an Undying, and the Corporal, a soldier’s spirit possessing an old radio. Their fates irrevocably intertwined by a bloody war waged eighty years ago, Harvey has promised to help the Corporal pass on by returning him to his final resting place…even with Kieli tagging along. But when saying their last good-byes to the Corporal goes awry, and they are attacked by Church soldiers after Undying hearts, Harvey is convinced that it would be best for Kieli to go home. But is it really Kieli that needs saving…or is Harvey sacrificing his last hope for salvation?
series complete
If you liked Kieli, the manga, check out:
Kieli, the novel, by Yukako Kabei
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