Red String (webcomic)

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*Karen's Parents: Karen's parents are Miharu's Uncle nihongo|Jiro|小川二郎|Ogawa Jirō, and Aunt nihongo|Akina|小川明菜|Ogawa Akina. They work at Ogawa-ya as a chef and waitress, Jiro is the younger brother of Miharu's father and even though they aren't twins they look incredibly alike. You can tell them apart because Jiro has an ear-piercing and Miharu's father does not. Also, Miharu's dad wears glasses and Jiro does not.
*Kazuo's Parents: Kazuo's parents are nihongo|Emi|藤原栄美|Fujiwara Emi| and nihongo|Kenta|藤原堅多|Fujiwara Kenta|. Kenta works in the Fujiwara family's pharmaceutical company, and is in fact in line to inherit leadership. Kenta and Emi married quickly after finding that Emi was pregnant with Kazuo, after a whirl wind romance between his parents.

iblings

Some of the characters have siblings who also make an appearance.
*Kazuo's Sisters: Kazuo has two younger sisters, the elder of two is called nihongo|Mika|藤原美香|Fujiwara Mika, and the younger is called nihongo|Yumi|藤原友美|Fujiwara Yumi. When they first meet Miharu they get confused and mistake Karen for her. They are slightly disappointed when they see Miharu, but they do warm up to her.
*Eiji's Brothers: Eiji has a younger brother called nihongo|Saburou|林原三郎|Hayashihara Saburō|, and an elder brother called nihongo|Ken'ichi|林原堅一|Hayashihara Ken'ichi|. All three Hayashihara brothers are rather alike.
*Maya's Brother: Maya has an older brother called nihongo|Minao|千穐皆雄|Chiaki Minao| who is a fashion designer. Like Maya he is half Japanese, half American.

Chapters

Graphic novel list | OneLanguage = yes | VolumeNumber = 01 | RelDate = January 17 2007 | ISBN = 978-1-59307-624-5
ChapterList =
* Prologue
** Supplement 1
* Winter uniforms cannot mask a wounded heart!
* The battle to find the perfect gift for my sweetheart.
* The entangling of red strings.
* Spring Vacation is a lot of work!
* Cherry blossoms hail the new school year.
* Beyond the surface.
Summary = When first-year high school student Miharu Ogawa gets a call from her parents, telling her to come straight home from school, she prepares herself for the worst. After all, the last time her quirky restaurateur parents told her to come straight home she ended up as a contestant on a kiddy game show! But nothing she could ever have imagined could have prepared her for their "great news"... Miharu is getting married! How's a spirited and independent teenager who has never even kissed a boy supposed to deal with suddenly having a fiancé she's never even met? And how will her feelings change when she finds out that there are other boys out there vying for her affection, and other girls ready and willing to take away the man she's not even sure she's ready for? With her family, friends, (and enemies!) to cope with, will Miharu even have the time to find out if the handsome, devoted Kazuo Fujiwara is really the man she is meant to be with, the man connected to her by the red string of destiny?Graphic novel list | OneLanguage = yes | VolumeNumber = 02 | RelDate = January 30 2008 | ISBN = 978-1-59307-884-3
ChapterList =
* The stars shine a little brighter.
* The whims of fate, the wearing down of the red string.
* Emotions are high. Adventure at Ueno Zoo!
* Held together by a thread.
** Supplement 2
* Truth blowing in the summer wind.
** Supplement 3
* A feeling worth a thousand text messages.
* Open wounds, tearing hearts.
Summary = Romantic high school student Miharu Ogawa believes that red strings of destiny tie lovers together forever, but a few hardened hearts around her feel that such bonds can be easily broken. Still struggling with the news of the arranged marriage that her parents lined up for her, Miharu begins to doubt her first instincts about Kazuo Fujiwara. After a rainy afternoon brings them together, Miharu finds that she has more in common with the salacious Makoto Yosue than she thought. Karen begins to vie for the heart of a boy who's promised to another, as memories of a past love torture her.Graphic novel list | OneLanguage = yes | VolumeNumber = 03 | RelDate = May 14 2008 | ISBN = 978-1-59307-958-1
ChapterList =
* I cannot go where my heart leads.
* Bit by Bit.
** Supplement 4
* Lost without you...
** Supplement 5
* Breaking through to the inner you.
* Resentment and resolutions.
* Believing in lies.
* Alone without you.
Summary = With a dear friend moving to Tokyo, an arranged marriage pending, and a difficult teacher holding a grudge against her, Miharu Ogawa is having one of her worst semesters in school ever! Her friends aren't having an easy time, either. After breaking down and finally expressing her feelings to Fuuko, Maya seeks solace and advice from Karen - who is not really an expert in love and is having her own relationship problems. "Lone Wolf" Hayashihara struggles with the fact that he's actually making friends, a new character – Jun Mataichi – arrives to stir up a little more confusion, and a snowy accident brings two bickering souls closer together.Graphic novel list | OneLanguage = yes | VolumeNumber = 04 | RelDate = |ISBN =
ChapterList =
* New paths lie before me.
* Words resounding on my heart.
* Side Story 1: Letting go of melancholy days.
* The pain of a kiss.
* Missed Chances.
* Breaking Points.
* Side Story 2: Starting over in Tokyo.
Summary = Miharu starts at her new school and makes two friends who are at odds with each other. Reika tries to cope with losing Miharu at school, and tries dating Aizaka. Eiji gets into a fight with Aizaka over how he treats Reika. Miharu attends a party and she is kissed unwillingly by one of Kazuo's classmates. Fuuko and Maya move on from their old feelings for each other, and Fuuko gets a new girlfriend at her new school. Morita is bullied at school.Graphic novel list | OneLanguage = yes | VolumeNumber = 05 | RelDate = |ISBN =
ChapterList =
* Holding on and letting go.
** Supplement 6
* Coming to Terms.
* Can we change who we are?

Reviews

*Newtype USA (February 2007)
*Tangents (May 5 2007) [http://tangent.panel2panel.com/tan-ch-0343.html#5 link]
*PLAYBACK:stl (March 30 2007) [http://www.playbackstl.com/content/view/5966/167/ link]

Reference list

External links

* [http://redstring.strawberrycomics.com "Red String" website]
* [http://www.darkhorse.com/ Dark Horse Comics website]