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Dazzle | |
破天荒遊戯 (Hatenkō Yūgi) | |
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Genre | Fantasy, romance[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Minari Endoh |
Published by |
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English publisher | |
Magazine |
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Demographic | Shōnen, josei |
Original run | 1999 – 2022 |
Volumes | 24 |
Anime television series | |
Hatenkou Yugi | |
Directed by | Yoshihiro Takamoto |
Written by | Yasuhiro Imagawa |
Studio | Studio Deen |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Kyoto Broadcasting System, Chiba TV, SUN-TV, NBN, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama |
Original run | January 5, 2008 – March 8, 2008 |
Episodes | 10 |
Dazzle (破天荒遊戯, Hatenkō Yūgi, lit. Unprecedented Game) is a Japanese manga by Minari Endoh . It was serialized in Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from 1999 to 2002, and Ichijinsha's josei manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum from 2002 to 2019, and Ichijinsha's website Zero-Sum Online from 2019 to 2022. Its chapters were collected in 24 tankōbon volumes. The manga was published in North America by Tokyopop; only the first ten volumes were released. A ten-episode anime adaptation, Hatenkou Yugi, aired between January and March 2008 on Kyoto Broadcasting System.
A young girl named Rahzel is abruptly sent off to see the world by her eccentric, doting father. She is alone on her travels until she meets Alzeid, an attractive, mysterious loner on a mission to avenge his father's murder. After aiding Alzeid in retrieving his stolen gun from a thief, Rahzel decides to follow Alzeid promising that she would make his "lousy and boring" life "more interesting and fun!" Alzeid grudgingly acknowledges that Rahzel will be traveling with him from now on. Soon after, a womanizing acquaintance of Alzeid's named Baroqueheat joins in their adventure.
Written and illustrated by Minari Endoh , Dazzle was originally serialized in Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from 1999 to 2002.[2] It was later transferred to Ichijinsha's josei manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum, where it ran from 2002 to 2019,[2] before being transferred to the web version of the magazine, Zero-Sum Online , where it ran from 2019[3] to 2022.[4] Due to the publisher switch, the first three volumes that were out at the time were re-published by Ichijinsha and released on August 26, 2002. The 24th and final volume was released on September 24, 2022.[5]
The manga has been licensed by Tokyopop for English language distribution in North America, and the first volume was released on January 10, 2006. They only released ten volumes, with the last one published on January 6, 2009.
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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01 | August 26, 2002[6] | 9784758050043 | January 10, 2006 | 1598160923 |
02 | August 26, 2002[7] | 9784758050050 | May 9, 2006 | 1598160931 |
03 | August 26, 2002[8] | 9784758050067 | August 29, 2006 | 159816094X |
04 | February 25, 2003[9] | 9784758050135 | January 2, 2007 | 1598160958 |
05 | September 15, 2003[10] | 9784758050470 | May 1, 2007 | 1598160966 |
06 | April 24, 2004[11] | 9784758050685 | September 4, 2007 | 1598160974 |
07 | November 25, 2004[12] | 9784758051019 | January 2, 2008 | 1598160982 |
08 | July 25, 2005[13] | 9784758051576 | April 1, 2008 | 1427801681 |
09 | March 24, 2007[14] | 9784758052061 | September 9, 2008 | 142780169X |
10 | December 25, 2007[15] | 9784758053235 | January 6, 2009 | 1427813043 |
11 | January 24, 2009[16] | 9784758053891 | — | — |
12 | May 25, 2010[17] | 9784758055093 | — | — |
13 | March 24, 2012[18] | 9784758056977 | — | — |
14 | May 24, 2014[19] | 9784758059244 | — | — |
15 | February 25, 2015[20] | 9784758030250 | — | — |
16 | August 25, 2015[21] | 9784758031059 | — | — |
17 | March 25, 2016[22] | 9784758031745 | — | — |
18 | April 25, 2017[23] | 9784758032728 | — | — |
19 | November 25, 2017[24] | 9784758033237 | — | — |
20 | October 25, 2018[25] | 9784758033954 | — | — |
21 | September 25, 2019[26] | 9784758034623 | — | — |
22 | April 24, 2020[27] | 9784758035071 | — | — |
23 | February 25, 2021[28] | 9784758035910 | — | — |
24 | September 24, 2022[5] | 9784758037907 | — | — |
Two drama CDs based on the series were released in 2004 based on the first two volumes of the manga.
An Internet radio show entitled Hatenkō Radio (破天荒Radio) began on December 6, 2007 hosted by Animate TV. The show is hosted by Sanae Kobayashi who plays Rahzel in the anime, and Shin-ichiro Miki who plays Baroqueheat in the anime.[29]
A ten-episode anime television series adaptation, Hatenkou Yugi, aired on Kyoto Broadcasting System television network between January 5 and March 8, 2008. The opening theme is "Heartbreaking Romance" by Kanako Itō, and the ending theme is "Te no Naka no Eien" (手の中の永遠) by Kaori Hikita.
No. | Title | Original air date[30] | |
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1 | "Eternal Light" Transliteration: "Eien no Tomoshibi" (Japanese: 永遠のともしび) | January 5, 2008 | |
Rahzel Anadis recounts how her father threw her out of her home to go see the world and how she met Alzeid, an albino who is on a journey of revenge. In order to get money for their travels, Rahzel and Alzeid are employed to exorcise a usually friendly ghost in a nearby forest. At first, this is not an easy task, but after reasoning with the ghost and engaging in a magical battle, Rahzel persuades the ghost to finally move on into the afterlife. | |||
2 | "Wound of the Scar" Transliteration: "Kizuato no Kizu" (Japanese: きずあとのきず) | January 12, 2008 | |
While going through a town, Rahzel and Alzeid run into a young boy named Elmier who is running from the police. When he is found with Rahzel and Alzeid, they are all thrown in prison, where they meet up with Baroqueheat. After learning of Elmier's revenge for his father's death by the prison's supervisor, Rahzel and the others easily escape their cells but are held up by the supervisor himself and many of the prisoners. In the end, they are all able to escape, but first Alzeid and Baroqueheat teach the supervisor a lesson by beating him up. | |||
3 | "A Silent Song of Lullaby" Transliteration: "Kakumo Sasayakana Komoriuta" (Japanese: かくもささやかな子守唄) | January 19, 2008 | |
While visiting a fair, a boy named Romario gets lost from his mother. Rahzel and Alzeid keep the boy company as they search for his mother and manage to reunite them. In order to pay Rahzel back, the mother takes her and Alzeid to the circus which the boy wanted to see. During the show, Baroqueheat shows up as a temporary clown performer. Near the end of the show, the boy is taken into an act, but disappears. Later it is found out that the circus master was killing children for her dead unborn child named Viola, and Romario was her latest victim. During a confrontation between the circus master and Rahzel, Alzeid and Baroqueheat, the circus master is killed by Viola's own hands. | |||
4 | "Must Not Violate Paradise" Transliteration: "Rakuen ni Furerunakare" (Japanese: 楽園に触れるなかれ) | January 26, 2008 | |
During a rain storm, Rahzel, Alzeid and Baroqueheat are taken into a mansion for a night where two sisters live. The older sister, Madeila, does not want them to stay, but her younger sister let them in. The younger sister asks Alzeid and Baroqueheat to follow Madeila into the cave near their mansion if she goes searching for her late grandfather's treasure. Madeila asks Rahzel to accompany her in searching for the treasure and they all head out during the rain storm. In the end, the treasure turns out to be a fossil of a winged creature which reflects the morning light. Remembering this, Madeila is inspired and is going to run away from home for the time being. | |||
5 | "The Sun in Your Palms (First Part)" Transliteration: "Te no Hira no Taiyō (Zenpen)" (Japanese: てのひらのたいよう(前編)) | February 2, 2008 | |
Rahzel and her two companions get lost but chance across a town which takes part in a type of sky burial where corpses are placed on stakes in a forest near town to decay and be eaten by birds. Rahzel meets a young girl named Larawel whose father runs an inn in town, and Rahzel and her friends plan to stay there; Larawel's father even gives Alzeid a clue as to his father's murderer. After Larawel goes missing, Rahzel and the others search for her and eventually discover that the town has changed since Larawel was born eight years previous, and that there is growing belief that Larawel's father participates in black magic in order to keep Larawel alive. | |||
6 | "The Sun in Your Palms (Second Part)" Transliteration: "Te no Hira no Taiyō (Kōhen)" (Japanese: てのひらのたいよう(後編)) | February 9, 2008 | |
While Rahzel and her two companions stay in the inn from the previous episode, they go out around the town. When they eat, they find out something about the town: the food is horrible. Alzeid actually loses consciousness from it, and Baroqueheat apologizes about listening to what Larawel and Rahzel talked about in bed the previous night. They play cards and return to the inn after everybody is up, only to find the villagers come to kill Larawel's father. Larawel's father soon kills himself to protect his daughter. Later, they soon find out that Larawel was the one that caused all the murders. A little of Rahzel's past is also revealed, and Larawel soon kills herself. They continue on with their journey afterwards. | |||
7 | "When the Flower Blooms" Transliteration: "Hana ga Saitara" (Japanese: 花が咲いたら) | February 16, 2008 | |
Rahzel and her companions are traveling in the snowy mountains when a sudden avalanche comes barreling toward them, and in the midst of this, Rahzel and the others are pulled down into another part of the mountain. They wake up to find a young albino girl named Ludovika, and members of the village comes to retrieve her. The village leader inquires to how Alzeid, who is also an albino, can go outside, and he responds that it does not take much to enable him to have a normal life. In the middle of the night, Alzeid overhears that the villagers are planning to kill them, so they leave, but Ludovika follows them and helps to guide them out of the forest. The village elder ends up attacking by using the trees, but Ludovika jumps into his attack in order to save Alzeid. Ludovika finally sees the blue sky, but she disappears in a flash of white flower petals. It turns out that Ludovika and the villagers were personifications of the surrounding forest. | |||
8 | "Unknown Destination (First Part)" Transliteration: "Yukusaki o Shiranai (Zenpen)" (Japanese: ゆくさきをしらない 前編) | February 23, 2008 | |
Rahzel and Alzeid are to meet Baroqueheat in a new city, but before he shows up Rahzel gets involved with saving a young boy named Vincent from some robbers, and then getting a run-in with his guard Soresta. Soresta was in the same military unit as Alzeid and Baroqueheat and thus knows them very well. Alzeid tells Rahzel not to use magic for at least three days so that she can learn to rely on herself, though Rahzel ups it to a week in frustration. During another run-in with Vincent's guards, Rahzel manages to get away with Vincent also causing a huge explosion, all without the use of magic. | |||
9 | "Unknown Destination (Second Part)" Transliteration: "Yukusaki o Shiranai (Kōhen)" (Japanese: ゆくさきをしらない 後編) | March 1, 2008 | |
In the middle of the night, men come to try to kidnap Vincent again, but Soresta, Baroqueheat, and Alzeid interfere. Before Rahzel can get away with Vincent, however, Baroqueheat knocks her out, and they take Vincent. Alzeid follows the string that Soresta left behind and has a sword fight with Soresta, during which Rahzel escapes and tries to save Vincent. Baroqueheat once again switches sides and protects Rahzel against Soresta's men. Alzeid manages to win the sword fight, though Rahzel interferes and manages to save Soresta's life. Despite this, Soresta tries to kill Rahzel out of jealousy though Alzeid kills him first. Later, Rahzel's father shows up. | |||
10 | "A Present for You" Transliteration: "Kimi ni Okurō" (Japanese: 君に贈ろう) | March 8, 2008 | |
Rahzel's father, who is actually the man that raised Rahzel after her biological father abandoned her, arrives and throws Rahzel a birthday party. He reveals an intent to bring Rahzel back home with him, though this does not sit well with Alzeid. The day Rahzel is leaving, Alzeid goes to buy her a birthday present, but instead gets some advice from the store owner, as well as meeting a man who tells him of his daughter, whom he abandoned several years ago, and whose birthday it is. The man also expresses his regret that he abandoned her; it is never stated directly, but is clear that this man in Rahzel's biological father. Alzeid rushes towards the train station and chases after the train. Rahzel sees him running and when she gets to the end of the train, Alzeid yells at her that he will not write her or even think of her if she deserts him now. Angered by this, Rahzel jumps off the train, and Alzeid explains that they can only remain comrades while they are traveling together. Finally, Rahzel gives in and decides to keep traveling with Alzeid and Baroqueheat. |