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Title: Utahime
Volume: GN
Pages: 200
Distributor: Digital Manga Publishing

Release date: 2009-03-25
Suggested retail price: $12.95
Age rating: 16+

SKU: DMUT-01
ISBN-10: 1569700443 1569700443
ISBN-13: 9781569700440 9781569700440

Description:
Only women possess the power of the "utahime." Born with this talent, these women are handed over to the state, and as long as they sing, its peace is preserved. But could a forbidden male "utahime" have arisen?

(added on 2008-11-28, modified on 2008-11-28)

Encyclopedia information about Utahime: The Songstress (manga)

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