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Genre Romance Published by Kodansha Magazine Afternoon | 7.3/10 MyAnimeList Written by Mohiro Kitoh Demographic Seinen Originally published 1997 Publisher Kodansha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original run November 25, 1995 – November 25, 1997 Similar Mohiro Kitoh books, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vendémiaire no Tsubasa (ヴァンデミエールの翼, Vandemiēru no Tsubasa, lit. "The Wings of Vendémiaire") is the debut manga of Mohiro Kitoh. It was published by Kodansha and introduced the style and themes that would be Kitoh's trademarks such as graphic depictions of violence and abuse and the cruel nature of human beings while at the same time balancing the story against what would be considered fanciful elements and the possibility of hope.
Plot summary
The story is broken up into eight differing sub-stories all involving a series of sentient mechanical puppets known as Vendémiaire (which is also the name of each). These stories all have a similar formula involving a Vendémiaire puppet encountering a boy or man that tries to help them with varying levels of success, usually trying to attain freedom for them. Overall these stories are somber and explore different contrasting opinions of human nature and how the Vendémiaire are treated by humans, often like slaves or worse. The Vendémiaire puppets have wings, and there is a strong flight motif throughout the various stories.