Orpheus no Mado
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Orpheus no Mado

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Orpheus's Window, The Window of Orpheus
Japanese: オルフェウスの窓


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 18
Chapters: 126
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 1975 to Jul 1981
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance
Theme: Historical Historical
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: Margaret
Authors: Ikeda, Riyoko (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.841 (scored by 356356 users)
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Ranked: #11762
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Popularity: #8491
Members: 2,303
Favorites: 44

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Synopsis

The story begins in Regensburg, Germany in 1903. There is a rumor at the all boy's Catholic S. Sebastian Music Institute that if someone looks through a window in one of the towers known as The Window of Orpheus and sees a beautiful girl through it that they will fall in love with her. This love will only bring pain for it will end up like the tragic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Two of the students—Klaus and Isaac see a girl through the window. Not realizing that she is fellow student, Julius, who was raised to be a boy, things spin out of control and their lives are changed forever.

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Reviews

Jul 22, 2024
Window of Orpheus is Riyoko Ikeda's magnum opus. A story that takes her own frustrations with the creative process of Rose of Versailles as motivation to revisit the themes of love and revolution in an entirely different setting. It builds an extremely thorough journey that sees three kids experience their adolescence and adulthood while the bolveshiks grow into a force powerful enough to challenge the tyranny of the zar, a sensational premise that delivers in spectacular fashion.

The art is some of Ikeda's best. Ikeda, now an experienced mangaka with years of one shots and full series under her belt, is able to beautifully capture the ...

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Translation of this manga is not complete
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