Title: 魔法騎士レイアース (Magic Knight Rayearth) Vol. 2
Artist/Author: CLAMP
Book Size/Pages: B-6, 202pp., w/furigana
Volume: 2/3
Original Serialization: Nakayoshi 5/94-9/94
First Printing: 12/17/02
Rating: 4/4

So the adventures of the three girls go on in Cephiro. This is the type of girl's comics that I like -- adventure stories (I'm saying this because the other one I'm reading, Karekano, has degraded into monotonous brain picking and psychological musings). There are some things that are different than the anime, but like I mention from the previous book, it's been so long that I can't describe the difference. There are some scenes that I just remember happening differently.

The bonus is an essay 山谷奈久留 (Nakuru Yamatani) who worked for Nakayoshi when Rayearth was being published and later helped with the TV series.

So, the girls meet Ferio and make a promise with him. He'll be their bodyguard and they'll (actually Mokona) will take him out of the Silent Woods. As they're traveling, they have a few battles. At the exit, Umi rushes out only to be ambushed by Alcone. Hikaru defeats her and Fuu heals. Ferio leaves them, but not before giving Fuu a communicator. The girls then continue to look for Eternal Springs where they can get Escudo. They find the odd pool of water and jump in. They are challenged with fighting the things they love best, Hikaru and her pet dog, Umi and her parents, and Fuu vs. Fuu. They overcome their hestiation to fight once they realize that they're not the read beings and obtain Esculdo. Prescia makes their new weapons and they head off. They arrive at an underground base where Umi meets a dragon, her "Beast?" [I forgot the translated names for all these from the anime].

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