Title: 魔法騎士レイアース２ (Magic Knight Rayearth 2) Vol. 1
Artist/Author: CLAMP
Book Size/Pages: B-6, 210pp., w/furigana
Volume: 1/3
Original Serialization: Nakayoshi 3/95-7/95
First Printing: 1/23/03
Rating: 4/4

More of the same good stuff. From what I remember of the anime (yet again, long time ago. I bought both R1 boxes at the and just marathoned through them), this season was pretty unartistic. Nothing but interiors and any outside shot was pretty dull.

What I'm surprised was that this second series was published immediately after the first one ended. I guess they didn't need for an outcry for a sequel to start this one.

Bonus contains an interview with 山之内秀樹 (Hideki Yamanouchi) who's worked with Kodansha in the girl's comics division as well as Young Magazine.

The three girls are still bummed about what they did in Cephiro at meet back at Tokyo Tower where they are summoned back to the distant land. They arrive to find a barren planet. They meet people they befriended during their last adventure, including Prescia, Ferio (who they find out was Emeraldo's brother), Alcone, Ascot (who has grown), and of course Clef. Clef informs them that since there's no pillar praying for Cephiro's prosperity and protection, 3 competition worlds have built roads to come and take over. As the Magic Knights are fighting against Eagle from Autozam, a man on a steed with a fairy appears and interrupts them. They come back and LaFalga tells them that it's Lantis (and fairy, Primera), Zagato's brother who left for Autozam and came back right after the Magic Knight did their business. Hikaru tries to apologize to him. Afterwards, the two other competing countries are introduced, Asuka of Faren wants to become the next pillar and there's also Tarta and Tatora from Chizeta. Cephiro continues to crumble and the volume ends with Lantis saying that he wants to rid the Magic Knight legend.

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