Title: 蒼い海のトリスティア (Tristia of The Deep-blue Sea)
Artist/Author: 結城さくや (Sakuya Yuki)
Original Creator: 工画堂スタジオ／くまさんちーむ (Kogado Studio/Kumasan Team)
Character Design: 駒都えーじ (Eiji Komatsu)
Book Size/Pages: B-6, 194pp., w/furigana
Volume: 1/1
Original Serialization: Monthly Dengeki Comics GAO 4/04-11/04
First Printing: 12/15/04
Rating: 3/4

Saw this at the bookstore and the obi had, in big letters, "character design by Eiji Komatsu." Well, I'm sold. The story is based off a video game that was later turned into an OVA earlier this year. The story is about Nanoka who is the granddaughter of a famous inventor in Tristia, a city that used to be a bustling commerce point, but is not a quiet town. With her inventions, she wants to revive the city. The story doesn't really seem to follow that as it's just a collection of short stories that don't seem to deal with main plot. But that's to be expected from a game tie-in manga. The episodes in themselves are interesting and of course, the character design is great.

Bonus includes character design and sketches from the OVA.

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