Ceres Celestial
age-range
T+ Rated for 16+
artist-author
Yu Watase
genre
Shojo
manufacturer
Viz
Ceres Celestial volume 1
Aya and her twin brother Aki thought they were going to a celebration of their sixyeenth birthday at their Grandfather's home, nut the funeral like atmosphere tips them off that somethings not right. Their Birthday present turns out to be a mummified hand -- the power of which forces an awakening within Aya, and painful wounds all over Aki's body. Grandfather Mikage announces that Aya must die! But Aya has allies in the athletic cook and martial artist Yuhi, and the sttractive , mysterious Toya. But can even two handsome and resourceful guys save Aya when it's her own power that's out of control.
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Ceres Celestial volume 2
Yuhi, a relativly popular guy at his school, has his life interrupted by the ominous premonition of his beautiful sister-in-law, Suzumi. She sends him to rescue spunky Aya Mikage, who is under a death sentence by her own family! Suzumi relegates Yuhi to protect the high-spirited coed, but he doesn't know that two personalities dwell within Aya's body-herself and the legendary celestial maiden Ceres!
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Ceres Celestial volume 3
Suzumi, a prim and proper instructor of traditrional Japanese dance, has a demure exterior but a confident, strong interior. She's also a descendant of a Tennyo (celestrial maiden). Her powers are nowhere near as powerful as Ceres', butSuzumi sences Aya is a kindred spirit and proves to be one of her most valuable allies. Suzumi takes Aya into her home, unwittingly putting herself in as much danger as Aya!
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Ceres Celestial volume 4
Chidori Kuruma wants to help her sicklyyonger brother fulfill his dream of flying. In order to do so she travels to Tokyo to enlist the aid of Ceres. Unfortunately, Chidori and her brother have a strange connection to the Mikage family and the nefarious C-project. There's much more to Chidori then meets the eye, her hyper-cheerful shojo exterior belie inner turmoil and dark secrets that even Chidori isn't aware of...
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Ceres Celestial volume 5
Grandfather Mikage is head of the extended Mikage family as well as the leader of the multinational conglomerate, Mikage International. His family has maintained great power and wealth under his strict rule -- creating a regime founded on a belief in supernatural magic and ritual murder. Grandfather Mikage has selected his grandson, Aki, to lead the family into the future. But his chosen successor may have more in store for the family than Greandpa bargained for...
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Ceres Celestial volume 6
Celebrities say all kinds of outrageous things, don't they? But when Shuro -- one-half of Japan's hottest pop duo, GeSang -- says on national television that not only is he the descendant of a ten'nyo celestrial maiden, but that his family also still has in possession the ten'nyo's celestrial robe or Hagoromo, Aya and the others spring into action. There's more waiting for them in Okinawa than sold-out concerts and sightseeing though. Shuro's claims of celestrial heritage may be more than just PR spin. Kei (the other half of GeSang) may feel more for his partner than friendship. ANd Kagami may be closer to achieving his goal than anyone thinks...
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Ceres Celestial volume 7
Sweet sixteen and never been killed-Aya and her twin brother Aki thought they were going to a celebration of their sixteenth birthday at their grandfather's home, but the funeral like atmosphere tips them off that something's not right. Their "birthday present" turns out to be a mumified hand-the power of which forces an awakening within Aya, and painful wounds all over Aki's body! Grandfather Mikage announces that Aki will be the heir to the Mikage fortune, and Aya must die! But Aya has allies in the athletic cook and martial artist Yuhi, and the attractive and mysterious Toya. but can even two handsome and resourceful guys save Aya when it's her own power that is out of control?
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Ceres Celestial volume 8
Yet another You-No more deception, no more lies-and now that Aya and Toya have finally let down all their barriers and come together, that is. But will something else-something outside their love-tear them apart? Miori Sahara seems like a nice enough girl-goes to Aya's school, has a lot in common with Aya...looks a lot like Aya, actually. Ahe says she's searching for her missing boyfriend, who's been gone a year now. After an accident robs Toya of his memories, will Aya turn to Yuhi once Toya goes back to his "real" girlfriend, Miori? A love like Aya and Toya is supposed to last forever...has everything that's happened between the two of them in the past year been a lie after all?!
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Ceres Celestial volume 9
Naughty Girl Who Hit Their Husbands Must Be Punished… Shocked to learn (from Aki, of all people!)nthat the entire "Toya Mizuki" personality is false-a fiction, a cipher without a past of any kind-Toya struggles to find his own identity. If he doesn't know who he is, how can he help Aya? Elsewhere, while Aya recedes into herself, heartbroken and distraught over her seperation with Toya, Ceres must deal with a bitter and increasingly mad Miori, who blames Aya for everything. Will Aya emerge and face Miori's accusations... or leave her to Ceres? Later, Aki-still fully possessed by the "progenitor," the forefather of all the Mikage-launches a new scheme to claim Aya...his woman.
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Ceres Celestial colume 10
Monster-Their search for the celestial robes or "hagoromo" resumed, Aya and Yuhi transfer to (yet another) new school. But, here, their problems are more serious than just making new friends. Aki-or, should we say, the "Progenitor"- is on campus and making Aya's life hell. And then there's a kind of actual hell itself, in the form of a beneath-school passageway, where a creature is said to roam. Is there any truth to Aki's claim that the monster is the daughter of a priest who made the grave error of angering a celestial maiden or "ten'nyo" hundreds of years ago...?
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Ceres Celestial Legend volume 11
Reunited with her beloved in both passion and purpose, Aya decides to join Toya in the quest for his real memories. A visit to an island where Aya spent a summer in childhood promises one of their first real leads to that end -- turns out Aya and Toya met long before, back when she was a little girl with a seashell, and when he...looked just exactly the same as he does now! Yet for every great advance there must be a great sacrafice...and it may come in the form of Chidori!
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Ceres Celestial Legend volume 12
The impenetrable haze of Toya's amnesia has always kept his past shrouded in mystery…until now, as his elusive memories begin to return. There was the islan…the girl with the seashell…the name "Mikage." Toya and the others go into full rescue mode in response to Aki's latest threats, facing gunfire, torture, and even death...but Aya faces life -- new life. The hideous details of Kagami's "C Project" make what was already an awful situation all but unbearable. How can anyone expect Aya to go on without her love, her life, her other half?
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