Akata grabs Rouge Eclipse, the 5th best shojo of 2015

Rouge Eclipse, a fantastic shojo by Shiki Kawabata that enchants Japan arrives in France at Akata, and this from August! 

Eclipse Red

Author: Shiki Kawabata

Editor: Akata

Release date: August 2016

Number of volumes: 3 in Japan (series completed)

Synopsis :

Ayumi is a perfectly ordinary high school student. And recently, she lives on a small cloud, because the boy she loves asked her to go out with her! But as she goes on her first date, and while a scarlet moon proudly appears in the sky, a strange event occurs: before Ayumi's eyes, the fat and unpopular Zenko commits suicide and…?! Without understanding how or why, Ayumi wakes up in the hospital. But she became Zenko! "Ugly" and obese, she will have to face a new life, while trying to find her own body… Alas, not everyone hears it with the same ear!

Rouge Eclipse is the first series of Shiki Kawabata and ended in 3 volumes. In 2015, she was voted fifth best shojo of the year by the Japanese and proves the talent of this young author. You can get the first volume in August, but that's not all. The other two volumes follow the first one closely: this series will be complete in December, after a stopover in October. Do not hesitate to get this shojo that mixes love story and fantasy!