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    RULES/HYDRA
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    Manga Info

    FormatMANGA
    Chapters6
    Volumes1
    StatusFINISHED
    Start DateMay 10, 2004
    End DateMay 10, 2004

    RULES/HYDRA

    RULES/HYDRA

    54% SCORE
    123 POP
    2004
    DramaSlice of Life

    Synopsis

    This collection of short stories links the stories and characters in Please, Hydra, Lovers and Souls and Rules.
    In (1,2) Kiss and Kiss After, Ryuu has arrived in Tokyo and is about to become a third year high school student, however it's time to change schools again. Before he leaves, his friend Sekai confesses to him. Follows Chapter 5 of Please (A Bird at Sea, a Door in the Sky).
    (3) Skies (Hydra chapter 0.5): Our first glimpse of Hikaru (from Rules) in high school, after Ryuu's arrived in Tokyo, and has transferred to his and Hitomi's school. The connection between Hikaru Taira and Yuuji Itou. Continues in Hydra.
    (4) Heavenly (comes between Hydra Ch. 6 and 7) More with Hikaru, Ryuu, and Hitomi. Hikaru reflects on his current situation with Hitomi while remembering their first meeting. (Liquid Passion)
    (5) Real Thing: Hikaru centered, it links Hydra with Lovers and Souls.
    (6) Fragile: Tooru centered, it links Lovers and Souls with Rules. Also involves Shige and Ryoichi (from Please).

    (See Rules Synopsis for more information on Rules series timeline. See also Hydra.)

    Relations

    PLEASE
    PARENT
    PLEASE
    Hydra
    PARENT
    Hydra
    Lovers, Souls Kanzenban
    PARENT
    Lovers, Souls Kanzenban
    Rules
    PARENT
    Rules

    Characters

    Naoyuki Hitomi
    Naoyuki Hitomi
    MAIN
    Tooru Shinomiya
    Tooru Shinomiya
    MAIN
    Hikaru Taira
    Hikaru Taira
    MAIN
    Ryuu Utsumi
    Ryuu Utsumi
    MAIN

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