I loved Episode-hen of Berubara a lot! I went into reading these with really low expectations, because I wasn't expecting much from a "milking effort" that came 4 decades after the manga. However, I ate my words. All the stories that retold certain bits from the original story and the ones that were side stories/sequel stories kept me engaged throughout. These four supplementary volumes would be pleasing to RoV fans. They are certainly better than what Ikeda was going for with the Loulou stories.
And for the love of kami-sama, someone throw me some sources on the strangest cross-over to ever happen in shoujo: Poe Clan x RoV! And please tell me Hagio also drew vampire Girodelle somewhere in her neo-Poe! Actually, I should write about vampire Girodelle because I don't want to forget it. Something this random rarely happens in the manga world.
Lately I’ve been hosting a very small quarterly manga book club in my home. At the end of last year, we read the first volume of the recent omnibus English language edition of The Poe Clan (ポーの一族) by Moto Hagio (萩尾望都). To begin this new year, we’re reading this edition of Princess Knight (リボンの騎士) by Osamu Tezuka (手塚治虫).
Extra fun then that current selection is relevant to this Showa magical girl project and well. It’s almost like I chose it myself…