Letter Bee (Tegami Bachi), A manga originally serialized in Weekly shonen jump magazine for the first chapter, but has since been serialized in the new monthly magazine Jump Square.
| Tegami Bachi | |
| Genre | Fantasy, Supernatural, Steampunk, Adventure |
|---|---|
| Created by | Hiroyuki Asada |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hiroyuki Asada |
| Published by |  Shueisha |
Plot
The story takes place in the land of Amber Ground, a place of perpetual night only partially illuminated by an artificial sun. Lag Seeing works as a "Letter Bee" (delivery boy) at the "Bee Hive" (a delivery service), with his Dingo, Niche, and her "pet", Steak, traveling with him. He is entrusted with the "hearts" of the everyone in Amber Ground to deliver their packages.
Major characters
Common
- Lag Seeing: The main protagonist in Letter Bee. He is a young boy with a very focused mind set, regardless of what situations he gets into and always focuses on delivering the package. He has a special gun called the Shin Ganjuu, literally the "heart bullet gun" where he loads a "fragment of heart" into the gun, then fires it at the target. He is seemingly being able to control the direction of the shot. As a child, he was "delivered" by the letter bee Gauche Suede, and was inspired by him to become a letter bee. He is searching for his mother, who was kidnapped to the capital of the country. His left eye is made of red spirit amber, allowing him to better use the Shin Ganjuu
- Niche: Lag's personal Dingo. She travels with Lag acting as his bodyguard against armored insects and is seen constantly hanging onto Lag's arm with her "pet", "Steak", on her head. She battles using her hair, manipulating it into powerful blade-like tentacles capable of lifting things several times her size.
- Steak: Steak is Niche's "pet", usually seen traveling on her head, very rarely moving from its perch. It has the ability to sniff out the weak spot of armored insects, allowing Lag to fire his Shin Ganjuu at the weak spot, killing the armored insect.
- Ralgo Lloyd: The Supervisor of the "Hive". Ralgo tends to have a more invested interest in Lag and his deliveries, though the reason for this is unknown.
- Aria Link: A Letter Bee / Vice supervisor of the "Hive". Aria Acts as Ralgo's right hand, taking care of the minor things for him. Was/is the girlfriend of Gauche Suede
Terminology
- Bee, A delivery person who is entrusted with the "hearts" of everyone to deliver the letters while combating the armored insects.
- Dingo, A bodyguard who is assigned to a Bee to protect them from armored insects.
- Bee Hive, The headquarters of the delivery service where all the "Bees" work.
- Armored insect, Giant insects covered in jeweled armor, they live in the dark lands
outside of the artificial sunlight and attack anyone who travels along the darken paths.
- Shindana (lit. "Heart Bullet"), The "fragments of heart" used when firing the "heart bullet gun".
- Shin ganjuu (lit. "heart bullet gun"), The weapon Lag uses to combat armored insects, he first loads a "fragment of heart" into the gun, then fires it at the target, seemingly being able to control the shots direction.
Manga
Release
Tegami Bachi was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, since the first volume however it has been serialized and is now ongoing in Jump Square. As of October 2007, there have been 11 chapters serialized.
Notes and references
See also
External links
Official sites
Non-exclusive sites
- Tegami Bachi ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia