I-Eden Hayi Hana

UMidori noTokio baye bahlala ngokwahlukeneyo ukususela oko kwasweleka abazali babo kumlilo kwiminyaka eli-13 eyadlulayo. UMidori usithiyile isikolo sakhe kunye nekhaya eligcina abantwana abangengobazali bakhe kwaye uyasiyeka isikolo alishiye ikhaya. Endleleni eya eTokyo Tower, udibana nendoda ekusenokwenzeka ukuba ingumntakwabo uTokio. UMidori akazi ukuba le ndoda ngumnakwabo wokwenene. Ugqibela ngokubuyela kwikhaya akhuliselwa kulo, apho aqhele ukudlwengulwa nguyise wesibini. Ngenye imini, uTokio uhlangula uMidori xa ebekwe ekoneni ngumntakwabo wesibini. “Ndim umntakwenu wokwenene yaye ndize kukubuyisela kwakhona.” Esakuva amazwi kaTokio, uMidori utsiba ukusuka kumgangatho wesibini ukuya ezingalweni zomninawa wakhe owalahleka kudala. Baphinde badibana, aba bantwana babini bahlukanayo baya kukhangela i-Edeni, iparadesi ekungekho mntu wakha waya kuyo.
Intombazana yesikolo eyakhuliswa yintsapho ifumana ubunzima esikolweni nasekhaya. Usapho lwakhe lumphatha njengoReika, intombi yabo eyasweleka kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo. Ngequbuliso, kuthi gqi umntakwabo wokwenene onegazi phambi kwakhe, ekukudala emfuna. Ngoku ubomi bakhe buguqukile. Ngaba uya kufunda ukubathemba kwakhona abanye abantu?
Ukusuka kwi-ANN: Intyatyambo yase-Eden yayihlelelwe ukukhululwa ngoJanuwari 2006 yi-TOKYOPOP, kodwa yarhoxiswa emva kokuba umbhali uYuki Suetsugu evumile ukukopa iiphaneli ezininzi kwizihloko zemanga zikaTakehiko Inoue ethi Slam Dunk kunye ne-REAL. I-Kodansha iyekile ukuhanjiswa kwazo zonke ii-12-volumes ze-Eden no Hana.