I-Edeni Ayikho Hana

UMidori noTokio bahlala ngokwehlukana kusukela kwashona abazali babo emlilweni eminyakeni engu-13 edlule. UMidori uyasizonda isikole sakhe kanye nekhaya lokutholwa futhi uyayeka isikole ashiye ikhaya. Endleleni eya eTokyo Tower, uhlangana nendoda okungenzeka ukuthi ingumfowabo uTokio. UMidori akazi ukuthi le ndoda ingumfowabo wangempela. Ugcina ebuyele ekhaya akhulela kulo, lapho ejwayele ukudlwengulwa khona ngusingamzali. Ngolunye usuku, uTokio uhlenga uMidori lapho evinjwe umfowabo ongamzali ekhoneni. “Mina ngingumfowenu wangempela ngize ukuzokubuyisela emuva. Ezwa amazwi kaTokio, uMidori ugxumela esuka esitezi sesibili ezandleni zomfowabo owashona kudala. Seziphinde zahlangana, lezi zelamani ezimbili ezihlukene zihamba ziyofuna i-Edene, ipharadesi lapho kungakaze kube khona muntu.
Intombazane yesikole eyatholwa umkhaya ibhekana nobunzima esikoleni nasekhaya. Umndeni wakhe wokutholwa umphatha njengoReika, indodakazi yabo eyashona eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Kusenjalo kuqhamuke umfowabo wangempela ohlobene negazi phambi kwakhe oseneminyaka emthungatha. Manje impilo yakhe isiphenduke yabheka phezulu. Ingabe uzophinde afunde ukuthembela kwabanye abantu?
Kusuka ku-ANN: I-Flower of Eden bekuhlelelwe ukuthi ikhishwe ngoJanuwari 2006 yi-TOKYOPOP, kodwa yakhanselwa ngemva kokuba umbhali u-Yuki Suetsugu evumile ukuthi ukopishe amaphaneli amaningi esihlokweni se-manga sika-Takehiko Inoue esithi Slam Dunk nethi REAL. I-Kodansha iyekile ukusatshalaliswa kwawo wonke amavolumu angu-12 we-Eden no Hana.