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Heart of Thomas/Thoma no Shinzou Anonymous
trailing new thread from>>676862

If there was ever a time to pimp out this manga, it'd be now. One of the genre-founding Shounen Ai classics.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NJ1NDPQA

rar includes raw manga, DLed synopsis (detailed enough to explain what you're reading almost scene by scene), and tanslated interview with creator Hagio Moto about it, boys-love, shojo Back In The Day and other things about art.
>> here goes my teaser synopsis. Anonymous
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It is the early 20th century and late snow falls gently on a cold spring night when 14yr old Thomas throws himself from the bridge over the railroad. The next day, his unexplained death quickly generates rumors among his classmates at the german boarding school Schlottenberg. Julimole, a senior classmate, returns from Easter vacation to the school and the shocking news of Thomas's death. His best friend and nochalant roomate Oscar tells him a letter arrived two days earlier.

"To Juli. These are my last words. This is my love. This is the sound of my heart beat. Surely you know what I mean. -- Thomas"

Yuli reads the note, genuinely confused. Later that night his dreams are haunted and he awakens feeling Thomas's hands at his throat. Oscar quickly settles his friend and reassures him. He tells him to just dismiss it- the note meant nothing. Best to just forget about Thomas entirely. Juli had nothing to do with Thomas's decisions to commit suicide.

Was it even suicide?
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The next day Juli stands at Thomas's grave and rips the letter to shreds in front of the silent stone marker.

"Disappear from my life! I won't be controlled by you!"

He turns to leave and is shocked by what he sees: The new transfer student to the school, a boy who is the same age and has the same face as Thomas. Except for their hairstyle and eyecolor the two could have been twins.

"Do you know... who Thomas Werner is?"

"Who?"

"Thomas Werner.. The boy who just recently committed suicide."

"I have no idea who you're talking about."
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When the new boy, Eric, arrives at the school everyone is confused and intrigued by Thomas' doppleganger. Most boys at the school assumed Thomas slipped on the ice and fell to his innocent death in the darkness. And when they tell Eric about Thomas's accidental death, he confronts Juli, provoking him in the dining hall.

"Did Thomas commit suicide? Or was it an accident?"

"It was an accident."

"But you told me earlier that he--"

"It was an accidient."

"Is that so? Well I think you killed Thomas Werner."

Eric had caught on to the deep mystery that will soon unravel them all- Thomas, Juli, Oscar, and Eric himself. With his straightforward and bold attitude, he unwittingly pulls them together to unearth Thomas's heart. They are a handful who can't escape to the clues the gentle, beautiful, popular Thomas had left behind.
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When Eric begins to scratch at Juli's calm, cold exterior, Oscar is hesitant to let the two gnaw at each other. Oscar knows the exact time Juli, who had always been so friendly and trustworthy, suddenly became withdrawn and cold. Many students remember it was Julismole that said the cold words "I don't believe you" when Thomas confessed his love to him. But is that all? Was Thomas so fragile that Juli's rejection pushed him to suicide? Then what about the horrible scars all over Juli's body that he guards so violently? What do they have to do with Juli's change, Thomas's attraction to him and sudden death?

Confused emotions and layered plots have buried the truth so deeply inside all the boys... but a few lines written by Thomas and discovered by Eric uncover and teach them all about loving and what it means to be loved.
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>>679737
Thanks for the link anon, but it's for "The Cockpit" rather than "Heart of Thomas."
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While we're on the topic of Hagio Moto, here are a few scans from Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai Suru. Only 1 chapter has been scanlated in the past couple years before the group went belly-up.
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>>679825
GAH SO SORRY. i uploaded that for /m/ last week... I keep all the rapidshits i did in a txt file. It was just ABOVE "heart of thomas" here's the real link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88019639/HagioMoto-Thomas_no_Shinzou_raw_.rar.html

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>>679899
Zankoku... Oh wow, that's a good long read and cry there. I read it because Matt Thorn was going on about how it was the "Adult" version of Thomas.. I see how they're very similar and Zankoku goes all out with the abuse.. but I preferred Thomas.. Well, I prefer shorter and more subtle stories so..
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ohgodzankoku. It was pretty epic and you certainly can't read it like it's lovemode or any of today's yaoi fare.. I think it's a lot like Erica Sakarazawa sometimes.. the feel of it.. the reality part. I mean it's pretty far-out there but the shit that Bastard did to Jeremy.. it's just so realistic.

William... William..
It really was
nothing.

;_____;
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>>679737
I would PAY for Thomas scanlation. It's a much shorter project than Zankoku OR KazeKi but I don't suppose anyone else is interested. I've done 6 pages and that's all I can do without an editor..
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(oscarxeric otp <3)
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>>679737
THANK YOU. I can't read much japanese, but the synopsis thing is really helping. half way through and can't believe how tricky it is! someone really needs to scanlate..
>> ridney
WOW! Talk about classic June! I'd only heard about stuff like this; thanks.
>> Anonymous
holy geez, were ALL the manga heroes Europeans back in the day?
>> Anonymous
Wow. Thanks for this! Heart of Thomas rarely given the adoration it deserves.
>> Anonymous
>>682182
the kid characters have it easy. real hero types needed to be at least 7 meters tall, have blonde hair, a scarred past, and some endearing "weakness" like a weak little sister or dying mother.

realistic proportions weren't really used until the 80s.
>> Niki
Yeah, I would almost pay for the scanlations of this manga. Kaze to ki no uta is something too, what I would like to see to be lisenced or scanlated.
Somehow I like that melodramatic style and how they use so different way symbolism and stuff like that (Like when gilbert and sergei made love in kaze to ki no uta, the roses seems to be symbol of that)