"Shadow Star, known in Japan as Narutaru (\u306A\u308B\u305F\u308B), which comes from the abbreviation of \"Mukuro Naru Hoshi, Tama Taru Ko\" (\u9AB8\u306A\u308B\u661F \u73E0\u305F\u308B\u5B50) (meaning roughly corpse of a star; a precious child), is a Japanese manga series created by Mohiro Kitoh, originally serialized in Kodansha's seinen magazine Afternoon. When asked about the manga, Mohiro Kitoh stated that he had about 80% of the entire story planned out from the beginning."@en . "1998-03-25Z"^^ . . "2003-10-25Z"^^ . . "12"^^ . . . .