They Were Eleven!
Hagio Moto
- Mangaka
- Hagio Moto
- First published
- 1975
- Status
- Completed
- Original language
- Japanese
- Genres
- Thriller · Award Winning · Science fiction · Psychological
- Content rating
- Safe
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Where it came from
They Were Eleven! was originally serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Shōjo Comic in 1975. Created by Hagio Moto, a pioneering figure of the Year 24 Group, the work was written during a period of significant innovation in Japanese comics, as female artists began to expand the themes and narrative complexity of the medium. The story follows ten students who are inexplicably joined by an eleventh candidate during a critical final exam on a derelict spaceship, exploring themes of isolation, trust, and the tension of forced cooperation under extreme conditions.
The design of the manga reflects Hagio’s signature psychological depth and character-focused storytelling. By utilizing the locked-room mystery trope within a science fiction setting, she created a space to examine gender dynamics and identity that was highly unconventional for the genre at the time. The work was critically acclaimed for its structural tightness and emotional resonance, eventually earning the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1976 and helping to solidify Hagio's reputation as a visionary in science fiction manga.
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