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      valdearg Premium Member last edited by

      Written by Hideyuki Kurata
      Illustrated by Taraku Uon
      Published by Shueisha
      Imprint Super Dash Bunko
      Demographic Male
      Original run July 14, 2000 – present
      Volumes 12

      Plot
      Read or Die takes place in an alternate history world where the British Empire has remained a major superpower. The Empire's continued existence is guaranteed by the British Library (大英図書館, Daiei-toshokan), an external intelligence agency working within the actual British Library; its Special Operations Division (the British Secret Intelligence Service, more widely known as MI6) is also often mentioned, despite Kurata's editors (erroneously) telling him it no longer existed.

      The series follows Yomiko Readman, also known as "The Paper", a superhuman agent of the Library's Special Operations (possessing a "double 0" certification that denotes a "license to kill", as in the James Bond series, although she rarely invokes it). In both the novels and manga, her adventures alternate between doing missions for the British Library and helping young novelist Nenene Sumiregawa.

      Had an OVA along with an anime series.

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        jcoth last edited by

        Good anime and OVA, as a book lover, i highly recommend it, you have my vote.

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          mwbworld Premium Member last edited by

          Yes - please! Loved the anime both Die & Dream.

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