Un clásico del manga de ciencia ficción creado por una de las grandes autoras de la historia del cómic japonés, Moto Hagio, publicada por primera vez en español. Todos los candidatos a ingresar en la Universidad Estelar, escogidos entre lo más granado de las civilizaciones de la galaxia, son agrupados en 70 grupos de diez para enfrentarse a una prueba final que valorará si merecen el honor de considerarse válidos para dicha institución. Para el grupo 22, la prueba consiste en sobrevivir encerrados en una nave a la deriva que orbita alrededor de un planeta deshabitado. Cada uno de los miembros se juega mucho en este examen, pero si tan sólo uno de ellos se da por vencido, todos suspenderán. Nada más atravesar las puertas de la nave, se dan cuenta de que algo va mal: no son diez, sino once personas allí. ¿Quién es el undécimo pasajero?
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Moto Hagio (萩尾望都 Hagio Moto) is a manga artist born in Ōmuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, though she currently lives in Saitama Prefecture. She is considered a "founding mother" of modern shōjo manga, and a member of the Year 24 Group (24-Gumi). She helped pioneer modern shōjo manga, modern science fiction manga, and BL manga. In addition to being an "industry pioneer", her body of work "shows a maturity, depth and personal vision found only in the finest of creative artists". She has been described as "the most beloved shōjo manga artist of all time." Moto Hagio made her professional debut in 1969 at the age of 20 with her short story Lulu to Mimi on Kodansha's magazine Nakayoshi. Later she produced a series of short stories for various magazines for Shogakukan. Two years after her debut, she published Juichigatsu no Gimunajiumu (The November Gymnasium), a short story which dealt openly with love between two boys at a boarding school. The story was part of a larger movement by female manga artists at the time which pioneered a genre of girls' comics about love between young men. In 1974, Hagio developed this story into the longer Toma no shinzo (The Heart of Thomas). She was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1976 for her science fiction classic Juichinin iru! (They Were Eleven) and her epic tale Poe no ichizoku (The Poe Family).
