When the present Russian Federation was the Soviet Union, Nonna Petrova, a sixth grader at the Kiev Sievchenko Ballet School, was an ordinary student, but a fateful encounter began to open doors.

Nonna's challenge to become a ballerina begins.

The book contains many rare color and two-color manuscripts that have been completely reproduced. The "complete edition" of a masterpiece of ballet manga!

The mangaka, Ryoko Yamagishi endured much during her youth. She loved manga and ballet, and lost both to the school system and her mother respectively.

Arabesque is, in her words, her reclaiming her two favorite things, Ballet and Manga.

(Source: ebookjapan, edited)

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