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Basara (バサラ) is a shōjo manga written by Yumi Tamura. The manga which consists of 27 tankōbon volumes won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1992. It was adapted as an anime that follows only part of the manga story cutting off after 13 episodes. In North America the manga is published by Viz Media in English.The story takes place in a future Japan reduced to a barren desert by a catastrophe at the end of the 21st century.