Flock of Angels
is a shōjo manga by Shoko Hamada and published by Asahi Sonorama. It was licensed and published into English in for release in North America by Aurora Publishing in 2007. Reception of the English release of the series has been mixed. The artwork has overall been called crude and the plot was the focus of criticism, but reviewers praised the story for its message. Plot A pop band called Angelaid creates a fashion amongst their fans to wear angel wings. This permits sufferers of angelosis, a stigmatized disease which causes angel wings to sprout from people's backs, to hide their affliction. Shea suddenly sprouts angel wings, and his brother tapes Shea's wings and sends it into the news, so Shea becomes a government spokesman on accepting angelosis. Release In 2007, Aurora Publishing confirmed it had the license to publish Flock of Angels into English for release ion North America. The first volume was released in August 2007 and concluded with the third volume in June 2008. Reception Casey Brienza from Anime News Network gave the English release of the manga a B rating. He states that there is an "Intriguing socio-political commentary buried beneath an improbable plot premise" but that