Barbara Ikai(バルバラ異界Barubara Ikai, also known as Otherworld Barbara in English) is a science fiction manga by Moto Hagio. It is set in a near-future Japan, and begins with a girl, Jyujo Aoba, who has been in a coma since she was nine years old, who was discovered next to her parents' bodies, with their hearts inside her stomach. To discover why she killed her parents, a specialist enters her coma dreams and finds that Jyujo is dreaming about and simultaneously creating the future. Barbara Ikai was serialised in Shinshokan's Flowers between September 2002 and August 2005 and is collected in 4 volumes. Barbara Ikai won the 2006 Nihon SF Taisho Award, and is the first manga that has won this award. It is published in Traditional Chinese by Sharp Point Press.