BOUND BEAUTY (Shibariya Komachi), by Mick Takeuchi. First published in 2006 and first published in North America in 2006.
PLOT:
Chiyako has a talent. She calls it 'fortunetelling,' but in truth it's more like she can see the red strings of fate that tie people together. She's used it to great effect and modest profit, funds she hopes to use to get away from her loutish father. Then one day she follows her school's calligraphy master to a strange mansion and stumbles upon a great secret. It seems her teacher is teaming up with the scholarly Aya and the hot-headed Hirotsuna to master the various strings of fate. An accident leaves Chiyako in a child's body but grants her the ability the manipulate fate herself and thus join the team. Now she must learn to adapt to her new teammates of Tyers and control her powers if she is ever going to be able to return to normal.
