''Crimson-Shell'' is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by

Jun Mochizuki is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for creating the manga series ''Pandora Hearts'' and '' The Case Study of Vanitas''. Biography Jun Mochizuki was born on December 22 in Kanagawa Prefecture. After graduating from high school, Mochiz ...

. It was serialized in

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's ''

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'' from August 2005 to January 2006, with its chapters collected in a single ''

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'' volume.

Publication

Written and illustrated by

, ''Crimson-Shell'' was serialized in

's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''

'' from August 18, 2005, to January 18, 2006. The chapters were collected into a single ''

'' volume, which was released on March 27, 2006. In April 2009,

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announced they licensed the series for English publication. They released the volume on November 17, 2009.

Reception

Chris Beveridge from ''The Fandom Post'' praised the art, while noted that the plot "feels like only a taste of what

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could have been". Unlike Beveridge, Koiwai from ''Manga News'' praised the art and the story, while also recommending the series to fans of the author's next work, ''

Pandora Hearts ''Pandora Hearts'' (stylized as ''PandoraHearts'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. It was serialized in Square Enix's manga magazine '' Monthly GFantasy'' from May 2006 to March 2015, with its chapters ...

''. Christel Scheja from ''Splash Comics'' shared similar opinions to Beveridge, stating that "''Crimson Shell'' is one of those titles that you can read if you do not know many other mystery titles,

References

External links

* {{Monthly GFantasy Fantasy anime and manga Gangan Comics manga Shōnen manga Yen Press titles