''Rust Blaster'' (stylized as ''RustBlaster'') is a Japanese

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

series written and illustrated by

Yana Toboso is a Japanese manga artist. She was born in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan and currently resides in Yokohama. Selected works '' Rust Blaster'' is a 2006 six-chapter manga published by Square Enix in one volume. It tells the story of a hu ...

. It was serialized in

Square Enix is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational holding company, video game publisher and entertainment conglomerate. It releases role-playing video game, role-playing game franchises, such as ''Final Fantasy'', ''Dragon Quest'', and '' ...

's ''

Monthly GFantasy is a manga imprint owned by Square Enix Holdings. It originated as a manga imprint for Enix before the company merged with Square to form Square Enix. It publishes manga in several anthologies aimed at different reader demographic groups in t ...

'' from November 2005 to April 2006 and published in a single volume.

Publication

The series is written and illustrated by

. It was serialized in ''

'' from the November 2005 issue to the April 2006 issue and published in a single volume, which was released on May 27, 2006. In January 2015,

Yen Press Yen Press is an American manga, graphic novel and light novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. It published '' Yen Plus'', a monthly comic anthology, between 2008 and 2013. In addition to translated material, ...

announced they licensed the series for English publication. They released the volume on August 18, 2015.

Reception

Jason Thompson of ''

Otaku USA ''Otaku USA'' is a bimonthly magazine published by Sovereign Media, which covers various elements of the "otaku" lifestyle (such as anime, manga, video games, cosplay and Japanese popular music) from an American perspective. The issues were acc ...

'' criticized the series, stating it "works best as a so-bad-it's-good comedy". Gregory Smith of ''The Fandom Post'' offered a different perspective, recommended the series to new manga fans. Christel Scheja of Splash Comics also praised the series, stating that while it was not as good as the author's next work, ''

Black Butler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's manga magazine '' Monthly GFantasy'' since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the 12-year-old Earl of Phan ...

'', it was still "fun to read".

References

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* {{Monthly GFantasy Gangan Comics manga Science fiction anime and manga Shōnen manga Slice of life anime and manga Vampires in anime and manga Yen Press titles