is the collective

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used by female

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s and . The former draws the foreground and characters, while the latter draws the backgrounds. The duo started out as assistants to Motohiro Kato, before being put in charge of illustrations on '' Alive: The Final Evolution''. Following that series' completion, they began ''

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'', which was serialized from 2010 to 2024.

Biography

Adachitoka is made up of Adachi, who was born on December 14 in

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, and Tokashiki, who was born on November 28 in

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. After graduating from college, they moved to Tokyo and submitted their work to the '' Monthly Jump'' editorial department. They rejected it, but told them to submit it to the ''

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'' department instead. After a lack of response, they decided to submit for the ''

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'' award. After that, they worked as an assistant to Motohiro Kato. The pair debuted in 2003 with the illustrations for the manga series '' Alive: The Final Evolution''. The series was serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' until 2010. An

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television series adaptation was announced, but later canceled following

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's delisting from the

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. Following the completion of ''Alive: The Final Evolution'' in 2010, they were out of work. When getting ideas for a new series, they went back to a

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they had previously written. The result was ''

'', which was serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'' from December 2010 to January 2024. The series was nominated for the

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in 2014 and 2016, and received an anime television series adaptation, which ran for two seasons. In 2020, they wrote a manga series as part of a collaboration by multiple Japanese companies to stop

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Works

* (2003–2010) (serialized in ''

''; story by Tadashi Kawashima) * (2010–2024) (serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Magazine'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adachitoka Comics duos Collective pseudonyms Living people Manga artists from Okinawa Prefecture Manga artists from Yamagata Prefecture Pseudonymous women writers 21st-century pseudonymous writers Women manga artists Year of birth missing (living people)