is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by Akissa Saiké. It has been serialized in

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's ''

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'' service since July 2020, with its chapters collected into four ''

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'' volumes as of March 2022.

Publication

''Ghost Reaper Girl'' is written and illustrated by Akissa Saiké. The

began its serialization in

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'' service on July 13, 2020. The series went on an indefinite hiatus on May 31, 2022 due to Saike's poor health. It resumed publication on October 31, 2023, until March 25, 2024 where the manga take indefinite hiatus again due to Saike's poor health. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual ''

'' volumes. The first volume was released on December 4, 2020. The manga is the author's third series. And it is his first new manga series since he changed his manga artist name from Akihisa Ikeda to Akissa Saiké. It has been serialized biweekly, about 6 years after, following the ending of his previous manga series ''

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'' on April 19, 2014. For the names of the characters, etc. are based on names from the

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. The series has been licensed for simultaneous publication in North America as it is released in Japan, with its chapters being digitally launched by

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on its ''Shonen Jump'' website. Viz Media is publishing the manga in left-to-right format at Saiké's request. Shueisha also simulpublishes the series in English for free on the ''

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'' app and website. Viz Media has begun releasing physical volumes with the first volume on June 7, 2022.

Volume list

Chapters not yet in ''tankōbon'' format

These chapters have yet to be published in a ''tankōbon'' volume.

Reception

Reviewing ''Ghost Reaper Girl'', Steven Blackburn of ''

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'' compared the manga to other Japanese series that he says involve "some type of creature entering the hero's body and granting the host powers", such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''; Blackburn claimed that ''Ghost Reaper Girl'' is a refreshing take of this trope, commenting that "there isn't really anything like ''Ghost Reaper Girl''".

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