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 Kishi Azumi. It has been serialized in
Shinchosha
is a publisher founded in 1896 in Japan and headquartered in , Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinchosha is one of the sponsors of the Japan Fantasy Novel Award.
Books
* Haruki Murakami: '' Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'' (1985), '' Ute ...
's manga magazine ''Monthly Comic Bunch'' (originally titled ''Monthly Comic @Bunch'' until 2018) since September 2013. A
television drama
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adaptation aired on
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.original net animation
An original net animation (ONA), known in Japan as , is an anime that is directly released onto the Internet. ONAs may also have been aired on television if they were first directly released on the Internet. The name mirrors original video animat ...
YouTube
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in February 2022.
Characters
;Masamichi Shimura
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;Ishima
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;Rin Onoda
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Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by , ''Shiyakusho'' started in
Shinchosha
is a publisher founded in 1896 in Japan and headquartered in , Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinchosha is one of the sponsors of the Japan Fantasy Novel Award.
Books
* Haruki Murakami: '' Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World'' (1985), '' Ute ...
's manga magazine ' on September 21, 2013. ''Monthly Comic @Bunch'' changed its name to ''Monthly Comic Bunch'' starting on April 21, 2018. Shinchosha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on April 9, 2014. As of September 9, 2024, 26 volumes have been released.
Volumes
Drama
A ten-episode
television drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...
adaptation was broadcast on
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.
Original net animation
An 11-minute
original net animation
An original net animation (ONA), known in Japan as , is an anime that is directly released onto the Internet. ONAs may also have been aired on television if they were first directly released on the Internet. The name mirrors original video animat ...
YouTube
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on February 9, 2022.
Reception
By February 2022, the manga had over 4.5 million copies in circulation. The manga placed fifth in
Rakuten Kobo
Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, e-readers and formerly tablet computers. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is a subsidiary of the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten. ...
's second E-book Award in the "Long Seller Comic" category in 2024.