is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by ippatu. Initially released in July 2019 in France, the series was serialized in

Kodansha is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include ''Nakayoshi'', ''Morning (magazine), Morning'', ''Afternoon (magazine), Afternoon'', ''Evening (magazine), Eveni ...

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Weekly Young Magazine is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine started on June 16, 1980, and is targeted at the adult male () demographic. It was published bimonthly (under the title ), on the second and fourth ...

'' from January 2021 to November 2023. The series' individual chapters were collected into seven volumes from June 2021 to November 2023.

Publication

Written and illustrated by ippatu, the series was first published in France by

Ki-oon Ki-oon is a French manga publisher with its head office in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in October 2003 by Cécile Pournin and Ahmed Agne. It released its first manga in March 2004, the first volume of ''Element Line''. The n ...

on July 4, 2019. On January 25, 2021, the series began serialization in

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''. The series finished on September 15, 2023. The series' individual chapters have been collected into seven ''

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'' volumes from June 4, 2021 to November 9, 2023. At

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2022,

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announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

Volume list

Reception

Erkael and Koiwai from Manga News liked the story; they also favorably compared the artwork to that of

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. Faustine Lillaz from Planete BD praised the artwork as realistic and the characters and setting as charismatic and intriguing. In the 2022 edition of the ''

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'' guidebook, the series ranked 20th on the list of the top manga for male readers.

References

External links

* * {{Weekly Young Magazine - 2020–2029 Adventure anime and manga Kodansha manga Seinen manga