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 by Shin Sawada and illustrated Renji Asai. It has been serialized on

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...

's ''Yawaraka Spirits'' website since April 2016.

Media

Manga

Written by Shin Sawada and illustrated Renji Asai, ''The Violence Action'' started on

's ''Yawaraka Spirits'' website on April 25, 2016. The series went on hiatus in March 2018, due to one of the author's poor health, and resumed in June 2019. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on March 10, 2017. As of August 12, 2022, seven volumes have been released.

Volumes

Live-action film

In July 2020, it was announced that the manga would receive a "screen adaptation". In February 2022, it was announced that the screen adaptation would be a

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film. It was directed and written by Tōichirō Rutō, co-written Itaru Era and starring Kanna Hashimoto as Kei Kikuno. It premiered on August 19, 2022.

Reception

''The Violence Action'' ranked first in the May 2017 edition of

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's '' Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web''; it ranked 10th on ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' 2018 list of best manga for male readers. The series ranked seventh on "The Best Manga 2018 Kono Manga wo Yome!" ranking by ''Freestyle'' magazine. It ranked ninth on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics" by the Honya Club website in 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Violence Action, The 2016 webcomic debuts Action anime and manga Fiction about assassinations Japanese webcomics Seinen manga Shogakukan manga Webcomics in print