is a Japanese

manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) 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 prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is use ...

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

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of Japanese dictionaries, dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are to ...

'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 ''

tankōbon is the Japanese term for a book that is not part of an anthology or corpus. In modern Japanese, the term is most often used in reference to individual volumes of a manga series: most series first appear as individual chapters in a weekly or m ...

'' volumes. The first volume was released on March 10, 2017. As of July 10, 2020, six volumes have been released.

Volume list

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

live action Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video ...

film. It was directed and written by Tōichirō Rutō, co-written Itaru Era and starring

Kanna Hashimoto is a Japanese actress and former singer. From 2011 to 2017, she was a member of the Fukuoka-based idol girl group Rev. from DVL. During her time with the group, in 2013, a fan-taken photo of her performing went viral on Twitter and 2channel, b ...

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 #10 on ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' 2018 list of best manga for male readers. The series ranked #7 on "The Best Manga 2018 Kono Manga wo Yome!" ranking by ''Freestyle'' magazine. It ranked #9 on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics" by the Honya Club website in 2018.

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