is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by KAITO. It was serialized on the ''

Shōnen Jump+ is a Japanese online magazine for manga created by Shueisha, spin-off from its ''Jump'' line of magazines. Launched on September 22, 2014, the magazine operates as a free mobile app and website. The magazine serializes original titles and tit ...

'' manga website from February 2017 to April 2020.

Publication

The series is written and illustrated by KAITO. It started serialization on the ''

website on February 1, 2017, and ended on April 8, 2020. It has been published in eight ''

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'' volumes. At

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2019,

Viz Media VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ M ...

announced they licensed the series in English. ''

Manga Plus ''Manga Plus'' (stylized as ''MANGA Plus'') is an online manga platform and smartphone app owned by Shueisha that was launched on January 28, 2019. It is available worldwide except in Japan, China, and South Korea which already have their own se ...

'' also published the series in English. It is also licensed in French by Kurokawa, in German by

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, in Italian and Portuguese by

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, and in Spanish by

Editorial Ivrea Editorial Ivrea is an Argentine manga and comics publisher that publishes in Argentina, Spain and Finland. They also published ''Lazer'', a magazine which was specialized in anime, comics, manga, series and other media. The magazine has an acid ...

Volume list

Reception

The series was a finalist for the 2020 ''Los Angeles Times'' book prize in the graphic novels category. The

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listed the series in the top ten in their 2021 list of the 126 best graphic novels for teenagers. Rebecca Silverman from

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gave the first four volumes an A−, praising it for the art, characters, and story, while criticizing it because sometimes some characters can feel overly abusive or shy. Melina Dargis from ''The Fandom Post'' gave the series heavy praise for its story and characters, saying it was the best high-school slice-of-life manga of the year by far. Like Silverman and Dargis, Demezela from Anime UK News praised the story, artwork, and characters, ultimately rating the first volume a nine out of ten.

References

External links

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Volume list

Reception

See also

References

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