is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by

Jun Mayuzuki is a Japanese manga artist. Her most famous work is the series '' After the Rain'', which was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Monthly Big Comic Spirits'' magazine in June 2014, before moving to the magazine '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' in January ...

. It has been serialized in

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's ''

Weekly Young Jump is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's ''Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' v ...

'' since November 2019. The story is set in

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Plot

Production

According to Mayuzuki, she had the idea of launching a series about

even when her previous work '' After the Rain'' was still being serialized. She likes the topic of Kowloon Walled City and first learned about it from ''

Kowloon's Gate is a 1997 Japanese adventure video game developed by Zeque. Set in the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, it is considered a cult hit. Plot On June 22, 1997, before the handover of Hong Kong, the demolished Kowloon Walled City reemerged from the ...

'' when she was young.

Publication

''Kowloon Generic Romance'' is written and illustrated by

. The series began in

's ''

'' on November 7, 2019. Shueisha 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 ...

'' volumes. The first volume was published on February 19, 2020. As of May 18, 2022, seven volumes have been published. In January 2022,

Yen Press Yen Press, LLC is an American manga and graphic novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group. It published '' Yen Plus'', a monthly comic anthology, between 2008 and 2013. In addition to translated material, Yen Press ...

announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America, and the first volume is set to be released in July of the same year. The series is also licensed in France by

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Volume list

Reception

In 2020, the manga was one of the 50 nominees for the 6th

Next Manga Award The is an annual award for manga series presented by Kadokawa Corporation's ''Da Vinci'' magazine and Niconico streaming website. It is divided into two categories: one for print manga, and one for web manga. Overview The award was originally e ...

s. ''Kowloon Generic Romance'' ranked 3rd on

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's ''

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'' list of best manga of 2021 for male readers. ''Kowloon Generic Romance'' was nominated for the 14th

Manga Taishō The is a Japanese comics award recognizing achievement in manga. It is awarded annually to a manga series published in the previous calendar year of eight or fewer collected volumes in length. The Manga Taishō was founded with the aim of re ...

in 2021 and placed 9th with 46 points.

References

External links

* * {{Weekly Young Jump - 2010–2019 Comics set in Hong Kong Romance anime and manga Science fiction anime and manga Seinen manga Shueisha manga Slice of life anime and manga Yen Press titles