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 u ...
series, based on
Taichi Yamada
is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. His real name is .
Career
Born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Yamada attended Waseda University before entering the Shōchiku film studios, where he trained as an assistant director under Keisuke Kinoshita. He left t ...
's novel of the same title, and illustrated by
Hideki Arai
(born 15 September 1963 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. He received the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1993 for ''Miyamoto kara Kimi e''. His manga '' The World Is Mine'' was chosen by the editors of ''Pulp'' ...
. It was serialized in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of 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 together called the Hit ...
's
''seinen'' manga magazine ''
Monthly Ikki
was a monthly ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It tended to specialize in underground or alternative manga, but it had its share of major hits as well. The magazine started in 2000 as a spin-off of Shogakukan's ''Weekly Big ...
'' from October 2013 to August 2014, with its chapters collected in a single volume.
Publication
Written by
Taichi Yamada
is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. His real name is .
Career
Born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Yamada attended Waseda University before entering the Shōchiku film studios, where he trained as an assistant director under Keisuke Kinoshita. He left t ...
, the ''Kūya Shōnin ga Ita'' novel was published by the
Asahi Shimbun Publishing on April 7, 2011. The manga adaptation, illustrated by
Hideki Arai
(born 15 September 1963 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. He received the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1993 for ''Miyamoto kara Kimi e''. His manga '' The World Is Mine'' was chosen by the editors of ''Pulp'' ...
, was serialized in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of 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 together called the Hit ...
's
''seinen'' manga magazine ''
Monthly Ikki
was a monthly ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It tended to specialize in underground or alternative manga, but it had its share of major hits as well. The magazine started in 2000 as a spin-off of Shogakukan's ''Weekly Big ...
'' from October 25, 2013, to August 25, 2014. Shogakukan collected its chapters in a single ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese
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'' volume, released on September 30, 2014.
In France, the manga was licensed by .
Reception
In 2015, the manga adaptation won the Manga Honz Super New Award 2014 by the Japanese book recommendation website Honz.
References
Further reading
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External links
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{{Monthly Ikki
2011 Japanese novels
Manga based on novels
Seinen manga
Shogakukan manga