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series written by Joumyaku and illustrated by Mizuki Yoda. It has been serialized for free on the mobile app and website of Shueisha's online magazine '' Shōnen Jump+'' since April 2022. Shueisha also publishes the series in English on the online platform and mobile app '' Manga Plus''. Viz Media licensed the series for English release.

Plot summary

Hikaru Gero is a young man from the Poison Clan of professional assassins, which has been in existence for hundreds of years. Because he deals in the dark side of society and has never lived a "normal life", he considers himself to have no prospects with women and has no interest in marriage. However, one day, the Poison Clan states that if Gero does not marry and produce an heir to carry on their lineage, they will force his sister into bearing a child against her wishes. Wanting to save his younger sister from such a fate, Gero asks one of his assassination targets to marry him. When the

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marriage swindler Mei Kinosaki declines, Gero instead has Kinosaki train him to date and how to appeal to women with the goal of finding someone he truly wants to marry.

Characters

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Publication

''Marriagetoxin'' is written by Joumyaku and illustrated by Mizuki Yoda. The manga was officially announced by Shueisha on April 11, 2022, and began its weekly serialization for free on the '' Shōnen Jump+'' mobile app and website on the 20th of the same month. Shueisha also simultaneously publishes the series in English for free on the online platform and mobile app '' Manga Plus''. In June 2023, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series for English release under the name ''Marriage Toxin''.

Volumes

Chapters not yet in format

These chapters have yet to be published in a '' tankōbon'' volume. * Chapters 72–80 * Bonus chapters 11–15

Reception

''Marriagetoxin'' was nominated for the Next Manga Award in the Best Web Manga category in June 2022, and ranked eighth out of 50 nominees. It also ranked fifth in the Nationwide Publishers Recommended Comics of 2023. The series was recommended by

Koyoharu Gotouge is a Japanese manga artist, known for the manga series ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'' (2016–2020). As of February 2021, the manga had over 150 million copies in circulation (including digital copies), making it the ninth best-selling ma ...

Gege Akutami is a Japanese manga artist, known for their work ''Jujutsu Kaisen''. Gege Akutami is a pen name and the author's real name and gender are unknown. Biography Gege Akutami was born in Iwate Prefecture on February 26, 1992. Akutami moved to Sen ...

and Mogumo, the character designer for the anime series '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury''.

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