is a Japanese

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. He is best known for his manga series ''

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'' and ''

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''. Esuno started drawing at age 15, at the time he was an admirer of the works of

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in particular her horror manga '' Mermaid Saga''. After working as a manga assistant for many years he managed to become a professional manga artist when his story won a prize in a contest held by

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in 2001. In the 2017 May issue of '' Monthly Shōnen Ace'' magazine, he launched a new manga titled ''Tantei Akechi wa Kyōran su'' (The Detective Akechi is Berserk), a tribute to the works of

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. The manga ended in the issue published in December 2018. In May 2019, he started the serialization of the manga adaptation of Bokuto Uno's light novel series ''

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'' in ''Monthly Shōnen Ace''.

Works

* (June 2004–November 2005, '' Monthly Shōnen Ace'') * (January 2006–December 2010, ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'') ** (2008) ** (2008) ** (2013) * (November 2011–September 2016, ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'') * (May 2017–December 2018, ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'') * (May 2019–ongoing, ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'', manga adaptation of the light novel series of the same name by Bokuto Uno)

References

1973 births Living people Manga artists from Shizuoka Prefecture {{manga-artist-stub