is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Itō. 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 H ...

's ''seinen'' manga magazines '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' (2008–2010) and ''

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'' (2010–2017), with its chapters collected in fourteen ''

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. ''Shut Hell'' earned Itō the New Artist Prize at the 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2012.

Plot

Sudou, a young man who is plagued with recurring vivid dreams of bloody ancient battles, is approached by Suzuki, a shy and quiet girl. When Suzuki visits Sudou's apartment, she plays an instrument he made, which transports Sudou to the year 1209. He awakes to find that he is now a woman nicknamed and Suzuki a Mongol prince named Yurul. The story takes place in the early 13th century; Genghis Khan has united the Mongolian clans and is strengthening his forces to end the

Western Xia The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (), officially the Great Xia (), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as ''Mi-nyak''Stein (1972), pp. 70–71. to the Tanguts and Tibetans, was a Tangut-led Buddhist imperial dynasty of China tha ...

dynasty. The plot follows a Xia soldier, sole survivor of a unit massacred by forces led by Mongol general Harabal. Now driven by vengeance, she is feared by the Mongols as "the Evil One" or Shut Hell in Mongolian for her merciless killing. She accompanies Yurul as he flees his Mongol family to preserve a vital collections of writings, knowing that Harabal will follow them, giving her a chance to kill him.

Publication

''Shut Hell'' is written and illustrated by Yu Itō. The series began in

's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' on December 22, 2008. The series was later transferred to ''

'', where it ran from July 27, 2010 to March 27, 2017. Shogakukan collected its chapters in fourteen ''

'' volumes, released from March 30, 2009 to May 12, 2017.

Volume list

Reception

''Shut Hell'' earned Yu Itō the New Artist Prize at the 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2012.

References

External links

* {{Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Historical anime and manga Seinen manga Shogakukan manga Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (New Artist Prize)