is a Japanese

manga 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 history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...

's manga magazine '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from December 2017 to May 2024, with its chapters collected in 21 volumes. In 2022, the manga won the 67th

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga 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 history in earlier Japanese art. The term is ...

for the general category.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by , ''Nigatsu no Shōsha'' was serialized in

's manga magazine '' Weekly Big Comic Spirits'' from December 4, 2017, to May 20, 2024. Shogakukan collected its chapters in 21 volumes, released from February 9, 2018, to July 11, 2024.

Volumes

Drama

A ten-episode

television drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...

adaptation, starring Yuya Yagira as Kurōdo Kuroki, was broadcast on

Nippon Television JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a sub ...

from October 16 to December 18, 2021.

Reception

The series ranked 30th on the 2020 "Book of the Year" list by ''Da Vinci'' magazine; it ranked twelfth on the 2024 list. The series won the 67th

in the general category, along with '' Don't Call it Mystery'', in 2022.

References

External links

* * * {{Shogakukan Manga Award - General Anime and manga set in schools Seinen manga Shogakukan manga Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga