Kūya Shōnin ga Ita
Tankōbon volume cover
空也上人がいた
Novel
Written byTaichi Yamada
Published byAsahi Shimbun Publication
PublishedApril 7, 2011
Manga
Written byTaichi Yamada
Illustrated byHideki Arai
Published byShogakukan
ImprintIkki Comix
MagazineMonthly Ikki
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 25, 2013 – August 25, 2014
Volumes1

Kūya Shōnin ga Ita (空也上人がいた) is a Japanese manga series, based on Taichi Yamada's novel of the same title, and illustrated by Hideki Arai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from October 2013 to August 2014, with its chapters collected in a single volume.

Publication

Written by Taichi Yamada, the Kūya Shōnin ga Ita novel was published by the Asahi Shimbun Publishing on April 7, 2011.[1] The manga adaptation, illustrated by Hideki Arai, was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from October 25, 2013,[2] to August 25, 2014.[3][4] Shogakukan collected its chapters in a single tankōbon volume, released on September 30, 2014.[5][6]

In France, the manga was licensed by Akata.[7]

Reception

In 2015, the manga adaptation won the Manga Honz Super New Award 2014 by the Japanese book recommendation website Honz.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ 空也上人がいた (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun Publication. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  2. ↑ 新井英樹が山田太一原作で老人介護描く新連載、IKKIにて. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. October 25, 2013. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  3. ↑ Ressler, Karen (July 30, 2014). "Monthly Ikki Magazine's Individual Series' Plans Announced". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 4, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  4. ↑ IKKIラスト前号、ニッケルオデオンなど完結. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 25, 2014. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  5. ↑ 【9月30日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 30, 2014. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  6. ↑ 空也上人がいた (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Retour de Hideki Arai avec La vie devant toi, à paraitre chez Akata". manga-news.com (in French). April 10, 2019. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  8. ↑ マンガHONZレビュアーが選ぶ、この1年のベスト・オブ・第1巻は何？「マンガHONZ超新作大賞 2014」を発表します！. Manga Honz (in Japanese). Honz. February 23, 2015. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  9. ↑ マンガHONZの「超新作大賞」、1位は新井英樹×山田太一「空也上人がいた」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 23, 2015. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2022.

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