7 Seeds was written and illustrated by Yumi Tamura and published by Shogakukan. It began serialization in the November 2001 issue of the monthly shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Shōjo Comic; in April 2002, it transferred to the monthly josei manga magazine Flowers.[1][2] The final chapter was published in the July 2017 issue of Flowers, released on May 27.[3] Shogakukan collected the individual chapters into 35 bound volumes, printed under the Flower Comics imprint, and later, under the Flower Comics Alpha imprint. Each volume was divided into sections focusing on different groups of survivors, with section titles containing a kigo (seasonal word) appropriate for the group name.[4][5]
In 2008, Pika Édition licensed the manga in France, where it was marketed as a seinen series.[6] In 2011, Pika announced that negotiations with the Japanese publisher, Shogakukan, had been unsuccessful, and therefore, they would cease publishing 7 Seeds and two other titles.[7] In total, Pika published 10 volumes of the manga in French.[8][9]
In 2017, after the conclusion of the 7 Seeds manga in Japan, Tamura announced the launch of a spin-off series in Flowers. The first chapter was published in the magazine's October issue, released on August 28; the final chapter was published in the December issue, released on October 28.[3][10] Shogakukan collected the chapters into a single bound volume on January 10, 2018.[11]
Volumes list
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1 | March 26, 2002[12] | 978-4-09-138013-5 | |
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Natsu goes to sleep in her bedroom as usual, but when she awakens, the young woman finds herself amidst seven complete strangers in a hostile, wild environment, desperately struggling for survival. She is told that mankind has been destroyed by a meteorite and they have been sent many years into the future to preserve humanity. | |||
2 | September 26, 2002[13] | 978-4-09-138014-2 | |
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Cruelly separated from her boyfriend and involuntarily thrown into the future, Hana gives it her best to survive and find her boyfriend. Not an easy task, with dangerous insects, unstable weather and hostile teammates around. | |||
3 | March 26, 2003[14] | 978-4-09-138015-9 | |
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Hana's and Arashi's teams decide to return to their former homes, hoping to find out that all the stories about Japan being destroyed by a meteorite are just a lie, but as they travel through a country in ruins, all their hopes are shattered cruelly. | |||
4 | January 26, 2004[15] | 978-4-09-138016-6 | |
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While Team Spring, exhausted from their long voyages, decides to settle down for the time being, the focus shifts to the third team. Team Winter's travels start out poorly with three of their members dying throughout the thawing process, leaving behind the other five in a country full of dangers. Fighting against beasts, cold and despair, the young Aramaki struggles to shape a path to survival in the New World. | |||
5 | August 26, 2004[16] | 978-4-09-138017-3 | |
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Separated from Team Summer B, Arashi travels towards Tokyo with Semimaru and Natsu. They come across another team, a group calling themselves Team Autumn. Happy at first, the three have yet to realize how cruel humans can be. | |||
6 | May 26, 2005[17] | 978-4-09-138018-0 | |
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After fifteen years of lonesome travelling, Aramaki finally has made contact with Team Spring. But his new happiness does not last very long, as Hana falls victim to a deadly disease. | |||
7 | November 25, 2005[18] | 978-4-09-138019-7 | |
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Secluded in an unknown mountain range, around hundred children are raised to become wilderness survival experts. Being carefully genetically chosen and undergoing strict training every day, they are supposed to become the new hope for humanity in the future. Not knowing the truth, everyone gives his best to become one of the candidates for the final test. | |||
8 | April 26, 2006[19] | 978-4-09-130425-4 | |
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The final test turns out to be a cruel exam of the participating children's survival skills. Abandoned in the mountains during winter, the candidates have to fight for their place among Team Summer A, for only the "Chosen Seven" will be allowed to live. | |||
9 | September 26, 2006[20] | 978-4-09-130599-2 | |
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As the numbers of Summer A candidates rapidly shrink, Ango, Ryo and Shigeru find themselves in a deep cave. All three are from the same two classes and they know that only one member per class will be allowed to survive and make it to the future. | |||
10 | March 26, 2007[21] | 978-4-09-131003-3 | |
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Hana and her friends stumble across an underground shelter called Ryugu and find a diary left behind by one of the former residents. They learn about the fate of several thousands of people who are forced to witness the doom of their entire world. Yet, they started out anew, full of hope, not knowing which cruel fate awaited them. | |||
11 | August 24, 2007[22] | 978-4-09-131193-1 | |
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Not knowing about the events which led to the Ryugu Shelter's demise, the leaders of Team Autumn are exploring the facilities and prepare to open the "door of death". Hana and her group desperately chase after them to prevent humanity's final doom while the entire shelter is falling apart above them. | |||
12 | January 25, 2008[23] | 978-4-09-131477-2 | |
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Due to the tragic events unfolding during their first encounter with Team Summer A, Hana, Aramaki and the rest of Team Autumn decide to reconcile with each other and return to the base of Team Spring. Meanwhile, Arashi, Natsu and Semimaru recklessly set sail and come across a girl whose intentions are unknown. She warns them that the rest of their teammates are on the brink of death. | |||
13 | July 10, 2008[24] | 978-4-09-131690-5 | |
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Hana's group returns to the base of Team Spring only to find it completely destroyed by a landslide and all her friends gone. They soon discover that Momotaro has been captured by Team Summer A. Both groups are furious and about to fight each other when a third, even more powerful enemy appears, ready to kill them all. | |||
14 | January 9, 2009[25] | 978-4-09-132250-0 | |
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Forced by the circumstances, Team Summer A and Hana's group decide to live together. While friction remains between them, the first signs of understanding emerge. But then, Ango finds out about Hana's secret and falls into a state of deep rage. | |||
15 | April 10, 2009[26] | 978-4-09-132516-7 | |
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Shaken by the truth about Hana, the whole team Summer A is furious. Relations between Ango and Hana worsen, until it comes to the catastrophe. | |||
16 | September 10, 2009[27] | 978-4-09-132628-7 | |
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Searching for Hana, who got lost in the caves, her friends plunge further into the deep and cold darkness. The tragic events unfolding lay an unbearable strain on the little community. The volume includes a short side story called "Wish". | |||
17 | February 10, 2010[28] | 9784091330994 | |
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Exiled from their community, Ango and Ryo stumble across the peaceful lifestyle of Team Summer B. Hiding their bloody past, they are welcomed warmly by the cheerful group. Albeit baffled about Summer B's carefree way of doing things, they start settling in, but the peace is broken once Ango learns about Arashi's relationship to Hana. | |||
18 | August 10, 2010[29] | 9784091333162 | |
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Separated from Arashi, Team Summer B and the two leaders of Summer A stumble across a mysterious ghost ship. It seems to carry a lot of secrets of the past and lures in the wanderers, but it is also fraught with danger. | |||
19 | February 10, 2011[30] | 9784091336491 | |
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While the separated groups gradually explore the ghost ship, Ango and Ryo are being forced to altercate with their cruel past bit by bit. Finally, Ango breaks down at the worst time imaginable because the ship holds a deadly threat to the entire country of Japan – and they awoke it. | |||
20 | July 8, 2011[31] | 9784091340184 | |
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Struggling to prevent a catastrophe, the rag-tag band has to deal with yet another menace – a mysterious presence that lurks in the ship and bares its fangs at them, forcing Arashi and Natsu into a dead end. | |||
21 | December 9, 2011[32] | 9784091341181 | |
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Scattered throughout all of Japan, the groups from the Seven Seeds Project are all giving their best to survive despite the adversities thrown at them. Slowly, they are settling in with their new world, but the mysterious Mozu is watching them from the shadows like a deadly predator. | |||
22 | June 8, 2012[33] | 9784091344700 | |
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Despite all odds, Hana managed to survive Team Summer A’s assassination attempts and reunited with two painfully missed friends. Meanwhile, Aramaki and Ayu get closer to each other as they travel searching Hana. Will they find her in time before she has to face her most dangerous enemy so far: Evolution itself…? | |||
23 | November 9, 2012[34] | 9784091347923 | |
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— | December 9, 2011[35] | 9784091342577 | |
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This fanbook contains pictures drawn by the author, Yumi Tamura, as well as an interview with her and a poll among the 7 Seeds fans. It also has detailed information on the teams, the Fuji, and the future Japan. | |||
24 | March 8, 2013[36] | 978-4-09-135073-2 | |
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25 | July 10, 2013[37] | 978-4-09-135464-8 | |
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26 | January 10, 2014[38] | 978-4-09-135580-5 | |
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27 | July 10, 2014[39] | 978-4-09-136239-1 | |
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28 | December 10, 2014[40] | 978-4-09-136419-7 | |
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29 | May 8, 2015[41] | 978-4-09-137299-4 | |
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30 | October 9, 2015[42] | 978-4-09-137768-5 | |
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31 | March 10, 2016[43] | 978-4-09-138237-5 | |
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32 | August 10, 2016[44] | 978-4-09-138629-8 | |
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33 | January 10, 2017[45] | 978-4-09-138894-0 | |
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34 | June 9, 2017[46] | 978-4-09-139308-1 | |
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35 | August 10, 2017[47] | 978-4-09-139424-8 | |
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References
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- ↑ 月刊flowers (2/4) – コミックナタリー 特集・インタビュー. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 26 February 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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- ↑ 7SEEDS 1 (フラワーコミックス). Shogakukan (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ↑ 7SEEDS 35 (フラワーコミックス). Shogakukan (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ↑ "7Seeds". Pika Édition (in French). Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ↑ "Pika fait le point sur certaines séries". Manga News (in French). 19 April 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ↑ 7 Seeds, Tome 1 (in French). ASIN 284599835X.
- ↑ 7 Seeds, Tome 10 (in French). ASIN 2811603689.
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- ↑ 7SEEDS 外伝 (フラワーコミックスアルファ). Shogakukan (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 9」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 10」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
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- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 13」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 14」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 15」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 16」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 17」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 18」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 19」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 20」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 21」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 22」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 23」" (in Japanese). CDJapan. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ↑ "小学館: 「7SEEDS 公式ファンブック ─Edge of Emotions─」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 24」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 25」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 26」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 27」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 28」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 29」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 30」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 31」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック 「7SEEDS 32」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック「7SEEDS 33」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ↑ "小学館: コミック「7SEEDS 34」" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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External links
- Official drama CD website (in Japanese)
- Interview with Yumi Tamura about 7 Seeds (in Japanese)
- List of 7 Seeds volumes (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia