Ayashimon Explained
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Kaku. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 2021 to May 2022.
Plot
is an unusually strong boy and an avid manga fan who dreams to be a "manga hero". Repeating the special training that appears in manga that he has read since early age, Maruo became able to break rocks at the age of seven. One day, he meets, an oni ayashimon—a kind of yōkai able to shapeshift into humans—chased by an ayashimon yakuza gang. After Maruo easily defeats the gang, Urara, impressed by his strength and by the fact that he is a simple human and not an ayashimon, recruits him as the first member of her yakuza group. Maruo, hesitant at first, accepts her offer, realizing that he can experience life as a manga protagonist following the path of a yakuza.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Yuji Kaku, Ayashimon was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from November 15, 2021,[1] [2] [3] to May 30, 2022.[4] The first collected tankōbon volume was published on March 4, 2022.[5]
The manga was simultaneously published in English by Viz Media and Shueisha's Manga Plus online platform.[6] [7]
Volumes
Notes and References
- Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Shonen Jump Launches 3 New Manga Including New Series by Hell's Paradise's Yūji Kaku (Updated). Anime News Network. November 7, 2021. November 29, 2021. December 15, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221215220211/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-11-07/shonen-jump-launches-3-new-manga-including-new-series-by-hell-paradise-yuji-kaku/.179306. live.
- Web site: ja:「地獄楽」の賀来ゆうじが描く“妖しき極道譚”「アヤシモン」がジャンプで始動. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/453538. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. November 15, 2021. November 29, 2021. ja. June 3, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220603173547/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/453538. live.
- Web site: ja:アヤシモン:「地獄楽」賀来ゆうじの新連載が「ジャンプ」に 妖しき裏社会バトル!. https://mantan-web.jp/article/20211112dog00m200069000c.html. Mantan Web. November 15, 2021. November 29, 2021. ja. November 29, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211129234848/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20211112dog00m200069000c.html. live.
- Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Yūji Kaku's Ayashimon Manga Ends. Anime News Network. May 29, 2022. May 29, 2022. May 29, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220529150207/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-29/yuji-kaku-ayashimon-manga-ends/.186110. live.
- Web site: ja:「地獄楽」の賀来ゆうじ新作1巻発売、少年と妖しき少女が裏社会に殴り込み. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/468098. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. March 4, 2022. March 4, 2022. ja. June 3, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220603173547/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/468098. live.
- Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Viz Media, Manga Plus Both Publish Yūji Kaku's Ayashimon Manga in English. Anime News Network. November 15, 2021. November 29, 2021. November 29, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211129234841/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-11-15/viz-media-manga-plus-both-publish-yuji-kaku-ayashimon-manga-in-english/.179559. live.
- Web site: Beveridge. Chris. Viz Media & Manga Plus Adds Yuji Kaku's 'Ayashimon' Manga. The Fandom Post. November 15, 2021. November 29, 2021. November 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211115202613/https://www.fandompost.com/2021/11/15/viz-media-manga-plus-adds-yuji-kakus-ayashimon-manga/. live.