Mushinuyun Explained

Ja Kanji:ムシヌユン
Genre:Science fiction[1]
Type:manga
Author:Daisaku Tsuru
Publisher:Shogakukan
Imprint:Big Superior Comics
Magazine:Big Comic Superior
First:December 13, 2013
Last:January 12, 2018
Volumes:6

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisaku Tsuru. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Big Comic Superior from December 2013 to January 2018, with its chapters collected in six volumes.

Plot

27-year-old Akihito Uehara dreamed of becoming an entomologist since childhood, but despite trying for five years, fails to enter graduate school. With his allowance cut off, unable to find a job or pay rent, Uehara is forced to return to his home island of Yonase, Okinawa. Upon arriving, he finds the remote island to be overrun by tourists viewing the Tango star cluster. Uehara visits his mother to ask for help, but she tells him he is on his own. As Uehara, who has a communication disorder, wanders the island, he runs into people from his childhood, including Shinjou Kanako, his first love. She helps him collect a rare fire ant species, but her husband Nishihara takes her away. Uehara runs into a nearby forest and watches them have sex. As the Tango cluster becomes visible, light emits from it, and Uehara comes across an otherwordly insect that bites him. Uehara's body splits apart, and after he is reconstituted, he finds that his penis has been replaced with a large appendage and that he cannot control his lust towards women.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Daisaku Tsuru, Mushinuyun was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Big Comic Superior from December 13, 2013,[2] to January 12, 2018.[3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in six volumes, released from July 30, 2014,[4] to January 30, 2018.

Volumes

Reception

Mushinuyun was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2014.[5] The series ranked fifth on "The Best Manga 2015 Kono Manga wo Yome!" ranking by Freestyle magazine.[6] It was nominated for the Sugoi Japan Award in 2017.[7]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ja:【ロングレビュー】人生のすべてに見捨てられた男が南の島で出会ったものは……奇想天外SF(?)スペクタクル!! 『ムシヌユン』第1巻 都留泰作 . https://konomanga.jp/special/10548-2 . . . January 6, 2022 . ja . September 10, 2014 . January 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220106143144/https://konomanga.jp/special/10548-2 . live .
  2. Web site: ja:「ナチュン」の都留泰作、スペリオールで3年ぶり新連載 . https://natalie.mu/comic/news/105693 . . Natasha, Inc. . January 6, 2022 . ja . December 13, 2013 . January 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220106143143/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/105693 . live .
  3. Web site: ja:恋愛経験もコミュ力もない男が出会った女性は…スペリオールで鳥島灰人の新連載 . https://natalie.mu/comic/news/264930 . . Natasha, Inc. . January 6, 2022 . ja . January 12, 2018 . January 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220106144632/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/264930 . live .
  4. Web site: ja:ナチュン都留泰作の新作1巻、帯に諸星大二郎 . https://natalie.mu/comic/news/122388 . . Natasha, Inc. . January 6, 2022 . ja . July 30, 2014 . January 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220106143145/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/122388 . live .
  5. Web site: Manga Division – 2014 [18th] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive]. Japan Media Arts Festival. January 6, 2022. https://archive.today/20201111203903/http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2014/manga/. November 11, 2020. live.
  6. Web site: ja:「このマンガを読め!」1位は高野文子「ドミトリーともきんす」. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/134646. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. January 6, 2022. ja. December 25, 2014. January 6, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220106143141/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/134646. live.
  7. Web site: Stimson. Eric. Voting Begins for Yomiuri Shimbun's Sugoi Japan Awards 2017. Anime News Network. January 6, 2022. November 18, 2016. November 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108103355/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-11-18/voting-begins-for-yomiuri-shimbun-sugoi-japan-awards-2017/.108927. live.