Saturn Return (manga) explained

Saturn Return
Ja Kanji:	サターンリターン
Ja Romaji:	Satān Ritān

Type:	manga
Author:	Akane Torikai
Publisher:	Shogakukan
Magazine:	Weekly Big Comic Spirits
First:	January 21, 2019
Last:	October 31, 2022
Volumes:	10

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akane Torikai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from January 2019 to October 2022, with its chapters collected in 10 volumes.

Publication

Written and illustrated by, Saturn Return was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from January 21, 2019,^[1] to October 31, 2022.^{[2] [3]} Shogakukan collected its chapters in 10 volumes, released from June 28, 2019,^[4] to February 28, 2023.

Volumes

Reception

Saturn Return was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival in 2020.^[5] The series has been nominated for the 28th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2024.^[6]

See also

• Sensei's Pious Lie, another manga series by the same author

Further reading

• Web site: ja:自死した友人の謎を追う書けない小説家の行く末は――？ 「死」と「喪失」をテーマに描く鳥飼茜『サターンリターン』. https://ddnavi.com/review/551790/a/. Da Vinci News. Kadokawa Corporation. ja. July 21, 2019.
• Web site: Tsukasa. Taki. ja:大切な人の死ーー喪失の先にあるものは？ 鳥飼茜『サターンリターン』が突きつける感情. https://realsound.jp/book/2020/10/post-642435.html. Real Sound. Blueprint Co., Ltd. ja. October 26, 2020.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ja:鳥飼茜の新連載がスピリッツで開幕、「闇金ウシジマくん」は残り5話で完結. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/316756. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 24, 2021. ja. January 21, 2019. October 19, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211019154628/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/316756. live.
2. Web site: Mateo. Alex. Akane Torikai's Saturn Return Manga Ends in 2 Chapters. Anime News Network. October 10, 2022. October 10, 2022. October 10, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221010191110/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-10-10/akane-torikai-saturn-return-manga-ends-in-2-chapters/.190688. live.
3. Web site: ja:「絶滅動物物語」の作者が描く、癒やしてほぐす中年メンテナンス物語がスピで開幕. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/499597. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. November 5, 2022. ja. October 31, 2022. November 14, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221114044314/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/499597. live.
4. Web site: ja:鳥飼茜が“喪失”テーマに描く「サターンリターン」1巻、帯に村田沙耶香らコメント. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/337634. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 24, 2021. ja. June 28, 2019. October 22, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211022233945/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/337634. live.
5. Web site: Manga Division – 2020 [23rd] Japan Media Arts Festival Archive]. Japan Media Arts Festival. January 5, 2022. https://archive.today/20210318161006/http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2020/manga/. March 18, 2021. live.
6. Web site: Pineda. Rafael. Oshi no Ko, Ikoku Nikki Nominated for Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes. Anime News Network. February 19, 2024. February 19, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240219040908/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-18/oshi-no-ko-ikoku-nikki-nominated-for-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prizes/.207737. February 19, 2024. live.