Shūjin Riku Explained

Ja Kanji:囚人リク
Genre:Prison[1]
Type:manga
Author:Shinobu Seguchi
Publisher:Akita Shoten
Demographic:Shōnen
Magazine:Weekly Shōnen Champion
First:February 10, 2011
Last:February 15, 2018
Volumes:38
Type:manga
Boss Renoma: Shūjin Riku Gaiden
Author:Shinobu Seguchi
Publisher:Akita Shoten
Demographic:Shōnen
Magazine:Weekly Shōnen Champion
First:August 30, 2018
Last:January 10, 2019
Volumes:2

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Seguchi. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from February 2011 to February 2018, with its chapters collected in 38 volumes. The story follows Riku Kurita, a 13-year-old boy from the slums, witnesses the assassination of an old police officer wanting to denounce the Tokyo police chief's countless trafficking activities. The latter accuses Riku of the murder and sends him to a prison on an island isolated from the rest of the country, the Paradise Island Penitentiary.

Plot

One night, a meteorite crashed into the city of Tokyo. Ten years later, the destroyed Tokyo was undergoing reconstruction, but the area around the meteorite crater was left behind and turned into a slum area with extremely poor public safety. As a result, the megacity is cut in two, the affected area is a slum isolated from the rest of the country, and the rest of the city is reserved for rich people of the society. The slums were isolated by walls, and security was maintained even more strictly than in the outside. Riku Kurita, a boy orphaned by the meteorite crash, lives his days in the slums under the watchful eye of Goro Fujimoto, a middle-aged police officer whom he adores as his uncle. However, on July 8, in the 10th area of the slums, Fujimoto was killed while trying to expose the evil deeds of Eishu Kidoin, the police inspector general. Riku, who was present at the scene, was charged with murdering Fujimoto, he was imprisoned in Paradise Island Penitentiary. In order to defeat Kidouin and avenge his uncle's death, Riku decides to escape from prison with his friends. After much effort, he gathers his friends and manages to escape from the prison of the Island, but the group falls into Kidoin's hands and is sent to Kidoin's illegal facility, Hell Island on Jigokujima, where huge mine shafts were dug underground, and opium was cultivated and manufactured above ground. The group attempts to escape again under harsh conditions, with most of the prisoners being sent to die within a month.

Publication

Shūjin Riku, written and illustrated by Shinobu Seguchi, was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from February 10, 2011,[2] to February 15, 2018.[3] Akita Shoten collected its chapters in thirty-eight volumes, released from June 8, 2011,[4] to April 6, 2018.[5]

A story, titled, was serialized in the same magazine from August 30, 2018,[6] to January 10, 2019.[7] Akita Shoten collected its chapters in two volumes, released on January 8 and March 8, 2019.[8] [9]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ja:6月11日は凶悪犯フランク・モリスがアルカトラズ連邦刑務所から脱獄した日 『囚人リク』を読もう!【きょうのマンガ】. https://konomanga.jp/guide/35164-2. Kono Manga ga Sugoi!. Takarajimasha. November 12, 2022. ja . June 11, 2015. November 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112053914/https://konomanga.jp/guide/35164-2. live.
  2. Web site: ja:週チャン新連載は最果ての刑務所が舞台の「囚人リク」. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/44829. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. November 12, 2022. ja. February 10, 2011. November 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112055418/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/44829. live.
  3. Web site: ja:瀬口忍が描く刑務所脱獄記「囚人リク」7年の連載に幕、単行本は2カ月連続刊行. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/269565. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. November 12, 2022. ja. February 15, 2018. November 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112053918/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/269565. live.
  4. Web site: ja:【6月8日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/50858. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. November 12, 2022. ja. June 8, 2011. November 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112055418/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/50858. live.
  5. Web site: ja:【4月6日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/276678. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. November 12, 2022. ja. April 6, 2018. November 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112053927/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/276678. live.
  6. Web site: ja:瀬口忍「囚人リク」の外伝が週チャンで開幕、リクの盟友・レノマの物語. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/297536. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. November 12, 2022. ja. August 30, 2018. November 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112055419/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/297536. live.
  7. Web site: ja:週刊少年チャンピオン 2019年新年No.6. https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/w-champion/2019/6. Akita Shoten. November 12, 2022. ja. November 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112053910/https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/w-champion/2019/6. live.
  8. Web site: ja:瀬口忍「囚人リク」外伝1巻、リクの盟友・レノマが刑務所の底辺から這い上がる. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/315205. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. November 12, 2022. ja. January 8, 2019. November 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112053910/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/315205. live.
  9. Web site: ja:【3月8日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/322857. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. November 12, 2022. ja. March 8, 2019. November 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221112055417/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/322857. live.