Asadora!

Asadora! (Japanese: 連続漫画小説 あさドラ！, Hepburn: Renzoku Manga Shōsetsu Asadora!, lit. "Serial Manga Novel Asadora!") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits since October 2018, with its chapters published into four tankōbon volumes as of August 2020. It has been licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.

Not to be confused with Asadora.

Asadora!
Cover of the first tankōbon volume of Asadora!, featuring Asa.
連続漫画小説 あさドラ！
(Renzoku Manga Shōsetsu Asadora!)
GenreDrama[1]
Manga
Written byNaoki Urasawa
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Big Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 6, 2018 – present
Volumes4

Publication

Asadora! is written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. The sense of fulfillment he felt after doing all the backgrounds, inking, erasing and screentones on "It's a Beautiful Day", led to Urasawa doing a lot of the background work on Asadora! by himself as well.[2] The manga began in the 2018 45th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits on October 6, 2018.[3][4] Asadora! is Urasawa's first work published digitally and his first work in the magazine since 21st Century Boys, serialized in 2007.[5] The series' first arc finished in January 2019, and went on hiatus until May of the same year.[6][7] The series went on hiatus again in August 2019 and resumed publication in October of the same year.[8] Shogakukan has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on March 29, 2019.[9] As of August 28, 2020, four volumes have been published.[10]

In North America, Viz Media announced the English release of the manga in July 2020.[11] The first volume was published on January 19, 2021.[12] The manga has also been licensed in France by Kana,[13] and in Italy by Panini Comics.[14]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 March 29, 2019[9]978-4-09-860278-0January 19, 2021[12]978-1-9747-1746-0
2 September 30, 2019[15]978-4-09-860433-3April 20, 2021[16]978-1-9747-2010-1
3 February 28, 2020[17]978-4-09-860587-3July 20, 2021[18]978-1-9747-2011-8
4 August 28, 2020[10]978-4-09-860738-9——

Reception

Asadora! has been nominated for the Young Adults Best Comic Award at the 48th Angoulême International Comics Festival 2021.[19] Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network gave the first volume an A- and wrote: "this is a very solid work. Asa is the kind of spitfire heroine that's easy to get behind".[20] Reuben Baron of Comic Book Resources said "As a piece of historical fiction, Asadora! is so convincing that it's almost a surprise once the science fiction elements pop up again in the last two pages of the book".[21]

References
  1. "The Official Website for Asadora!". Viz Media. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  2. Urasawa, Naoki (2020). Sneeze: Naoki Urasawa Story Collection. Viz Media. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-9747-1748-4.
  3. Ressler, Karen (September 14, 2018). "Naoki Urasawa Launches New Manga in Big Comic Spirits". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  4. 浦沢直樹の新連載「連続漫画小説 あさドラ！」スピリッツで始動. Natalie (in Japanese). October 6, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  5. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 6, 2018). "Naoki Urasawa's New Manga Asadora! Has Digital Version for 1st Time". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  6. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 27, 2019). "Naoki Urasawa's Asadora! Manga Ends 1st Arc, Goes on Hiatus". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  7. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 17, 2019). "Naoki Urasawa's Asadora! Manga Returns in May (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  8. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (August 30, 2019). "Naoki Urasawa's Asadora! Manga Goes on Hiatus". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  9. あさドラ！　１ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  10. あさドラ！　４ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  11. Sherman, Jennifer (July 3, 2020). "Viz Media Licenses Dr. Stone Reboot: Byakuya, Asadora!, Beast Complex, Call of the Night Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  12. "Asadora!, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  13. "Asadora, le nouveau chef-d'œuvre signé Naoki Urasawa !" (in French). Kana. December 5, 2019. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  14. "Lucca 2019: Gli annunci Planet Manga". AnimeClick (in Italian). November 3, 2019. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  15. あさドラ！　２ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  16. "Asadora!, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  17. あさドラ！　３ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  18. "Asadora!, Vol. 3". Viz Media. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  19. "Découvrez les 8 mangas sélectionnés au Festival d'Angoulême". Crunchyroll (in French). November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  20. Silverman, Rebecca (January 19, 2021). "Asadora! GN 1 - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  21. Baron, Reuben (January 19, 2021). "REVIEW: Asadora! Vol. 1 Depicts a Vibrant Past… and an Already-Dated Future?". CBR. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

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