Ryoko (manga)

Ryoko (stylized as RYOKO) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaito Mitsuhashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from October 2016 to June 2019, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes.

Ryoko
GenreAction[1]
Manga
Written byKaito Mitsuhashi
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 19, 2016 – June 26, 2019
Volumes5

Publication

Ryoko is written and illustrated by Kaito Mitsuhashi. Mitsuhashi, at 21, won the Shin Shedai Sunday Award (New Generation Sunday Award) for his work Ryoko Meet Meal!! in December 2015.[2][3] Takenori Ichihara, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday editor-in-chief, decided to make Ryoko a serialized work, being the first time in 38 years that an editor-in-chief directly chooses a newcomer's work to being serialized in the magazine, since Rumiko Takahashi's Kattena Yatsura (Urusei Yatsura prototype) in 1978. It was also the first time that a newcomer award-winning work would be serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday, since Katsutoshi Kawai's Obi wo Gyutto Ne! and Kazuhiro Fujita's Ushio and Tora.[2][4]

The manga began in the 2016 47th issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, released on October 19, 2016.[4][2] The manga went on hiatus after its 22nd chapter, published in the 2017 18th issue of the magazine on March 29, 2017.[5] The series resumed publication in the 2019 8th issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, released on January 23, 2019.[6][7] The series finished in the 2019 30th issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, released on June 26, 2019.[8] Shogakukan collected is chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from February 17, 2017 to September 18, 2019.[9][10]

Volume list
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 September 18, 2019[9]978-4-09-127504-2
2 February 18, 2019[11]978-4-09-127556-1
3 February 18, 2019[12]978-4-09-128893-6
4 May 17, 2019[13]978-4-09-129160-8
5 September 18, 2019[10]978-4-09-129333-6

References
  1. サンデーの新鋭・三ツ橋快人が描く「RYOKO」1巻、自我を持つ食材を少女が狩る. Natalie (in Japanese). February 17, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  2. RYOKO：「うる星やつら」以来38年ぶりに編集長が新人抜擢　サンデーで連載開始. Mantan Web (in Japanese). October 19, 2016. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  3. プロ漫画家への登竜門！ 新世代サンデー賞. Club Sunday (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  4. 河合克敏、藤田和日郎以来の快挙！サンデーの新人賞受賞作「RYOKO」連載開始. Natalie (in Japanese). October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  5. 週刊少年サンデー 2017年 表示号数18. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  6. 高橋留美子がサンデーに帰還！来年早春に新連載、コトヤマ読み切りや「RYOKO」も. Natalie (in Japanese). December 4, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  7. バケモノ食材×日本刀少女「RYOKO」連載再開、うぇぶりでは全話無料公開. Natalie (in Japanese). January 23, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  8. 少年サンデー　３０号. Shogakukan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 16, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  9. ＲＹＯＫＯ　１ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  10. ＲＹＯＫＯ　５ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  11. ＲＹＯＫＯ　２ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  12. ＲＹＯＫＯ　３ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  13. ＲＹＯＫＯ　４ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
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