A-un (manga)
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| A-un | |
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| 阿・吽 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical[1][2] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mari Okazaki |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Monthly Big Comic Spirits |
| Original run | May 27, 2014 – May 27, 2021 |
| Volumes | 14 |
A-un (阿・吽) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mari Okazaki. The series is set in the Heian period and follows two prominent Buddhist monks: Saichō, who founded the Enryaku-ji temple, and Kūkai, who established the Mount Kōya temple. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from May 2014 to May 2021.
Volumes
A-un, written and illustrated by Mari Okazaki, was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from May 27, 2014,[1][3] to May 27, 2021.[4][5] Shogakukan collected its chapters in fourteen tankōbon volumes, released from October 10, 2014,[6] to September 10, 2021.[7]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 10, 2014[8] | 978-4-09-186712-4 |
| 2 | May 12, 2015[9] | 978-4-09-187104-6 |
| 3 | December 8, 2015[10] | 978-4-09-187409-2 |
| 4 | June 10, 2016[11] | 978-4-09-187704-8 |
| 5 | January 12, 2017[12] | 978-4-09-189439-7 |
| 6 | June 12, 2017[13] | 978-4-09-189592-9 |
| 7 | January 12, 2018[14] | 978-4-09-189778-7 |
| 8 | August 9, 2018[15] | 978-4-09-860096-0 |
| 9 | February 12, 2019[16] | 978-4-09-860267-4 |
| 10 | October 11, 2019[17] | 978-4-09-860504-0 |
| 11 | March 12, 2020[18] | 978-4-09-860586-6 |
| 12 | September 11, 2020[19] | 978-4-09-860734-1 |
| 13 | February 12, 2021[20] | 978-4-09-860836-2 |
| 14 | September 10, 2021[21] | 978-4-09-861101-0 |
Reception
The series was commended by manga authors Ryoko Yamagishi, Yuki Suetsugu and Masami Yuki and writers Rio Shimamoto and Kazuki Kaneshiro.[22] It was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival in 2020.[23]