Ad Astra per Aspera (manga)
Japanese manga series
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Ad Astra per Aspera (Japanese: アド アストラ ペル アスペラ, Hepburn: Ado Asutora peru Asupera) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. It started in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in September 2015. Hata published the series on a monthly basis, with a "first season" of seven chapters published until May 2016. Hata stated that he will release a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will continue. Its chapters have been collected in one tankōbon volume as of February 2016.
| Ad Astra per Aspera | |
_volume_1.jpg) Cover of the first volume | |
| アド アストラ ペル アスペラ (Ado Asutora peru Asupera) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kenjiro Hata |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Original run | September 2, 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 1 |
Publication
Ad Astra per Aspera is written and illustrated by Kenjiro Hata. In July 2015, Hata announced that he would start a monthly series to be published in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday.[2] Ad Astra per Aspera debuted in the magazine on September 2, 2015.[2][3] The series' "first season" ran for seven chapters until May 11, 2016.[4][5] On the same day, Hata wrote that he will continue the series with a "second season", but it has not been decided when it will continue.[5] Shogakukan collected the first five chapters in a tankōbon volume, released on February 18, 2016.[6]
Volumes
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 18, 2016[6] | 978-4-09-126569-2 | ||
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Chapters not yet in tankōbon volumes
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in March and May 2016.
- 6. "Ambiguous"
- 7. "Oath" (誓いの言葉, Chikai no Kotoba)
Reception
The first volume sold 16,000 copies in its first week of release.[7]