Box of Light
Japanese manga series
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Box of Light (光の箱, Hikari no Hako) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Seiko Erisawa. It began serialization in Shogakukan's josei manga magazine Zōkan Flowers in November 2018.
| Box of Light | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 光の箱 (Hikari no Hako) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Seiko Erisawa |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Flower Comics |
| Magazine | Zōkan Flowers |
| Original run | November 14, 2018 – present |
| Volumes | 4 |
Synopsis
The series is set in a mysterious convenience store that is connected to the supernatural, and is centered around the customers who visit this store trying to make their "final purchase".
Publication
Written and illustrated by Seiko Erisawa, Box of Light began serialization in Shogakukan's josei manga magazine Zōkan Flowers on November 14, 2018.[3] The series' chapters have been compiled into four tankōbon volumes as of March 2025.[4]
In October 2021, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series for English publication.[5]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN | ||
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| 1 | July 10, 2020[6] | 978-4-09-167093-9 | July 19, 2022[7] | 978-1-63858-521-3 | ||
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| 2 | March 10, 2022[8] | 978-4-09-167098-4 | March 28, 2023[9] | 978-1-64827-889-1 | ||
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| 3 | November 9, 2023[10] | 978-4-09-167114-1 | December 31, 2024[11] | 979-8-89160-517-6 | ||
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| 4 | March 10, 2025[4] | 978-4-09-167118-9 | December 30, 2025[12] | 979-8-89561-658-1 | ||
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Reception
The series ranked eighteenth in Freestyle magazine's "The Best 2021 Kono Manga wo Yome!" ranking in 2020.[13] The series, alongside Hajimete no Hito was ranked nineteenth in the 2021 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's ranking of the best manga for female readers.[14]