Fool Night
Japanese manga series
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Fool Night (Japanese: フールナイト, Hepburn: Fūru Naito) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kasumi Yasuda. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior since November 2020.
| Fool Night | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| フールナイト (Fūru Naito) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kasumi Yasuda |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Big Comic Superior |
| Original run | November 13, 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 12 |
Plot
For 100 years, a thick layer of clouds have enveloped the planet and no sunlight reaches Earth's surface. As a result, plants have withered and there is a rapidly-decreasing amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. To breathe, humanity has developed a technology of transfloration, which allows humans to be transformed into plants. Initially, only terminally ill people were selected, but the promised high reward has also attracted other volunteers. They receive all the necessary funds for the two years the transformation lasts. Thus, everyone is faced with the choice of continuing to live as a human in the desolate world or beginning a new life as a plant.
The young Toshiro Kamiya is among those who see no future in his human life. He had wanted to become a musician, but his grades in school are not good enough, and he has to pay for his sick mother's medication. He works hard and tries to save up for his education, but when his mother tries to take his savings, he loses all hope. He asks his friend Yomiko Horai to turn him into a plant so he can live happily for at least two years. During this process, he unexpectedly gains the ability to understand the language of plants. Since his mother has once again taken all his money, he uses this ability to find a new job: searching for plants on behalf of their relatives and communicating with them.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Kasumi Yasuda, Fool Night started in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior on November 13, 2020.[4] Shogkaukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on March 30, 2021.[5] As of January 30, 2026, twelve volumes have been released.[6]
In North America, the manga has been licensed for English release by Viz Media.[2] It has been licensed in Southeast Asia by Shogakukan Asia.[7]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 30, 2021[8] | 978-4-09-860866-9 | June 18, 2024[9] | 978-1-9747-4693-4 |
| 2 | August 30, 2021[10] | 978-4-09-861132-4 | September 17, 2024[11] | 978-1-9747-4877-8 |
| 3 | January 28, 2022[12] | 978-4-09-861239-0 | December 17, 2024[13] | 978-1-9747-4944-7 |
| 4 | June 30, 2022[14] | 978-4-09-861319-9 | March 18, 2025[15] | 978-1-9747-5212-6 |
| 5 | November 30, 2022[16] | 978-4-09-861473-8 | June 17, 2025[17] | 978-1-9747-5505-9 |
| 6 | April 28, 2023[18] | 978-4-09-861696-1 | September 16, 2025[19] | 978-1-9747-5796-1 |
| 7 | September 28, 2023[20] | 978-4-09-862527-7 | December 16, 2025[21] | 978-1-9747-5797-8 |
| 8 | March 29, 2024[22] | 978-4-09-862693-9 | March 17, 2026[23] | 978-1-9747-6235-4 |
| 9 | September 30, 2024[24] | 978-4-09-863036-3 | June 16, 2026[25] | 978-1-9747-6365-8 |
| 10 | February 28, 2025[26] | 978-4-09-863205-3 | — | — |
| 11 | July 30, 2025[27] | 978-4-09-863521-4 | — | — |
| 12 | January 30, 2026[6] | 978-4-09-863763-8 | — | — |
Reception
The series was nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award in the print manga category.[28] Alongside Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble? and Nippon Sangoku, Fool Night ranked twelfth in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga for male readers.[29] It was picked as a nominee for "Best Comic" at the 50th Angoulême International Comics Festival held in 2023.[30]