Heartbroken Angels
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| Heartbroken Angels | |
 Cover of the first volume of the series | |
| 傷だらけの天使たち (Kizudarake no Tenshi-tachi) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy, yonkoma |
| Created by | Masahiko Kikuni |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masahiko Kikuni |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | YS Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Sunday |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | 1988 – 1991 |
| Volumes | 3 |
Heartbroken Angels (Japanese: 傷だらけの天使たち, Hepburn: Kizudarake no Tenshi-tachi; lit. "Scarred Angels") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masahiko Kikuni. It is a yonkoma (four-panel comic) series originally published in the manga magazine Weekly Young Sunday. An English-language translation of the first two volumes of Heartbroken Angels was published by Viz Media, which also serialized the series in its manga magazine Pulp.
Heartbroken Angels is a yonkoma (four-panel comic) series that focuses on vulgar and self-depreciative humor. The series covers a range of subjects using satire and toilet humour, including manga narrative conventions and genre tropes, otaku culture, yakuza, and lolita complexes.[1]
Publication
Heartbroken Angels was originally serialized in the manga magazine Weekly Young Sunday from 1988 to 1991. During its initial serialization, the magazine ran contests where wordless yonkoma were run, and the best dialogue submitted by readers would be published in the magazine.[2]
In Japan, the series was collected into three tankōbon volumes published by Shogakukan. In North America, an English-language translation of the first two volumes of the series were published by Viz Media, which also serialized the series in its manga magazine Pulp.[1]
Volume list
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 1, 1988[3] | 978-4091780782 | January 5, 2001[4] | 978-1569314371 |
| 2 | January 22, 1990[5] | 978-4091780799 | May 25, 2001[6] | 978-1569316276 |
| 3 | September 27, 1991[7] | 978-4091780805 | — | — |