Monthly Big Comic Spirits
Japanese manga magazine
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Monthly Big Comic Spirits (Japanese: 月刊!スピリッツ, Hepburn: Gekkan Supirittsu; lit. 'Monthly! Spirits') is a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It originally launched on August 27, 2009. It is a companion magazine to the weekly Big Comic Spirits.[4]
EditorYoshitake Tachikawa
CategoriesSeinen manga[1][2]
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation
- 2,500[3]
- (October – December 2025)
Cover of the magazine's first issue (cover dated October 2009), featuring Hana to Oku-tan | |
| Editor | Yoshitake Tachikawa |
|---|---|
| Categories | Seinen manga[1][2] |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation |
|
| First issue | August 27, 2009 |
| Company | Shogakukan |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | Official website  |
Series
Current
There are currently 15 manga series being serialized in Monthly Big Comic Spirits.
| Title | Author | Premiered |
|---|---|---|
| Ansatsu Kōkyū: Ansatsu Jokan Karin wa Yuttari Ikitai (暗殺後宮〜暗殺女官・花鈴はゆったり生きたい〜) | Tabasa Iori | August 2021[5] |
| Azuma-kun no Koi Neko (東くんの恋猫) | Ryokin Sugawara | July 2022[6] |
| Combat Mecha Xabungle: Another Gale (戦闘メカ ザブングル アナザー・ゲイル, Sentō Meka Zabunguru Anazā Geiru) | Tanaka Muneyoshi Yoshiyuki Tomino (original) Yoshitake Suzuki (original) |
September 2022[7] |
| Dokudokudoku (ドクドクドク) | Masaya Tsugami (story) Eishin Watanabe (art) |
December 2022[8] |
| En mo Yukari mo (縁もゆかりも) | Yumi Unita | April 2022[9] |
| Gamers × Dungeon: Boku wa Game Izon Janai (ゲーマーズ×ダンジョン 僕はゲーム依存じゃない, Gēmāzu × Danjon Boku wa Gēmu Izon Janai) | Eri Nanato, Satoshi Kameyama | May 2022[10] |
| Hen na Mono Mikke! (へんなものみっけ) | Tomo Sawara | September 2016[11] |
| Inu to Sandbag (犬とサンドバッグ, Inu to Sandobaggu) | Kaori Ozaki | May 2022[12] |
| Jibun o Suki ni Naritai kara Seikei suru Hanashi (自分を好きになりたいから整形する話) | Popopo | January 2023[13] |
| Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (映像研には手を出すな！, Eizouken ni wa Te o Dasu na!) | Sumito Ōwara | July 2016[14] |
| Naori wa Shinai ga, Mashi ni Naru (なおりはしないが、ましになる) | Kaoru Curry zawa | November 2019[15] |
| Planet Girl (プラネットガール, Puranetto Gāru) | Oishi Hibi | May 2019[16] |
| Room 999 (999号室, 999-Gōshitsu) | Nanga Nan | November 2025[17] |
| Snowball Earth (スノウボールアース, Sunōbōru Āsu) | Yuhiro Tsujitsugu | January 2021[18] |
| Sukaraiti (スカライティ) | You Hivi | March 2022[19] |
Finished
2009
- Aomiyuku Yuki (青みゆく雪) by Yumi Unita (August 2009 – January 2014)[4][20]
- D no Maō (Dの魔王) by Kayoko Shimotsuki (August 2009 – May 2010)[4][21][22] (transferred from Weekly Big Comic Spirits)
- Kodai Roma Kakutō Angokutan Sin (古代ローマ格闘暗獄譚 SIN) by Hideo Shinaogawa (August 2009 – September 2011)[4][23]
- Kyō no Asuka Show (今日のあすかショー) by Taishi Mori (August 2009 – July 2013)[4][24]
- Mill (ミル, Miru) by Kazunori Tahara (August 2009 – July 2013)[4][24]
- Mono Monojima (ものものじま) by Munehiro Nomura (August 2009 – December 2011)[4][25]
- Pipedon (ピペドン) by Jun Hanyunyu (August 2009 – January 2011)[4][26]
- Shin Dainama Itō! (新ダイナマ伊藤！) by Pero Sugimoto (August 2009 – November 2010)[4][27]
- Sonna Dakara Omaera wa (そんなんだからおまえらは。) by Riichi Kasai (August 2009 – October 2010)[4][28]
- Yodogawa Belt Conveyor Girl (淀川ベルトコンベア・ガール) by Katsura Murakami (August 2009 – July 2011)[4][29]
- 8 Hachi (8 はち) by Yūji Takemoto (September 2009 – September 2013)[30][31]
- Moriyamachū Kyoushūjo (森山中教習所) by Keigo Shinzou (September 2009 – July 2010)[30][32]
- Salad Bo: Salad Bowl Diary (サラダぼ。～SALAD BOWL Diary～) by Masaki Satō (September 2009 – January 2011)[30][26]
- Fuwari! (ふわり！) by Natsuo Motomachi (November 2009 – September 2010)[33][34]
- Ushiharu (ウシハル) by Yukiko Gotō (November 2009 – June 2010)[33][35] (transferred to Weekly Big Comic Spirits;[36] another chapter was published in MBCS in September 2010)[34]
2010 – 2014
- Hanamote Katare (花もて語れ) by Yukiwo Katayama and Momoji Higashi (cooperation) (January 2010 – December 2011)[37][25] (transferred to Weekly Big Comic Spirits)[38]
- Shin Tōbou Bengoshi Narita Makoto (新・逃亡弁護士 成田誠) by Takeshi Natsuhara (story; as Hideki Gō) and Yū Takada (art) (April 2010 – December 2011)[39][25]
- Dragon Jam by Itsunari Fuji (May 2010 – January 2011)[40][26] (transferred to Weekly Big Comic Spirits)[41]
- Nora Inu 9-chan (ノラ犬9ちゃん), later retitled as Center Gai no Mary (センター街のマリーへ, Sentā-gai no Marīe), by Britney Hamada (July 2010 – December 2011)[42][43][44][45]
- Shut Hell (シュトヘル, Shuto Heru) by Yu Itō (July 2010 – March 2017)[42][46]
- Ippiki to Kyūjū Kyūhikito (一匹と九十九匹と) by Shun Umezawa (October 2010 – February 2012)[47][48]
- Misaki, Number 1!! (美咲ナンバーワン!!, Misaki Nanbā Wan!!) by Masato Fujisaki (October 2010 – January 2011)[47][26] (transferred from Weekly Big Comic Spirits)
- Taberu Dake (たべるダケ) by Sanko Takada (December 2010 – November 2013)[49][50]
- Shichigatsu no Hone (七月の骨) by Satoshi Yoshida (February 2011 – March 2013)[51][52] (transferred from Weekly Big Comic Spirits)
- Kyōgaku Kōkou no Genjitsu (共学高校のゲンジツ) by Yū Sanui (story) and Sumihito Itami (art) (January 2012 – June 2017)[53][54]
- Kujaku Ō: Rising (孔雀王 ライジング) by Makoto Ogino (March 2012 – July 2019)[55][56]
- Jūhan Shuttai! (重版出来) by Naoko Matsuda (September 2012 – June 2023)[57][58]
- Disu × Komi (でぃす×こみ) by Masami Yuki (April 2013 – October 2017)[59][60]
- Santiago: Rebellion Shimabara (SANTIAGO―レベリオン・シマバラ―, Sanchago Reberion Shimabara) by Masaki Enjoji (January 2014 – October 2015)[61]
- Tasogare Memorandum (たそがれメモランダム, Tasogare Memorandamu) by Akane Tamura (April 2014 – June 2015)[62][63]
- A-un (阿・吽) by Mari Okazaki (May 2014 – May 2021)[64][65]
- After the Rain (恋は雨上がりのように, Koi wa Ameagari no Yō ni) by Jun Mayuzuki (June 2014 – November 2015)[66][67] (transferred to Weekly Big Comic Spirits)
- Oyasumi Karasu, Mata Kite ne (おやすみカラスまた来てね) by Ryo Ikuemi (August 2014 – April 2022)[68][69]
- Para Para Days (パラパラデイズ, Para Para Deizu) by Yumi Unita (October 2014 – February 2021)[70][71]
- Hengoku no Schwester (辺獄のシュヴェスタ, Hengoku no Shuvesuta) by Minoru Takeyoshi (December 2014 – October 2017)[72][60]
2015 – 2019
- Sunny by Taiyō Matsumoto (January – July 2015)[73][74] (transferred from Monthly Ikki)
- Tokyo Alien Bros. (トーキョーエイリアンブラザーズ, Tōkyō Eirian Burazāzu) by Keigo Shinzō (June 2015 – January 2017)[63][75]
- Ageku no Hate no Kanon (あげくの果てのカノン) by Kyo Yoneshiro (August 2015 – February 2018)[76][77]
- Shingun no Cadet (神軍のカデット, Shingun no Kadetto) by Arata Kawabata (January 2016 – October 2017)[78][60]
- Kimajime-hime to Bunbōgu-ōji (きまじめ姫と文房具王子) by Aako Fujiwara (March 2017 – November 2020)[79][80]
- Shinkurō, Hashiru! (新九郎、奔る！) by Masami Yuki (January 2018 – October 2019)[81][82] (transferred to Weekly Big Comic Spirits)
- Misoji Meshi Niku (三十路飯 肉) by Shizuka Itō (May 2018 – June 2019)[83][84]
- Vivre Yōsai-ten: Kinuyo to Harriet (ヴィーヴル洋裁店〜キヌヨとハリエット〜, Vīvuru Yōsai-ten Kinuyo to Harietto) by Takashi Wada (December 2018 – August 2020)[85][86]
- Dekaniarazu (デカニアラズ) by Kenji Hayakawa (March 2019 – April 2021)[87][88]
- Mikazuki no Dragon (三日月のドラゴン) by Kenichiro Nagao (January 2019 – August 2022)[89][90]
- Kokoro no Nurse Yano-san (こころのナース夜野さん) by Midori Mizutani (June 2019 – September 2022)[56][91]
2020 – present
- Eiichi: Shibusawa Eiichi (栄一 ～渋沢栄一伝～) by Midori Machida (June 2020 – December 2021)[92][93]
- I'm Not Meat: Get Your Filthy Paws Off Me! (僕はお肉じゃない, Boku wa Oniku Janai) by Ikkado Ito (July 2020 – September 2021)[94][95]
- Kojiki (Chūkara) (古事記 (中辛)) by Ukitsu (August 2020 – July 2022)[86][96]
- Shohōsen-jō no Aria (処方箋上のアリア) by Erika Miura (August 2020 – August 2022)[86][97]
- Kuru Kuru Kuruma Mimura Pan (くるくるくるまミムラパン) by Aoi Sekino (December 2020 – August 2022)December 2020[98][97]
- Yasuke by Satoshi Okunishi (July 2021 – July 2022)[99][96]
- Ai Suru Anata to Koi Suru Kimi ga (愛するあなたと恋するきみが) by Mashimi Mori (August 2021 – September 2022)[5][91]
- Iberis no Hanayome (イベリスの花嫁, Iberisu no Hanayome) by Haru Akiyama (December 2021 – December 2022)[93][100]