Mushinuyun
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| Mushinuyun | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| ムシヌユン | |
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| Genre | Science fiction[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Daisaku Tsuru |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Big Superior Comics |
| Magazine | Big Comic Superior |
| Original run | December 13, 2013 – January 12, 2018 |
| Volumes | 6 |
Mushinuyun (ムシヌユン)[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisaku Tsuru. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from December 2013 to January 2018, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes.
27-year-old Akihito Uehara dreamed of becoming an entomologist since childhood, but despite trying for five years, fails to enter graduate school. With his allowance cut off, unable to find a job or pay rent, Uehara is forced to return to his home island of Yonase, Okinawa. Upon arriving, he finds the remote island to be overrun by tourists viewing the Tango star cluster. Uehara visits his mother to ask for help, but she tells him he is on his own. As Uehara, who has a communication disorder, wanders the island, he runs into people from his childhood, including Shinjou Kanako, his first love. She helps him collect a rare fire ant species, but her husband Nishihara takes her away. Uehara runs into a nearby forest and watches them have sex. As the Tango cluster becomes visible, light emits from it, and Uehara comes across an otherworldly insect that bites him. Uehara's body splits apart, and after he is reconstituted, he finds that his penis has been replaced with a large appendage and that he cannot control his lust towards women.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Daisaku Tsuru, Mushinuyun was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from December 13, 2013,[2] to January 12, 2018.[3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from July 30, 2014,[4] to January 30, 2018.[5]
Volumes
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | ||
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| 1 | July 30, 2014[6] | 978-4-09-186236-5 | ||
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| 2 | April 30, 2015[7] | 978-4-09-187100-8 | ||
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| 3 | January 29, 2016[8] | 978-4-09-187548-8 | ||
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| 4 | January 30, 2017[9] | 978-4-09-189744-2 | ||
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| 5 | October 30, 2017[10] | 978-4-09-189448-9 | ||
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| 6 | January 30, 2018[5] | 978-4-09-189840-1 | ||
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Reception
Mushinuyun was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2014.[11] The series ranked fifth on "The Best Manga 2015 Kono Manga wo Yome!" ranking by Freestyle magazine.[12] It was nominated for the Sugoi Japan Award in 2017.[13]