Seven Shakespeares

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Seven Shakespeares (Japanese: 7人のシェイクスピア, Hepburn: Nana-nin no Sheikusupia) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Harold Sakuishi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from December 2009 to November 2011, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. A sequel, titled Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict, started in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine in December 2016.

GenreHistorical[1]
WrittenbyHarold Sakuishi
Publishedby
English publisher
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Seven Shakespeares
Cover of the first volume
7人のシェイクスピア
(Nana-nin no Sheikusupia)
GenreHistorical[1]
Manga
Written byHarold Sakuishi
Published by
English publisher
MagazineWeekly Big Comic Spirits
Original runDecember 21, 2009 – November 14, 2011
Volumes
  • 6 (Shogakukan)
  • 3 (Kodansha)
Manga
Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict
Written byHarold Sakuishi
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA (digital)
MagazineWeekly Young Magazine
Original runDecember 12, 2016 – present
Volumes13
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Plot

The series is centered around William Shakespeare's "lost years" before becoming a playwright and poet.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Harold Sakuishi, Seven Shakespeares was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits from December 21, 2009, to November 14, 2011.[2][3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from May 28, 2010, to December 28, 2011.[4][5] Kodansha republished the series in three volumes, released from July 6 to September 6, 2017.[6][7]

A sequel, titled Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict (7人のシェイクスピア NON SANZ DROICT), started in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine on December 12, 2016.[8] In April 2020, Sakuishi announced that the series would enter on an indefinite hiatus.[9] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 6, 2017.[10] As of August 5, 2020, thirteen volumes have been released.[11]

In North America, the series is published digitally in English by Comixology and Kodansha USA since July 2018.[12]

Seven Shakespeares

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1May 28, 2010[4]978-4-09-183235-1March 3, 2020[1]978-1-64212-257-2
2September 30, 2010[13]978-4-09-183578-9March 3, 2020[1]978-1-64212-257-2
3January 28, 2011[14]978-4-09-183740-0March 3, 2020[15]978-1-64212-258-9
4May 30, 2011[16]978-4-09-183873-5March 3, 2020[15]978-1-64212-258-9
5October 28, 2011[17]978-4-09-184215-2March 3, 2020[18]978-1-64212-259-6
6December 28, 2011[5]978-4-09-184244-2March 3, 2020[18]978-1-64212-259-6
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Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1April 6, 2017[10]978-4-06-382954-9March 3, 2020[19]978-1-64212-260-2
2July 6, 2017[20]978-4-06-510017-2March 3, 2020[21]978-1-64212-380-7
3November 6, 2017[22]978-4-06-510311-1March 3, 2020[23]978-1-64212-381-4
4March 6, 2018[24]978-4-06-511038-6March 3, 2020[25]978-1-64212-382-1
5June 6, 2018[26]978-4-06-511682-1March 3, 2020[27]978-1-64212-581-8
6September 6, 2018[28]978-4-06-512813-8March 3, 2020[29]978-1-64212-582-5
7December 6, 2018[30]978-4-06-513846-5March 3, 2020[31]978-1-64212-803-1
8April 5, 2019[32]978-4-06-515196-9March 3, 2020[33]978-1-64212-962-5
9July 5, 2019[34]978-4-06-516357-3March 3, 2020[35]978-1-64659-110-7
10November 6, 2019[36]978-4-06-517735-8September 29, 2020[37]978-1-64659-717-8
11February 6, 2020[38]978-4-06-518483-7December 8, 2020[39]978-1-64659-858-8
12May 7, 2020[40]978-4-06-519554-3March 9, 2021[41]978-1-64659-999-8
13August 5, 2020[11]978-4-06-519995-4June 29, 2021[42]978-1-63699-168-9
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