Ōsama-tachi no Viking
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- Sadayasu
- Makoto Fukami (collaboration)
| Ōsama-tachi no Viking | |
 Cover of the first tankōbon volume | |
| 王様達のヴァイキング (Ōsama-tachi no Vaikingu) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by |
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| Illustrated by | Sadayasu |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Weekly Big Comic Spirits |
| Original run | March 4, 2013 – August 26, 2019 |
| Volumes | 19 |
Ōsama-tachi no Viking (Japanese: 王様達のヴァイキング, Hepburn: Ōsama-tachi no Vaikingu; 'The King's Viking') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sadayasu, with collaboration from Makoto Fukami. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from March 2013 to August 2019, with its chapters collected in nineteen tankōbon volumes.
Kazuki Koreeda is an 18-year-old social outcast and high school dropout, unable to hold even a part-time job. His sole exceptional skill is his mastery of hacking. In a fit of rage, he orchestrates a cyberattack against a major financial institution. His actions draw the attention of Daisuke Sakai, a mysterious and wealthy angel investor, who offers Koreeda an audacious opportunity: to use his hacking prowess to achieve global domination. Forging an unlikely alliance, the reclusive hacker and the enigmatic investor embark on a mission to dismantle and reshape the world order.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Sadayasu, with collaboration from Makoto Fukami, Ōsama-tachi no Viking was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from March 4, 2013,[1][2] to August 26, 2019.[3][4] Shogakukan collected is chapters in nineteen tankōbon volumes, released from June 28, 2013,[5] to September 30, 2019.[6]
Volumes
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 28, 2013[7] | 978-4-09-185329-5 |
| 2 | September 30, 2013[8] | 978-4-09-185414-8 |
| 3 | January 30, 2014[9] | 978-4-09-185845-0 |
| 4 | June 12, 2014[10] | 978-4-09-186204-4 |
| 5 | September 30, 2014[11] | 978-4-09-186354-6 |
| 6 | December 26, 2014[12] | 978-4-09-186658-5 |
| 7 | April 30, 2015[13] | 978-4-09-186889-3 |
| 8 | July 30, 2015[14] | 978-4-09-187140-4 |
| 9 | November 30, 2015[15] | 978-4-09-187338-5 |
| 10 | April 28, 2016[16] | 978-4-09-187598-3 |
| 11 | October 28, 2016[17] | 978-4-09-187899-1 |
| 12 | February 28, 2017[18] | 978-4-09-189378-9 |
| 13 | July 28, 2017[19] | 978-4-09-189607-0 |
| 14 | November 30, 2017[20] | 978-4-09-189689-6 |
| 15 | March 30, 2018[21] | 978-4-09-189816-6 |
| 16 | July 30, 2018[22] | 978-4-09-860048-9 |
| 17 | January 30, 2019[23] | 978-4-09-860208-7 |
| 18 | June 28, 2019[24] | 978-4-09-860319-0 |
| 19 | September 30, 2019[6] | 978-4-09-860405-0 |
Reception
Ōsama-tachi no Viking was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2014.[25] The series was nominated for the eighth Manga Taishō in 2015 and placed ninth with 35 points.[26]