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Japanese manga series

A-un
First volume cover
阿・吽
GenreHistorical
Manga
Written byMari Okazaki
Published byShogakukan
MagazineMonthly Big Comic Spirits
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 27, 2014 – May 27, 2021
Volumes14

A-un (阿・吽) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mari Okazaki. The series is set in the Heian period and follows two prominent Buddhist monks: Saichō, who founded the Enryaku-ji temple, and Kūkai, who established the Mount Kōya temple. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from May 2014 to May 2021.

Publication

A-un, written and illustrated by Mari Okazaki, was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from May 27, 2014, to May 27, 2021. Shogakukan collected its chapters in fourteen tankōbon volumes, released from October 10, 2014, to September 10, 2021.

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 October 10, 2014978-4-09-186712-4
2 May 12, 2015978-4-09-187104-6
3 December 8, 2015978-4-09-187409-2
4 June 10, 2016978-4-09-187704-8
5 January 12, 2017978-4-09-189439-7
6 June 12, 2017978-4-09-189592-9
7 January 12, 2018978-4-09-189778-7
8 August 9, 2018978-4-09-860096-0
9 February 12, 2019978-4-09-860267-4
10 October 11, 2019978-4-09-860504-0
11 March 12, 2020978-4-09-860586-6
12 September 11, 2020978-4-09-860734-1
13 February 12, 2021978-4-09-860836-2
14 September 10, 2021978-4-09-861101-0

Reception

The series was commended by manga authors Ryoko Yamagishi, Yuki Suetsugu and Masami Yuki and writers Rio Shimamoto and Kazuki Kaneshiro. It was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival in 2020.

References

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