No\Name

No\Name
First tankōbon volume cover
Genre
Manga
Written byRafal Jaki
Illustrated byMachine Gamu
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 31, 2024 – present
Volumes1

No\Name (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Rafal Jaki, the creator of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and illustrated by Machine Gamu, known for their work as an assistant illustrator on Gachiakuta. The series began as a one-shot posted on the Manga Plus Creators platform before starting serialization on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website in July 2024.

Plot

Set in a world where people's names bestow them with superhuman abilities, No\Name follows two agents (Ralf Olsen and Ursula) from the Nordic Naming Bureau (NNB), an organization dedicated to investigating crimes committed by "Namers". The story begins as the agents tackle a case involving a man searching for his missing wife and son. However, the situation escalates when they encounter the man, who harbors a dangerous intent to grant his son the same powerful name as his own.

Publication

Written by Rafal Jaki and illustrated by Machine Gamu, No\Name began as a one-shot posted on the Manga Plus Creators platform in September 2023. It won the Gold Award and was published on Shōnen Jump+ on January 26, 2024.[1] It later began serialization on the same website on July 31 that same year.[3] The series' chapters have been collected into a single tankōbon volume as of October 2024.[4]

The series' chapters are simultaneously published in English on Shueisha's Manga Plus platform.[5]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 October 4, 2024[4]978-4-08-884282-0

References

  1. ^ a b c 海外向けマンガ公開プラットフォームの投稿作から、初のジャンプ＋デビュー作家誕生. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 26, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  2. ^ Mateo, Alex (July 26, 2024). "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Creator Launches New Manga on Shonen Jump+". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  3. ^ Jovanovic, Marko (July 30, 2024). "No\Name Begins Serialization Under Shueisha as First-Ever Manga by Non-Japanese Team of Creators". Anime Corner. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  4. ^ a b NO＼NAME 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  5. ^ 海外クリエイター向けマンガ投稿プラットフォームからジャンプ＋連載作が誕生. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 31, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025.