Jinmen (manga)

Jinmen
First volume cover
ジンメン
GenreHorror[1]
Manga
Written byTakahiro Katō
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics Special
MagazineSunday Webry [ja]
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 13, 2016 – June 24, 2019
Volumes13

Jinmen (ジンメン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takahiro Katō. It was serialized on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry [ja] manga website from July 2016 to June 2019, with its chapters collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes.

Plot

Masato Jingū is an animal lover who returns to his hometown for the first time in seven years after transferring schools. Masato invites his childhood friend Hitomi on a date to the zoo that he had frequented in his youth. However, they and zoo employee Nakata are suddenly attacked by animals with human faces. While seeking escape from the animals, named "Jinmen", Nakata discloses that the Jinmen are the result of experiments carried out by the zoo director under the guise of health checkups. The group eventually finds itself trapped behind a gigantic circular trench surrounding the Mount Fuji area and containing the Jinmen. An unusually expedient government reports zero casualties from the formation of this trench, and an electromagnetic field prevents helicopters from rescuing trapped humans, whom the Jinmen begin capturing to use as livestock. The trio make their way to the local JSDF base to seek an escape over the trench.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Takahiro Katō, Jinmen was serialized on Shogakukan's Sunday Webry [ja] manga website from July 13, 2016,[2] to June 24, 2019.[3] Shogakukan collected its chapters in thirteen tankōbon volumes, released from January 12, 2017,[4] to September 12, 2019.[5]

Volumes

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 January 12, 2017[4]978-4-09-127533-2
2 March 10, 2017[6]978-4-09-127582-0
3 May 12, 2017[7]978-4-09-127610-0
4 August 10, 2017[8]978-4-09-127715-2
5 November 10, 2017[9]978-4-09-127891-3
6 February 9, 2018[10]978-4-09-128100-5
7 May 11, 2018[11]978-4-09-128284-2
8 August 9, 2018[12]978-4-09-128457-0
9 November 12, 2018[13]978-4-09-128696-3
10 February 12, 2019[14]978-4-09-128855-4
11 May 10, 2019[15]978-4-09-129190-5
12 July 12, 2019[16]978-4-09-129348-0
13 September 12, 2019[5]978-4-09-129358-9

Reception

In 2018, the manga was nominated for the 64th Shogakukan Manga Awards in the shōnen category.[17]

References

  1. ^ トラウマ必至のスプラッター描写！ “人の顔”を持つ動物たちの残忍な復讐劇『ジンメン』. Da Vinci News (in Japanese). September 8, 2019. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  2. ^ サンデー系3誌連合、奇跡のWEB雑誌［サンデーうぇぶり］7.13創刊. Shogakukan. July 13, 2016. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Sunday Webry [@SundayWebry] (June 24, 2019). 6/24公開の『ジンメン』の最新話を更新致しました。※アプリとWEB版で公開されている話が異なります。 (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved December 15, 2021 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b 【1月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 12, 2017. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  5. ^ a b 【9月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 12, 2019. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  6. ^ 【3月10日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 10, 2017. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  7. ^ 【3月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 12, 2017. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  8. ^ 【8月10日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 10, 2017. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  9. ^ 【11月10日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 10, 2017. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  10. ^ 【2月9日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 9, 2018. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  11. ^ 【5月11日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 11, 2018. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  12. ^ 【8月9日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 9, 2018. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  13. ^ 【11月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 12, 2018. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  14. ^ 【2月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 12, 2019. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  15. ^ 【5月10日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 10, 2019. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  16. ^ 【7月12日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 12, 2019. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  17. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (December 20, 2018). "64th Shogakukan Manga Awards' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.

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